Lowering Respirable Dust Exposures at Mineral Processing Facilities

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• Personal Author:
  Cecala, Andrew B. ; Thimons, Edward D. ; Timko, Robert J.
• Description:
  This article discusses three research projects performed by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, (formerly the Bureau of Mines), that reduce the respirable dust exposure of plant workers at mineral processing facilities. All three of these projects are very different but they all have the same goal of reducing worker exposure to respirable dust at mineral processing facilities. The first project deals with a total mill ventilation system that reduces dust levels throughout an entire building and lowers the dust exposure of everyone working in the structure. The second project describes a bag and belt cleaner device that reduces the amount of dust on the outside of bags of product and primarily reduces the dust exposure of the bag stackers, as well as anyone handling the bags until their end use. The third project discusses how to reduce a worker's dust exposure from secondary dust sources through improved work practices. This area of research can potentially impact all workers at these facilities. All three of these research projects have been shown to significantly reduce the dust exposure of workers at mineral processing facilities. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aluminum Silicates Coal Coal Mining Dust Irritants Lung Minerals Mining Occupational Health Quartz Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Silicon Dioxide Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Coal-miners Coal-mining Coal-workers Dust-analysis Dust-control Dust-control-equipment Dust-exposure Dust-inhalation Dust-particles Mine-shafts Mine-workers Mineral-dusts Mineral-processing Miners Mining-equipment Mining-industry Pulmonary-system Pulmonary-system-disorders Quartz-dust Respirable-dust Respiratory-irritants Respiratory-system-disorders Silica-dusts Silicates Silicosis Statistical-analysis Underground-miners Underground-mining Ventilation-systems

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISBN:
  1887009043
• Publisher:
  University of Missouri-Rolla Press
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Missouri ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 7 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  221-227
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027561
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the Eighth US Mine Ventilation Symposium, Rolla, Missouri, June 11-17, 1999. Rolla, Missouri: University of Missouri-Rolla Press, 1999 Jun; :221-227
• Contact Point Address:
  Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, P.O. Box 18070, Pittsburgh, PA, 15236
• CAS Registry Number:
  Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7)
• Editor(s):
  Tien JC
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the Eighth US Mine Ventilation Symposium, Rolla, Missouri, June 11-17, 1999
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3965c507294a820900870064c885b6cf760d35e23c91f80102915f4d3e01733e964d040e131ca5817c377f036056f106e9b0ab66292101e13151314901fb502a
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/221041/cdc_221041_DS1.pdf
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