Status of Dust Control Technology on U.S. Longwalls

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• Personal Author:
  Colinet, Jay F. ; Jankowski, Robert A. ; Spencer ER
• Description:
  Longwall mining is the most productive method of underground coal mining in the United States (U.S.), and record levels of production have been reached in recent years. These ever-improving production levels have the potential to generate significantly higher quantities of respirable dust. Consequently, the longwall industry continues to struggle with controlling dust liberation and maintaining compliance with the federally-mandated respirable dust standard. In response, longwall operators have increased the application of primary dust controls, airflow and water flow, in an effort to improve respirable dust control and reduce worker exposure. Pittsburgh Research Center (PRC) personnel conducted dust surveys at 13 longwalls operating throughouts the U.S. and collected information to: identify current operating practices on these longwalls, identify the types of dust controls in use, document the levels at which these controls are being applied, and measure the respirable dust levels present. This data was analyzed to quantify the dust levels generated by the major sources on the longwall section and to evaluate the relative effectiveness of the control technologies in use. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Movements Coal Coal Mining Dust Mining Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-flow Coal-miners Coal-mining Control-methods Control-technology Dust-control Dust-control-equipment Dust-particles Dusts Longwall-mining Miners Mining-industry Occupational-exposure Respirable-dust Underground-miners Underground-mining Workers

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISBN:
  0873351460
• Publisher:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  345-351
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027802
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the 6th International Mine Ventilation Congress, May 17-22, 1997, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Littleton, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. 1997 Feb; :345-351
• Editor(s):
  Ramani RV
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the 6th International Mine Ventilation Congress
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/221078/cdc_221078_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.15 MB ]