Evaluation of Person-Wearable Methane Monitors

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• Personal Author:
  Chilton, Joseph E. ; Hall, Erica E. ; Taylor, Charles D. ; Yantek, David S.
• Description:
  Regular monitoring for methane gas is required near working faces in gassy underground mines where the potential for methane ignitions is greatest. However, high concentrations of methane can also accumulate outby the face where methane levels are monitored less frequently. Wearing a personal methane monitor equipped with an alarm could protect persons working in these outby areas from injury or death due to methane ignitions. NIOSH has done studies to evaluate methanometers that could be used as person-wearable monitors. In the present study, seven different person-wearable monitors that are not currently approved for underground use were evaluated. This paper describes test procedures used to evaluate performance of methane monitors that could be used underground for continuous personal monitoring of methane. The information in this report provides data that allow the reader to make side-by side comparisons of these instruments. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Explosions Methane Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Injuries Methane-monitors Methanes Mine-workers Mining-industry Safety-research Underground-mining Warning-signals
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISBN:
  1920806326
• Publisher:
  Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; 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:
  189-195
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20028291
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the Eighth International Mine Ventilation Congress, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, July 6-8, 2005. Carlton, Victoria, Australia: Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2005 Jul; :189-195
• Editor(s):
  Gillies ADS
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Control Technology and Personal Protective Equipment
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/221106/cdc_221106_DS1.pdf
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