Measuring Airborne Metals at Mining Sites Using Portable Instruments: Advantages and Potential Problems

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Measuring Airborne Metals at Mining Sites Using Portable Instruments: Advantages and Potential Problems

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2002/06/01
By Drake P
Series: Mining Publications

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Personal Author:

Drake P
Description:

Field Portable Technologies: 1. Allow rapid determination of airborne metal concentrations in mines and refineries; 2. Allow immediate assessment of potential overexposures; and, are 3. Able to implement and evaluate interventions in a timely manner. [Description provided by NIOSH]
Subjects:

Air Pollutants, Occupational Dust Environmental Monitoring Lead Mercury Metals Mining Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety Silver
Keywords:

Airborne-dusts Airborne-particles Analytical-instruments Analytical-processes Dust-particles Exposure-assessment Gold-mines Lead-compounds Lead-dust Mercury-compounds Metal-mining Mining-industry Occupational-exposure Sampling Silver-compounds
Series:

Mining Publications
Publisher:

American Industrial Hygiene Association
Document Type:

Text
Genre:

Abstract or Summary
Place as Subject:

California ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Washington
CIO:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Division:

SRL - Spokane Research Laboratory
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
NIOSHTIC Number:

nn:20033715
Citation:

American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, June 1-6, 2002, San Diego, California. Fairfax, VA: American Industrial Hygiene Association, 2002 Jun; :Forum 205
Contact Point Address:

Pamela L. Drake, Research Chemist, NIOSH Spokane Research Lab, 315 E. Montgomery Ave., Spokane, WA 99207
Email:

pdrake@cdc.gov
CAS Registry Number:

Gold (CAS RN 7440-57-5) ; Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Mercury (CAS RN 7439-97-6) ; Silver (CAS RN 7440-22-4)
Federal Fiscal Year:

2002
Peer Reviewed:

False
Source Full Name:

American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, June 1-6, 2002, San Diego, California
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Main Document Checksum:

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