NIOSH Takes On Coal and Rock Dust

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• Personal Author:
  Cashdollar, Kenneth L. ; Harris, Marcia L.
• Description:
  Underground coal mining technology has changed significantly since the 1920s as coal mining has become highly mechanized. Recently, NIOSH and MSHA conducted a joint survey to determine the range of coal particle sizes found in dust samples collected from intake airways of US coal mines. This is the first comprehensive survey of this type since the 1920s. Dust samples were collected by MSHA inspectors from mines in each of MSHA's 10 bituminous Coal Mine Safety and Health districts. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Dust Mining Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety
• Keywords:
  Analytical-instruments Coal-dust Coal-mining Dust-sampling Mining-industry Particulate-dust Underground-mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Newsletter ; Lay Publication
• 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:
  23
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20033857
• Citation:
  Coal USA Mag 2008 May; :23
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Coal USA Magazine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ea2a895cabe4f16502e1b57d5f0c42651a8e58bbdcd10583b13046be6ffbf46ff5a2788c8996bd34c03af255ed2358be46ca6e559f662aa3fe4346588e6b3f02
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/226967/cdc_226967_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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