Respirable Dust Control Research – the Bureau of Mines Program

Details

• Personal Author:
  Daniel JH
• Description:
  The dust control devices described have been successful in reducing dust levels in mines. They were not chosen as a list of research accomplishments, but to illustrate the nature of the research performed by the Bureau. Likewise, the research described to understand the formation of respirable dust was chosen for the same purpose. The overall focus of the current program is the investigating of silica dust since Federal dust standards become more stringent when silica is present. Emphasis is on identifying the sources of silica dust and in discovering the mechanisms by which it becomes airborne so that control concepts can be designed for all mining methods--auger- and drum-type continuous mining, longwall mining, and surface mining. Research to identify dust sources also includes investigating methods for selectively sampling or measuring diesel engine exhaust particles so that the diesel-produced fraction of the respirable coal dust can be determined. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Engineering Mining Occupational Health Safety Silicon Dioxide
• Keywords:
  Control-technology Dust-control Dust-control-equipment Engineering-controls Mining-industry Respirable-dust Silica-dusts
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  West Virginia University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  WO - Washington Office
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034360
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the Coal Mine Dust Conference, Morgantown, West Virginia, October 8-10, 1984. Peng, SS, ed., Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University, 1984 Oct; :1-8
• CAS Registry Number:
  Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7)
• Editor(s):
  Peng SS
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1985
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the Coal Mine Dust Conference, Morgantown, West Virginia, October 8-10, 1984
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:02bf41e7edf93262d1ab76833e19cdb8abc17906b319a93d8abb477e749756c013d6849b5e3274b1ab8b3c336ff157c6aa4dbd17c0b0f625b49b96d42dd8fe90
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/227004/cdc_227004_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.16 MB ]