Summary of NIOSH Research Completed on Dust Control Methods for Surface and Underground Drilling

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• Personal Author:
  Listak, Jeffrey M. ; Organiscak, John A. ; Page, Steven J. ; Reed, William R.
• Description:
  NIOSH continues to conduct respirable dust control research for surface mine blasthole drilling operations. Research areas have included testing variables (shroud leakage area, drill deck cross-sectional area, shroud height, collector-to-bailing airflow ratio, etc.) that have the most impact on respirable dust control, development of a dust collector inlet hood, development of a dust collector dump point shroud, and testing of a small diameter water separating sub. This paper summarizes the results of the aforementioned research that has been completed. Additionally, past dust control research for drilling operations of both underground and surface mines completed by the U.S. Bureau of Mines (created in 1910 and incorporated into NIOSH in 1997) is reviewed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Geology Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Control-technology Dust-collection Dust-collectors Dust-control Dust-control-equipment Engineering-controls Mining-equipment Mining-industry Surface-mining Underground-mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  1075-8623
• Publisher:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• 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:
  32-40
• Volume:
  324
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034926
• Citation:
  Trans Soc Min Metall Explor 2008 Dec; 324:32-40
• Editor(s):
  Yernberg W
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/227046/cdc_227046_DS1.pdf
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