An Overview of Fundamental and Emerging Technologies to Monitor and Control Respirable Dust in Underground Coal Mines in the United States

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• Personal Author:
  Colinet, Jay F. ; Rider, James P.
• Description:
  As production levels continue to increase in underground coal operations in the United States, greater quantities of respirable dust arc generated with the potential to increase worker exposure. Vcnliiatiog air and water spray systems continue to be the primary means of controlling respirable dust for both conlinuous mining and longwall mining operations. Mine operators are applying these fundamental control technologies at elevated levels and are looking to new and emerging control technologies to better control respirable dust. New monitoring technologies are also being developed to improve the real-time measurement of worker dust exposure; so that corrective action can be taken before workers' become overexposed. The Pittsburgh Research Laboratory of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) conducts research to develop and improve control technologies and monitoring instrumentation that can be used to reduce the respirable dust exposure of mine workers. An overview of fundamental dust controls technologies being utilizcd in underground US coal mines will be presented. Also, updates on emerging technologies such as the personal dust monitor (POM), wet head spray technology for continuous miners, and a roof bolter canopy air curtain will be provided. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Dust Engineering Mining Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Pneumoconiosis Respiratory System Safety Ventilation Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Dust Coal-dust Coal-mining Coal Mining Control-methods Control-technology Control Technology Dust-control Dust-exposure Engineering-controls Gas-indicators Inhalation-studies Mining-equipment Mining-industry Modeling Monitoring Occupational-exposure Pneumoconiosis Respirable-dust Underground-mining Ventilation-systems Work-environment Workplace-studies

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISBN:
  9788120417502
• Publisher:
  Oxford & IBH Publishing Co.
• 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
• Volume:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20036228
• Citation:
  Mine Ventilation: Proceedings of the Ninth International Mine Ventilation Congress, November 10-13, 2009, New Delhi, India. Panigrahi DC ed. New Delhi, India: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co., 2009 Nov; 2:769-779
• Contact Point Address:
  James P. Rider, NIOSH, Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 18070, 626 Cochrans Mill Rd. Pittsburgh, PA 15236
• Email:
  jrider@cdc.gov
• Editor(s):
  Panigrahi DC
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Mine Ventilation: Proceedings of the Ninth International Mine Ventilation Congress, November 10-13, 2009, New Delhi, India
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cddc4198979de82298e32480f9edd9851e25b74e7640c6e63355f34ae89862147997a9377360b9fd8926b849c0601659374737127ff1d1837f204e30f590ab80
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/227156/cdc_227156_DS1.pdf
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