Controlling and Monitoring Diesel Emissions in Underground Mines in the United States

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• Personal Author:
  Colinet, Jay F. ; Mischler, Steven E.
• Description:
  The exposure of mine workers to diesel particulate matter (DPM) and gases is an issue of great concern to the underground mining community in the United States. Approximately 30, 000 underground miners are potentially exposed to high concentrations of DPM. In January 2001, the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) promulgated rules setting compliance standards for both underground coal and metal/nonmetal mine workers. As industry works to achieve compliance with these standards, mine operators are looking for feasible methods for reducing DPM concentrations in their mines. In addition, the industry needs methods to accurately measure DPM to ensure that the control strategies they adopt are working successfully. The Pittsburgh Research Laboratory (PRL) of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) conducts research to evaluate control technologies and monitoring instrumentation that can be used to reduce the diesel particulate maUer (DPM) exposure of mine workers. An overview of the strategies being utilized in underground US mines to reduce DPM concentrations will be presen!ed. Also, updates on the development of diesel monitoring instruments such as the continuous elemental carbon monitor or the Personal Dust Monitor for DPM measurement will be provided. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Dust Engineering Mining Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Particulate Matter Respiratory System Safety Vehicle Emissions Ventilation Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Diesel Particulate Matter Coal-dust Coal-mining Control-methods Control-technology Control Technology Diesel-emissions Diesel-exhausts Dust-control Dust-exposure Engineering-controls Gas-indicators Gas Measurements Inhalation-studies Milling Mining-equipment Mining-industry Modeling Monitoring Occupational-exposure Particulate-dust Particulates Respirable-dust Standards 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:20036229
• 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; 2:879-888
• Email:
  smischler@cdc.gov
• Editor(s):
  Panigrahi DC
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/227157/cdc_227157_DS1.pdf
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