Sampling to Quantify Respirable Dust Generation

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• Alternative Title:
  Sampling to Quantify Respirable Dust Generation: Chapter 2 of "Best Practices for Dust Control in Coal Mining" [2010] [IC 9517]
• Personal Author:
  Colinet, Jay F.
• Description:
  The respirable fraction of the airborne dust is the dust that reaches the lungs and leads to the development of coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) or silicosis. Respirable dust cannot be seen with the eye. Conversely, if a dust cloud is visible, it is likely that a portion of the airborne dust will be in the respirable size range. To quantify the amount of harmful respirable dust in the mine air, sampling instrumentation must be used. New cases of lung disease in miners have been occurring at increased rates since 2000. As a result, accurate respirable dust sampling is important to quantify worker exposures and identify dust sources. Sampling results can then be used to implement control technologies in the most problematic areas. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Coal Coal Mining Dust Environmental Monitoring Mining Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety Silicon Dioxide
• Keywords:
  Airborne-dusts Coal-dust Coal-mining Control-methods Dust-control Dust-measurement Dust-sampling Emission-sources Exposure-assessment Mining-industry Respirable-dust Silica-dusts Underground-mining

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OMSHR - Office of Mine Safety and Health Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  11-16
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20036362
• Citation:
  Best practices for dust control in coal mining. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication 2010-110, Pittsburgh, PA: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2010 Jan; :11-16
• CAS Registry Number:
  Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f4f357df5cefac690a706f5213a67831a42a0df8b4a96e5640cb7176e1e1b30ce2297f72d8e1a3327143295a0cf9e4f7de7c2eb8f0c0bb47b92afa1ffe080ccf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/227168/cdc_227168_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.96 MB ]