Smart Monitoring and Control System Test Apparatus

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• Personal Author:
  Jacksha RD ; Pritchard CJ ; Raj KV ; Sunderman, Carl
• Description:
  In underground metal/nonmetal mines, repeated localized short-term exposure to high levels of airborne contaminants can become a serious health issue. Currently, there are no common mechanisms to control or mitigate these short-term high exposures to contaminants. To improve miners' health and safety, the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's Spokane Mining Research Division (SMRD) is developing a smart monitoring and control (SMAC) system for the real-time monitoring of mine air quality, with integrated countermeasures to reduce high concentrations of airborne contaminants in localized sections of mines. To develop and test a SMAC system capable of being implemented in an underground mine, SMRD researchers built a test apparatus incorporating a fan, louver, ducting and sensors combined with atmospheric monitoring and control software. This system will institute effective countermeasures to reduce contaminant levels, improving miner safety and health. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution Environmental Exposure Environmental Monitoring Mining Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Air Cleaning Air Contaminants Air Monitoring Air Purification Air Quality Monitoring Atmosphere Analyzers Author Keywords: Underground Ventilation Control Systems Environmental Control Environmental Control Equipment Environmental Monitoring Exposure Levels Health And Safety Metal Mining Miners Mining-industry Monitoring Systems Nonmetal Mining Short Term Exposure Underground Mines Work Environment

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  1075-8623
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  SMRD - Spokane Mining Research Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  62-66
• Volume:
  344
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20055463
• Citation:
  Trans Soc Min Metall Explor 2019 Jan; 344:62-66
• Contact Point Address:
  K. V. Raj, NIOSH, Spokane Mining Research Division, Spokane WA
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Transactions of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ffbd1b0cf731d0a593fc8f29fc8f6c8badd16d63d0ecc6c330ebc56684ff6497e78ebd1349569ae903821a28cb81550e90e909b1be7db4d72658b564f769cacc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/227842/cdc_227842_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.02 MB ]