NIOSH Testimony on Mine Shift Atmospheric Conditions; Respirable Dust Sample by L. Rosenstock, July 6, 1994

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The purpose of the hearing was to receive relevant comments and data on a joint MSHA and NIOSH notice concerning the accurate measurement of the average concentration of respirable dust to which each miner in the active workings of a coal mine is exposed to over a single shift. The notice, published in the Federal Register on February 18, 1994, announced a new finding that a single shift sample will, after applying valid statistical techniques to such measurement, accurately represent such atmospheric conditions during such shift. This notice also announce the intent to rescind the 1971 finding. Comments received thus far centered on two issues. First, comments received reflect some confusion over the MSHA and NIOSH decision to rescind the 1971 notice of finding. MSHA and NIOSH have concluded that the statistical analysis and the 1971 finding itself were not germane to the Congressional intent. The analysis did not address the accuracy of a single full shift measurement in representing atmospheric conditions during the shift on which it was taken. The second issue concerns the accuracy of single full shift measurements. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution Air Pollution, Indoor Coal Coal Mining Dust Environmental Monitoring Lung Lung Diseases Mining Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety

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• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Testimony; Rosenstock-L; Dust-exposure; Respiratory-system-disorders; Lung-irritants; Coal-mining; Lung-disease; Occupational-exposure; Air-quality; Air-sampling
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Testimony
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00235025
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB97-147094
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1994 Jul; :1-10
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• NORA Priority Area:
  Pulmonary System Disorders
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NIOSH
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0a56e30b567c5d648039f60fd4fcd47b04647848bc6eb46704ae2955b20bd2490a5c3882c2a574e3190d98c0b7c915dac322690c65ab38efe32b68ae7cb6dc76
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/234255/cdc_234255_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 356.07 KB ]