Mine stringent dust standards--recent compliance statistics and technology for quartz dust control.

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• Personal Author:
  Daniel JH ; Jankowski, Robert A. ; Nesbit RE
• Description:
  More stringent dust standards, because of quartz in coal, have become a major compliance problem for the coal industry. Reducing quartz levels has become the major focus of the Bureau of Mines dust control research program. Results to date have identified both the sources of quartz and prospective control technology. Control techniques are being developed for both room-and-pillar and longwall mining underground operations. Techniques include changes in face ventilation, mining cycle modifications, and better roof bolting dust control. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Dust Mining Occupational Health Quartz Safety Silicon Dioxide
• Keywords:
  Mining-industry; Mineral-dusts; Quartz-dust; Coal-mining; Coal-dust; Underground-mining; Control-technology; Dust-control
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New Mexico ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10005738
• Citation:
  1985 SME/AIME Fall Meeting, October 16-18, 1985, Albuquerque NM, Preprint 85-438. Littleton, CO: Society for Mining Engineers of AIME, 1985 Oct; :1-12
• CAS Registry Number:
  Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1986
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  1985 SME/AIME Fall Meeting, October 16-18, 1985, Albuquerque NM, Preprint 85-438
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/240168/cdc_240168_DS1.pdf
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