NIOSH testimony on confined spaces by R. W. Niemeier, February 28, 1992.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  This testimony summarized the views of NIOSH concerning the development of a confined space rule for mining. Underground mining presents particular difficulties in applying a confined space definition. Most underground mine areas meet two of the three criteria of the NIOSH definition in that they have limited openings for entry and exit and they have unfavorable natural ventilation. However, the third criteria, that they not be intended for continuous employee occupancy, is not true of an underground mine. It may be feasible to use ventilation rates and atmospheric monitoring criteria as a part of the definition of confined spaces for underground mines. This testimony also discussed training of personnel required to work in or around confined spaces, as well as respirator selection and use for confined spaces. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no PDF
• Subjects:
  Confined Spaces Mining Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Testimony; Niemeier-R-W; Mining-industry; Underground-mining; Mine-workers; Confined-spaces; Respiratory-protection; Respirators;
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Testimony
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00210909
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB93138584
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1992 Feb; :1-5
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• NORA Priority Area:
  Respirator Research
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/243192/cdc_243192_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]