Report of Investigations 9689: Dust Control Handbook for Industrial Minerals Mining and Processing

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Cecala, Andrew B. ; O'Brien, Andrew D. ; Schall, Joseph ; Colinet, Jay F. ; Fox, William R. ; Franta, Robert J. ; Joy, Jerry ; Reed, William R. ; Reeser, Patrick W. ; Rounds, John R. ; Schultz, Mark J.
• Description:
  Throughout the mining and processing of minerals, the mined ore undergoes a number of crushing, grinding, cleaning, drying, and product sizing operations as it is processed into a marketable commodity. These operations are highly mechanized, and both individually and collectively these processes can generate large amounts of dust. If control technologies are inadequate, hazardous levels of respirable dust may be liberated into the work environment, potentially exposing workers. Accordingly, federal regulations are in place to limit the respirable dust exposure of mine workers. Engineering controls are implemented in mining operations in an effort to reduce dust generation and limit worker exposure. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Engineering Minerals Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Mineral-processing; Mineral-dusts; Dust-control; Dust-control-equipment; Dust-particles; Dusts; Engineering-controls; Control-technology; Respirable-dust
• Source:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. 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 No. 2012-112 (RI 9689), 2012 Jan; :1-284
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Report of Investigations
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2012112
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• 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:
  314 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040225
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2012-104659
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d36907f6fd595528b330250cfb9cd72baa73315b2bc1c9665b21812f33f776c16047c5acb638075b46285feb583dd45703c98929b15ac19a1e72cc3f77426be1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/44706/cdc_44706_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 14.06 MB ]