Technology News 559: Mobile Dry Scrubber Provides Cleaner Air for Downwind Roof Bolter

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Klima, Scott
• Description:
  A self-tramming, remotely controlled mobile dry scrubber (DS) was developed by J.H. Fletcher and Co. (Fletcher) under a NIOSH contract to reduce exposure of miners to airborne dust. Roof bolter operator overexposure to respirable dust can occur when bolting downwind of the continuous miner (CM) during its operation. Laboratory and underground testing shows that the DS can provide cleaner air at these downwind roof bolter locations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Mining industry; Mining equipment; Dusts; Dust control equipment; Dust control; Respirable dust; Roof bolters; Underground mines; Underground mining
• 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. 2017-208 (TN 559), 2017 Sep; :1-2
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Technology News
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2017208
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Periodical
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PMRD - Pittsburgh Mining Research Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050508
• Email:
  sklima@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e2d3971d0f91ba8e9638b2d48fe6e00d0c17a0ea795e80ee57e661e6f8f14d93039fed7cbe9fd82805fafd6500c03f0e67af8f63906db602257a9511ae3803c1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/49976/cdc_49976_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 838.96 KB ]