Report of Investigations 9701: Dust Control Handbook for Industrial Minerals Mining and Processing, Second Edition

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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. ; Franta, Robert J. ; Schultz, Mark J. ; Haas, Emily J. ; Robinson, Jaimie E. ; Patts, Justin R. ; Holen, Brian M. ; Stein, Robert R. ; Weber, Jake ; Strebel, Mark ; Wilson, Lindsie ; Ellis, Mark
• Description:
  This handbook was written by a task force of safety and health specialists, industrial hygienists, and engineers to provide information on proven and effective control technologies that lower workers' dust exposures during all stages of mineral processing. The handbook describes both dust-generating processes and the control strategies necessary to enable mine operators to reduce worker dust exposure. Implementation of the engineering controls discussed can assist operators, health specialists, and workers in reaching the ultimate goal of eliminating pneumoconiosis and other occupational diseases caused by dust exposure in the mining industry. Designed primarily for use by industrial minerals producers, this handbook contains detailed information on control technologies to address all stages of the minerals handling process, including drilling, crushing, screening, conveyance, bagging, loadout, and transport. The handbook's aim is to empower minerals industry personnel to apply state-of-the-art dust control technology to help reduce or eliminate mine and mill worker exposure to hazardous dust concentrations - a critical component in ensuring the health of our nation's mine workers. [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. 2019-124 (RI 9701), 2019 Mar; :1-362
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Report of Investigations
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2019124
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report ; Guideline
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; 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:
  406 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20055113
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2019-100531
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b71e76ee694343910ef769b6e97f238ffaf2866fcf6d0199af369bd345396aee95d57f919e3348d367cf4a1a7ba4cf56709e26a0576f1dddd057fccd1fded3ff
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/76769/cdc_76769_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 36.69 MB ]