Evaluation of Dust Exposure to Truck Drivers Following the Lead Haul Truck

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• Journal Article:
  Transactions of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration
• Personal Author:
  Reed, William R. ; Organiscak, John A.
• Description:
  Haul trucks have the potential to generate large amounts of respirable dust. This respirable dust has been shown to be a health hazard to personnel, especially if it has a high silica content. Lack of dust sampling data from haul trucks prompted the completion of a study to quantify respirable dust concentrations. These field studies were conducted measuring instantaneous respirable dust at stationary locations from passing haul trucks at a stone quarry and at a coal mine site. Fugitive dust levels from haul trucks were analyzed to characterize dust dispersion. This analysis indicates safe following distances for haul trucks and other heavy equipment to avoid overexposure of respirable dust from the lead haul truck. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Dust Hazardous Substances Lung Lung Diseases Mining Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety

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• Keywords:
  Truck-drivers; Dust-exposure; Dusts; Respirable-dust; Health-hazards; Stone-mines; Coal-mining; Surface-mining; Pulmonary-disorders; Dust-sampling; Dust-particles
• Source:
  Trans Soc Min Metall Explor 2006 Jan; 318:147-153
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISBN:
  9780873352512
• ISSN:
  1075-8623
• Publisher:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  7 pdf pages
• Volume:
  318
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20030598
• Contact Point Address:
  NIOSH Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 18070, Pittsburgh, PA 15236
• Editor(s):
  Yernberg WR
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/8713/cdc_8713_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 720.92 KB ]