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• Adaptation of Wearable Respirable Dust Monitor Prototypes for use in Underground Coal Mines
  2/14/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract with the University of Illinois to research wearable respirable dust monitor prototypes.
• Respirable Crystalline Silica Characteristics and Sources in U.S. Underground Coal Mines
  3/25/2022 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract with Virginia Tech University to research respirable crystalline silica characteristics in coal mine dust samples and in samples representative of major dust sources.
• Direct-on-filter Analysis for Respirable Crystalline Silica Using a Portable FTIR Instrument
  1/1/2022 - Information Circulars
  This report details how to implement field-based monitoring for respirable crystalline silica using portable Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR).
• Best Practices for Dust Control in Coal Mining. Second edition.
  8/16/2021 - Information Circulars
  Read about the latest best practices for dust control in coal mining.
• A Novel Sampling Cassette for Field-based Analysis of Respirable Crystalline Silica
  3/1/2021 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A study evaluating a novel cassette designed to facilitate field-based, direct-on-filter analysis of RCS using transmission FTIR spectroscopy.
• Testing a Revised Inlet for the Personal Dust Monitor
  5/10/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article describing dust collection equivalency testing of a new PDM air inlet against the original cap-mounted inlet design.
• Laboratory Comparison of New High Flow Rate Respirable Size-Selective Sampler
  12/1/2018 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article comparing three performance evaluations of the GK4.162 high flow rate respirable size-selective sampler.
• Respirable Dust Measured Downwind During Rock Dust Application
  5/1/2017 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A paper discussing underground evaluations conducted in an attempt to quantify respirable rock dust generation when using untreated rock dust and rock dust treated with an anticaking additive.
• Direct-on-Filter alpha-Quartz Estimation in Respirable Coal Mine Dust using Transmission Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry and Partial Least Squares Regression
  5/1/2017 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article by NIOSH about a study demonstrating the feasibility of end-of-shift measurement of α-quartz using a direct-on-filter (DoF) method to analyze coal mine dust samples deposited onto polyvinyl chloride filters.
• Controlling Respirable Dust in Coal Mining Operations
  2/22/2017 - Research projects
  A project to identify and develop improved respirable dust controls for coal mines and facilitate their implementation to reduce the dust exposures of mine workers.