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• Improving Mine Ventilation and Reducing Contaminant Exposure in Large-Opening Stone Mines
  9/21/2020 - Research projects
  A project to develop practical and economic engineering controls, guidelines, and translational solutions for improving the quality and quantity of airflow in large-opening stone mines.
• Evaluation of Methods to Inform Development of a Near Real-time Monitor for Measuring and Reducing RCS Exposures in Non-coal Mines
  9/18/2020 - Research projects
  A project to develop novel and improved monitoring solutions for respirable crystalline silica that can be commercialized and subsequently provided to mine operators for the assessment of hazardous conditions in the field.
• Certification Test Protocol Development and Treated Rock Dust Deployment Strategies
  9/16/2020 - Research projects
  A project to eliminate coal dust explosions in underground coal mines through the development of improved methodologies for identifying and mitigating explosible accumulations of coal dust.
• Diesel Exhaust
  9/1/2020 - Research areas
  Diesel Exhaust Topic Page
• Exposure Monitoring of Dust and Toxic Substances
  8/31/2020 - Research areas
  Exposure Monitoring of Dust and Toxic Substances Topic Page
• Evaluation of Engineering Controls at Bagging Operations to Reduce Exposures to Respirable Crystalline Silica Dust
  8/1/2020 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article that reviews available dust control technologies for bagging operations and discusses the findings of a recent case study of the current types of bagging and palletizing technologies in use.
• Using Real-Time Respirable Dust Monitors to Address the Silica Health Hazard in Mining
  7/7/2020 - Non-peer reviewed journal articles
  A trade publication article detailing NIOSH's work on the advancement of real-time dust monitors to lower exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust.
• Design of a Water Curtain to Reduce Accumulations of Float Coal Dust in Longwall Returns
  7/1/2020 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A study to determine the optimal configuration of a water curtain developed to reduce float coal dust in mine airways.
• Forty Years of NIOSH/USBM-developed Control Technology to Reduce Respirable Dust Exposure for Miners in Industrial Minerals Processing Operations
  6/1/2020 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article highlighting a number of effective dust-control techniques that have been developed and tested by NIOSH and the USBM since the implementation of the 1977 Mine Safety and Health Act.
• A Predictive Model for Elemental Carbon, Organic Carbon and Total Carbon Based on Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Measurements of Filter-collected Diesel Particulate Matter
  6/1/2020 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A study suggesting that laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy measurements coupled with partial least squares modeling results could be a method for rapidly analyzing diesel particulate matter concentrations.