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2/14/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract with the University of Illinois to research wearable respirable dust monitor prototypes.
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3/25/2022 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract with Virginia Tech University to research respirable crystalline silica characteristics in coal mine dust samples and in samples representative of major dust sources.
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1/1/2022 - Information CircularsThis report details how to implement field-based monitoring for respirable crystalline silica using portable Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR).
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8/16/2021 - Information CircularsRead about the latest best practices for dust control in coal mining.
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3/1/2021 - Peer reviewed journal articlesA study evaluating a novel cassette designed to facilitate field-based, direct-on-filter analysis of RCS using transmission FTIR spectroscopy.
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5/10/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn article describing dust collection equivalency testing of a new PDM air inlet against the original cap-mounted inlet design.
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12/1/2018 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn article comparing three performance evaluations of the GK4.162 high flow rate respirable size-selective sampler.
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5/1/2017 - Peer reviewed journal articlesA 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.
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5/1/2017 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn 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.
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2/22/2017 - Research projectsA project to identify and develop improved respirable dust controls for coal mines and facilitate their implementation to reduce the dust exposures of mine workers.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program