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9/28/2012 - News articlesPreventing coal mine explosions requires a suite of control strategies and NIOSH continues to conduct research to develop more effective intervention measures.
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4/1/2010 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis paper investigates the influence of air velocity and shield advance rates on respirable dust levels. Also discussed are engineering controls currently used to reduce shield dust and alternative controls being investigated by NIOSH.
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1/1/2010 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis study tests the ability of a new air nozzle system, located under the drill deck shroud, to improve the dust capture of the drill deck shroud.
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12/1/2009 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis investigation tested the feasibility of enhancing existing engineering dust controls by mounting a simple barrier on a longwall shearer that separated the operators from the cutting drums.
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11/1/2009 - Conference papersThis paper discusses a limited number of control technologies to reduce or eliminate harmful respirable dust.
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4/1/2009 - NIOSH/USBM numbered publicationsNIOSH found that drill dust could be decreased by using wet or dry dust reduction engineering controls, enclosed cabs, and implementing a dust control program.
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2/1/2009 - Conference papersThis paper describes an inflatable temporary mine sealing technology and presents the results of NIOSH tests on the device.
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Summary of NIOSH Research Completed on Dust Control Methods for the Surface and Underground Drilling12/1/2008 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis paper summarizes the results of research that has been done on respirable dust control for surface mine blasthole drilling operations.
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9/1/2008 - Conference papersThis paper presents an overview of dust controls typically utilized in underground U.S. coal mines and an update of ongoing NIOSH PRL research efforts that are evaluating new control technologies.
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6/1/2008 - Conference papersThe objective of the research was to cost-effectively increase the air cleaning volume and improve dust capture efficiency of an off-the-shelf dust collector with a larger motor and blower.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program