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PDM3700-Compatible Filter Module Usable with Portable/Field-deployable Silica Monitoring Instruments2/28/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract with Thermo Fisher to develop a filter module that can be used with the PDM3700, maintaining its functionality of aerosol collection and mass measurement, and portable FTIRs that can be used for field-deployable silica monitoring.
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2/22/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract with Desert Research Institute to find alternative filter media and redesign the filter holder for the continuous personal dust monitorto make the filter compatible with end-of-shift respirable crystalline silica quantification.
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2/17/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract with the University of Nevada, Reno, to develop a personal real-time respirable coal dust and respirable silica dust monitoring instrument based on photoacoustic spectroscopy.
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Characterization of Coal Mine Dust Size Distribution, Chemical Composition, and Source Contributions2/16/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract with the University of Nevada, Reno, to characterize coal mine dust size, distribution, chemical composition, and source contributions.
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2/14/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract with microAeth Corporation to examine the use of Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and optical particle counting to quantify respirable crystalline silica.
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2/14/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract with Colorado State University to develop a silica dust reading sampler.
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1/18/2023 - Research projectsA project to design, validate, and promote the use of advancements in monitoring the exposure of miners to respirable dust, respirable crystalline silica, and diesel particulate matter.
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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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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program