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- Research methods and measures:
- Respirable dust level
- Document types:
- Peer reviewed journal articles
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9/1/2011 - Peer reviewed journal articlesResults from the NIOSH underground dust surveys and current longwall dust control technology and operating practices are discussed.
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3/1/2011 - Peer reviewed journal articlesField tests confirm that an air-blocking shelf installed in the inside perimeter of a blasthole drill shroud substantially improves dust control. This modification reduced respirable dust by 66%–81% in the immediate vicinity of the shroud...
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1/1/2008 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThe work presented in this paper focuses on the relationship between the PDM and respirable dust concentrations currently measured by a coal mine dust personal sampler unit utilizing a 10 mm Dorr Oliver nylon cyclone.
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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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2/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn article about the design and testing of a new environmentally controlled primary crusher operator booth at a granite quarry near Wausau, WI.
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12/1/2008 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis work presents the findings from NIOSH field and laboratory studies comparing respirable dust levels on mist drilling roof bolter machines to dust levels measured on machines using a conventional vacuum drilling system.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program