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9/3/2021 - Research areasThis page summarizes how NIOSH is addressing respiratory diseases in the mining industry.
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12/1/2020 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn article discussing the impact of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, commonly known as black lung, and a general methodology for controlling respirable dust in underground coal mines.
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10/16/2020 - Research areasRespirable Dust Topic Page
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6/1/2020 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn 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.
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4/12/2020 - Research projectsA project to demonstrate the suitability and efficiency of monitoring and control solutions which will help to lower the respirable dust exposure of metal/nonmetal miners.
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10/5/2019 - Research projectsTo develop and evaluate technologies and approaches to improve effective dust controls to reduce respirable coal mine dust (RCMD) exposures in coal mines, focusing on reducing respirable quartz dust (RQD).
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3/20/2019 - Reports of InvestigationsRead about the latest best practices for dust control in industrial minerals mining and processing.
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11/1/2018 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn article describing two evaluations of the Dust Suppression Hopper (DSH) at industrial sand processing plants.
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5/17/2018 - Peer reviewed journal articlesA study using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models to examine the effects of air-blocking shelves on airflows and respirable dust distribution associated with medium-sized surface blasthole drill shrouds as part of a dry dust collector system.
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1/1/2018An article presenting a study on the potential of open-air water sprays to reduce concentrations of airborne float coal dust, smaller than 75 µm in diameter, in longwall face airstreams.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program