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• Reducing Dust Exposure from Contaminated Work Clothing with a Stand-Alone Cleaning System
  6/1/2008 - Conference papers
  An alternative method to the original system developed by NIOSH and Unimin Corp to provide for a stand-alone clothes cleaning system.
• Horizontal Air Blocking Shelf Reduces Dust Leakage from Surface Drill Shroud
  2/1/2009 - Conference papers
  This paper presents the results of laboratory testing to determine if the installation of a horizontal air blocking shelf around the inside perimeter of a surface mining drill deck will improve dust capture.
• Explosion Temperatures of Metals and Other Elemental Dust Clouds
  8/1/2006 - Conference papers
  NIOSH conducted a study of the explosibility of various metals and other elemental dusts dispersed in air to aid in understanding dust cloud combustion and in evaluating the explosion hazards in the minerals and metals processing industries.
• A New Method to Clean Dust from Soiled Work Clothes
  6/1/2006 - Conference papers
  Dust from worker's clothes has been shown to be a problematic source of personal dust exposure. A recently completed effort between NIOSH and Unimin Corp. has resulted in a quick and effective way to clean worker clothing. Field testing indicated that t...