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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.
• NIOSH Response to 2018 NAS Dust Report
  1/31/2020
  Read NIOSH's response to the 2018 NAS report on dust monitoring and sampling
• Dust Control Handbooks for Coal Mining and Metal/Nonmetal Mining
  11/9/2012 - Unpublished documents and reports
  A pair of new handbooks from NIOSH to identify and promote engineering controls to protect mine workers from overexposures to dust.
• Reducing Dust Inside Enclosed Cabs
  3/1/2009 - Videos and multimedia
  This video identifies significant factors that determine how effective an enclosed cab will be at protecting a worker.
• 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.
• Horizontal Air-Blocking Shelf Reduces Dust Leakage from Surface Drill Shroud
  12/1/2008 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This paper describes a recent research project initiated by NIOSH which identified improvement of the drill shroud design as one of its main objectives for reducing the exposure of surface miners to respirable dust.
• Explosion Temperatures and Pressures of Metals and Other Elemental Dust Clouds
  7/1/2007 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  NIOSH's Pittsburgh Research Laboratory conducted a study of the explosibility of various metals and elemental dusts, focusing on explosion temperatures. The data will aid in evaluating explosion hazards in the minerals/metals processing industries.
• 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...
• Significant Dust Dispersion Models for Mining Operations
  9/1/2005 - Information Circulars
  This report presents the various dust dispersion models that have been developed specifically for the mining industry.