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2/1/2012 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThe performance of the current regulatory approach was found to be lacking due to the use of a variable property - quartz content in airborne dust - to establish a standard for subsequent exposures.
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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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12/1/2020 - Peer reviewed journal articlesA study comparing dry dust collection with a wet dust collection at one coal mine location.
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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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8/1/2020 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn article that reviews available dust control technologies for bagging operations and discusses the findings of a recent case study of the current types of bagging and palletizing technologies in use.
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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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12/1/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis paper outlines the design parameters for a shield dust simulator.
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9/1/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis article describes NIOSH's testing of a 2nd generation roof bolter canopy air curtain (CAC) design at a Midwestern underground coal mine.
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8/16/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn article describing a field investigation completed to determine air velocities as well as operator dust exposure during shuttle car operation.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program