Modify Selection
- Products and materials:
- Respirable dust
Home Links
Results 71 - 80 of 155
-
10/22/2016 - Research projectsA project to develop control technologies that will reduce the most common sources of respirable dust on the longwall face, which will in turn protect the health of mine workers on the longwall face.
-
10/22/2016 - Research projectsA project to evaluate the feasibility of using Light Detection And Ranging (LIDAR), a remote sensing technology based on laser reflection, as a dust monitoring tool in the mining industry.
-
10/22/2016 - Research projectsA project to test an intervention to help miners use personal dust monitor feedback more effectively to reduce their exposure to respirable coal mine dust.
-
3/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis article by NIOSH reports and analyzes dust concentrations measured for remote-controlled continuous mining machine operators as well as haulage operators at 10 U.S. underground mines.
-
2/1/2016 - Non-peer reviewed journal articlesThis trade publication piece by NIOSH reviews discussions with miners learning to use the continuous personal dust monitor, how the information provided by the device may affect behavior, and how to get over the technology learning curve.
-
2/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn article on the formative data collection and analysis that informed the development of a multilevel intervention to bridge health communication between workers and management to reduce mine worker overexposure to respirable silica dust.
-
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.
-
12/1/2015 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis study examines the efficiency of a filtration and pressurization system that was installed in a control room at a mineral processing plant to reduce respirable dust concentrations.
-
10/1/2014 - Non-peer reviewed journal articlesAn article describing the latest advancements in technology to improve how mine operators can investigate and assess the respirable dust exposure of their workers.
-
2/1/2014 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn article describing the results of a field test to verify the effectiveness of MERV 16 filters in the enclosed cab filtration systems on a face drill and roof bolting mining machine, which were tested at an underground limestone mine.
Home Links
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program