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- Hazard prevention and control:
- Dust control
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- Removal of deposited dust
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- Water infusion
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- Wet drilling
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- Mist drilling
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- Foam application
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- Sealing of dust sources
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- Filtration systems
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- Air curtain systems
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- Water spraying
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- Water mist systems
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- Wetting of deposited dust
- Document types:
- Peer reviewed journal articles
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1/1/2015 - Peer reviewed journal articlesA report characterizing exposure histories and respiratory disease among surface coal miners identified with progressive massive fibrosis from a 2010 to 2011 pneumoconiosis survey.
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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.
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9/1/2013 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis article describes a study where a two-instrument particle counting method was used to examine a new cab filtration system design for underground industrial minerals equipment.
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7/1/2013 - Peer reviewed journal articlesA study investigating a FTIR method for end-of-shift silica measurement on filter samples that assesses the influence of radial deposition uniformity on the accuracy of the method.
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7/1/2012 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis experimentally designed air curtain, adapted for roof bolting machines used in this study, is based upon previous design prototypes, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations and trial-and-error testing.
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4/1/2010 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis paper investigates the influence of air velocity and shield advance rates on respirable dust levels. Also discussed are engineering controls currently used to reduce shield dust and alternative controls being investigated by NIOSH.
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1/1/2010 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis study tests the ability of a new air nozzle system, located under the drill deck shroud, to improve the dust capture of the drill deck shroud.
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12/1/2009 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis investigation tested the feasibility of enhancing existing engineering dust controls by mounting a simple barrier on a longwall shearer that separated the operators from the cutting drums.
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10/1/2009 - Peer reviewed journal articlesNIOSH recently performed a laboratory study to evaluate which factors on an enclosed-cab filtration system are most significant.
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5/1/2009 - Peer reviewed journal articlesNIOSH research on reducing heavy equipment operator exposure to dust is detailed in this report.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program