Respirable Dust Generation
Title | Respirable Dust Generation PDF eBook |
Author | John A. Organiscak |
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Pages | 20 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Coal mines and mining |
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Respirable dust generation : comparison of continuous and conventional mining methods when excavating rock in coal mines
Title | Respirable dust generation : comparison of continuous and conventional mining methods when excavating rock in coal mines PDF eBook |
Author | John A. Organiscak |
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Pages | 9 |
Release | 1989 |
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Respirable Dust Generation
Title | Respirable Dust Generation PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Bureau of Mines |
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Pages | 0 |
Release | 1989 |
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Proceedings of the Symposium on Control of Respirable Coal Mine Dust, Beckley, West Virginia, October 4-6, 1983
Title | Proceedings of the Symposium on Control of Respirable Coal Mine Dust, Beckley, West Virginia, October 4-6, 1983 PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 336 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Coal mines and mining |
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Purpose of symposium: "To provide an open forum for labor, government, and other interested parties to exchange information on the control of respirable coal mine dust and to identify current problems and possible solutions."
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Title | Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1388 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Government publications |
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Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
Title | Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Pages | 752 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Government publications |
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Monitoring and Sampling Approaches to Assess Underground Coal Mine Dust Exposures
Title | Monitoring and Sampling Approaches to Assess Underground Coal Mine Dust Exposures PDF eBook |
Author | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 169 |
Release | 2018-10-04 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0309476011 |
Coal remains one of the principal sources of energy for the United States, and the nation has been a world leader in coal production for more than 100 years. According to U.S. Energy Information Administration projections to 2050, coal is expected to be an important energy resource for the United States. Additionally, metallurgical coal used in steel production remains an important national commodity. However, coal production, like all other conventional mining activities, creates dust in the workplace. Respirable coal mine dust (RCMD) comprises the size fraction of airborne particles in underground mines that can be inhaled by miners and deposited in the distal airways and gas-exchange region of the lung. Occupational exposure to RCMD has long been associated with lung diseases common to the coal mining industry, including coal workers' pneumoconiosis, also known as "black lung disease." Monitoring and Sampling Approaches to Assess Underground Coal Mine Dust Exposures compares the monitoring technologies and sampling protocols currently used or required by the United States, and in similarly industrialized countries for the control of RCMD exposure in underground coal mines. This report assesses the effects of rock dust mixtures and their application on RCMD measurements, and the efficacy of current monitoring technologies and sampling approaches. It also offers science-based conclusions regarding optimal monitoring and sampling strategies to aid mine operators' decision making related to reducing RCMD exposure to miners in underground coal mines.