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Mining Publication: Using Real-Time Respirable Dust Monitors to Address the Silica Health Hazard in Mining
Keywords: Personal dust monitors Respirable dust Silica dust Silicosis
Original creation date: July 2020
Authors: J Patts
Non-Peer Reviewed Journal Article - July 2020
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NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20060501
Rock Prod 2020 Jul; 123(7):101-103
Mining operations, by their very nature, create a lot of dust, with varying percentages of silica content. Modern mining operators are well aware of the hazard created by respirable crystalline silica dust (RCS). Operators also need to recognize that silicosis is an irreversible occupational disease with terrible consequences including lung cancer, respiratory failure and tuberculosis. And there is no cure for silicosis – the only fix is to prevent the disease by limiting worker exposure.
Based on the latest work-related lung disease surveillance report by the CDC, between 1990 and 1999, just over 20% of all total silica deaths occurred in the M/NM industry. And between 2000 and 2017, 12% of MSHA personal heath samples were greater than the MSHA PEL of 100 μg/m3 and 34% of those were greater than the OSHA PEL of 50 μg/m3.
First page of Addressing Silica: Using Real-Time Respirable Dust Monitors to Address the Silica Health Hazard in MiningNon-Peer Reviewed Journal Article - July 2020
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NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20060501
Rock Prod 2020 Jul; 123(7):101-103
See Also
Analysis of the Silica Percent in Airborne Respirable Mine Dust Samples from U.S. Operations
Control of Respirable Dust
Equivalency of a Personal Dust Monitor to the Current United States Coal Mine Respirable Dust Sampler
Filter Media and Holder Compatible with Personal Dust Monitor and End-of-Shift Crystalline Silica Quantification by Raman and FTIR Spectroscopy
Improving Silica Dust Control Through Targeted Research
Laboratory and Field Performance of a Continuously Measuring Personal Respirable Dust Monitor
Laboratory Evaluation of Pressure Differential-based Respirable Dust Detector Tube
Reducing Silica and other Respirable Hazards in the Industrial Minerals and Metal/Nonmetal Mining Industries
Respirable Dust
Silica Adds to Respirable Dust Concerns: What If You Could Know the Silica Dust Levels in a Coal Mine After Every Shift?
Page last reviewed: August 5, 2020
Page last updated: August 5, 2020
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program
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