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- Title
Forty years of NIOSH/USBM-developed control technology To reduce respirable dust exposure for miners in industrial minerals processing operations.
- Authors
Cecala, Andrew B.; Patts, Justin R.; Louk, A. Kyle; Haas, Emily J.; Colinet, Jay F.
- Abstract
The article discusses that the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) considered crystalline silica to be a potential occupational carcinogen as defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) carcinogen policy in May 1994; and mentions that NIOSH has realized that occupational overexposure to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) dust can lead to the development of silicosis, an incurable and often fatal lung disease.
- Subjects
MINERAL dusts; MANUFACTURING processes; INDUSTRIAL minerals; MINERAL processing; AIRDROP; DUST; COMPRESSED air; SCIENTIFIC knowledge
- Publication
Mining Engineering, 2020, Vol 72, Issue 6, p28
- ISSN
0026-5187
- Publication type
Article