ArticleJournal of occupational and environmental hygiene2016
Promoting early exposure monitoring for respirable crystalline silica: Taking the laboratory to the mine site.
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- Direct-on-Filter FTIR Analysis of Respirable Crystalline Silica: A Field Study to Demonstrate Utility for Routine Non-regulatory Monitoring in Coal Mines.Mining, metallurgy & exploration · 2024Article
- Occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica among US metal and nonmetal miners, 2000-2019.American journal of industrial medicine · 2023Article
- Review of Filters for Air Sampling and Chemical Analysis in Mining Workplaces.Minerals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- A novel sampling cassette for field-based analysis of respirable crystalline silica.Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene · 2021Article
- Recent Advances in Occupational Exposure Assessment of Aerosols.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Review
- Direct infrared spectroscopy for the size-independent identification and quantification of respirable particles relative mass in mine dusts.Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry · 2020Article
- Mining is bad for health: a voyage of discovery.Environmental geochemistry and health · 2020Article
- Can the South African Milestones for Reducing Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica and Silicosis be Achieved and Reliably Monitored?Frontiers in public health · 2020Article
- Use of the Field-Based Silica Monitoring Technique in a Coal Mine: A Case Study.Mining, metallurgy & exploration · 2020Article
- Evaluating the use of a field-based silica monitoring approach with dust from copper mines.Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene · 2018Article
- A comparison of respirable crystalline silica concentration measurements using a direct-on-filter Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) transmission method vs. a traditional laboratory X-ray diffraction method.Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene · 2018Article
- Direct-on-Filter α-Quartz Estimation in Respirable Coal Mine Dust Using Transmission Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry and Partial Least Squares Regression.Applied spectroscopy · 2017Article
- Respirable size-selective sampler for end-of-shift quartz measurement: Development and performance.Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene · 2017Article
- Phase-targeted X-ray diffraction.Journal of applied crystallography · 2016Article
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Abstract
The exposure to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) in the mining industry is a recognized occupational hazard. The assessment and monitoring of the exposure to RCS is limited by two main factors: (1) variability of the silica percent in the mining dust and (2) lengthy off-site laboratory analysis of collected samples. The monitoring of respirable dust via traditional or real-time techniques is not adequate. A solution for on-site quantification of RCS in dust samples is being investigated by the Office of Mine Safety and Health Research, a division of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. The use of portable Fourier transform infrared analyzers in conjunction with a direct-on-filter analysis approach is proposed. The progress made so far, the necessary steps in progress, and the application of the monitoring solution to a small data set is presented. When developed, the solution will allow operators to estimate RCS immediately after sampling, resulting in timelier monitoring of RCS for self-assessment of compliance at the end of the shift, more effective engineering monitoring, and better evaluation of control technologies.
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