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Document ID (ISN)65927
CIS number 96-269
ISSN - Serial title 0002-8894 - American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal
Year 1995
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Ainsworth S.M., Gero A.J., Parobeck P.S., Tomb T.F.
Title Quartz exposure levels in the underground and surface coal mining industry
Bibliographic information Oct. 1995, Vol.56, No.10, p.1002-1007. Illus. 4 ref.
Abstract Occupational quartz exposure data gathered by the US Mine Safety and Health Administration during the period 1988 to 1992 were analyzed. In underground mines, a substantial number of samples contained greater than 5% quartz; some samples represented quartz exposures exceeding 100µg/m3. Occupations with a high frequency of excessive quartz exposure included the roof bolter and the continuous-miner operator and helper. In surface coal mines, the highwall drill operator and helper, the bulldozer operator, scraper operator and truck driver were frequently exposed to high quartz concentrations.
Descriptors (primary) USA; quartz; coal mining; opencast work; exposure evaluation; underground mining
Descriptors (secondary)
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceUSA
Subject(s) Mines and quarries
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) Mining and quarrying
Exposure evaluation