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Miners' Views About Personal Dust Monitors

Miners' Views About Personal Dust Monitors

Paperback

Health General

ISBN10: 1492998982
ISBN13: 9781492998983
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Feb 28 2008
Pages: 54
Weight: 0.33
Height: 0.11 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.02
Language: English
Coal workers' pneumoconiosis is the leading cause of death due to occupational illness among U.S. coal miners. This disease is caused by miners' exposure to excessive levels of respirable coal mine dust. A personal dust monitor (PDM) has recently been developed to provide near real-time feedback to miners regarding the level of respirable coal dust in the air they breathe. This report documents coal miners' reactions to this device and how they make use of the information it provides. It summarizes a field study by the NIOSH that documented the opinions of 30 miners at 4 underground coal mines concerning the use of PDMs.

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