coal dust

Australian companies are now responsible for complying to respirable dust occupational exposure limits (OELs) under potential new Workplace Health and Safety laws, according to RST
MANAGEMENT

Clearing the air

With stricter air-quality regulations, dust control can be a challenge for mines

04 September 2019

 MSHA will now take comments on the coal dust RFI until July 2022
UNDERGROUND

US industry officials extend comment period for dust rule

Input period set to expire this month extended to 2022

18 July 2019

An engineer was consulted to design the structure while the University of Pretoiria performed the needed 3-D modelling for the structure of the tip and airflow simulations
TECHNOLOGY

I-CAT takes on coal dust suppression, fire prevention with new release

Company's misting system a solution to sponcom from LHDs

29 October 2018

New spirometer gets green light from NIOSH
ENVIRONMENT

New spirometer gets green light from NIOSH

NIOSH will use EasyOne Air spirometer in its coal worker health programme

23 February 2018

Rock-dusting machinery helps render accumulations of coal dust incombustible
ENVIRONMENT

Strata acquires A.L. Lee assets

Strata Worldwide has completed an acquisition of certain assets of A.L. Lee Corporation

13 December 2016

The shrivelled and hardened lung of a black lung victim, 1972. Photo: LeRoy Woodson
ENVIRONMENT

Taking on black lung

The benefits of MSHA's final dust rule ventilation changes for underground coal mines are already paying

26 August 2016

Black lung X-rays. Photo: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
COAL

Coal mine dust rule enters final phase

The US Department of Labor's MSHA has begun implementing provisions of the third phase of the coal mine

02 August 2016

A Colorado coal miner waiting for a black lung screening. Photo: NIOSH
ENVIRONMENT

Phase II of respirable coal mine dust rule

The US MSHA implements the second phase of the coal mine dust rule

02 February 2016

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