Laboratory and Field Performance of a Continuously Measuring Personal Respirable Dust Monitor
May 2012
NIOSH Docket Number 084
NIOSH, through an informal partnership with industry, labor, and the Mine Safety and Health Administration, has developed and tested a new type of instrument known as the personal dust monitor (PDM). The dust monitor is an integral part of the cap lamp that a miner normally carries to work and provides continuous information about the amount of respirable coal mine dust in the breathing zone of that individual.
Material Under Consideration
Reviews
Peer Reviewers’ Comments – posted December 31, 2009pdf icon [PDF – 1,083 KB]
Response to Peer Reviewers’ Comments – posted December 31, 2009pdf icon [PDF – 1,386 KB]
Information
Submissions in order of receipt
Submission from Bain (S.D. Bullard Construction Co.); 6/6/06pdf icon [PDF – 25 KB]
Submission from Private person; 7/2/06pdf icon [PDF – 16 KB]
Submission from Belle (Anglo American plc); 7/5/06pdf icon [PDF – 65 KB]
- Reference to Belle submission; “International harmonization sampling curve (ISO/CEN/ACGIH): background and its influence on dust measurement and exposure assessment in the South African mining industry”; J Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa:55-58; 4/1/04pdf icon [PDF – 247 KB]
- Reference to Belle submission; “Comparison of three side-by-side real-time dust monitors in a duct using average and peak display dust levels as parameters of performance evaluation”; Presented at the 11th U.S./North American Mine Ventilation Symposium; 7/5/06pdf icon [PDF – 9,059 KB]