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Mining Surveillance Study of Coal Preparation and Related Laboratory Float-Sink Operations.

PB84182831

Publication Date	1983
Page Count	166
Abstract	A survey of techniques used to control occupational exposures to various trace metals, frothing agents, and organic solvents at coal preparation sites and laboratories was conducted at the EAL Corporation (SIC-1211) in Richmond, California, Carbon County, Utah, Jefferson County, Alabama, and Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1981. The laboratories were located at Clarksburg and Wheeling, West Virginia. The coal preparation relied principally on natural ventilation and work practices to control employee exposure. The laboratories used ventilation and local exhaust systems as well as work practices to reduce the concentration of contaminants. Analysis of environmental and breathing zone samples at the coal preparation facilities showed that the concentration of trace metals and frothing agents were controlled to below acceptable limits. Analyses at the laboratories showed similar results except for ethylene-dibromide (106934) (EDB). The authors recommend that a less hazardous solvent be substituted for EDB.
Keywords	Environmental surveys Industrial medicine Coal preparation Air pollution control Exposure Toxicity Inspection Hazardous materials Desulfurization Froth flotation Solvents Bromine organic compounds Laboratories Industrial plants Ventilation Flotation Metals Trace elements Indoor air pollution Toxic substances Occupational safety and health Air pollution abatement SIC 1211 EDB Ethane/dibromo Ethylene dibromide CAS 106-93-4
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57Y - Toxicology 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety 68A - Air Pollution & Control
Corporate Authors	EAL Corp., Richmond, CA.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198415
Contract Number	PHS-NIOSH-210-80-0027

Mining Surveillance Study of Coal Preparation and Related Laboratory Float-Sink Operations.

Mining Surveillance Study of Coal Preparation and Related Laboratory Float-Sink Operations.
PB84182831

Publication Date	1983
Page Count	166
Abstract	A survey of techniques used to control occupational exposures to various trace metals, frothing agents, and organic solvents at coal preparation sites and laboratories was conducted at the EAL Corporation (SIC-1211) in Richmond, California, Carbon County, Utah, Jefferson County, Alabama, and Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1981. The laboratories were located at Clarksburg and Wheeling, West Virginia. The coal preparation relied principally on natural ventilation and work practices to control employee exposure. The laboratories used ventilation and local exhaust systems as well as work practices to reduce the concentration of contaminants. Analysis of environmental and breathing zone samples at the coal preparation facilities showed that the concentration of trace metals and frothing agents were controlled to below acceptable limits. Analyses at the laboratories showed similar results except for ethylene-dibromide (106934) (EDB). The authors recommend that a less hazardous solvent be substituted for EDB.
Keywords	Environmental surveys Industrial medicine Coal preparation Air pollution control Exposure Toxicity Inspection Hazardous materials Desulfurization Froth flotation Solvents Bromine organic compounds Laboratories Industrial plants Ventilation Flotation Metals Trace elements Indoor air pollution Toxic substances Occupational safety and health Air pollution abatement SIC 1211 EDB Ethane/dibromo Ethylene dibromide CAS 106-93-4
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57Y - Toxicology 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety 68A - Air Pollution & Control
Corporate Authors	EAL Corp., Richmond, CA.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198415
Contract Number	PHS-NIOSH-210-80-0027