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Dust Monitoring in Coal Mines - Industry Review of Recognised Standard 14

Posted by Troy Adams on March 13, 2021 at 10:54

Dust monitoring is an ongoing strategy that uses sampling to estimate workers’ exposure to dust levels. In coal mines, it assesses overexposure to coal dust. Overexposure to coal dust can result in ‘black lung disease’. Coal mine workers’ pneumoconio

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How dangerous is coal dust? Part One – A Historical Look at Coal Mining in Queensland

Posted by Troy Adams on August 11, 2020 at 3:13
All mining has the potential to be acutely dangerous, with factors such as collisions, cave-ins, and explosions being very obvious hazards. The impact on health – although as we note having been observed for hundreds of years, has been better underst
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