Testing dust control preparation with respect to mine employee exposure to inhalling chemical agents

Volume 12
2013
Issue 4

This paper presents the results of tests used in dust hazard prevention for air-water spraying devices in collieries. The purpose of the tests was to evaluate mine employees’ exposure to inhalling chemical agents when the ZWILKOP ZW-10 preparation is used. The paper presents the results of the measurements of concentration, in a mine atmosphere, of the following chemical agents: hazardous substances 2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethanol and 2-ethylhexan-1-ol, constituting ingredients of the preparation at mine employees’ workstations. The tests were performed during work related to the mining of coal in inclined drift C31, seam 415/1-2 on the premises of “Borynia-Zofiówka-Jastrzębie” Hard Coal Mine, Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland , using the TELESTO mist systems. Using aqueous solutions for the preparation at concentrations of 15 and 20‰ causes no exceedance of the allowable mine air concentrations for the chemical agents tested.

DOI

10.7424/jsm130403
APA
Orszulik, E., & Dudek, W. (2013). Testing dust control preparation with respect to mine employee exposure to inhalling chemical agents. Journal of Sustainable Mining, 12(4), 14–17. doi:10.7424/jsm130403
 
MLA

Orszulik, Eugeniusz, and Wojciech Dudek. “Testing Dust Control Preparation with Respect to Mine Employee Exposure to Inhalling Chemical Agents.” Journal of Sustainable Mining 12.4 (2013): 14–17.