Methods to lower the dust exposure of bag machine operators and bag stackers

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 751-765

  Cecala, Andrew B ^a   Timko, Robert J ^a   Thimons, Edward D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bag Operator; Bag Stacker; Dust Control; Dust Exposure; Mineral Processing; Respirable Dust

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK;

DUST; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MINING; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNITED STATES; VENTILATION;

EID: 0033803937     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220050129392     Document Type: Article

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