NIOSH Mining Safety and Health Workshop

Workshop on Diesel Emissions Control Technologies in Metal/Nonmetal Mines


Sponsored by NIOSH, February 27, 2003 (Cincinnati, Ohio) and March 4, 2003 (Salt Lake City, Utah). The following documents from the Metal/Nonmetal Diesel Emissions Workshops are available for downloading:

1. Diesel Particulate Matter Exposure of Underground Metal and Nonmetal Miners, William Pomroy, MSHA (PDF, 84 KB)
2. Overview of Diesel Emissions Control Technologies Available to Underground Mining Industry, Aleksandar Bugarski, NIOSH (PDF, 623 KB)
3. Diesel Particulate Filters (DPFs) in Underground Mining
  3.1 DEEP-sponsored long-term evaluation of the DPFs at Noranda's Brunswick Mining and Smelting Mine, Sean McGinn, McGinn Integration, Inc. (PDF, 4.36 MB)
  3.2 DEEP-sponsored long-term evaluation of the DPFs ad INCO's Stobie Mine, Jozef Stachulak, INCO Ltd. (PDF, 2.34 MB)
  3.3 DPFs in U. S. underground coal mines, Steve "Skinner" Forbush, Canyon Fuel Co. (PDF, 336 KB)
4. Emissions Assisted Maintenance
  4.1 Maintenance of Heavy-Duty Underground Mining Diesel-Powered Equipment, Sean McGinn (PDF, 1.99 MB)
  4.2 Maintenance of Heavy-Duty Diesel-Powered Equipment Using Emissions Data, Steve "Skinner" Forbush (PDF, 398 KB)
5. Strategy for Selection of Diesel Particulate Filters, George Schnakenberg, NIOSH, Jim Angel, MSHA (PDF, 462 KB)
6. Diesel Emissions Control Strategy at INCO, Jozef Stachulak (Salt Lake City) (PDF, 82 KB)

Notes of comments and questions during presentations and discussion forum:

Cincinnati Notes (PDF, 161 KB) | Salt Lake City Notes (PDF, 167 KB)


Page last updated: October 21, 2008
Page last reviewed: June 20, 2008
Content Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Mining Division