External Links to Health and Safety Information

• General Mining and Worker Health Information
• Asbestos
• Diesel Exhaust
• Dust
• Ergonomics
• Exposure Limits
• Gases and Vapours
• Heat and Cold Stress
• MSD Prevention
• Noise
• Sampling Strategy and Monitoring
• Statistics
• Welding Fumes

General Mining and Worker Health Information

Canadian Websites

• Canada's National Occupational Health and Safety Website
• Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
• Mines and Aggregates Safety and Health Administration
• WorkSafeBC (Worker's Compensation Board of British Columbia)

American Websites

• American Industrial Hygiene Association
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control
• U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)
  • MSHA Fact Sheets
• U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
• U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • NIOSH Mining Fact Sheets
  • NIOSH Worker Health Chartbook 2004: Mining

International Websites

• International Labour Organization (ILO)
  • ILO Encyclopaedia of Health and Safety

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Asbestos

• NIOSH Analytical Method 7400: ASBESTOS and OTHER FIBERS by PCM (PDF)
• NIOSH Analytical Method 7402: ASBESTOS by TEM (PDF)
• NIOSH Analytical Method 9000: ASBESTOS, CHRYSOTILE by XRD (PDF)
• NIOSH Analytical Method 9002: ASBESTOS (bulk) by PLM (PDF)
• OSHA Analytical Method ID-160: ASBESTOS IN AIR
• OSHA Analytical Method ID-191: POLARIZED LIGHT MICROSCOPY OF ASBESTOS
• Safe Work Practices for Handling Asbestos (WorkSafeBC PDF)

Diesel Exhaust

• NIOSH Analytical Method 5040: DIESEL PARTICULATE MATTER (as Elemental Carbon) (PDF)
• NIOSH Analytical Method 5506: POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS by HPLC (PDF)
• NIOSH Analytical Method 6004: SULFUR DIOXIDE (PDF)
• OSHA Analytical Method 58: COAL TAR PITCH VOLATILES (CTPV) COKE OVEN EMISSIONS (COE) SELECTED POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHs)
• OSHA Analytical Method ID-104: SULFUR DIOXIDE IN WORKPLACE ATMOSPHERES (BUBBLER)
• OSHA Analytical Method ID-200: SULFUR DIOXIDE IN WORKPLACE ATMOSPHERES (IMPREGNATED ACTIVATED BEADED CARBON)

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Dust

• NIOSH Analytical Method 0600: PARTICULATES NOT OTHERWISE REGULATED, RESPIRABLE (PDF)
• NIOSH Analytical Method 7500: SILICA, CRYSTALLINE by XRD (filter redisposition) (PDF)
• NIOSH Analystical Method 7602: SILICA, CRYSTALLINE by IR (KBr pellet) (PDF)
• NIOSH Analytical Method 7603: QUARTZ in coal mine dust by IR (redisposition) (PDF)
• NIOSH Mining Safety and Health Topic: Dusts
• OSHA Analytical Method ID-142: QUARTZ AND CRISTOBALITE IN WORKPLACE ATMOSPHERES

Ergonomics

Please see MSD Prevention
 

Exposure Limits

• American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists TLV/BEI Resources
• NIOSH Recommended Exposure Limits (REL) (Please Note: REL information is included within each individual subject listing)
• OSHA Permissable Exposure Limits
• WorkSafeBC Table of Exposure Limits for Chemical and Biological Substances

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Gases and Vapours

• NIOSH Analytical Method 1300: KETONES I (Acetone) (PDF)
• NIOSH Analytical Method 1501: HYRDROCARBONS, AROMATIC (PDF)
• NIOSH Analytical Method 2016: FORMALDEHYDE (PDF)
• NIOSH Analytical Method 2541: FORMALDEHYDE by GC (PDF)
• NIOSH Analytical Method 2549: VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (SCREENING) (PDF)
• NIOSH Analytical Method 4000: TOLUENE (diffusive sampler) (PDF) See also 2549 above.
• NIOSH Analytical Method 5700: FORMALDEHYDE ON DUST (TEXTILE OR WOOD) (PDF)
• NIOSH Analytical Method 6004: SULFUR DIOXIDE (PDF)
• NIOSH Analytical Method 6011: CHLORINE (PDF)
• NIOSH Analytical Method 6013: HYDROGEN SULFIDE (PDF)
• NIOSH Analytical Method 6014: NITRIC OXIDE and NITROGEN DIOXIDE (PDF)
• NIOSH Analytical Method 6015: AMMONIA (PDF)
• NIOSH Analytical Method 6600: NITROUS OXIDE (PDF)
• NIOSH Analytical Method 6601: OXYGEN (PDF)
• NIOSH Analytical Method 6603: CARBON DIOXIDE (PDF)
• NIOSH Analytical Method 6604: CARBON MONOXIDE (PDF)
• NIOSH Analytical Method 7903: ACIDS, INORGANIC (PDF)
• OSHA Analytical Method 52: ACROLEIN AND/OR FORMALDEHYDE
• OSHA Analytical Method 69: ACETONE
• OSHA Analytical Method ID-101: CHLORINE IN WORKPLACE ATMOSPHERES
• OSHA Analytical Method ID-104: SULFUR DIOXIDE IN WORKPLACE ATMOSPHERES (BUBBLER)
• OSHA Analytical Method ID-141: HYDROGEN SULFIDE IN WORKPLACE ATMOSPHERES
• OSHA Analytical Method ID-166: NITROUS OXIDE IN WORKPLACE ATMOSPHERES (PASSIVE MONITOR)
• OSHA Analytical Method ID-172: CARBON DIOXIDE IN WORKPLACE ATMOSPHERES
• OSHA Analytical Method ID-182: NITROGEN DIOXIDE IN WORKPLACE ATMOSPHERES (ION CHROMATOGRAPHY)
• OSHA Analytical Method ID-188: AMMONIA IN WORKPLACE ATMOSPHERES - SOLID SORBENT
• OSHA Analytical Method ID-200: SULFUR DIOXIDE IN WORKPLACE ATMOSPHERES (IMPREGNATED ACTIVATED BEADED CARBON)
• OSHA Analytical Method ID-205: FORMALDEHYDE IN WORKPLACE ATMOSPHERES (3M MODEL 3721 MONITOR)
• OSHA Analytical Method ID-209: CARBON MONOXIDE IN WORKPLACE ATMOSPHERES (DIRECT-READING MONITOR)
• OSHA Analytical Method ID-210: CARBON MONOXIDE IN WORKPLACE ATMOSPHERES
• OSHA Analytical Method ID-214: OZONE IN WORKPLACE ATMOSPHERES (IMPREGNATED GLASS FIBER FILTER)
• OSHA Analytical Method 111: TOLUENE

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Heat and Cold Stress

• OSHA: Protecting Workers in Cold Environments
• OSHA: Protecting Workers in Hot Environments

MSD Prevention

Resources

• Managing the Ageing Workforce: Issues and Opportunities for the Queensland Coal Mining Industry
• NIOSH: Ergonomics Downloadable Mining Publications
• NIOSH Mining Safety and Health Topic: Ergonomics
• NIOSH Safety and Health Topic: Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders
• OSHA Safety and Health Topics: Ergonomics
• Using Ergonomics to Enhance Safe Production at a Surface Coal Mine: A Case Study with Powder Crews
• WorkSafeBC Ergonomics Site

Evaluation

• Liberty Mutual: Manual Materials Handling Guidelines
• WorkSafeBC MSI Risk Factor Checklists
  • Worksheet "A": MSI Risk Factor Identification
  • Worksheet "B": MSI Risk Factor Assessment
• WorkSafeBC Push/Pull/Carry Calculator

Noise

• NIOSH Safety and Health Topic: Noise and Hearing Loss Prevention
• OSHA Safety and Health Topics: Noise and Hearing Conservation
• WorkSafeBC: Hearing Loss Prevention

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Sampling Strategy and Monitoring

• A Strategy for Assessing and Managing Occupational Exposures, Second Edition (AIHA publication)
• CANMET Mining and Mineral Sciences Laboratories
• NIOSH Occupational Exposure Sampling Manual (Please Note: This Manual was originally published in 1977, but it still contains some good information.  The web page was last updated in 1998.)
• OSHA Index of Sampling and Analytical Methods
• SKC Inc. (sampling equipment purchasing; local distributor = Integra Environmental Inc.

Statistics

• MSHA Fact Sheets
• NIOSH Mining Fact Sheets

Welding Fumes

• NIOSH Analytical Method 6600: NITROUS OXIDE (PDF)
• NIOSH Analytical Method 6604: CARBON MONOXIDE (PDF)
• NIOSH Analytical Method 6014: NITRIC OXIDE and NITROGEN DIOXIDE (PDF)
• NIOSH Analytical Method 7300: ELEMENTS by ICP (Nitric/Perchloric Acid Ashing) (PDF)
• OSHA Analytical Method ID-121: METAL & METALLOID PARTICULATES IN WORKPLACE ATMOSPHERES (ATOMIC ABSORPTION)
• OSHA Analytical Method ID-125G: METAL AND METALLOID PARTICULATES IN WORKPLACE ATMOSPHERES (ICP ANALYSIS)
• OSHA Analytical Method ID-166: NITROUS OXIDE IN WORKPLACE ATMOSPHERES (PASSIVE MONITOR)
• OSHA Analytical Method ID-182: NITROGEN DIOXIDE IN WORKPLACE ATMOSPHERES (ION CHROMATOGRAPHY)
• OSHA Analytical Method ID-206: ICP ANALYSIS OF METAL/METALLOID PARTICULATES FROM SOLDER OPERATIONS
• OSHA Analytical Method ID-209: CARBON MONOXIDE IN WORKPLACE ATMOSPHERES (DIRECT-READING MONITOR)
• OSHA Analytical Method ID-210: CARBON MONOXIDE IN WORKPLACE ATMOSPHERES
• OSHA Analytical Method ID-214: OZONE IN WORKPLACE ATMOSPHERES (IMPREGNATED GLASS FIBER FILTER)