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. 2010 Sep 27;54(7):728–746. doi: 10.1093/annhyg/meq022

Table 2.

Number of area and personal DE-related measurements by agent for the eight mining facilities

Agent Surveya
 All surveys
 Total
MIDAS 1976–2001
 DEMS 1998–2001
 MESA/BoM 1976–1977
 Feasibility study 1994
 Other 1954–1996
Areab Personalb Area Personal Area Personal Area Personal Area Personal Area Personal
CO 9746 46 208 0 1099 0 25 0 46 0 11 124 46 11 170
CO2 8234 15 390 0 961 0 17 0 49 0 9651 15 9666
NO 45 0 381 995 24 0 42 69 9 0 501 1064 1565
NO2 4288 38 387 1031 252 646 42 69 76 11 5045 1795 6840
TD 1 782 215 0 161 667 32 0 69 703 478 2152 2630
RD 0 324 209 2 99 0 31 0 158 178 497 504 1001
SD 0 0 121 0 0 0 69 0 20 0 210 0 210
TEC 0 0 224 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 224 0 224
REC 0 0 216 1156 0 0 0 69 12 4 228 1229 1457
SEC 0 0 209 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 209 0 209
TOC 0 0 224 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 224 0 224
ROC 0 0 221 1151 0 0 0 0 0 0 221 1151 1372
SOC 0 0 207 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 207 0 207
DPM/SCD 0 0 212 0 0 0 0 0 180 102 392 102 494
Total 22 314 1205 3424 4335 2596 1313 258 207 619 998 29 211 8058 37 269

DPM, diesel particulate matter; RD, respirable dust; ROC, respirable organic carbon; SCD, submicron combustible dust; SD, submicron dust; SEC, Submicron elemental carbon; SOC, submicron organic carbon; TD, total dust; TEC, total elemental carbon; TOC, total organic carbon.

a

Surveys: the MSHA MIDAS (1976–2001); the DEMS (1998–2001) (Coble et al., 2010; Vermeulen et al., 2010b); the MESA/BoM (1976–1977) (Sutton et al., 1979); the feasibility study for the DEMS in Facility B (1994) (Stanevich et al., 1997); compliance visits by the State of New Mexico, MSHA hard copy reports, and the mining facilities (1954–1996).

b

Area measurements; personal measurements. The number includes both full-shift and short-term measurements.