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Coke-oven and blast-furnace coal dust

Coal and graphite-containing dust generated in coke-oven, coke-plant, and blast-furnace operations.

Airborne form

dust

The form describes what is suspended in air at the point of exposure. A material can produce more than one form, such as dust during handling and fume during heating.

Health effects

pneumoconiosis concernrespiratory disease concerncoal-tar-pitch-volatile exposure concern

Evidence

A NIOSH evaluation of a steel company's coke-oven, coke-plant, and blast-furnace departments addressed coal dust and graphite exposure and recommended Bureau of Mines-approved respirators for people working in areas with pneumoconiosis-producing dust, together with engineering controls and protective practices.

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Evaluation of hazards arising out of exposure to heat, noise, coal tar pitch volatiles, carbon-monoxide, graphite, and coal dust in the coke oven unit, coke plant department, and blast furnace department ... Recommendations include the use of Bureau of Mines approved respirators for pneumoconiosis-producing dust for all persons working in the coke and coal tar pitch areas.

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