Los Alamos characterizes oil shale industry hazards

Journal Article · Mon Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1986 · Pace Synth. Fuels Rep.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5049657

According to the study, the mining of oil shale by either underground or surface techniques will result in a number of potential health hazards to workers. These include exposure to oil shale dusts, diesel exhaust, gases and vapors produced in blasting, and gases released from mine water or the oil shale, and exposure to noise, vibration, and heat generated by heavy mining equipment. Mining will often take place under stressful environmental conditions of poor lighting as well as cold, dampness, and high humidity. The majority of these potential health hazards are not unique to oil shale mining, and most appear amenable to control by techniques used in other types of mining. Mining dusts, diesel exhaust, blasting, gassy mines, shale preparation and handling, retorting, retort gases, skin contact with liquids, and spent shale disposal are discussed with respect to potential health hazards.

• OSTI ID: 5049657
• Journal Information: Pace Synth. Fuels Rep.; (United States), Journal Name: Pace Synth. Fuels Rep.; (United States) Vol. 23:3; ISSN PSFRD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040700* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Health & Safety
ALKANES
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
BODY
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMMINUTION
DECOMPOSITION
DIESEL ENGINES
DUSTS
EMISSION
ENERGY SOURCES
ENGINES
EXHAUST GASES
EXPLOSIVE FRACTURING
FLUE GAS
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FRACTURING
FUELS
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HEAT ENGINES
HYDROCARBONS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MATERIALS HANDLING
METHANE
MINING
OIL SHALE MINING
OIL SHALE PROCESSING PLANTS
OIL SHALES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
RETORTING
SKIN
SPENT SHALES
SURFACE MINING
UNDERGROUND MINING
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES