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    Exposure to respirable crystalline silica amongst stope employees in an underground gold mine between July 2008 and June 2010
    (2014-02-12) Kesilwe, Senki Benjamin; A research report submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Public Health: Occupational Hygiene, Johanmesburg, 2012
    The aim of the study was to determine if the gold mine under study achieved the 2008 elimination of silicosis occupational hygiene milestones as set out by the South African mining industry in 2003. To identify high risk quartz exposed occupations within the conventional stope and TM³ stope employees of an underground gold mine between July 2008 and June 2010; to describe the personal quartz exposure of conventional stope and TM³ stope employees in an underground gold mine between July 2008 and June 2010; and to compare the time weighted average (TWA) quartz exposures between the conventional stope and TM³ stope to the Department of Mineral Resources-Occupational Exposure Limit (DMR-OEL) of 0.1 mg/m3, the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health-Recommended Exposure Limit (NIOSH-REL) of 0.05 mg/m3 and the American Conference of Government Industrial Hygienists-Threshold Limit Value (ACGIHTLV) of 0.025 mg/m3.