Pretorius, CJ2013-05-272013-05-272012-03Pretorius, CJ. 2012. Trends from the South African historical diesel particulate matter data. Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa 2012 Conference, Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, 29-30 March 2012976-620-52963-1http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6750Paper presented at 2012 Conference of Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa, Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, 29-30 March 2012Currently, there is no occupational exposure limit (OEL) for diesel particulate matter (DPM) in South Africa. Recently the Department of Mineral Resources and the mining industry have made efforts to determine which concentration of DPM could be used as an OEL. The study reported here aimed to use historical data to determine how DPM exposure has been controlled and to determine a reasonable OEL for the South African mining industry. A questionnaire was sent to over 30 mines to establish whether they sample for DPM and to obtain their historical DPM exposure data. Unfortunately, limited information was received from the mining industry. This limited information illustrates the need for a national DPM database for tracking trends and monitoring improvements in the industry. An OEL should only be determined after an industry-wide baseline study has been conducted.enDiesel particulate matterDPMDiesel exhaustElemental carbonOrganic carbonTotal carbonOccupational exposure limitOELConference PresentationPretorius, C. (2012). Trends from the South African historical diesel particulate matter data. Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6750Pretorius, CJ. "Trends from the South African historical diesel particulate matter data." (2012): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6750Pretorius C, Trends from the South African historical diesel particulate matter data; Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa; 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6750 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Pretorius, CJ AB - Currently, there is no occupational exposure limit (OEL) for diesel particulate matter (DPM) in South Africa. Recently the Department of Mineral Resources and the mining industry have made efforts to determine which concentration of DPM could be used as an OEL. The study reported here aimed to use historical data to determine how DPM exposure has been controlled and to determine a reasonable OEL for the South African mining industry. A questionnaire was sent to over 30 mines to establish whether they sample for DPM and to obtain their historical DPM exposure data. Unfortunately, limited information was received from the mining industry. This limited information illustrates the need for a national DPM database for tracking trends and monitoring improvements in the industry. An OEL should only be determined after an industry-wide baseline study has been conducted. DA - 2012-03 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Diesel particulate matter KW - DPM KW - Diesel exhaust KW - Elemental carbon KW - Organic carbon KW - Total carbon KW - Occupational exposure limit KW - OEL LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2012 SM - 976-620-52963-1 T1 - Trends from the South African historical diesel particulate matter data TI - Trends from the South African historical diesel particulate matter data UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6750 ER -