{"id":10758,"date":"2025-08-08T15:14:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T15:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/?p=10758"},"modified":"2025-08-08T15:14:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T15:14:48","slug":"meet-the-person-behind-the-international-air-quality-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/08\/meet-the-person-behind-the-international-air-quality-standard\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the person behind the international air quality standard\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When Jeff Moredock first entered the air quality industry, he came with zero experience in mining, engineering or heavy equipment. He was a real estate executive, who was recruited into the family business, Sy-Klone, in 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, Moredock is not only the Executive Vice President at Sy-Klone and a driving force behind its innovative solutions for cab air quality, but also the project lead for ISO 23875, an international quality standard that unifies the design, testing, operation and maintenance of air quality control systems for heavy machinery cabs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How is it that an industry outsider became, in the span of 18 years, an international authority? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Moredock, the answer lies in a deep calling that has pushed him and his company to invest in years of research resulting in ground breaking technologies which have contributed to their success and influence in the mining industry. What began as an interesting job involving innovative products quickly became something deeper \u2014 and more personal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was explaining our cab filtration system at MINExpo in 2008, when someone commented, \u2018You\u2019ve invented the cure for cancer,\u2019\u201d Moredock recalls thinking, \u201cWhat if your product could have that impact on human health?\u201d That single moment rewired his thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>‘The world wasn\u2019t ready to hear about better air quality\u2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Based in Jacksonville, Fla., Sy-Klone delivers proven air quality solutions for the world\u2019s most demanding environments. The company\u2019s technology helps protect operators of heavy equipment from respirable crystalline silica (RCS), a dangerous mineral dust linked to chronic lung diseases like silicosis and black lung, as well as other harmful particulate matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But back in 2007, few in the industry saw the necessity of what Sy-Klone was offering. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe world wasn\u2019t ready to hear about better air quality back then, and customers weren\u2019t demanding it,\u201d Moredock says. \u201cBut that did not alter the moral imperative which was driving the mission to improve operator air quality and reduce lower lung disease. I couldn\u2019t unhear what I heard at MINExpo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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<\/a>Clean air is a universal value<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

By 2018, Moredock\u2019s work started to draw global attention. A rash of class action lawsuits in the mining industry, along with a generalized global confusion around air quality, made it clear that the industry desperately needed a more structured approach to operator air quality. Miners and safety professionals were beginning to demand clarity on how to improve air quality at their sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This growing concern came to a head when the International Organization for Standardization\u2019s (ISO\u2019s) Technical Committee on Mining (TC-82) tapped Moredock to lead the development of a new international standard \u2014 which would become ISO 23875. The standard set clear performance metrics for cab pressurization, CO\u2082 levels, filter efficiency and air monitoring \u2014 all aimed at making mine sites safer for operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A like-minded group of industry professionals from ten mining countries completed the  international standard in record time, and it gained unanimous support from the countries voting on the standard. It was adopted as a national standard in Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Sweden, and Colombia.  The standard is widely referenced in air quality legislation and regulation in mining countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe standard\u2019s popularity showed me something I had long believed: that clean air is a universal value,\u201d Moredock says.<\/p>\n\n\n

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<\/a><\/a>Compassion, not compliance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Moredock\u2019s motivations aren\u2019t to lead the development of an influential piece of policy, but rather to protect everyday workers from avoidable harm. He hopes this human-centered orientation around safety will go global.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cRegulations help, but it\u2019s respect for worker well-being that should drive the push for cleaner air,\u201d he says. \u201cThis is why I like to frame the conversation around compassion, rather than just <\/ins>compliance. You wouldn\u2019t give your child a dirty room to sleep in \u2014 why give a miner a cab filled with dust?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Yet much has to change for clean air to become the norm. In his ongoing work with ISO 23875 and Sy-Klone, Moredock is encouraging OEMs to take greater ownership over air quality. His goal? To make ISO 23875-aligned air quality management systems in a cab as expected as a seat belt in a car. <\/p>\n\n\n

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<\/a>Approaching a tipping point<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

His work has taken him into mines from Australia to Scandinavia, and Moredock\u2019s mission remains anchored in his passion from the beginning. As attention on clean air continues to grow, Moredock believes mining is at a tipping point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn the ground, I\u2019ve seen a clear shift,\u201d he says. \u201cMiners expect and are demanding clean air. And the industry is prepared to act.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about Jeff\u2019s work and the evolution toward cleaner cab air, visit sy-klone.com<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Sy-Klone Today<\/u><\/strong>
Phone: (904) 448-6563<\/a>
Website: https:\/\/www.sy-klone.com\/<\/a>
Email: compliance@sy-klone.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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