Protect yourself against black lung...a confidential medical test for underground coal miners supervised by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  All underground coal miners now can get a free, confidential medical examination, including a chest X-ray. A federal law sets up the opportunity. A federal agency, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) supervises the medical exams.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Agriculture Computers Occupational Health Safety Software
• Keywords:
  Black-lung-disease Chest-X-rays Confidential-exams Free-medical-exams Medical-checkups Underground-mining
• Document Type:
  Text
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  ALOSH - Appalachian Laboratory for Occupational Safety and Health
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000616
• Citation:
  NIOSH, 1973 Jan; :1-6
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1973
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f99abddd1c218ba37a65bbf36a29dd72aa27b622b512073ce17b5d87be997ec9430fe63e77e7a39974c38a1bd481ea23e2e5f5e473dec0e91a0f86a8ef917d2c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181021/cdc_181021_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 87.12 KB ]