Advanced Pneumoconiosis Among Working Underground Coal Miners – Eastern Kentucky and Southwestern Virginia, 2006

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Attfield, Michael D. ; Petsonk, Edward L.
• Description:
  Current regulations for U.S. underground coal mines, mandated by federal legislation in 1969 and amended in 1977, include provisions to prevent the occurrence of pneumoconiosis. However, in 2005 and 2006, clusters of rapidly progressing and potentially disabling pneumoconiosis were reported in certain geographic areas. In response to these reports, CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) instituted field surveys conducted under the Enhanced Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program (ECWHSP). This report describes the results of those surveys, which were conducted in three counties in eastern Kentucky (Knott, Letcher, and Pike) and four counties in southwestern Virginia (Buchanan, Dickenson, Tazewell, and Wise). A total of 37 cases of advanced pneumoconiosis (including four cases reported previously) were identified. Measures are needed to prevent further occurrence of this disease among underground coal miners. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Coal Coal Mining Dust Hazardous Substances Irritants Lung Lung Diseases Mining Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Silicon Dioxide Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Coal-dust Coal-miners Coal-mining Coal-processing Coal-workers Coal-workers-pneumoconiosis Exposure-limits Health-hazards Lung-disorders Lung-fibrosis Pneumoconiosis Pneumography Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiratory-irritants Respiratory-system-disorders Silica-dusts Silicosis Surveillance-programs Work-areas Work-environment Work-operations Worker-health

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• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)   ; Mining Publications  
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• Volume:
  56
• Issue:
  26
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032473
• Citation:
  MMWR 2007 Jul; 56(26):652-655
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c84c20514692b9ca660505754727e51823275421e94f977fab6705aca90d5d803d7a4937f8422aabf32a960b5e406336f23abcf062f0f693f7214c02dcd5ba05
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183010/cdc_183010_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 78.75 KB ]