Silicosis

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• Corporate Authors:
  Massachusetts. Department of Public Health. Occupational Health Surveillance Program
• Description:
  Healthy People 2000, the US Department of Health and Human Services public health goals, listed silicosis as one of the preventable occupational lung diseases that could be eliminated by the year 2000. This goal was not accomplished. The Occupational Health Surveillance Program received two recent reports involving illness associated with silica exposure. Last August, a physician reported a case of silicosis in a 45-year-old Massachusetts dental technician who worked in his own dental laboratory. In February, OHSP received an inquiry about a Maine worker diagnosed by video assisted open lung biopsy with aluminum silicate particles in her lungs; she had previously worked in antiperspirant manufacture. Silica exposure continues today in sandblasting, construction projects (including the Big Dig and road repair) and in dental laboratories. Continued health care provider vigilance is required to diagnose this "old" occupational disease. This report provides an update about silicosis. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Ceramics Construction Industry Detergents Environmental Monitoring Epidemiology Glass Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Lung Lung Diseases Metal Workers Mining Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Railroads Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Ships Silicon Dioxide Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Abrasive-blasting Abrasive-grinding Abrasives Airway-resistance Construction Detergent-industry Disease-prevention Employee-exposure Exposure-assessment Exposure-levels Exposure-limits Foundries Glass-manufacturing-industry Health-care Lung-disease Lung-irritants Medical-monitoring Mining-industry Occupational-diseases Occupational-exposure Occupational-health Occupational-respiratory-disease Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiratory-system-disorders Shipbuilding-industry Silica-dusts Silicosis Soap-products Stone-grinders Stone-processing Surveillance-programs Work-environment Workers

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042720
• Citation:
  SENSOR Occup Lung Dis Bull 2001 Mar; :1-2
• Contact Point Address:
  Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Occupational Health Surveillance Program, 250 Washington Street, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02108
• CAS Registry Number:
  Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7) ; Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Performing Organization:
  Massachusetts State Department of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19880415
• Source Full Name:
  SENSOR Occupational Lung Disease Bulletin
• End Date:
  20050929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5a7bd86ef3a266834298f5e7b440c5f963fae309ac86cf66eedcc16e3104df88fb9565d62f6f68bc0a331e88951a6ff14c1ee5f3996d1c95393b2eb44815eb68
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194857/cdc_194857_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 185.66 KB ]