Faces of Black Lung II

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• Personal Author:
  Halldin, Cara N. ; Wolfe A ; Yancheski M
• Description:
  In 2018, there were an estimated 83,000 working coal miners in the United States. (MSHA 2018 Data). Each of these miners went to work every day to support their families, but also to help provide the energy that nearly half of Americans relied on for their daily needs. All workers deserve a safe and healthy working environment, including coal miners. The 1969 Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act was intended to protect these miners, in part by setting a permissible exposure limit for respirable coal mine dust as well as a respiratory health surveillance program. One of the biggest risks to coal miner's health over time is exposure to respirable coal mine dust. Black lung is caused by breathing in too much coal mine dust. Unfortunately, the rates of black lung have been increasing since the late 1990s. For example, as of the filming of this video, 1 in 5 coal miners with 25 or more years of tenure in central Appalachia have black lung. However, NIOSH sees cases of black lung in every state where coal is mined. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Lung Lung Diseases Mining Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Black-lung Coal-miners Coal-mining Coal-workers-pneumoconiosis Lung-disease Lung-disorders Pulmonary-system-disorders Respiratory-system-disorders Surveillance
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2020109revised012020
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  RHD - Respiratory Health Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20058478
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2020-109 (Revised 01/2020), 2020 Jan; :1-12
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• 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:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/210141/cdc_210141_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.91 MB ]