Health Effects of Overexposure to Respirable Coal and Silica Dust

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• Alternative Title:
  Health Effects of Overexposure to Respirable Coal and Silica Dust: Chapter 1 of "Best Practices for Dust Control in Coal Mining" [2010] [IC 9517]
• Personal Author:
  Colinet, Jay F. ; Wolfe, Anita L.
• Description:
  Pneumoconioses are lung diseases caused by the inhalation and deposition of mineral dusts in the lungs. Pneumoconioses associated with working in a high-risk, mineral-related industry such as mining are coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) and silicosis. Once contracted, these diseases cannot be cured. Therefore, it is critical to limit worker exposure to airborne respirable dust to prevent these diseases. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Economics Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mining Occupational Health Safety Small Business
• Keywords:
  Coal-mining Coal-workers-pneumoconiosis Dust-control Lung-disease Lung-disorders Lung-fibrosis Mining-industry Pulmonary-system-disorders Respirable-dust Respiratory-system-disorders Silica-dusts Silicosis Surveillance Underground-mining

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies ; OMSHR - Office of Mine Safety and Health Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  3-9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20036304
• Citation:
  Best practices for dust control in coal mining. 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 2010-110, Pittsburgh, PA: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2010 Jan; :3-9
• CAS Registry Number:
  Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d893328c69b840477a09afb98834c8c5eed566827ebfcfb9c2c4e9a6c4321ae55b55190b3a7e258eaf224329453e1c324cc2c067e5e9c05f3b14517a11e29976
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/227167/cdc_227167_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.91 MB ]