Uranium Miners: Your Ounce of Prevention

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• Corporate Authors:
  United States. Bureau of Mines ; United States. Bureau of Mines
• Description:
  Hazards exist in all types of jobs. But with proper controls, workers can earn their livelihood without injury to their health. This booklet for miners and operator-owners points out a few facts ahout occupational health hazards in mines, particularly uranium mining. You may know or have heard about some of these hazards. Others you may not suspect. Finding out and taking the necessary precautions may add years to your life -- healthy years. Here are some of the prohlems you are faced with and what you should he doing ahout them. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Engineering Lung Lung Diseases Mining Neoplasms Occupational Health Radiation Radon Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Control-technology Engineering-controls Gases Lung-cancer Lung-disease Lung-disorders Lung-fibrosis Mine-gases Radon-daughters Respiratory-system-disorders Silicosis

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• Series:
  Mining Publications   ; Mining Publications  
• Publisher:
  U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service; U.S. Department of the In
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Pamphlet or Booklet ; Pamphlet or Booklet
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  WO - Washington Office ; WO - Washington Office
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-15
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043679
• Citation:
  Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service; U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, PHS Publication No. 708, 1959 Jan; :1-15
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon dioxide (CAS RN 124-38-9) ; Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Carbon dioxide (CAS RN 124-38-9) ; Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1959
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service; U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, PHS Publication No. 708
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a15106d3ac1b008c923a2105e56361670a44f03fa33ebe3c08cdfa2cd701b4afd09d0200bbb94f1f5f44398f061dfb188573f1e28d3fbff1c47d5beb2fcc7431
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228025/cdc_228025_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.03 MB ]