Third annual report of health activities under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The federal mine health program in 1980 is discussed. Health hazard evaluations were completed for exposure to crystalline silica (7631869), oil shale, perchloroethylene (127184), and heat stress. A report from the coal workers health surveillance program is presented. Mine health research projects are reported on diesel exhausts, vibration, manual materials handling, coal workers pneumoconiosis, new miner studies, stomach cancer, metal toxicity on lung cells, lipid peroxidation, and diesel and metal particulates effects on interferon synthesis. Criteria documentation, standards development, and related research on radon daughters, heat stress, asbestos, silica, welding fumes, mine sanitation, and emergency medical services are reported. Respirators, personal dust samplers, and other safety equipment testing and certification are reported and mine health education programs are presented. This report represents an effort by NIOSH to identify, evaluate, and control work related disease among miners. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no PDF
• Subjects:
  Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Mining Occupational Health Safety Toxicology
• Keywords:
  Industrial-health-programs; Medical-monitoring; Mine-workers; Toxicology; Industrial-hygiene; Occupational-medicine
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Annual Report
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-53
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00121661
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83113639
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1981 Feb; :1-53
• CAS Registry Number:
  Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9) ; Tetrachloroethylene (CAS RN 127-18-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NIOSH, U.S. Department of Human Services, 53 pages, 86 references
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/241409/cdc_241409_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]