Faces of black lung.

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• Personal Author:
  Petsonk, Edward L. ; Urban CW ; Wolfe, Anita L.
• Description:
  There are currently about 42,000 underground coal miners actively working in the United States. Mining and the production of coal is crucial to our Nation's economy and we must protect the health of every miner. Every year, about 1,000 miners die from coal workers' pneumoconiosis or 'black lung disease' caused by exposure to coal mine dust. Black lung disease continues to occur today, but that does not need to happen. Black lung disease and death are entirely preventable. In this video you will hear from two coal miners. Both of these miners have been diagnosed with this devastating disease. They want to share their stories and provide a little insight on how their lives have changed due to this disease. [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/NIOSHPUB2008131
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Moving Image
• Genre:
  Videorecording
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034062
• 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. 2008-131, 2008 Jun; :DVD
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• 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:
  urn:sha-512:f5d32ae64babc72c0de7dfcdf3810b400e6355cc075b127fe92cf62fb10fa57f794adeea9f317d4f16af66c498ac2103e949bb94d6c2b37f836a4bc7d7216f71
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248386/cdc_248386_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 125.47 KB ]