Advanced Cases of Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis – Two Counties, Virginia, 2006

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Antão, Vinicius C. ; Attfield, Michael D. ; Petsonk, Edward L.
• Description:
  This report describes 11 newly identified cases of advanced coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), including progressive massive fibrosis (PMF), in working coal miners from Lee and Wise counties in southwestern Virginia. PMF is a disabling and potentially fatal form of CWP, an occupational lung disease caused by the inhalation of coal mine dust. The continuing occurrence of advanced forms of CWP emphasizes the importance of comprehensive measures to control coal mine dust effectively and reduce the potential for inhalation exposures in coal mining. The Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 mandated dust limits in the mining environment to protect the respiratory health of coal miners and created a health surveillance program for underground miners subsequently administered by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). After dust levels were lowered, data from the surveillance program documented reductions in the prevalence of CWP among active coal miners. Nonetheless, during 1996-2002, clusters of rapidly progressive CWP were identified among miners in certain areas of the United States, predominantly in eastern Kentucky and western Virginia. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Dust Fibrosis Lung Lung Diseases Mining Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Radiography Respiratory Function Tests Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety

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• Keywords:
  Coal-miners; Coal-mining; Coal-workers-pneumoconiosis; Region-3; Respiratory-system-disorders; Surveillance-programs; Fibrosis; Coal-dust; Occupational-diseases; Occupational-exposure; Lung-disease; Lung-fibrosis; Radiographic-analysis; Exposure-limits; Age-groups; Medical-examinations; Spirometry; Respirable-dust
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  24 pdf pages
• Volume:
  55
• Issue:
  33
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20030771
• Citation:
  MMWR 2006 Aug; 55(33):909-913
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:28dffbfa4303b250b1815cd9113a0d547cda5f7c2f401f4a4ef6ffed7b862cb5a7b17b04492763997b858382b8966ec5750b006a8cdc381f939450599ff97c97
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248472/cdc_248472_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 272.55 KB ]