Results from the National Occupational Health Survey of Mining (NOHSM)

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Greskevich, Mark F. ; Bajpayee, Shib S. ; Hale, Janet M. ; Groce, Dennis W. ; Hearl, Frank J.
• Description:
  The National Occupational Health Survey of Mining (NOHSM) was conducted at 491 mines during 1984 through 1989. There were 60 coal mines and 431 metal and nonmetal mines. The mines employed 59,734 miners, representing 66 mineral commodities. The survey at each mine included questionnaires, chemical inventories, and worksite visits. Questionnaire data included information on medical services, industrial hygiene practices, and general facility information. An inventory was made of chemical substances and trade name products on the mine property and their annual usage. Potential exposures at the mines were determined, based on observations and worker interviews. The projected numbers of potential exposures across the entire mining industry were estimated, based on the representative sample of mines in each mineral commodity. Because workers were often potentially exposed to more than one agent, the numbers of potential exposures may be greater than the total number of workers. It was estimated that in the entire mining industry, there were over 365,000 potential exposures to physical agents; over 710,000 potential exposures to musculoskeletal overload conditions; and over 188,000 potential exposures to welding, brazing, and soldering agents. Approximately 214,000 miners were found to be potentially exposed to dust that contained greater than 5% quartz (14808607). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  Includes bibliographical references (p. 24).
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Dust Health Surveys Mining Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; Underground-miners; Mineral-dusts; Dust-exposure; Musculoskeletal-system-disorders; Occupational-exposure; Mining-industry; Miners; Coal-miners
• Source:
  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. 96-136, 1996 Sep; :1-223
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• 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
• Pages in Document:
  224 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00233168
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB97-124473
• CAS Registry Number:
  Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1996
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:028e42755f36e84166e77e0231f7063afc3e10e49fb4d318a70930c9084fd0676cdcb41299f27d76bf7880f16c55bdf5de42a8ea4c0247f3762e68737e666938
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/6392/cdc_6392_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.02 MB ]