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Bookmark or Share- CDC - Mining Topic - Respiratory Diseases - NIOSHFor miners examined at three black lung clinics in Virginia, NIOSH reported 416 diagnosed with PMF, an unprecedented number. Through a special CWHSP program, NIOSH examined more than 2,200 surface miners from 2010-2011. Results of the scans found CWP in 46 miners, 12 of which had PMF. Graph of CWP respiratory disease in miners.
- Trends in Pneumoconiosis Deaths — United States, 1999–2018The Healthy People 2020 Occupational Safety and Health Objective 4 set the goal of reducing pneumoconiosis deaths by 10% from the baseline of 2,430 deaths in 2005 to 2,187 deaths in 2020 (3). Results of this study indicate that the total number of pneumoconiosis deaths in 2018 was 1,632, a 32.8% decline from the baseline.
- Coal workers’ pneumoconiosis - Centers for Disease Control and PreventionCoal workers’ pneumoconiosis. prevalence disparity between Australia and the United States. by G.J. Joy, J.F. Colinet and D.D. Landen. Abstract Although rates of pneumoconiosis in coal miners have declined substantially in the United States since the passage of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, new cases continue to occur ...
- Pneumoconiosis and Advanced Occupational Lung Disease Among Surface ...Pneumoconiosis and Advanced Occupational Lung Disease Among Surface Coal Miners — 16 States, 2010–2011. Coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) is a chronic occupational lung disease caused by long-term inhalation of dust, which triggers inflammation of the alveoli, eventually resulting in irreversible lung damage.
- About Pneumoconioses | Pneumoconioses | CDCAlso, many consider the term pneumoconosis as referring only to diseases caused by inhaling mineral dusts. Pneumoconiosis typically takes years to develop. However, rapidly progressive forms of silicosis can occur after short periods of intense exposure. When severe, the diseases often lead to lung impairment, disability, and premature death.
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