Debilitating Lung Disease Among Surface Coal Miners With …

The Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 (Coal Act) established the federal permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 2.0 mg/m 3 for respirable coal mine dust in underground and surface coal mines and mandated regular inspections of surface and underground mines, in an effort to prevent coal workers' pneumoconiosis.

Opinion | Black Lung Disease Is Making A Comeback With Coal …

But with changes in technology and conditions in coal mines in central Appalachia, cases of severe black lung disease are back to the highest level in decades after the last major study, in 2018.

THE PROPHYLAXIS OF WEIL'S DISEASE (SPIROCHAETOSIS

The spirochetes which he described are less virulent than ours. On his advice we have carefully examined house and ditch rats in the city and rats in the coal mines of Kyushu, where Weil's disease prevails, and found that 39.5 per cent carried highly virulent pathogenic spirochetes in their kidneys, thus confirming Miyajima's experiments.

As coal miners suffer and die from severe black lung, a …

But if the rule is adopted, the agency predicts it would save only 63 coal miner lives and avoid 244 cases of black lung disease over 60 years. An investigation by Public Health Watch, NPR, Louisville Public Media and Mountain State Spotlight suggests this may be a gross underestimate of the rule's potential upside.

Negative Effects of Coal Mining

Health Hazards: Coal dust inhalation can cause black lung disease. Miners and those who live in nearby towns are the most affected. Cardiopulmonary disease, hypertension, COPD, and kidney disease are found in higher than normal rates in people who live near coal mines. Displacement of Communities: All of these negative effects force people to ...

The Queensland Coal Mine Workers' Cancer and Mortality …

Coal mining is a major employment industry in Queensland. Working in coal mines carries risks associated not only with mining accidents and injuries, but from occupational exposures to dust and chemicals. Respiratory diseases including COPD, Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis (aka black lung) and some cancers have variously been shown to be …

As coal miners suffer and die from severe black lung, a …

Mining machines cut through the rock to reach and to mine coal seams, grinding rock into fine, sharp and easily inhaled silica particles. Exposure to silica dust likely explains Smith's complicated black lung diagnosis at the relatively young age of 39 and after just 12 years of cutting rock and coal underground.

The Impact of Black Lung and a Methodology for Controlling …

Abstract. Coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), commonly known as black lung, is caused by the inhalation of respirable coal mine dust and is a disabling and potentially fatal lung disease with no cure. Historically, CWP has taken a tremendous human and financial toll in the US coal mining industry. Recent health surveillance data indicates ...

Study: Severe black lung disease among Appalachian coal miners

A new study provides the first evidence of its kind that silica dust is responsible for the rising tide of severe black lung disease, including among coal miners in Appalachia. Exposure to a toxic ...

Health Problems from Mining

Mining damages health in many ways: Dust, chemical spills, harmful fumes, heavy metals and radiation can poison workers and cause life-long health problems as well as allergic reactions and other immediate problems. Heavy lifting and working with the body in awkward positions can lead to injuries to the arms, legs, and back.

People living near mining activities at increased risk of diseases …

A latest government study has found that mining activities in the coal-rich Tamnar area of Chhattisgarh have put the local population, mainly tribal people, at an increased risk of acute respiratory diseases and tuberculosis. The study reveals that in the case of tuberculosis, the disease burden rate in Tamnar is nearly double the national …

Coal Mining in the British Industrial Revolution

An Abundant Natural Resource. Coal mining had been a major industry in Britain from the 16th century, ever since forests had been depleted and wood for fuel became scarce. There were four main coalfields: South Wales, southern Scotland, Lancashire, and Northumberland.All four produced high-quality coal, and all were …

Weil's Disease in the Scottish Coal Mines

Weil's Disease in the Scottish Coal Mines * W.C. SHARP. W.C. SHARP Ministry of Fuel and Power. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic. PubMed. Google Scholar * A paper read at a meeting of the Association on 31st October, 1952. Author Notes.

Canada is in the dark about black lung amid a coal mining …

Alberta and B.C., which produce 83 per cent of Canada's coal, have approved only a few dozen lung-disease claims: 23 in Alberta and 37 in B.C. Saskatchewan's compensation board approved just ...

Progressive Massive Fibrosis and Coal Mine Dust Lung Disease…

In conclusion, this important work characterizing PMF in a novel group of former miners applying for federal black lung benefits reaffirm findings in other coal miner populations (such as the U.S. Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program) of the ongoing burden of CMDLD in the 21st century ().A number of explanations for this increased prevalence …

Coal mining and lung disease in the 21st century | Request …

Abstract. Purpose of review: To review the impact of coal mining and resurgence of coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) in 21st century and effect of ambient air pollution on lung function. Recent ...

Coal Mine Dust Lung Disease (Part 1) | NIOSH | CDC

Coal mine dust is a complex and variable mixture that may contain coal, silica and silicates, limestone used for rock dusting, diesel exhaust and, depending on specific conditions, other particulates and volatile chemicals. Mining methods and the coal miner's job duties (including proximity to the coal face) determine the concentration and ...

Cardiovascular Disease in Coal Mining Industry : Coal Services

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) affects the heart and blood circulation system. It includes: blood clotting problems. Common problems such as obesity and high blood pressure can lead to CVD. The risk of CVD can be reduced by improving diet and increasing exercise, as well as reducing smoking and avoiding excessive alcohol …

Coal mining and lung disease in the 21st century

PMID: 31815751. DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0000000000000653. Abstract. Purpose of review: To review the impact of coal mining and resurgence of coal workers' pneumoconiosis …

Resurgence of Progressive Massive Fibrosis in Coal Miners …

Since then, a resurgence of the disease has occurred, notably in central Appalachia (Figure 1) (1,2). This report describes a cluster of 60 cases of PMF identified in current and former coal miners at a single eastern Kentucky radiology practice during January 2015-August 2016. This cluster was not discovered through the national …

WEIL'S DISEASE AMONG COAL-MINERS

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Mapping the Morbidity Risk Associated with Coal Mining in …

The populations in the vicinity of surface coal mining activities have a higher risk of morbidity due to diseases, such as cardiovascular, respiratory and hypertensive diseases, as well as cancer and diabetes mellitus. Despite the large and historical volume of coal production in Queensland, the main Australian coal mining state, there is ...

Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis and Other Mining …

Despite the known contribution of coal mine dust to respiratory disease, coal mine dust lung disease (CMDLD; a spectrum of lung disease that includes not only coal workers' pneumoconi-osis [CWP] and silicosis, but also obstructive lung disease and dust-related diffuse fibrosis [DDF]) remains a significant health concern in many parts of the ...

A systematic review and meta-analysis on international …

S2 Fig: Change in prevalence of coal mine dust lung disease among coal miners based on studies included in the systematic review.Data was sourced from Laney & Atfield 2010 []; Laney & Atfield 2014 [] Blackley et al 2018a [], Almberg et al 2018 [] and Scarsbrick et al 2002 [] in the systematic review.Please note that the time periods …

Weil's Disease in Coal-miners

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Since 1970, NIOSH has compiled data on the prevalence of CWP in underground coal miners. The graph shows a summary of this data. In the early 1970s, the prevalence of CWP was 33% among miners working 25 or more years. The prevalence dropped to less than 5% by the late 1990s. However, since that time, CWP prevalence …

Prevalence and associations between occupational diseases …

Risk factors for occupational diseases among coal miners. Coal mining has been recognized as one of the most hazardous occupations in the world due to the exposure of workers to a wide range of occupational hazards such as silica dust, coal dust, gases, noise, vibration as well as heat and physical strain (X. Lu et al., 2021; Zhou et al., …

Understanding the pathogenesis of occupational …

Coal miners are highly susceptible to occupational lung diseases like coal mine dust lung disease. Coal mine dust lung disease includes, but is not limited to, a range of occupational lung-associated diseases such as coal …