Occupational safety and health implications of increased coal utilization
| Autor: | Joseph Costello, Dennis Groce, James A. Merchant, Kenneth Bridbord, Robert B. Reger, John F. Gamble, Marilyn Hutchison, Carl E. Ortmeyer, William Jones, William L. Wagner |
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| Rok vydání: | 1979 |
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business.industry
Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Coal mining Poison control Environmental Exposure Environmental exposure respiratory system complex mixtures Occupational safety and health respiratory tract diseases Occupational Diseases Coal Injury prevention Humans Longwall mining Pneumoconiosis Mortality business Energy source Anthracosilicosis Environmental planning Research Article Forecasting |
| Zdroj: | Environmental Health Perspectives |
| ISSN: | 1552-9924 0091-6765 |
| DOI: | 10.1289/ehp.7933285 |
| Popis: | An area of major concern in considering increased coal production and utilization is the health and safety of increased numbers of workers who mine, process, or utilize coal. Hazards related to mining activities in the past have been especially serious, resulting in many mine related accidental deaths, disabling injuries, and disability and death from chronic lung disease. Underground coal mines are clearly less safe than surface mines. Over one-third of currently employed underground miners experience chronic lung disease. Other stresses include noise and extremes of heat and cold. Newly emphasized technologies of the use of diesel powered mining equipment and the use of longwall mining techniques may be associated with serious health effects. Workers at coal-fired power plants are also potentially at risk of occupational diseases. Occupational safety and health aspects of coal mining are understood well enough today to justify implementing necessary and technically feasible and available control measures to minimize potential problems associated with increased coal production and use in the future. Increased emphasis on safety and health training for inexperienced coal miners expected to enter the work force is clearly needed. The recently enacted Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 will provide impetus for increased control over hazards in coal mining. |
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