• The Act also established a surveillance system for assessing prevalence of pneumoconiosis among underground coal miners, but this surveillance does not extend to surface coal miners. (cdc.gov)
  • With enforcement of the exposure limit, the prevalence of CWP among underground coal miners declined from 11.2% during 1970-1974 to 2.0% during 1995-1999, before increasing unexpectedly in the last decade, particularly in Central Appalachia ( 1,2 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Exposure to respirable dust is thought to be less in surface than underground coal miners. (cdc.gov)
  • Although they comprise 48% of the coal mining workforce, surface coal miners have not been studied since 2002 ( 3 , 4 ). (cdc.gov)
  • To assess the prevalence, severity, and geographic distribution of pneumoconiosis among current surface coal miners, CDC obtained chest radiographs of 2,328 miners during 2010-2011 through the Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). (cdc.gov)
  • Clinicians should be aware of the risk for advanced pneumoconiosis among surface coal miners, in addition to underground coal miners, to facilitate prompt disease identification and intervention. (cdc.gov)
  • During 2010-2011, the Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program mobile surveillance unit traveled to 16 of the 17 states * with active surface coal mines to offer chest radiographs to miners. (cdc.gov)
  • Work histories, including tenures in surface and underground coal mining, were collected from each miner. (cdc.gov)
  • The crude prevalences of CWP, PMF, advanced pneumoconiosis, and r-type opacities among participating surface coal miners were calculated. (cdc.gov)
  • Radiographs from 2,328 surface coal miners (approximately 7% of active U.S. surface coal miners) were evaluated and classified. (cdc.gov)
  • The action was launched in response to a massive attack on the wages of Britain's 1.2 million coal miners, amid a period of widespread labour unrest. (wsws.org)
  • Despite significant progress made in reducing dust exposures in underground coal miners in the United States, severe cases of coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), including progressive massive fibrosis (PMF), continue to occur among coal miners. (bmj.com)
  • Radiographic evidence of disease progression was evaluated for underground coal miners examined through US federal chest radiograph surveillance programmes from 1996 to 2002. (bmj.com)
  • In the United States, following publicity on the plight of coal miners, Congress passed the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, 3 which placed strict controls on airborne respirable dust concentrations in underground coal mines. (bmj.com)
  • 4 Data from these two programmes indicate that 3.2% of the approximately 35 000 currently employed underground coal miners in the USA have chest x ray evidence of CWP, representing a substantial reduction since 1970 when one out of every three underground coal miners showed disease. (bmj.com)
  • Black lung , the dreaded coal miners' disease that had been on the decline, has roared back. (publicintegrity.org)
  • The likely culprit, researchers say, is a failure by coal mining companies to use readily available tools to control the dust that lodges in miners' lungs and causes the disease. (publicintegrity.org)
  • A spokesman for the National Mining Association said the trade group had not yet had the opportunity to review the findings in detail, but told BuzzFeed News that "our industry continues its efforts to control coal dust to improve miners' health. (publicintegrity.org)
  • This appeared to be happening: Prevalence declined until the late 1990s, when only 0.33 percent of working miners had the severe form of the disease, known as complicated coal workers' pneumoconiosis. (publicintegrity.org)
  • Title : Progressive Massive Fibrosis Resurgence Identified in U.S. Coal Miners Filing for Black Lung Benefits, 1970-2016 Personal Author(s) : Almberg, Kirsten S.;Halldin, Cara N.;Blackley, David J.;Laney, A. Scott;Storey, Eileen;Rose, Cecile S.;Go, Leonard H. T.;Cohen, Robert A. (cdc.gov)
  • Petitioner Paragon Jewel Coal Company (Paragon), lessee of coal lands, made substantial investments preparatory to the mining of the coal, but made agreements with contract miners who were actually to mine the coal at their own expense and deliver it to Paragon at a price per ton to be fixed by Paragon. (justia.com)
  • The miners paid nothing for the privilege of mining, they acquired no title to the coal before or after mining, and they took depreciation on their equipment. (justia.com)
  • b) Parsons v. Smith, 359 U. S. 215 , 359 U. S. 225 , sets forth factors to be considered in determining whether contract miners have an economic interest in the coal in place, which are applicable here. (justia.com)
  • d) In addition the subsequent enactment of § 631(c), when contrasted with §631(b), indicates the intention of Congress that contract coal miners, without more, are not entitled to a tax allowance. (justia.com)
  • For a self-sufficient energy economy like Britain (which exported energy as well), a rough measure of this windfall was the proportion of the adult population working to mine coal. (cepr.org)
  • The Bureau of Mines (NIOSH Mining) has conducted field studies in coal mines throughout the United States to determine the effectiveness of electromagnetic techniques in locating miners trapped underground following a mine accident. (cdc.gov)
  • ences between rats and primates (humans humans, 57, 68, and 91% of the retained particulate material was located in the interstitium of and nonhumans) could affect sites of long- the lung in the nonminers, coal miners under the current standard, and coal miners under the term particle retention. (cdc.gov)
  • Objective: To determine the prevalence of respiratory symptoms and make an awareness about the harmful effects of ores dust in the Artisanal miner in the city of Lubumbashi, Katanga province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). (scirp.org)
  • Method: In total, 104 artisanal miners have been recruited in an exhaustive manner with 122 administrative officers in the town hall of Lubumbashi, responsible for collecting the taxes in the Stations of the bus as the control group. (scirp.org)
  • In Congo, the term miner is commonly used to designate the operator's artisanal mining. (scirp.org)
  • In northwest Tanzania, many artisanal small-scale miners (ASMs) and female sex workers (FSWs) live in informal communities surrounding mines where tuberculosis (TB) is highly prevalent. (mdpi.com)
  • After all a large proportion of these estimated 15 million workers (on whom a further estimated 100 million family members may depend) actually belong to those very communities. (minesandcommunities.org)
  • A large proportion of NFTs are created on Ethereum, which is currently still using Proof of Work - the same energy-intensive consensus mechanism as bitcoin. (cityam.com)
  • We have only the statement that a very large proportion of them are 'either committed at once to institutions or, if put on probation, are soon returned to court and committed. (brocku.ca)
  • It should be pointed out that while reasons for judgments may be complex, a large proportion of orders in most final judgments are ultimately for simple payments, changes in ownership and/or for other specific performance. (necrc.org)
  • Exposures reported for men compared to those reported for women showed that a much higher proportion of males were exposed to one or more carcinogens at work, particularly those who hold a trade and are residing in regional areas. (cancer.org.au)
  • Those studies and several epidemiologic findings before them, continue to support the implementation of regulatory programs to reduce exposures of underground miners to radon and to provide compensation for occupational lung-cancer (Samet 1992). (nationalacademies.org)
  • A high proportion of the radiographs suggested silicosis, a disease caused by inhalation of crystalline silica. (cdc.gov)
  • Additionally, between 1999 and 2002, NIOSH collaborated with MSHA to accept radiographs for classification from MSHA's Miners' Choice Screening Program, using the usual CWXSP procedures. (bmj.com)
  • To reexamine the symptoms, lung function, and chest radiographs of older gold miners who continued to work in or around gold mines 5 years after their enrollment in the cohort. (nih.gov)
  • The men with silicosis suffered a substantial loss of lung function during the period of follow-up that was directly in proportion with the nodule profusion on their initial chest radiographs. (nih.gov)
  • The worst form of the illness now afflicts a higher proportion of miners than at any time since the 1970s, new research from U.S. government scientists shows. (publicintegrity.org)
  • Understanding the prevalence of chronic health conditions in working miners is an area of active research. (cdc.gov)
  • This study analyzes the prevalence of health conditions in miners compared to workers employed in other manual-labor-reliant industries. (cdc.gov)
  • The retrofit program will increase to around 30 per cent the proportion of the miner's Pilbara haulage truck fleet fitted with AHS technology. (computerworld.com)
  • A total of 886 cases of CWP were identified among 29 521 miners examined from 1996 to 2002. (bmj.com)
  • Miners in Southern Africa, for example, are reported to have greater incidence of TB than any other working population in the world, and TB incidence among migrant miners there is 10 times higher than in the communities from which they originate. (theglobalfund.org)
  • Lung function deteriorated more rapidly in the men with silicosis and the deterioration increased in proportion to the degree of silicosis at the start of the study. (nih.gov)
  • To determine the association between the characteristics of the miners and respiratory symptoms reported, a multi-analysis combined with the test of logistic regression has been privileged. (scirp.org)
  • As early as the 1500s, Agricola chronicled unusually high mortality from respiratory disease among underground metal miners in the Erz Mountains of eastern Europe (Hoover and Hoover 1950). (nationalacademies.org)
  • The occurrence of CWP and its rate of progression are related to the mass of respirable dust to which miners were exposed during their working lifetime. (bmj.com)
  • Miners are working longer hours, and the mixture of dust they're breathing may be particularly dangerous. (publicintegrity.org)
  • Miners and their advocates also point to gaming of the dust sampling system required by law. (publicintegrity.org)
  • Miners often describe being directed to falsify the dust samples, and federal rules left loopholes that could be exploited to misrepresent how much dust workers actually were breathing. (publicintegrity.org)
  • Miners are supposed to wear pumps that collect the dust in the air around them, but, when sampling was taking place, companies could cut production significantly - generating far less dust. (publicintegrity.org)
  • The rule also lowers the amount of dust allowed and expands the NIOSH surveillance program to include above-ground miners and expanded testing for all mine workers. (publicintegrity.org)
  • A follow-up study of a stratified sample of a cohort of gold miners. (nih.gov)
  • A stratified, random sample of 242 miners who were part of a cohort of 1,197 gold miners who had been employed underground in gold mines for a mean period of 29 years. (nih.gov)
  • RR/MDR-TB treatment outcomes in high-risk groups (e.g. people living with HIV, miners were analysed for the 2017 cohort only because in most and prisoners). (who.int)
  • When the Chamber of Mines gave notice that it would be abandoning the agreement and would be replacing 2,000 semi-skilled white men with cheap black labour, the white miners reacted strongly. (sahistory.org.za)
  • Of particular interest is how the health of miners compares to that of workers in other industry sectors with a high proportion of manual labor occupations. (cdc.gov)
  • Participation is voluntary and does not include miners who have retired or had to quit because of disability - workers likely to bear the largest disease burden. (publicintegrity.org)
  • Occupational groups where exposure was greatest included farmers, drivers, miners and transport workers. (cancer.org.au)
  • The Tories eventually won the day, but the lessons of the miners' strike and of the year long struggle still play a huge part in the minds of active workers. (socialist.net)
  • At least two NIOSH B Readers † who had no knowledge of miners' work history, performed the classifications ( 5 ). (cdc.gov)
  • a musical inheritance that was either directly linked to the colliery that employed the men that played in them, or indirectly through the communities that bore their name, and which benefited from miners' wage deducted contributions. (4barsrest.com)
  • Gold miners have been a key vulnerable population for falciparum malaria and other tropical diseases such as leishmaniasis, leprosy, or leptospirosis. (bvsalud.org)
  • The proportion of the population tested for TB increased between 2015 and 2019. (who.int)
  • Prisoners and incarcerated populations, people living with HIV, migrants, refugees, miners and people who work in poorly ventilated conditions, and indigenous populations are all groups that are highly vulnerable to TB, as well as experiencing significant marginalization, decreased access to quality services, and human rights violations. (theglobalfund.org)
  • In the early days of mining no Africans possessed the skills necessary for deep level, therefore the division of the work force had been between white miners and white management. (sahistory.org.za)
  • When miners work to confirm a block, they include their individual Coinbase Transaction in the transaction data that they are trying to confirm. (stackexchange.com)
  • Mining and five other industry groups with a high proportion of manual labor occupations were identified. (cdc.gov)
  • When it was revealed that lemon juice contained high amounts of Vitamin C the demand increased and lemon trees were planted en masse. (bellaonline.com)
  • While Liegl acknowledges that any operation like his will need a backup power supply for times when wind is not strong enough, the company still expects to deliver a very high proportion of its hashrate via renewable electricity. (coindesk.com)
  • It passes over deep water, up and down time-worn miners stairways, past old and derelict machinery and even underground buildings still survive in the gloom. (go-below.co.uk)
  • Evidence on radon and is now available from about 20 epidemiologic studies of underground miners, including 11 studies that provided quantitative information on the exposure-response relationship between radon and lung-cancer risk (Lubin and others 1995). (nationalacademies.org)
  • To identify US miners with rapidly progressive CWP and to describe their geographic distribution and associated risk factors. (bmj.com)
  • Soon contributions from Lyon silk weavers to a Saint Etienne miners' strike funds included messages of solidarity to "fellow members of the working class ( la classe ouvrière ). (encyclopedia.com)
  • Among key populations bridging these regions illegal gold miners are very mobile and have the greatest proportion B Caribbean HIV viruses. (bvsalud.org)
  • There was a clear tendency for the proportion of cases of rapidly progressive CWP to be higher in eastern Kentucky, and western Virginia. (bmj.com)
  • The proportion in the U.S. is higher than that-some 20 million out of about 70 Million. (fifthestate.org)
  • In 1879, Harting and Hesse (1879) described autopsy findings that documented pulmonary malignancy in miners in that region and by early in the 20th century the malignancy was shown to be primary carcinoma of the lung (Arnstein 1913). (nationalacademies.org)
  • Radon itself was initially considered to be the direct cause of the lung-cancer in the miners. (nationalacademies.org)
  • This means that a miner assigns his own reward when he successfully finds a block. (stackexchange.com)
  • If a miner is able to successfully add a block to the blockchain, they will receive 6.25 bitcoins as a reward. (necrc.org)
  • The Bureau of Mines electromagnetic trapped miner location and communications system requires a thorough understanding of TTE electromagnetic wave propagation. (cdc.gov)
  • The Bureau of Mines has developed two experimental designs for determining the volumes and relative proportions of the various gas species, particularly methane (CH4), occluded in rock salt. (cdc.gov)
  • Ghana was the predominant destination country, and 92.3% of malarial infections occurred in gold miners. (cdc.gov)
  • In late April 2013, the government of Ghana began to strictly regulate the gold mining industry, which forced many gold miners to return to Shanglin County within a short time. (cdc.gov)
  • Is It Time To Pay Attention To Gold Miners? (safehaven.com)
  • These are just a few of the emotions likely felt by investors in the Gold Miners Index (GDX), which are looking at the ETF trade at the same level it did over two years ago when the gold price (GLD) sat below $1,525/oz. (ino.com)
  • Now, staring down the possibility of two additional rate hikes, it's understandable that investors are on pins and needles, worried about the effect of additional rate hikes on gold and the miners. (ino.com)
  • As the saying goes, though, it's always darkest before the dawn, and with sentiment arguably the worst in years, I believe this has presented some opportunities in the gold miners. (ino.com)
  • So, why gold miners? (ino.com)
  • Other miners with significant proportions of their portfolios in copper and steel-making commodities would be similarly hit, whilst those more focused on gold will benefit from improving prices given gold's position as a safe haven during market turmoil," added Kurtz. (mining-technology.com)
  • Every miner provided fossil energy for 27 adults in the UK, and for yet more people overseas. (cepr.org)
  • This happens in proportion to the amount of total computation power that miner has invested in solving the block. (stackexchange.com)
  • So a miner that has 30% of the total network power has a 30% chance of getting the 25 bitcoins and so gets roughly 8 bitcoins every 10 minutes right? (stackexchange.com)
  • a significant proportion of cobalt is sourced by child miners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, for example. (newscientist.com)
  • But the proportion of that 70 million which is blue collar continues its decline. (fifthestate.org)
  • The lessons of the great miners' strike of 1984-5 are immensely important to the movement today. (socialist.net)
  • Despite the Union of Democratic Miners (mainly based in Nottinghamshire) splitting at the beginning of the dispute over the strike ballot, the strike was essentially solid for the vast majority of the dispute. (socialist.net)
  • Even we underestimated the full significance of the miners' strike in terms of the long term downturn in activity it provoked. (socialist.net)
  • Miners routinely ate a diet that was lacking in Vitamin C. During this period scurvy was almost at epidemic proportions. (bellaonline.com)
  • They also could sample for only eight hours, even if a miner worked 10 or more, and average samples among multiple miners, potentially masking dangerous overexposures to individuals. (publicintegrity.org)
  • If it was a group of 4 miners, average payout would be 2 bitcoins per minder I think. (stackexchange.com)
  • It has happened in the past that a miner claimed less than he could have. (stackexchange.com)
  • Yesterday, South African police ordered thousands of striking miners to leave the vicinity of the Lonmin Marikana platinum mine or face being forcibly removed. (libcom.org)
  • consequently, they would have to discharge 10,000 white miners and many thousands of blacks. (sahistory.org.za)
  • Small room size, use of a continuous miner, and a well-defined ventilation system made possible air velocity and methane con. (cdc.gov)
  • Millions of pounds were collected on the streets for the miners' families and all over the country miners' support groups were established. (socialist.net)
  • This report discusses the configuration and system deployment for the postdisaster surface seismic system for detecting and locating trapped miners. (cdc.gov)