Worker pneumoconiosisCoalworker'sSilicosisBlack Lung DiMiner'sDustChronicLungsPulmonarySymptomsLong-termWorker's pneumoconiosisWorkerCoalworker's PneumoconiosisAnthracosisForms of pneumoconiosisLungsRheumatoid arthritisCrystalline silicaOccupationalRespiratoryMortalityLung diseaseClaimantDeathsBlackResultsMinersClaimDiseaseStudiesCategory
Worker pneumoconiosis13
- Coal worker pneumoconiosis is a lung disease caused by deposits of coal mining dust in the lungs. (msdmanuals.com)
- In simple coal worker pneumoconiosis, coal mining dust collects around the small airways (bronchioles) of the lungs. (msdmanuals.com)
- People with simple coal worker pneumoconiosis typically do not have breathing symptoms. (msdmanuals.com)
- Complicated coal worker pneumoconiosis or progressive massive fibrosis, a more serious form of the disease, develops in some people with simple coal worker pneumoconiosis. (msdmanuals.com)
- Following the enactment of the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act in 1969, there was a decline in coal worker pneumoconiosis in the United States. (msdmanuals.com)
- However, since the late 1990s there has been a resurgence of coal worker pneumoconiosis, especially severe progressive disease. (msdmanuals.com)
- Cumulative dust exposure is the most important risk factor in the development of coal worker pneumoconiosis. (msdmanuals.com)
- Miners working in underground mines, closer to the extraction point, and those involved in cutting or drilling are at greater risk of coal worker pneumoconiosis. (msdmanuals.com)
- Silicosis (coal worker pneumoconiosis). (medscape.com)
- Unclassifiable ILDs, autoimmune ILDs, chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis, sarcoidosis, myositis, Sjögren syndrome, coal worker pneumoconiosis, and idiopathic forms of interstitial pneumonias (eg, idiopathic nonspecific interstitial pneumonia [NSIP]) are among the diseases that may develop a progressive form of chronic fibrosing ILD. (medscape.com)
- Airborne respirable coal dust capture by water sprays or wet scrubbers has been studied and developed over many decades as an engineering control to reduce dust exposure in coal mines and combat coal worker pneumoconiosis. (cdc.gov)
- The re-emergence of occupational lung diseases across Australia, such as silicosis and coal worker pneumoconiosis, has received significant focus from industry, regulators and unions alike. (gcg.net.au)
- Surface mining is safer than underground mining because the miners are not exposed to such potential hazards as roof falls, explosions caused by methane gas or dust ignitions, and coal-worker pneumoconiosis (black lung) caused by long-term exposure to respirable coal dust. (lawyers-online.co.za)
Coalworker's2
- Coalworker's pneumoconiosis (black lung disease) is an occupational lung disease seen in people who work with coal. (kuality.ca)
- In the 1950s newspapers were brimming with stories on "Black Lung" or Coalworker's pneumoconiosis, a chronic lung condition that ranged from a minor cough to bronchitis and in rare cases death. (conservativelyspeaking.us)
Silicosis2
- In obtaining a detailed occupational history for suspected silicosis and other pneumoconioses, note chronologically the periods of exposure, the type of work exposure, any respiratory protective devices used, and whether other people working in the same environment have any similar symptoms or disease. (medscape.com)
- asbestosis (asbestos dust), silicosis (silica dust), berylliosis (beryllium dust), coal miner's pneumoconiosis / black lung disease (coal dust), siderosis (iron dust) anthracosis (carbon dust). (accident-claim-expert.co.uk)
Black Lung Di1
- The Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA) is a U.S. federal law which provides monthly payments and medical benefits to coal miners totally disabled from pneumoconiosis (black lung disease) arising from employment in or around the nation's coal mines. (wikipedia.org)
Miner's1
- The law also provides monthly benefits to a miner's dependent survivors if pneumoconiosis caused or hastened the miner's death. (wikipedia.org)
Dust1
- The word Pneumoconiosis is derived from "pneumo" relating to the lung and "konis" relating to dust. (accident-claim-expert.co.uk)
Chronic1
- We give examples of average compensation payouts for all manner of breathing disorder - from minor respiratory problems to more serious conditions, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, lung cancer, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, fibrosis and pneumoconiosis. (accident-claim-expert.co.uk)
Lungs1
- Pneumoconiosis" is a condition which results in scarring of the lungs (fibrosis). (accident-claim-expert.co.uk)
Pulmonary1
- Proportion of decedents with each selected pneumoconiosis who had mycosis coded as the underlying cause of death or as a contributing cause of death on the entity axis compared with the analogous proportion of pulmonary mycosis decedents without any mention of a selected pneumoconiosis as underlying cause of death or a contributing cause of death on the entity axis (all other deaths). (cdc.gov)
Symptoms1
- All forms of pneumoconiosis can either be asymptomatic (show no symptoms) or in worse cases can cause shortness of breath and coughing. (accident-claim-expert.co.uk)
Long-term1
- There may be a rebuttable presumption that pneumoconiosis resulted from such employment for miners long-term employed at one or more coal mines. (wikipedia.org)
Worker's pneumoconiosis5
- Relationship between FAS/FASL gene polymorphisms and susceptibility of coal worker's pneumoconiosis]. (nih.gov)
- Among the causes of death listed on his autopsy were cardiopulmonary arrest and coal worker's pneumoconiosis (CWP): black lung. (medscape.com)
- Background: Despite ongoing surveillance efforts, mortality rates associated with total pneumoconiosis, and particularly coal worker's pneumoconiosis, have remained elevated. (uky.edu)
- McCool has the classic form of the disease, coal worker's pneumoconiosis. (tomeipowered.com)
- Claimant sought total disability benefits for a combination of coal worker's pneumoconiosis and occupational injury. (casetext.com)
Worker12
- To explore the possible association between six single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of Fas pathway genes and the risks of coal worker pneumoconiosis (GWP). (nih.gov)
- Coal worker pneumoconiosis results from the inhalation of dust generated by the drilling, blasting, or crushing of coal and by the equipment and processes used to extract coal. (msdmanuals.com)
- The clinical manifestations of coal worker pneumoconiosis range from minimal symptoms to progressive massive fibrosis with impaired lung function. (msdmanuals.com)
- Simple coal worker pneumoconiosis is characterized by upper lobe predominance of small rounded nodular opacities and typically is not associated with symptoms or pulmonary dysfunction. (msdmanuals.com)
- In complicated coal worker pneumoconiosis or progressive massive fibrosis, nodules coalesce to form larger parenchymal masses, usually in the upper posterior lung fields, and symptoms are prominent. (msdmanuals.com)
- Following the enactment of the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act in 1969, there was a decline in coal worker pneumoconiosis in the United States. (msdmanuals.com)
- Coal worker pneumoconiosis is caused by chronic inhalation of coal mining dust, typically for ≥ 10 years. (msdmanuals.com)
- Cumulative dust exposure is the most important risk factor in the development of coal worker pneumoconiosis. (msdmanuals.com)
- Methods: Kentucky death certificate data from 2003-2011 was statistically compared to other coal mining states and descriptively analyzed from 2011-2013 to determine the mortality burden and public health implications of pneumoconiosis and coal worker pneumoconiosis (CWP) on Kentucky residents from 2003-2013. (uky.edu)
- Coal worker pneumoconiosis occurs due to prolonged coal exposure. (picmonic.com)
- Airborne respirable coal dust capture by water sprays or wet scrubbers has been studied and developed over many decades as an engineering control to reduce dust exposure in coal mines and combat coal worker pneumoconiosis. (cdc.gov)
- AMBOSS mentions increased risk for caplan syndrome for coal worker pneumoconiosis only. (ankihub.net)
Coalworker's Pneumoconiosis2
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- Cangrande's body revealed other interesting health conditions - his lungs showed evidence of "black lung", ie coalworker's pneumoconiosis, probably caused by spending too much time in smoky rooms and army tents heated by large braziers or torches of coal. (devonwyland.com)
Anthracosis1
- Coal workers pneumoconiosis and anthracosis are two side of the same disease caused by, well, carbon inhalation. (ankihub.net)
Forms of pneumoconiosis1
- All forms of pneumoconiosis can either be asymptomatic (show no symptoms) or in worse cases can cause shortness of breath and coughing. (accident-claim-expert.co.uk)
Lungs1
- Pneumoconiosis" is a condition which results in scarring of the lungs (fibrosis). (accident-claim-expert.co.uk)
Rheumatoid arthritis1
- Coal workers' pneumoconiosis increases the risk of Caplan syndrome, a syndrome consisting of rheumatoid arthritis and pneumoconioses with intrapulmonary nodules. (picmonic.com)
Crystalline silica1
- Pathology and Mineralogy Demonstrate Respirable Crystalline Silica Is a Major Cause of Severe Pneumoconiosis in U.S. Coal Miners. (msdmanuals.com)
Occupational6
- WHO/ILO work-related burden of disease and injury: protocol for systematic reviews of occupational exposure to dusts and/or fibres and of the effect of occupational exposure to dusts and/or fibres on pneumoconiosis. (cdc.gov)
- In this paper, we present the protocol for two systematic reviews of parameters for estimating the number of deaths and disability-adjusted life years attributable to pneumoconiosis from occupational exposure to dusts and/or fibres, to inform the development of the WHO/ILO joint methodology. (cdc.gov)
- Objectives: We aim to systematically review studies on occupational exposure to dusts and/or fibres (Systematic Review 1) and systematically review and meta-analyse estimates of the effect of occupational exposure to dusts and/or fibres on pneumoconiosis (Systematic Review 2), applying the Navigation Guide systematic review methodology as an organizing framework. (cdc.gov)
- For Systematic Review 2, we will include randomized controlled trials, cohort studies, case-control studies and other non-randomized intervention studies with an estimate of any occupational exposure to dusts and/or fibres on the prevalence of, incidence of or mortality due to pneumoconiosis, compared with the theoretical minimum risk exposure level of no exposure. (cdc.gov)
- The Annals study examined 63,780 radiograph classifications made by 264 physicians ― all certified as B-readers, a certification by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) for physicians who demonstrate proficiency in classifying radiographs of pneumoconiosis. (medscape.com)
- The ALJ further decided that, particularly in view of claimant's age and past relevant work history, as well as both his restrictions and capabilities, claimant had suffered no more occupational disability from the combination of pneumoconiosis and the back injury than the back injury alone would have caused. (casetext.com)
Respiratory1
- When these particles are introduced into the respiratory tract, they can cause a reactive process in the lung tissue known as pneumoconiosis. (tomeipowered.com)
Mortality2
- Results: Kentucky's total pneumoconiosis and coal workers' pneumoconiosis mortality rates decreased from 2003-2009, then increased in following years, showing a significant quadratic trend from 2003-2013 (p (uky.edu)
- Beggs, Jake, "Patterns of Pneumoconiosis Mortality in Kentucky: Analysis of Death Certificate Data" (2014). (uky.edu)
Lung disease2
- The Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA) is a U.S. federal law which provides monthly payments and medical benefits to coal miners totally disabled from pneumoconiosis (black lung disease) arising from employment in or around the nation's coal mines. (wikipedia.org)
- Coal workers' pneumoconiosis is a restrictive lung disease characterized by decreased lung volume and trouble expanding the lung maximally. (picmonic.com)
Claimant3
- The ALJ recognized that there was evidence to support either a finding that claimant had not contracted pneumoconiosis or that he had contracted pneumoconiosis and was entitled to benefits under any section of KRS 342.732 . (casetext.com)
- If claimant did experience a restrictive impairment, it was due to his obesity and not to pneumoconiosis. (casetext.com)
- Moreover, the Secretary's interpretation is not rendered internally inconsistent by his position that, if the claimant invokes the presumption by establishing the existence of pneumoconiosis under § 203(a)(1), the employer may not try to disprove the disease under § 203(b)(4), since nothing in the regulation requires each rebuttal subsection to be fully available in each case. (justia.com)
Deaths1
- Deaths from pneumoconiosis primarily occurred in white males from CWP in the Appalachian region. (uky.edu)
Black1
- Under the Black Lung Benefits Act coal miners who are disabled by pneumoconiosis are entitled to worker's compensation and other benefits. (tomeipowered.com)
Results1
- Results of in vitro and animal studies provide a basis for proposing these mechanisms for the initiation and progression of pneumoconiosis. (nih.gov)
Miners1
- There may be a rebuttable presumption that pneumoconiosis resulted from such employment for miners long-term employed at one or more coal mines. (wikipedia.org)
Claim1
- Regarding the pneumoconiosis claim, the quality of the x-rays varied greatly, and the range of disease reported extended from category 0/0 to category 2/1. (casetext.com)
Disease1
- The Court of Appeals' reading of § 203(a)(1) as though it merely requires X-ray evidence of the presence of pneumoconiosis ignores the fact that § 203(a)(1) expressly requires an X-ray that actually "establishes" the presence of the disease. (justia.com)
Studies1
- BACKGROUND: Many studies have attempted to clarify the association between TNF-a -308G/A polymorphism and pneumoconiosis, but there has been no definite consensus to date. (bvsalud.org)
Category1
- Pneumoconiosis (CWP) (category 1/0+). (cdc.gov)