Drillers and bulldozer operators have experienced exceptionally high exposures to respirable crystalline silica in US surface coal mines
These data demonstrate exceptionally high RCS overexposures among certain groups of surface coal miners, particularly drillers and bulldozer operators in the 1980s and 1990s. Despite recent improvement in RCS levels, these data underscore the importance of continued medical surveillance of current and former surface coal miners.
Authors
- K.S. Almberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8405-6997)
- L. Go
- Lee S. Friedman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9312-6099)
- Yuan Shao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6697-4885)
- Robert A. Cohen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7141-8795)
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Chicago Department of Public Health (US)
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2024-109689
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.45