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- Title
Interstitial Lung Diseases in the U.S. Mining Industry: Using MSHA Data to Examine Trends and the Prevention Effects of Compliance with Health Regulations, 1996–2015.
- Authors
Yorio, Patrick L.; Moore, Susan M.; Wizner, Kerri; Radonovich, Lewis J.; Laney, A. Scott; Halldin, Cara N.; Blackley, David J.; Greenawald, Lee A.
- Abstract
Abstract: Given the recent increase in dust‐induced lung disease among U.S. coal miners and the respiratory hazards encountered across the U.S. mining industry, it is important to enhance an understanding of lung disease trends and the organizational contexts that precede these events. In addition to exploring overall trends reported to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), the current study uses MSHA's enforcement database to examine whether or not compliance with health regulations resulted in fewer mine‐level counts of these diseases over time. The findings suggest that interstitial lung diseases were more prevalent in coal mines compared to other mining commodities, in Appalachian coal mines compared to the rest of the United States, and in underground compared to surface coal mines. Mines that followed a relevant subset of MSHA's health regulations were less likely to report a lung disease over time. The findings are discussed from a lung disease prevention strategy perspective.
- Subjects
UNITED States; INTERSTITIAL lung diseases; HEALTH risk assessment; HEALTH of coal miners; DATA analysis; UNITED States. Mine Safety &; Health Administration; MINES &; mineral resources; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Risk Analysis: An International Journal, 2018, Vol 38, Issue 9, p1962
- ISSN
0272-4332
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/risa.13000