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NIOSH Mining Safety and Health Research |
Distribution of Cases of Occupational Illness in
Mining, 2007 |
Reported to MSHA by Type of Illness, Commodity, and
Employer Type (Excludes office employees) |
| Type of Illness |
Mine Operators |
Independent Contractors |
Total |
|
Coal |
Metal |
Nonmetal |
Stone |
Sand and Gravel |
Coal |
Noncoal |
| Asphyxia, strangulation, drowning,
etc. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Disease, contagious or infectious |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Dermatitis |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
| Hearing loss or impairment |
28 |
2 |
33 |
15 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
88 |
| Heat stroke, sunstroke, heat cramps, etc. |
0 |
2 |
3 |
13 |
5 |
4 |
8 |
35 |
| Joint, tendon, or muscle inflammation or irritation |
44 |
17 |
12 |
34 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
116 |
| Poisoning, systemic |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Other pneumoconiosis, NEC |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Asbestosis |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Black lung (coal workers' pneumoconiosis) |
47 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
47 |
| Silicosis |
0 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
| Cerebral hemorrhage - NOT concussion |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Occupational diseases, NEC |
28 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
31 |
| Other injury, NEC |
4 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
| Unclassified, not determined |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Total |
152 |
27 |
54 |
81 |
23 |
6 |
12 |
355 |
| Note: Because of the complexity of
attributing disease causation to the workplace, occupational illnesses may be
underreported. Data Source: MSHA |
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