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Mining Product: Faces of Black Lung
Keywords: Coal dust Coal workers pneumoconiosis Respirable dust
Original creation date: January 2008
Authors: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Video - August 2008
Download ZIP file with WMV video and SRT captions (158.16 MB)Order DVDView on YouTube (13 minutes)
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20034062
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2008-131, video, 2008
This video can be streamed from YouTube or a ZIP file containing a WMV file and a SRT closed caption file can be downloaded for local playback when streaming is not feasible. To use the ZIP file, download it to your computer and expand the contents into a folder of your choice. The SRT caption file will provide closed captions when using a compatible media player.
As of 2008, when this video was released, approximately 1,000 miners in the U.S. died yearly from coal workers' pneumoconiosis, or 'black lung disease,' a preventable illness caused by exposure to coal mine dust. The video features two miners who share their stories and provide insight on how their lives have changed due to this devastating disease.
*Total runtime: Runtime 13:00  minutes.*
For more information see NIOSH Science Blog, Faces of Black Lung.
Faces of Black Lung videoVideo - August 2008
Download ZIP file with WMV video and SRT captions (158.16 MB)Order DVDView on YouTube (13 minutes)
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20034062
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2008-131, video, 2008
This video can be streamed from YouTube or a ZIP file containing a WMV file and a SRT closed caption file can be downloaded for local playback when streaming is not feasible. To use the ZIP file, download it to your computer and expand the contents into a folder of your choice. The SRT caption file will provide closed captions when using a compatible media player.
See Also
Characterization of Submicron-/Nano-scale Coal Dusts and Their Effects on Miners' Pneumoconiosis and Lung Cancer for Underground Coal Mines
Coal Workers' Health Surveillance Program (CWHSP)
Control of Respirable Dust
Enhanced Utilization of Personal Dust Monitor Feedback
Equivalency of a Personal Dust Monitor to the Current United States Coal Mine Respirable Dust Sampler
Evaluation of the Approach to Respirable Quartz Exposure Control in U.S. Coal Mines
Field Comparison of a Roof Bolter Dry Dust Collection System with an Original Designed Wet Collection System for Dust Control
Respirable Dust Control for Surface Mines
Respirable Quartz Hazard Associated with Coal Mine Roof Bolter Dust
Trend in Black Lung Cases Concerns NIOSH Researchers
Page last reviewed: May 24, 2016
Page last updated: May 24, 2016
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program
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