COAL WORKERS' HEALTH SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM
Resources
NIOSH-Related Resources
Programs
Multimedia
Black Lung: Don’t Become a Victim – A NIOSH poster promoting participation in the Coal Workers’ Health Surveillance Program, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2003-123 (2003)
Faces of Black Lung (Video), DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2008-131
Slide Show: Lung sections from victims of pneumoconiosis
Publications
Rapid Progression of Black Lung Disease Highlights Need for Regular Screening
NIOSH Research Rounds – Volume 3, Number 1 (July 2017)
High Blood Pressure and Obesity in Miners
NIOSH Science Blog – Posted August 9, 2017
Resurgence of Progressive Massive Fibrosis in Coal Miners — Eastern Kentucky, 2016
MMWR Weekly / December 16, 2016 / 65(49);1385–1389
Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis-Related Years of Potential Life Lost Before Age 65 Years – United States, 1968-2006, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, December 2009;58(50);1412-1416.
Current Intelligence Bulletin 64: Coal Mine Dust Exposures and Associated Health Outcomes – A Review of Information Published Since 1995, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication Number 2011-172
NIOSH published this current intelligence bulletin that reviews information on occupational lung diseases of coal miners.This Current Intelligence Bulletin updates the information on coal mine dust exposures and associated health effects from 1995 to the present. The Bulletin refers extensively to the 1995 NIOSH publication – Criteria for a Recommended Standard – Occupational Exposure to Respirable Coal Mine Dust -https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/95-106/).
NIOSH/DRDS/CWHSP Celebrates the 35th Anniversary of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act
Pneumoconiosis Prevalence Among Working Coal Miners Examined in Federal Chest Radiograph Surveillance Programs – United States, 1996-2002, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, April 2003;52(15):336-340.
Other Related Resources
American College of Radiology (ACR)
Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA)
Campaign to End Black Lung Now and Forever
Federal Mine Safety & Health Act of 1977
Government Accountability Office, Reports and Key Studies Support the Scientific Conclusions Underlying the Proposed Exposure Limit for Respirable Coal Mine Dust, GAO-12-832R, Aug 17, 2012
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Resurgence of a debilitating and entirely preventable respiratory disease among working coal miners
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Black Lung Clinics Program
- Page last reviewed: December 12, 2016
- Page last updated: December 20, 2016
- Content source:
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Respiratory Health Division, Surveillance Branch