Anthracosis
Anthracosis
Carbon dust (coal mine dust):
Coal miner’s pneumoconiosis
- Two phases in coal miners pneumoconiosis
- Simple pneumoconiosis: little ventilatory impairment
- Around 12 yr. of exposure needed for this phase to appear
- Progressive massive fibrosis (PMF): severe respiratory disability and frequently results in premature death
- Once a background of simple pneumoconiosis has been reached, a PMF may develop out of it even if the exposure is ceased
- The risk of death among coal miners has been appx twice that of the general population
- Coal-miners’ pneumoconiosis is a notifiable disease under Indian Mines Act of 1952
- It is also compensatable in Workmen's Compensation (Amendment) Act, 1959
References:
- Chapter 1 - Dust: Definitions and Concepts; Hazard Prevention and Control in the Work Environment: Airborne Dust WHO/SDE/OEH/99.14 available at: http://www.who.int/occupational_health/publications/en/oehairbornedust3.pdf, accessed on 16th Feb 2017
- Park’s Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine
Types of Pneumoconiosis: Pneumoconioses
Silicosis: Silicosis
Anthracosis: Anthracosis
Byssinosis: Byssinosis
Bagassosis: Bagassosis
Asbestosis: Asbestosis
Farmer’s Lung: Farmer’s Lung
Lecture on Pneumoconiosis: Occupational Health