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Coal mine dust

Respirable coal mine dust generated during coal extraction, transport, and processing.

Airborne form

dust

The form describes what is suspended in air at the point of exposure. A material can produce more than one form, such as dust during handling and fume during heating.

Health effects

coal workers pneumoconiosisblack lung diseasechronic bronchitisdecreased pulmonary functionemphysema

Evidence

The NIOSH Pocket Guide identifies chronic bronchitis, decreased pulmonary function, and emphysema as symptoms associated with coal dust exposure, and identifies the respiratory system as the target organ.

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Exposure Routes inhalation. Symptoms Chronic bronchitis, decreased pulmonary function, emphysema. Target Organs respiratory system.

NIOSH reports that respirable coal dust can cause coal workers pneumoconiosis, also known as black lung disease, and that the disease can be disabling and fatal in its most severe form.

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This document updates the information on coal mine dust exposures and associated health effects from 1995 to the present.
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Coal mine dust (called respirable dust) is the cause of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, also known as black lung. Black lung is an underlying or contributing cause of death for coal miners.

CDC/NIOSH identifies coal workers' pneumoconiosis as a disease caused by inhaling coal mine dust and states that all forms of pneumoconiosis can be severe; it also recognizes mixed-dust pneumoconiosis as a distinct form.

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The pneumoconioses are a group of lung diseases caused by the lung's reaction when breathing in certain dusts. ... Coal workers' pneumoconiosis ... caused by inhaling coal mine dust ... There is also a form called mixed-dust pneumoconiosis.

NIOSH’s review states that advanced progressive massive fibrosis and silicosis/COPD are associated with respiratory impairment, disability, and premature death among coal miners.

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PMF and advanced stages of silicosis and COPD are associated with respiratory impairment, disability, and premature death.

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NIOSH states that overexposure to respirable coal mine dust can lead to coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), commonly known as black lung; respirable silica dust can cause silicosis. The handbook covers health effects, dust sampling, and engineering dust-control technologies.

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