# DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
> MSHA accident `220001220072` · 04/11/2000 · Gouverneur Talc Company Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6
- **Classification:** DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
- **Accident type:** Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
- **Occupation:** Backhoe operator, Trackhoe operator, Crane operator
- **Activity:** Unknown
- **Injury source:** PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
- **Nature of injury:** OTHER PNEUMOCONIOSIS,NEC
- **Body part:** CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 32.53 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** R T Vanderbilt Company Inc
- **Operator:** Gouverneur Talc Company Inc
- **Mine:** [3000610](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/3000610)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; EMPLOYEE WENT OFF WORK 4/11/00 FOR HEART PROBLEMS, HAD HEART BYPASS SURGERY. WORKERS COMP. CARRIER INFORMED GOUVERNEUR TALC OF THE TALCOSIS CLAIM A S OF 4/28/00.

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*Source: [MSHA Open Government Data](https://arlweb.msha.gov/OpenGovernmentData/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*