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DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS

220012120052 · 07/25/2001 · A & G Coal Corp

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
Driller, Highwall operator, Highwall drill operator
Activity
Unknown
Injury source
PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
Nature of injury
PNEUMOCONIOSIS,BLACK LUNG
Body part
CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
Days lost
Mine experience
1.69 years

Operator

Controller (parent)
Jerry W Wharton
Operator
A & G Coal Corp
Mine
4406972

Narrative

EMPLOYEE HAD A CHEST X-RAY AND IT WAS FOUND HE HAD ABNORMALITIES SUGGESTING COALESCENCE AND SMALL PNEUMOCONIOTIC OPACITIES, COR PULMONALE, ENLARGEMENT OF HILAR AND MEDIASTINAL LYMPH NODES, DIS TORTION OF INTRATHORACIC ORGANS, PLEURAL THICKENING AND POSSIBLE CHANGES CONSISTENT WITH TUBERCULOSIS.

Source

Authoritative
MSHA Open Government Data
Machine
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