DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS

Name: DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS at Eagle Picher Filtration & Minerals Inc
Start: 10/05/2001

220012950007 · 10/05/2001 · Eagle Picher Filtration & Minerals 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: Truck driver
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: 11.5 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Eagle-Picher Industries Inc
Operator: Eagle Picher Filtration & Minerals Inc
Mine: 2601439

Narrative

ABNORMAL CHEST X-RAYS FOUND DURING ROUTINE PULM-ONARY FUNCTION/CHEST X-RAYS CO. CONSERVATION PROGRAM SCREENING. WHEN A SECOND OPINION WAS OB-TAINED BY PULMONARY SPECIALIST, IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS PNEUMOCONIOSIS, FELT TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WORK RELATED EXPOSURE TO DIATOMACEOUS EARTH.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown