Respiratory health services reported by U.S. mining facilities in the National Occupational Health Survey of Mining (1984–1989)

✍ Scribed by Kenneth D. Linch; Dennis W. Groce; Janet M. Hale

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 685 KB
• Volume: 30
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0271-3586
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199609)30:3<273::aid-ajim4>3.0.co;2-#

✦ Synopsis

This report describes the involvement of mine management personnel at U S . mines in providing environmental and medical services related to respiratory health. The data were obtained by means of a questionnaire that was administered to mine management personnel at 491 mines and mills during May 1984 to August 1989. The data indicate that 62% of U.S. miners worked at facilities that provided at least a portion of workers with chest X-rays, and 41 % worked at facilities that provided at least a portion of workers with pulmonary function tests. Eighty-jive percent of miners worked at facilities in which the company required a medical examination of all new employees; the majority were required by company policy to have a medical examination before returning to work after an illness. However, only 2% of miners were required by company policy to have an exit medical examination when their employment ended.