| Document ID (ISN) | 103194 |
| CIS number |
04-199 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| Year |
2004 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Donoghue A.M. |
| Title |
Heat illness in the U.S. mining industry |
| Bibliographic information |
Apr. 2004, Vol.45, No.4, p.351-356. 25 ref. |
| Abstract |
Heat illness is relatively common in the underground mines of South Africa and Australia, but there have been no studies of heat illness in the mining industry of the United States. Mine Safety and Health Administration accident, injury, illness and employment data were used to study heat illness reported from 1983 to 2001. 538 cases of heat illness were reported, none of which were fatal. 427 cases (79.4%) occurred in the months of June, July and August. Incidence rates in underground mining ranged from 0.00275/106 person-hours for coal mining to 0.168/106 person-hours for metal mining. In surface mining, they ranged from 0.0265/106 person-hours for coal to 0.0644/106 person-hours for stone. Finally in mills and preparation plants, they ranged from 0.0255/106 person-hours for coal to 0.417/106 person-hours for stone. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
USA; occupational diseases; hot workplaces; mining and quarrying; heat stress disease |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
underground mining; frequency rates; coal mining; opencast work |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Australia |
| Subject(s) |
Mines and quarries
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Physical hazards
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Heat and cold
Mining and quarrying
|
