An analysis of contributing mining factors in coal workers’pneumoconiosis prevalence in the United States coal mines,1986-2018
作者机构：Department of Mineral EngineeringNew Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologySocorroNMUSA Department of Information SystemsBusiness SchoolUniversity of Colorado DenverDenverCOUSA John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral EngineeringEarth and Mineral Sciences(EMS)Energy InstituteThe Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity ParkPAUSA
出 版 物：《International Journal of Coal Science & Technology》 (国际煤炭科学技术学报（英文）)
年 卷 期：2021年第8卷第6期
页 面：1227-1237页
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学科分类：081901[工学-采矿工程] 0819[工学-矿业工程] 08[工学]
主 题：Respirable coal mine dust Respiratory diseases Coal worker’s pneumoconiosis(CWP) Occupational exposure
摘 要：In the United States,an unexpected and severe increase in coal miners’lung diseases in the late 1990s prompted researchers to investigate the causes of the disease *** study aims to scrutinize the effects of various mining parameters,including coal rank,mine size,mine operation type,coal seam height,and geographical location on the prevalence of coal worker’s pneumoconiosis(CWP)in surface and underground coal mines.A comprehensive dataset was created using the *** Safety and Health Administration(MSHA)Employment and Accident/Injury *** information was merged based on the mine ID by utilizing SQL data management software.A total number of 123,589 mine-year observations were included in the statistical *** Estimating Equation(GEE)model was used to conduct a statistical analysis on a total of 29,707,and 32,643 mine-year observations for underground and surface coal mines,*** results of the econometrics approach revealed that coal workers in underground coal mines are at a greater risk of CWP comparing to those of surface coal ***,underground coal mines in the Appalachia and Interior regions are at a higher risk of CWP prevalence than the Western *** coal mines in the Appalachian coal region are more likely to CWP development than miners in the Western *** analysis also indicated that coal workers working in smaller mines are more vulnerable to CWP than those in large mine ***,coal workers in thin-seam underground mine operations are more likely to develop CWP.
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