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Coal Worker’s Pneumoconiosis (CWP)

admin — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:05:53 +0000

Occupational exposure to coal dust leads to Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis (CWP), which has enormous social, medical and economic importance of many countries in the world where coal mining is a major industry. About 10% of the workers in a coal mine are having Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis who are working in coal mine for more than 20 years, that can be diagnosed by simple X-ray and if more sophisticated equipments are used than it is much higher. The anthracite miners have more grave situation, they have more than 50% positive X-rays on plain radiography. The prevalence of Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis is much lower in bituminous mines and in US and most western nations the mines are of bitumen so Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis is less prevalent in those countries.

Silicosis

admin — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:12:23 +0000

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Occupational Health Hazards of Agricultural Worker

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:48:04 +0000

Occupational health and occupational health hazards are new concept in case of agriculture. This is due to the fact of misconception that, occupational health is only in relation to industry and factories and in industrialized countries. agricultural workers have a multitude of health problems due to working conditions in the field of agriculture. The following [...] Related posts:

Pneumoconiosis: What is It?

admin — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:46:29 +0000

Pneumoconiosis is a group of diseases of respiratory system caused due to inhalation of respirable particle. The dust particle size, if it is between 0.5 micron to 3 micron, is a health hazard and can produce lung disease called pneumoconiosis, after a variable period of exposure to the dust particles. Pneumoconiosis gradually cripple working capacity [...] Related posts:

Occupational Health Hazards

admin — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:35:43 +0000

Depending on the type of employment the worker may be exposed to physical hazard, chemical hazard, biological hazard, mechanical hazard and psychosocial hazard. Physical Hazards: physical hazards may be heat & cold, noise, ionizing radiation, ultraviolet radiation, vibration and light. 1. Heat & cold: Heat is a common health hazard in industries. Direct effects of heat are [...] Related posts:

Occupational Environment

admin — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:35:48 +0000

Occupational Environment means, the external condition and influence of place of work and has a bearing on the health of the worker. The workers are placed today in a highly complicated environment and it is becoming more complicated day by day. There are mainly three types of interaction in a working environment: Man [...] Related posts:

Occupational Health

admin — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:54:19 +0000

The joint ILO/WHO (international labor organization and world health organization) on occupational health, gave the definition of occupational health as follows â€œOccupational health should aim at the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental and social well being of workers in all occupations; the prevention among the workers of departures from health [...] Related posts: