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<br />Sep 11 2007 12:16PM <br /> <br />Silicosis! Silica Disease I Sandblasting Disease from Crystalline Silica Dust Exposure <br /> <br />LA HAUG ASSOC <br /> <br />9522261203 <br /> <br />f <br /> <br />pneumoconiosis silicosis, or silica disease. This is because the <br />cleaning, painting and repair of ships and vessels often involves <br />sandblasting to prepare surfaces for new paint or to clean them. <br />Shipyard workers are often required to use sandblasting equipment <br />on large ships, which can Increase crystalline silica dust exposure <br />duration. Similar 10 sandblasters, shipyard workers are at an <br />increased risk for silicosis silica disease. <br /> <br />Miners <br /> <br />Miners of melals, minerals and coat can all be potentially exposed <br />to crystalline silica dust. Many rocks, like granite and quartz, have <br />extremely high concentrations of c::rystalfine silica that turns into dust <br />when crushed, drilled or broken in the mining process. Even if the <br />QToduct being mined doesn't conlElin silica dust (metal ares, coer, <br />etc.), many rocks that need to be drilled and moved In order to get <br />to the deposits can, and often do, contain silica, therefore posing a <br />threat of crystalline sKica dust exoosure and silica disease ' <br />di[i!.a/olIDJ!!mt. Miners are also considered at high risk beciuse of <br />the extreme amounts of dust created, tight workspaces and lack of <br />ventilation present in many working conditions. <br /> <br />--------...... Silica exposure has been a problem for miners fer hundreds of <br />'i'e~. In fact, miners were some of the first workers who developed <br />this occupational silica disease. Despite knowledge of the dangers <br />of crystaUine silica dust exposure and further knowledge of <br />preventative safety measures, sileosis continues to kill miners and <br />rock drillers every year. The death toll is expected 10 continue for <br />years, if not rise, as oneumoconiosis silicosis injury, and cl1ronlc <br />silicosis cases can lake decades to develop_ Contact our silicosis <br />attorneys today to find out more about your legal rights regarding <br />sDicosis and crystalline silica dust exposure. <br /> <br />,-~ <br />(\~! t <br />VV t) <br />fr' Iv (F <br />'. f\: <br />\-t~1 <br />~ L-" <br />w~ <br /> <br />~k.tQ T9Ji <br /> <br />Coal Miner's Disease - Black Lung <br /> <br />Like silicosis, black tung is a lung disease that effects coal miners <br />and others tl1at work around large amounts of coal dust Also called <br />coal miner's pneumoconiosis, black.lung is caused by the inhalation <br />of coal dLlSt particles. Black lung leads to a deterioration of lung <br />tissue and eventually, respiration failure. Sometimes black lung is <br />referred to as silicosis. Though many miners suffer from silicosis, as <br />was noted above, black lung Is different In that It denotes that the <br />miner that has black lung contracted the disease from working in or <br />around a coal mine. The symptoms of black lung are similar to <br />those of silicosis, however, in addition to fibrous scar tissue build-Up <br />in the lu ngs, the carbon in coal dust actually turns lung tissue black. <br />If you are a miner and have contracted black lung, please contact <br />our ~~$~ today. We can provide you the help you <br />deserve. <br /> <br />~l\l915 to Top <br /> <br />http://www.silicosisclaims.comlabout.html <br /> <br />p.8 <br />Page 3 of 4 <br /> <br />9/10/2007 <br />