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Sep it 207 12:16PM Lfl HRl1G RSS~C 9522261203 p.8 <br />Silicosis (Silica Disease /Sandblasting Disease from Crystalline Silica Dust Exposure <br />pneumomninsis sillmsis, or solo disease. This is because the <br />deaning, painting and ropak of ships and vessels often involves <br />sandblasting to prepare surfaces far new paint or to dean them. <br />Shipyard workers are often required to use sandblasting equipmem <br />on large ships, which wn Increase crystalline silica dust expwure <br />dtuation. Similar to sandblasters, shipyard workers are at an <br />increased risk for sgicosis silica disease. <br /> Miners <br /> Miners of metals, minerals and mat ran all be paentiagy exposed <br /> b GysWlline srlica dust. Many rods, like granite and queatz, have <br /> extremely high mncent2tions of eryshaline SNiw that turns into d ust <br /> when Gushed, ddllad or broken m the mining process. Even it the <br /> product 6eMg mMed doesn't mn~in sltira duet (meW ores, me <br />,..F, ' ete_~ many rocks that need to he dn'Red and in er tb gat <br />r <br />v to Me deposls Girt and often do, contain silica, the2fore posing a <br />~ ~ <br />(lam Uv ttveat of erysfalline sYka dust sure and sdio disease <br />Miners are also G.tnsidered at high risk because of <br />. ~ <br />` \ the extreme a maims of tlust crested, dght workspaces and lade of <br />(~ <br />9v ventfialion presets in many working mnditlOna. <br />~~• •~~ Sliica exposure has been a pmblam fur miners tar hundreds of <br />years. in fact, mines were some of the first workers wtn developed <br />f -this occupational silio disease. Despite knowledge of the dangers <br />~ <br />,,,~~wvv444"'""" <br />n of crystaNine silica dust exposure and fiutlter knowledge of <br />i IC <br />f <br />Y / ~ <br />/ prevenfatWe safety measures, silrosis mM[nues to kiFt miners and <br />r <br />ti <br />f <br />t <br />d <br />/ b mn <br />nve <br />o <br />rock drlflers every year. Thedeath tall is expec <br />e <br />' <br />~ 1 <br />f~ rf net r®e, as oneumocaniosis sgimsls iniurv aM rhronie <br />years, <br />~ <br />_, ~) ~~e <br />' sificosi9 r2ses Cart fakB decades io develop. Caniac! our sa;c°eia <br />~ <br />~, attomevs rotlay tc find out more shear your teBal dghs regarding <br /> sfiicosis acrd crystalline silo dust exposure. <br /> ~..~ Tgp <br />Coal AAiner's Disease -Black Lung <br />Like silicosis, black lung is a lung disease that effeds Gxaf miners <br />and others that work around large amounts of coal dust Wsa called <br />mat minefs prreumomniosls, Dlecitlung Is ousel 01' the irVfalation <br />of coal dust parddes. 9iack lung leads to a detedo2tion of lung <br />tissue and BVemuelly, resplretion faBure. Sometimes black lung Ls <br />referred m as silicosis. Though nerry miners sufierirom silicosis, as <br />was noted above, black lung is different kt that tt denotes that Vre <br />miner that has black lurg contracted are disease from worldng in c <br />around a coal mine. The symptoms of blade lung era similar to <br />those aE elicoaie, however, in adtlition to fibrous sor tissue builtl-up <br />in the to ngs, the carbon in met dust actually rums tang tissue blade. <br />If you are a miner end have contracted black lung, please canted <br />our silicosis attomevs tatlay. We ort provide you dte help you <br />deserve. <br />Back to Too <br />Page 3 of 4 <br />http:/lvvw~v.silicosisciaims.com/about.httnl 9/14(2007 <br />