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Table 6-16. Pneumoconiotic agents: Number of samples and percent of
exposures exceeding designated occupational exposure limits by industries
with elevated pneumoconiosis mortality, MSHA inspector and mine operator
and OSHA samples, 1990-1999
|
All Pneumoconioses Mortality, Selected
States and Years, 1990-1999 |
No. of Samples with PEL |
% > PEL |
No. of Samples with REL |
% > REL |
|
CIC |
Industries with elevated PMRs and most frequently
recorded on death certificates |
Number of Deaths |
PMR |
|
041 |
Coal mining |
4,623 |
33.13 |
875,279 |
10.5 |
325,198 |
26.2* |
|
262 |
Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral and stone products |
127 |
7.86 |
709 |
22.4 |
643 |
37.3 |
|
040 |
Metal mining |
131 |
5.19 |
13,439 |
9.0 |
10,362 |
16.1 |
|
360 |
Ship and boat building and repairing |
176 |
4.48 |
540 |
8.7 |
393 |
3.6 |
|
050 |
Nonmetallic mining and quarrying, except fuel |
69 |
3.58 |
103,665 |
6.9 |
101,292 |
10.9 |
|
271 |
Iron and steel foundries |
70 |
2.77 |
4,022 |
14.6 |
3,348 |
27.3 |
|
252 |
Structural clay products |
29 |
2.62 |
314 |
22.3 |
307 |
35.8 |
|
192 |
Industrial and miscellaneous chemicals |
159 |
1.75 |
541 |
7.0 |
413 |
11.1 |
|
211 |
Other rubber products, and plastics footwear and
belting |
48 |
1.45 |
245 |
8.2 |
310 |
7.7 |
|
250 |
Glass and glass products |
55 |
1.37 |
348 |
0.3 |
289 |
2.4 |
|
|
All other industries |
2,741 |
|
43,383 |
4.6 |
42,171 |
4.2 |
|
|
TOTAL |
|
|
1,042,485 |
9.9 |
484,726 |
20.8 |
CIC - Census Industry Code
PEL - permissible exposure limit
REL - recommended exposure limit
PMR - proportionate mortality ratio *This number is based solely on the
the NIOSH REL for respirable coal mine dust of 1.0 mg/m3 which
was adopted in September 1995. The MSHA respirable coal mine quartz exposure
data and the NIOSH REL for respirable quartz cannot be compared to each
other because they are based on different sampling criteria.
NOTE: See appendices for source description, methods, ICD codes, industry
codes, agents, and list of selected states (and years) for which usual
industry has been reported.
SOURCE: Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) coal mine inspector
and mine operator dust and quartz data and metal/nonmetal data. Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Integrated Management Information
System. National Center for Health Statistics multiple cause of death
data.
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