NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) testimony to Subcommittee on Manpower, Compensation, and Health and Safety, House Committee on Education and Labor by Dr. John F. Finklea, October 7, 1975
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5464256
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Manpower, Compensation, and Health and Safety concerned the research and technical-assistance activities of NIOSH in the area of mine safety and health. Under the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 NIOSH, at the Morgantown, West Virginia location, studied the protection of life and health, the detection of respiratory impairment, and the prevention of occupational diseases of coal miners. The institute established additional coal mine health standards and assured the availability of medical examinations for underground coal miners. The Testing and Certification Laboratory evaluated and approved respirators, coal-mine-dust personal-sampler units, and gas detector tubes. NIOSH has developed recommended standards for some of the most important health hazards facing workers in metal and nonmetallic mines including noise, asbestos, silica, beryllium, inorganic arsenic, inorganic mercury, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxides. Cooperative work with other agencies was described. Studies involving uranium, asbestos, potash, and copper industries are noted. Observations concerning a rational approach to the scientific and regulatory problems of Federal occupational and environmental health programs were included.
- Research Organization:
- National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5464256
- Report Number(s):
- PB-89-238240/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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