silicosis

Along with those transferred from the hospital was a silicosis specialist. Silicosis is an incurable lung disease caused by inhalation of dust containing free crystalline silica and is quite common among those who work in stone quarries in Panna. Owing to the presence of tigers in the region, Panna doesn't ...

Black lung disease, also known as coal workers' pneumoconiosis, comes from inhaling coal mine dust. The other disease, silicosis, is caused by inhaling silica dust from crushed rocks. Black lung and silicosis often appear together because coal seams are found between rock layers that contain silica.

Cape Town - Gold mines may at last be making progress with the prevention of silicosis among miners, figures presented at the Mining Indaba in Cape Town suggest. Graham Briggs, retired CEO of Harmony Gold, and part of the Occupational Lung Diseases Working Group, said silicosis diagnoses had ...

Relatives of deceased ex-mineworkers with silicosis and tuberculosis were included in the March 2016 settlement. Yet it is unclear whether they will be eligible to receive compensation under any settlement of the class action. It would be a travesty of justice if these women, who in many cases have been ...

Hopes of a quick resolution to the occupational lung disease (OLD) class-action, which includes thousands of former miners afflicted with silicosis, have been tempered, with expectations of a settlement to take to the courts expected in the next six months instead of early this year as three new companies ...

Six years ago, claimants went to court seeking compensation from all 82 of South Africa's gold mines for contracting silicosis while working underground. According to Creamer's Mining Weekly, the case was brought by attorneys Richard Meeran and Zanele Mbuyisa on behalf of 4,365 former mineworkers.

JOHANNESBURG - The out of court settlement for the tuberculosis and silicosis class action brought against six gold mining companies on the Witwatersrand could be signed in the next six months, Graham Briggs, the convener of the Occupational Lung Diseases Working Group, said yesterday. Briggs told ...

Cape Town - A settlement for miners suffering from silicosis will be a better option than litigation, said Graham Briggs, convenor of the Occupational Lung Disease Working Group. Briggs was speaking at a media briefing at the 2018 African Mining Indaba on Wednesday, following his address which dealt ...