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Monday, August 05, 2013

Coal mine health and safety seminar set Aug. 22

A one-day seminar this month will look at current health and safety issues in coal mining. The focus of the 2013 Central Appalachian Regional Work Safety and Health Symposium, scheduled for Aug. 22 in Lexington, Ky., will be research indicating the risk for respiratory diseases among coal miners, state-of-the-art tools and techniques for measuring coal dust, current and proposed exposure limits, and the need for periodic health surveillance of coal workers.

Among the speakers will be U.S. Rep. Andy Barr of Lexington, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety Joseph Main, and experts in respiratory disease, health surveillance, industrial hygiene, and occupational safety and health. Main is expected to discuss the pending proposal for lower limits on respirable dust.

The conference is sponsored by the University of Kentucky's Department of Mining Engineering and the Central Appalachian Regional Education and Research Center, a partnership of UK and Eastern Kentucky University, funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. It will be held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Kentucky Mining Institute.

The fee for the conference is $25. For more information or to register online click here.

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