“ PREVENTING COAL PNEUMOCONIOSIS “ 1971 MINE SAFETY FILM COAL MINING BLACK LUNG JC20114

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This 1971 color film uses coal mining footage to discuss the causes, effects, and methods of preventing pneumoconiosis, also known as “black lung.” Strategies for detecting and controlling coast dust are explained and illustrated in this short produced for the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Mine Enforcement and Safety Administration in response to the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 (TRT: 19:54). Mine excavation equipment grinds away in a tunnel, producing a cloud of coal dust. A miner wears goggles and a hard hat with a headlamp (0:08). Crossfade to an animated illustration of coal dust particles filling a lung (0:44). Images of lungs infected with pneumoconiosis or “black lung.” A platelet of particles is shown under a microscope, and projected on a microprojector (1:14). A man in a hospital bed struggles to breath. He calls for a nurse. A nurs