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The Navajo Nation Research Brief of the Black Lung Incidence Study identifies the current state of knowledge on black lung disease as it relates to coal mining and residential coal use in the Navajo Nation. It identifies prevalence rates in the U.S. counties that overlap with the Navajo Nation borders, estimates prevalence rates in those counties, and discusses data limitations specific to the Navajo Nation.
Miners
The report presents the findings of a literature review ad quantitative analysis conducted under the Black Lung Incidence Study. The study was designed to examine black lung incidence in the United States, exploring both cases and deaths. Within this scope, the study examined whether black lung incidence is higher among specific subpopulations of interest, including miners, mining communities, the Navajo Nation, and residents of Appalachia.
One component of the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s (MSHA’s) mission to “prevent death, illness, and injury from mining and promote safe and healthful workplaces for U.S. miners” is protecting coal miners and coal mining communities from black lung disease (“Mission”). In support of that mission, the literature review expands the U.S.
Literature Review
Miners
In 2022, the Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) partnered with the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and commissioned contractor Summit Consulting, LLC (Summit) to conduct the Black Lung Incidence Study under the Administrative Data Research and Analysis portfolio of studies.
Miners
The report compares MSHA Part 50 program data to mining-related claims filed with the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC). Illinois was chosen because it is an important mining state which collects substantial data on workers’ compensation claims. The research group at the University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health has full access to this data set and obtained access to Illinois MSHA Part 50 data in order to perform this analysis.
Secondary data analysis
Miners
Brief describing high-level findings of the Workers’ Rights - Access, Assertion, and Knowledge in Mining Final Report.
Appendix E to the Workers' Rights - Access, Assertion, and Knowledge in Mining Final Report: Tabulated Survey Results Measuring Voice in the Workplace: Mine Safety Health Administration (MSHA).
Appendix D to the Workers' Rights - Access, Assertion, and Knowledge in Mining Final Report: Cognitive Interviewing Report, Script, and Copy of Instrument Used.
Appendix C to the Workers' Rights - Access, Assertion, and Knowledge in Mining Final Report: Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Package.
Appendix B to the Workers' Rights - Access, Assertion, and Knowledge in Mining Final Report: Final Design Report.
Appendix A to the Workers' Rights - Access, Assertion, and Knowledge in Mining Final Report: Statement of Work, Measuring Voice in the Workplace: Mine Safety Health Administration (MSHA).
In 2010, Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis made Good Jobs for Everyone the strategic vision for the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), characterizing a good job as one that “…is safe and secure and gives people a voice in the workplace.” From this vision, DOL developed the concept of “Worker’s Rights – Access, Assertion, and Knowledge” (WRAAK) as a way of measuring Secretary Solis’ vision.
Appendix G to the Evaluation of Accuracy and Completeness of Nonfatal Injury and Illness Reporting in the Mining Industry Final Report: Non-linear Regression Results for Targeting Factors.
Secondary data analysis
Appendix F to the Evaluation of Accuracy and Completeness of Nonfatal Injury and Illness Reporting in the Mining Industry Final Report: Sample Size Calculation for Random Audits
Secondary data analysis
Appendix E to the Evaluation of Accuracy and Completeness of Nonfatal Injury and Illness Reporting in the Mining Industry Final Report: California WC-Mine Safety Health Administration (MSHA) Data Crosswalk for Body Part Injured
Secondary data analysis
Appendix D to the Evaluation of Accuracy and Completeness of Nonfatal Injury and Illness Reporting in the Mining Industry Final Report: California Industry Names and Descriptions.
Secondary data analysis
Appendix C to the Evaluation of Accuracy and Completeness of Nonfatal Injury and Illness Reporting in the Mining Industry Final Report: Selection of California Case Records for Matching.
Secondary data analysis
Appendix B to the Evaluation of Accuracy and Completeness of Nonfatal Injury and Illness Reporting in the Mining Industry Final Report: Kentucky WC-Mine Safety Health Administration (MSHA) Data Crosswalk for Body Part Injured.
Secondary data analysis
Appendix A to the Evaluation of Accuracy and Completeness of Nonfatal Injury and Illness Reporting in the Mining Industry Final Report: Selection of Kentucky Case Records for Matching.
Secondary data analysis
Under a contract funded through the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Chief Evaluation Office (CEO), Eastern Research Group (ERG) and its subcontractor the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago (NORC), conducted a study to examine the level of accuracy and completeness of injury/illness reporting in the mining industry and identify feasible improvement approaches that Mine Safety Health Administration (MSHA) could implement. MSHA considers accurate data on injuries and illnesses critical to the Agency’s core mission of worker protection.
Secondary data analysis