Coal dust
Quartz
Time UG (yrs)
Approximately cumulative exposure = Intensity x yrs UG = mg/m
3
-yr
Intensity (mg/m
3
) Mean (max)
Intensity (mg/m
3
) Mean (max)
Mean(max)
Mean (maximum) Coal Dust Quartz
Low rank coal(n = 699)
1.68 (6.91)
0.063 (0.88)
14.6 (23)
24.5 (159) 0.92 0.92 (20.2)
High rank Coal(n = 670)
2.06 (6.00)
0.038 (0.31)
14.9 (24)
30.7 (144) 0.91 (7.4)
Table 4:
Exposure was dissimilar between the two collieries.