The Epidemiology Of Silicotic Cases Of Recorded At Gold Fields Ghana Limited Hospital, Tarkwa From January 1973 To December 1996.

ABSTRACT The annual distribution, distribution by place of work and by an occupational group of all the silicotic cases recorded at Gold Fields Ghana Limited (GGL) Hospital, Tarkwa from 1973 to 1996 were analysed. The trends of annual incidence rates of silicosis among GGL workers as a whole and separately among GGL underground workers and GGL surface workers were also analysed for the period. Data was obtained from GGL Hospital periodic reports and GGL Personnel Department records. Safety measures in place at the GGL mine against dust generation and inhalation were also observed and described…