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Un hombre de 39 a¤os fue diagnosticado de silicosis (fibrosis masiva progresiva) y tuberculosis tras haber trabajado 22 a¤os como arenero. Hab¡a notado un aumento gradual de la disnea, las sibilancias y el malestar ante esfuerzos m¡nimos. Los tejidos tomados de sus pulmones mostraban una fibrosis extensa. El arenero fue diagnosticado de silicosis por primera vez en 2011, cuando un compa¤ero de trabajo hab¡a desarrollado tuberculosis y el departamento de salud del Estado hab¡a realizado radiograf¡as de t¢rax y pruebas cut neas a toda la tripulaci¢n. Era uno de los 20 trabajadores que limpiaban con chorro de arena las soldaduras […]This content is for BHHC Safety Center policy holders.
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