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african-mining-occupational-health

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OCC-0A975D4F	artisanal	south_africa	30	male	14	true	processor	negative	negative	no	negative	false	yes	yes	2,020
OCC-D89067C3	formal_platinum	ghana	25	male	7	true	supervisor	negative	negative	no	negative	false	yes	no	2,024
OCC-09A1AE4D	artisanal	tanzania	23	male	6.7	true	general	negative	negative	yes	negative	false	no	no	2,024
OCC-118F48BC	artisanal	south_africa	18	male	2	true	processor	negative	negative	yes	negative	false	no	no	2,023
OCC-20D762E7	formal_gold	south_africa	55	male	5.7	true	winch_operator	positive	negative	no	negative	false	yes	yes	2,024
OCC-A889BAB7	artisanal	zimbabwe	36	male	3.3	true	processor	negative	negative	no	positive	false	yes	yes	2,023
OCC-3B8E184D	artisanal	tanzania	47	male	1	true	general	positive	positive	yes	positive	true	yes	no	2,020
OCC-F1A064DD	artisanal	ghana	19	male	0.7	true	digger	negative	negative	no	positive	false	yes	no	2,023
OCC-DBBD6BF4	formal_gold	ghana	56	male	19.6	true	driller	negative	positive	yes	negative	false	yes	no	2,024
OCC-AEF9A1B3	formal_coal	zimbabwe	39	female	21	true	loader_operator	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,024
OCC-66F21E4D	formal_platinum	south_africa	49	male	16.5	false	loader_operator	negative	negative	no	positive	false	yes	no	2,023
OCC-C7431689	artisanal	zimbabwe	40	male	1.1	true	digger	positive	negative	no	negative	false	yes	yes	2,019
OCC-409E868E	artisanal	south_africa	47	male	12.5	true	digger	positive	negative	yes	negative	false	no	no	2,023
OCC-2FB73A24	artisanal	ghana	18	male	1.1	true	digger	negative	positive	yes	positive	true	yes	no	2,018
OCC-01396CA1	formal_platinum	south_africa	42	female	20.7	false	winch_operator	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,022
OCC-5A5C7D7E	formal_gold	south_africa	46	female	12.5	true	other	negative	negative	no	negative	false	yes	no	2,020
OCC-E9C4E640	formal_coal	zimbabwe	33	male	15	true	maintenance	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,019
OCC-0544AB3F	formal_gold	zimbabwe	50	female	14.3	true	other	negative	negative	yes	positive	false	yes	yes	2,024
OCC-A488ADE3	artisanal	ghana	34	male	12.2	true	digger	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,023
OCC-1956B6EC	artisanal	zimbabwe	58	female	3.3	true	processor	negative	negative	no	negative	false	yes	no	2,022
OCC-D245B613	artisanal	drc	44	male	9.9	true	digger	positive	negative	no	negative	false	yes	no	2,022
OCC-F79DA141	formal_platinum	tanzania	28	male	5.2	true	winch_operator	positive	negative	yes	positive	false	yes	no	2,019
OCC-9B1E9640	artisanal	tanzania	18	male	2	true	transporter	negative	negative	no	negative	false	yes	no	2,021
OCC-B25E6ABD	artisanal	ghana	45	male	5.8	true	transporter	negative	negative	no	positive	false	yes	no	2,020
OCC-C56967CC	artisanal	ghana	28	male	8.3	true	processor	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,024
OCC-8313C386	formal_gold	ghana	26	male	8	false	loader_operator	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,022
OCC-532F8BF3	formal_coal	zimbabwe	43	male	24.4	false	blaster	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,024
OCC-1CD38E40	formal_gold	south_africa	42	male	24	true	blaster	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,019
OCC-F2BF477A	formal_gold	zimbabwe	47	male	28.7	true	driller	negative	negative	no	negative	false	yes	yes	2,020
OCC-12AFFFC0	artisanal	south_africa	46	male	2.4	true	processor	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	yes	2,022
OCC-55E4F294	artisanal	south_africa	28	male	0.5	true	digger	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,024
OCC-4DC806C0	artisanal	tanzania	36	male	6.3	true	transporter	negative	negative	no	positive	false	yes	no	2,018
OCC-6B41B346	formal_platinum	south_africa	38	male	8.7	true	winch_operator	negative	negative	no	negative	false	yes	no	2,018
OCC-E000B1C3	formal_platinum	zimbabwe	63	male	22	false	other	positive	negative	yes	negative	false	yes	no	2,023
OCC-98E03574	formal_coal	ghana	46	male	18.5	true	supervisor	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	yes	2,018
OCC-3EA6C282	formal_gold	south_africa	46	male	21.5	true	driller	positive	positive	yes	positive	true	yes	no	2,020
OCC-D4E10962	formal_gold	tanzania	46	male	23.3	true	driller	negative	positive	no	negative	false	yes	no	2,022
OCC-C2AD1614	formal_coal	south_africa	54	male	11.4	true	driller	negative	positive	no	negative	false	yes	no	2,020
OCC-5EC7C531	formal_gold	tanzania	50	male	20.9	false	maintenance	positive	negative	yes	negative	false	yes	no	2,023
OCC-6DE70F5F	artisanal	tanzania	30	male	2.8	true	processor	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,018
OCC-2A082FF4	formal_platinum	south_africa	48	male	29	true	winch_operator	positive	positive	no	negative	false	yes	no	2,022
OCC-B2637407	artisanal	south_africa	37	male	5.1	true	general	negative	negative	no	negative	false	yes	no	2,022
OCC-4E56D7B3	artisanal	south_africa	30	male	7	true	processor	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,019
OCC-0F126E01	formal_platinum	zimbabwe	51	female	31.6	true	supervisor	negative	negative	yes	negative	false	no	no	2,022
OCC-C4852958	artisanal	south_africa	34	male	1.5	true	transporter	positive	positive	yes	positive	true	no	no	2,021
OCC-6DD857E2	artisanal	drc	22	male	3.2	true	digger	negative	negative	no	negative	false	yes	no	2,024
OCC-D41550C0	formal_platinum	south_africa	26	male	8	true	driller	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,023
OCC-158A80CF	formal_platinum	tanzania	26	male	8	true	maintenance	negative	negative	no	negative	false	yes	no	2,023
OCC-18494D24	artisanal	south_africa	43	male	2.5	true	digger	negative	negative	yes	negative	false	no	no	2,021
OCC-5B72201D	formal_gold	drc	43	male	16.9	true	other	positive	positive	yes	negative	false	no	no	2,022
OCC-2B89035D	formal_gold	south_africa	42	male	24	true	driller	negative	positive	no	negative	false	yes	yes	2,018
OCC-CD7C498E	formal_gold	zimbabwe	50	male	8.7	true	other	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,020
OCC-781F2611	artisanal	zimbabwe	39	female	0.5	true	processor	negative	negative	no	negative	false	yes	no	2,020
OCC-A1329967	artisanal	south_africa	18	male	2	true	processor	negative	negative	yes	negative	false	yes	no	2,018
OCC-D94D207E	artisanal	tanzania	50	male	6.9	true	processor	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,023
OCC-B6D9ED36	artisanal	south_africa	35	male	0.5	false	general	positive	negative	no	negative	false	yes	no	2,022
OCC-547EF76F	formal_coal	zimbabwe	44	male	14.7	true	other	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,020
OCC-6DE4B350	formal_coal	zimbabwe	50	male	8.3	true	loader_operator	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,018
OCC-0195D979	formal_gold	ghana	32	male	14	true	winch_operator	positive	positive	yes	positive	true	yes	no	2,024
OCC-51DBA21C	formal_gold	south_africa	44	male	25.4	true	loader_operator	positive	positive	yes	positive	true	yes	yes	2,022
OCC-A7D49FDC	artisanal	south_africa	39	male	3.1	true	digger	negative	negative	yes	negative	false	yes	no	2,023
OCC-DB714F66	formal_coal	south_africa	31	male	13	true	winch_operator	negative	positive	yes	negative	false	yes	yes	2,018
OCC-04A39D53	formal_coal	south_africa	48	male	13.7	false	other	positive	negative	yes	negative	false	no	no	2,024
OCC-08CD857F	artisanal	south_africa	47	male	2.5	true	general	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,018
OCC-F6042D1C	artisanal	drc	41	female	5.2	true	general	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,024
OCC-A80F5415	formal_coal	zimbabwe	25	male	7	true	loader_operator	negative	negative	no	positive	false	yes	no	2,021
OCC-9DAAB81A	formal_coal	ghana	47	male	14.7	false	supervisor	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	yes	2,024
OCC-35413659	formal_platinum	zimbabwe	29	male	9.3	true	maintenance	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,024
OCC-8CB90F51	formal_gold	south_africa	40	male	22	true	winch_operator	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,024
OCC-AAEAEA5A	formal_platinum	zimbabwe	53	male	35	false	loader_operator	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,023
OCC-4BF4F688	formal_gold	south_africa	46	male	28	true	other	positive	negative	no	negative	false	yes	no	2,018
OCC-FE4F4268	formal_platinum	south_africa	28	male	10	true	blaster	positive	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,022
OCC-2D120479	artisanal	zimbabwe	52	male	0.9	true	digger	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,021
OCC-42C6EC7F	formal_gold	zimbabwe	37	male	17.9	true	winch_operator	positive	positive	no	negative	false	yes	no	2,023
OCC-7C625F49	formal_gold	drc	29	male	10.4	true	other	positive	negative	yes	positive	false	yes	no	2,024
OCC-E9A1C569	formal_platinum	south_africa	27	female	9	true	winch_operator	negative	negative	no	negative	false	yes	no	2,021
OCC-F5B9D140	formal_platinum	zimbabwe	45	male	21.9	true	other	negative	negative	no	negative	false	yes	no	2,019
OCC-2C298DC6	artisanal	south_africa	33	male	1.5	true	digger	negative	positive	yes	negative	false	no	no	2,023
OCC-0FC6D160	formal_coal	south_africa	50	male	16.9	false	driller	positive	negative	yes	negative	false	no	no	2,019
OCC-D49927CA	artisanal	ghana	50	male	6.6	true	processor	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,021
OCC-28F17A32	artisanal	south_africa	39	male	3.4	true	digger	negative	negative	no	negative	false	yes	no	2,022
OCC-DDEB5EFD	formal_platinum	zimbabwe	48	male	17.5	true	supervisor	negative	positive	yes	positive	true	yes	no	2,024
OCC-03DE4B74	artisanal	zimbabwe	43	male	4.4	true	digger	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,023
OCC-E7CEEF93	formal_gold	south_africa	50	male	15.9	true	maintenance	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,022
OCC-B4DE613C	formal_gold	drc	44	male	12.6	false	driller	positive	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,021
OCC-17D2815A	formal_gold	zimbabwe	41	male	23	true	driller	positive	negative	no	negative	false	yes	no	2,020
OCC-7C7255E2	artisanal	tanzania	42	male	5.7	true	processor	negative	negative	no	negative	false	yes	no	2,023
OCC-76F5917F	formal_coal	zimbabwe	33	male	15	false	winch_operator	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,020
OCC-0A40898B	formal_gold	drc	40	male	6.9	true	maintenance	negative	negative	no	positive	false	yes	no	2,019
OCC-5398A0A1	formal_coal	south_africa	31	male	13	false	blaster	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,022
OCC-49BE5756	formal_gold	zimbabwe	36	male	18	true	winch_operator	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,024
OCC-729EC46B	artisanal	tanzania	53	male	0.6	true	processor	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,021
OCC-16970B31	formal_platinum	south_africa	45	male	14.8	true	loader_operator	negative	negative	no	negative	false	yes	no	2,020
OCC-3FAE0288	formal_platinum	zimbabwe	43	male	25	false	other	negative	negative	no	negative	false	yes	no	2,019
OCC-EC9F19E7	formal_platinum	drc	65	male	10.6	true	driller	positive	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,023
OCC-01F6C1CC	artisanal	zimbabwe	46	male	6.1	true	digger	positive	positive	yes	positive	true	yes	no	2,022
OCC-21316DCB	formal_platinum	ghana	31	male	13	true	maintenance	positive	positive	yes	negative	false	yes	no	2,019
OCC-86F039E1	formal_gold	ghana	43	male	25	true	other	negative	negative	no	negative	false	no	no	2,022
OCC-917D0BCD	formal_gold	tanzania	30	male	12	false	loader_operator	negative	negative	no	negative	false	yes	no	2,020
OCC-35E6E401	artisanal	tanzania	31	female	6.9	true	general	negative	negative	no	negative	false	yes	no	2,018

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African Mining Occupational Health Dataset

Dataset Description

Overview

This dataset models the silicosis-tuberculosis-HIV syndemic affecting mining populations across sub-Saharan Africa. It provides synthetic screening records capturing the complex interplay between occupite dust exposure, infectious disease burden, and occupational health outcomes in both formal and artisanal mining contexts.

The dataset encodes epidemiologically-validated prevalence rates, risk factor associations, and comorbidity patterns derived from cross-sectional health screening studies conducted in Zimbabwe and South Africa.

Dataset Statistics

Attribute	Value
Records	5,000
Variables	16
Geographic Scope	South Africa, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Tanzania, DRC
Format	CSV, Parquet

Data Schema

Variable Dictionary

Variable	Type	Description	Value Range/Categories
`record_id`	string	Unique screening record identifier	OCC-XXXXXXXX
`mine_type`	categorical	Mining operation type	formal_gold, formal_platinum, formal_coal, artisanal
`country`	categorical	Country of screening	south_africa, zimbabwe, ghana, tanzania, drc
`age`	integer	Worker age in years	18-65
`gender`	categorical	Worker gender	male, female
`employment_years`	float	Duration of mining employment	0.5-40 years
`silica_exposed`	boolean	History of respirable silica exposure	True/False
`job_category`	categorical	Occupational role	driller, winch_operator, blaster, loader_operator, maintenance, supervisor, digger, processor, transporter, general, other
`hiv_status`	categorical	HIV serostatus	positive, negative
`silicosis_status`	categorical	Radiological silicosis diagnosis	positive, negative
`tb_history`	categorical	Previous tuberculosis diagnosis	yes, no
`tb_current`	categorical	Current active tuberculosis	positive, negative
`silico_tb`	boolean	Combined silico-tuberculosis diagnosis	True/False
`respiratory_symptoms`	categorical	Self-reported respiratory symptoms	yes, no
`comorbidities`	categorical	Other chronic conditions present	yes, no
`screening_year`	integer	Year of health screening	2018-2024

Methodology

Epidemiological Framework

This dataset models the well-documented syndemic interaction between:

Silicosis: Chronic fibrotic lung disease from crystalline silica inhalation
Tuberculosis: Both primary infection and reactivation, amplified by silica-induced immunosuppression
HIV/AIDS: Further immunocompromise increasing susceptibility to both silicosis progression and TB

Primary Literature Sources

Source ID	Citation	Parameters Extracted
ZWE_001-007	Moyo, D., et al. (2021). Prevalence of silicosis, pulmonary tuberculosis and their co-morbidities among artisanal and small-scale gold miners in Zimbabwe. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. PMC8583466	HIV prevalence (23.5%), silicosis prevalence (11.2%), TB prevalence (4.0%), silica exposure (95%), HIV-silicosis OR (2.79)
SA_001-004	teWaterNaude, J.M., et al. (2006). Tuberculosis and silica exposure in South African gold miners. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 63(3), 187-192. PMC2078150	PTB prevalence (19.4-35.2%), high-risk occupations, exposure-response relationships

Key Epidemiological Parameters

HIV Prevalence (Moyo et al., 2021):

ASM workers: 23.5% (90/373 tested)
95% CI: 19.4-28.1%

Silicosis Prevalence (Moyo et al., 2021):

Overall: 11.2% (52/464)
95% CI: 8.6-14.4%

Tuberculosis Burden:

Current TB (Zimbabwe ASM): 4.0% (95% CI: 2.5-6.4%)
TB history (SA gold miners): 19.4% (95% CI: 16.0-22.8%)
TB with radiological evidence (SA): 35.2% (95% CI: 31.1-39.3%)

HIV-Silicosis Association (Moyo et al., 2021):

HIV+ workers have 2.79x increased silicosis risk
95% CI: 1.48-5.24

Silica Exposure (Moyo et al., 2021):

95% of ASM workers report dust exposure
27% have ≥10 years mining duration

Conditional Dependencies Modeled

Silicosis Risk = f(silica_exposure, employment_years, hiv_status)
TB Risk = f(silicosis_status, hiv_status, employment_years)
Current TB = f(silicosis_status, hiv_status, tb_history)
Symptoms = f(silicosis_status, tb_current)

Limitations

Cross-sectional Design: Source studies are cross-sectional; temporal relationships are inferred
Selection Effects: Mining populations in studies may not represent all workers
Diagnostic Heterogeneity: TB and silicosis definitions vary across source studies
Treatment Effects: ART coverage and TB treatment effects not fully modeled
Exposure Quantification: Silica exposure is binary rather than dose-response

Ethical Considerations

Sensitive Health Data: HIV status is highly sensitive; synthetic nature mitigates privacy risks
Stigmatization: Results should not stigmatize mining communities or countries
Health Equity: Dataset highlights occupational health disparities requiring policy attention
Clinical Limitations: Not suitable for individual diagnostic or prognostic decisions

Intended Uses

Appropriate Uses

Epidemiological modeling of occupational lung disease
Machine learning for screening program optimization
Health economics and cost-effectiveness research
Educational demonstrations of syndemic frameworks
Methods development for comorbidity analysis

Inappropriate Uses

Individual clinical diagnosis or prognosis
Insurance underwriting or risk stratification
Occupational health compliance certification
Policy decisions without validation against local data

Citation

@dataset{electric_sheep_africa_occupational_health_2024,
  title = {African Mining Occupational Health Dataset: Silicosis-TB-HIV Syndemic},
  author = {Electric Sheep Africa},
  year = {2024},
  publisher = {Hugging Face},
  url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/african-mining-occupational-health},
  note = {Synthetic dataset derived from epidemiological studies of African mining populations}
}

References

Moyo, D., Zishiri, C., Ncube, R., Madziva, G., & Sandy, C. (2021). Prevalence of silicosis and pulmonary tuberculosis among artisanal and small-scale gold miners in Zimbabwe. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 78(Suppl 1), A1-A173.
teWaterNaude, J.M., Ehrlich, R.I., Churchyard, G.J., Pemba, L., Dekker, K.,"; M., White, N.W., Thompson, M.L., & Myers, J.E. (2006). Tuberculosis and silica exposure in South African gold miners. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 63(3), 187-192.
Rees, D., & Murray, J. (2007). Silica, silicosis and tuberculosis. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 11(5), 474-484.