Editing Altitude sickness (section)

===Mining===
Elevation sickness is a common workplace illness in [[mining]] operations in the [[Chile]]an [[Andes]] where workers dwelling in the lowlands have to perform work at the mines and associated facilities several thousand meters higher up. [[Chilean law]] demands for compatibility tests for employees performing work at altitude and prescribes those workers already working at altitude and deemed unfit for such work to be redeployed to lower elevations while retaining the prior salary.<ref name=Productividad/> A 2017 study found that contrary to Chile both the United States and Peru lacked legislation regarding altitude sickness in mining operations.<ref name=Productividad>{{cite book|last1=Ulloa Urrutia| first1=Alfie|last2=Contreras Biekert|first2=José Luis|last3=Gana Aravena|first3=Joaquín|last4=Miranda Toledo |first4=Rodrigo|last5=Chauveau Gerber|first5=Paul|first6=Fernando|last6=Villalobos Valenzuela|last7=Farías Soto|first7=Javiera|title=Productividad en la Gran Minería del Cobre|chapter=Aspectos Laborales y Seguridad Minera|year=2017|pages=260–261|publisher=Comisión Nacional de Productividad|language=Spanish|isbn=978-956-7725-08-3}}</ref> 

Little is known about the effects of the intermittent exposure to high elevation that is common among workers in Chilean mines high up in the Andes.<ref name=Productividad/>