The Pakistani medical journal Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute has published a study of Pakistani miners in Cherat, Nowshera District. The study titled “Prevalence of Pneumoconiosis…
For the first time since 1972, the Department of Labor has passed new respirable coal dust standards for U.S. coal mines. The updated limit, which was originally proposed…
The Department of Labor’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP) has issued a final rule regarding the submission of digital radiographs in federal Black Lung claims.…
Today in West Virginia CWP Fund v. Gump, (decision here), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a miner’s award of black lung…
On April 11, 2014, in Mud Lick Mining Corp. v. Hash (decision here) the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit summarily affirmed a disabled…
The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report on MSHA’s proposal to lower the exposure limit for respirable coal mine dust. The report,…
Beginning this month the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (“NIOSH”) is traveling from Louisiana to Arizona to provide coal miners with free, confidential screenings…
Yesterday in Peabody Coal Co. v. Director, OWCP (decision here), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a miner’s award of federal black…