NIOSH Expands Coal Workers’ Health Evaluation Program
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is expanding its national program of health surveillance for coal miners. In accordance with the Mine Safety and…
Sixth Circuit Affirms Widow’s Automatic Entitlement to Benefits Despite Previous Denial (Peabody Coal Co. v. Director, OWCP [Hill])
In a short, unpublished decision (decision here), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a widow’s award of black lung benefits under the…
Sixth Circuit Affirms Surface Miner’s Award of Benefits, Applying 2013 Amendments to Regs (Central Ohio Coal Co. v. Director, OWCP [Sterling])
Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a published decision (available here) which clarifies that surface miners with pending black lung benefits…
NIOSH Study Finds Coal Miners at Small Mines More Likely to Have Black Lung
In 1998, the Louisville Courier-Journal ran “Dust, Deception and Death,” a five-part investigation into the shocking prevalence of black lung in the mining industry. One story…
National Black Lung Association and Black Lung Clinics Support New Dust Rule
Yesterday the National Black Lung Association and the National Coalition of Black Lung and Respiratory Disease Clinics announced their support of the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s…