I have been slow to post about a recent piece of medical research about the increasing rates of lung transplants for miners with black lung. Initially,…
Recently the U.S. Department of Labor increased by 1% the modest amount of money that disabled coal miners and their families who receive federal black lung…
The resurgence of black lung has made the cover of Environmental Health Perspectives, a widely-read journal published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.…
Most black lung claims are based on work that is undebatably in a coal mine. However, some individuals end up with breathing problems and attribute it…
In the past week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit summarily affirmed awards of federal black lung benefits to two coal miners. These…
Medical researchers have proven a fact largely recognized by black lung benefits practitioners but previously underappreciated by the medical literature: “simple” coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP) is…
After six decades without a reported case of black lung, Australia is experiencing a resurgence of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis. As reported by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation…
Over the weekend, the Charleston Gazette-Mail had an excellent story by Ken Ward, Jr. about black lung and the criminal trial of Don Blankenship: “Black Lung…
In a recent statement, the head of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Joe Main, said that black lung is “widespread and underreported.“ Main…
On Friday, November 13, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued a published decision in Blue Mountain Energy v. Director, OWCP [Gunderson…