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Black Lung cases rise, as federal benefits stagnate
27 Mar 2024 07:02 GMT
… monthly benefits for a miner and one dependent in … three black lung, and they're having to quit mining in … prioritizing investments in curbing black lung and supporting miners already … legislation, known as the Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act, would …
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Universal Lands Epic Mining-Crime Story ‘Blood Runs Coal’ For Its Oscar-Winning ‘Oppenheimer’ Star Cillian Murphy; Jez & John-Henry Butterworth Adapting Mark Bradley Book; Davis Entertainment Producing With Murphy
25 Mar 2024 21:33 GMT
… son of the slain coal miner. It will be scripted as … was a second generation coal miner who became an activist in … by black lung and other respiratory maladies, and mishaps in the mines were … mishap, and tell them that mining was a dangerous business. He …
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Kentucky’s last doctor diagnosing black lung claims for the state
21 Mar 2024 15:11 GMT
… coal mining. Research has proven there’s asurge of black lung now … I found too much black lung, and complicated black lung,” Crum said. “It … proven false.
“If a miner does not agree with the … miners seeking compensation from the mines they believe filled their …
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SWVA advocates urge Congress to fight for investments to tackle growing black lung crisis
13 Mar 2024 15:24 GMT
… of Virginia’s active coal mines are in Griffith’s district … of living in many coal mining communities, as indicated by recent … Voices.
“The benefits for a miner and a dependent in 2024 … make sure the black lung clinics are funded. But as black lung is ravaging …
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Retired Coal Miner Suffering from Black Lung Tells His Story
10 Mar 2024 11:16 GMT
… Miner Suffering from Black Lung Tells His Story
Retired Coal Miner Suffering from Black Lung … MINES WHEN HE WAS 2027 YEARS LATER, HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BLACK LUNG … I FIRST WENT INTO MINES. GOT MORE SHORT … STAGE BLACK LUNG. YOU EITHER WORK IN DEEP MINES OR …
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US Department of Labor launches tool to help miners, mining communities
06 Mar 2024 21:11 GMT
… and Health-certified B Readers, black lung clinics, buprenorphine providers, audiologists and … mental health care. MSHA’s Miner Health Matters initiative encourages miners … available within the MSHA mobile miner app.
View the Health Resource …
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NEW analysis: Black lung benefits fall dramatically behind cost of living for sick miners and their families
08 Feb 2024 19:37 GMT
… living is significantly higher than black lung benefits payments received by many … , when the federal black lung benefits program was created, a miner received $144 … another day before advancing the Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act.”
Reintroduced in …
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Jellico featured in Oscar-shortlisted documentary
27 Mar 2024 01:46 GMT
… he was needing a coal miner to do that part, and … that.”
Bowlin said he has black lung disease.
“It meant a lot …
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Bill could jeopardize protection put in place 17 years ago after death of Harlan County miner
25 Feb 2024 13:54 GMT
… a coal miner and his family working in coal mines, there was … comprehensive.
“When you have underground mining injuries…they [frequently] require more … maintain it.
Courtney Rhoades, a Black Lung organizer for the Appalachian Citizens …
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Encore: The Rise of Black Lung, Inside Appalachia
22 Jan 2024 10:00 GMT
… Black Lung Cases Rising
The blackened lungs of a coal miner … simple black lung, which is debilitating, but advanced black lung is … simple black lung, there is no cure.
Advanced black lung has … miners with advanced black lung disease.
Federal Regulators …