Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 295d ago

Each year, approximately 1,000 miners in the U.S. die from coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, or black lung disease, a preventable illness caused by exposure to coal mine dust. This is a video that features two miners who share their stories and provide insight on how their lives have changed due to this devastating disease. This video can also be viewed at https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/video/lo-res/faces_of_black_lung/Faces_of_Black_Lung_CDC_LoRes.mp4