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1 | Miner # | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | |
2 | Year started working? | 1973 | 1982 | 1974 | 1978 | 1977 | 1969 | 1983 | 1969 | 1981 | 1972 | 1984 | 1972 | 1976 | 1969 | 1974 | 1978 | 1989 | 1981 | 1977 | 1983 | 1970 | 1970 | 1991 | 1971 | 1974 | 1976 | 1989 | 1958 | 1977 | 1974 | 1991 | 1979 | 1982 | 1983 | |
3 | Year stopped working? | 2015 | 2014 | 2015 | 2005 | 1998 | 2010 | 2004 | 2002 | 2004 | 2000 | 2014 | 2005 | 1997 | 2000 | 2016 | 2000 | still working 2018 | 2009 | 2011 | 2014 | 1992 | 1991 | 2015 | 2010 | 2004 | 2012 | 2012 | 1989 | 1998 | 2008 | 2003 | 2014 | 2003 | 2009 | |
4 | Years in mining | 41 | 25 | 41 | 27 | 22 | 41 | 24 | 32 | 23 | 27 | 28 | 32 | 21 | 32 | 43.5 | 22 | 20 | 28 | 32 | 31 | 28 | 21 | 23 | 39 | 30 | 14 | 15 | 27 | 21 | 34 | 12 | 35 | 21 | 26 | |
5 | Age (in 2018) | 65 | 57 | 66 | 58 | 63 | 71 | 53 | 72 | 56 | 69 | 53 | 69 | 60 | 68 | 65 | 56 | 50 | 57 | 71 | 54 | 63 | 64 | 50 | 66 | 74 | 62 | 51 | 78 | 60 | 69 | 47 | 58 | 57 | 54 | |
6 | Why stopped working? | laid off | hurt leg | Couldn't breathe | Black Lung | back injury | shoulder injury | surgeries | Injuries | back injury | back injury | black lung | heart surgery | breathing; couldn't pass physical | black lung | Went on disability | non-mining injury (broken back) | still working | various health problems; thyroid; lung; heart | prostate cancer | health; lungs | Started business | Black lung | Car wreck (broke back and found out in x-ray process about black lung) | black lung | COPD | black lung | black lung | breathing problems | injury | truck accident | broken back | no response | bad lungs | back injury | |
7 | Asserted Part 90 rights to less dusty job with same pay? | Y | Y | didn't use; fear of layoffs | N | N | N | N | Y; applied and faced resentment for it | N | Y; (just year or two) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N - but applied for outby job to get out of dust and got it | N | Y - but already working outby so nothing changed | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | Y | no response | Y | |
8 | Primarily Surface or Underground? (some worked both) | underground | underground | underground | underground | underground | underground | underground | underground | underground | underground | underground | surface | underground | Underground | Surface | underground | underground | underground | underground | underground | underground | underground | underground | underground | underground | underground | underground | underground | underground | surface | underground | underground | underground | underground | |
9 | Home state now | PA | VA | KY | VA | VA | VA | VA | WV | VA | KY | VA | VA | KY | VA | PA | KY | VA | KY | KY | KY | VA | KY | KY | VA | PA | VA | KY | KY | VA | VA | KY | VA | VA | KY | |
10 | States worked | PA | KY; VA | KY; WV | VA | VA; WV | VA; KY | VA | WV; KY | VA; KY | KY | KY, VA | VA; | KY; WV | VA; TN | PA | KY | VA; KY; WV | KY | KY | KY | KY; VA | KY; VA | KY | VA | PA | VA | KY; WV; VA | KY | VA | KY; VA | KY | VA | VA | KY | |
11 | Counties worked | Indiana; Somerset | Lee, VA; Wise, VA; Letcher, KY; Harlan, KY | Pike, KY; McDowell, WV | Buchanan, VA; Tazewell, VA | Buchanan,VA; Raleigh, WV; Logan, WV; McDowell, WV | Dickenson, VA; Wise, VA; Letcher, KY | Buchanan | Mingo, WV; Logan, WV; Knott, KY; Pike KY | Harlan, KY; Lee, VA | Pike; Letcher | Bell, KY; Leslie, KY; Wise, VA | Wise, VA; Tazewell, VA; Dickenson, VA; Buchanan,VA | Pike, KY; Mingo, WV | Buchanan, VA; Tazewell, VA; Bledsoe, TN | Fayette; Westmoreland; Somerset; Washington | Pike | Buchanan, VA; Dickenson, VA; McDowell, WV; Pike, KY | Knott; Letcher; Floyd | Perry; Letcher; Knott; Leslie | Harlan; Leslie | Pike, KY; Harlan, KY; Buchanan, VA | Pike; KY; Buchanan, VA | Pike | Buchanan | Butler; Washington | Wise; Dickenson | Pike, KY; Buchanan, VA; Lee, VA; Tazewell, VA | Pike | Dickenson; Lee | Wise, KY; Harlan, KY; Lee, VA | Pike | Buchanan; Wise | Buchanon; Tazewell | Harlan | |
12 | Year of black lung diagnosis | 2005 | 2014 | "several years ago", before quitting work | 2002 | 2013 | 2012 | 2016 | 1990's | 2012 | 2002 | 2014 | 2005 | 2007 | 2000 (believed had it at 45) | 2004 | 1996 | 2013 | around 2010 | 2009 | 2014 | 2013 or so | 1990 | 2015 | Dec. 2010 | 2017 or so | 2006 | 2013 | 1988 | 1998 | 2010 | 2007 | 2012 | 2003? | 2006 | |
13 | Year of PMF diagnosis | around 2012 | 2014 | 2014 | 2003 | 2017 | 2012 | 2016 | 2014 | 2012 | 2015 | 2014 | 2014 | 2007 | 2000 | 2004 | about 2015 | 2013 | around 2012 | 2010 or 2011 | 2014 | 2017 | 1990 | 2015 | Dec. 2010 | 2017 or so | 2012 | 2013 | 2007 | 2017 | 6 months after simple black lung | 2012 | ? | ? | 2006 (age 45) | |
14 | Family history of black lung? | Y; cousin | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y (Brother;2 Uncles) | Y (Dad got Complicated at 40) | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y (Dad) | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | 2 brothers died of black lung and another has it; | Y | Y | Y (father died of black lung) | N | N | no response | |
15 | Mine height (as described by miners, most of whom worked multiple mines) | low; high (34" to 8') | low; middle | middle (50" on average) | low; high (as low as 17") | low (28" to 42") | low | low; high | low; high | 50" | low (38'-40") | low (4' on average) | Surface | mostly low (40" to 50") | low mostly, high | surface | low (down to 28 in) | low; high (last job - 7' of rock for 30" of coal) | low; middle | varied but mostly low | low; high (26" to 17') | 36" to 48" | low (30"); high | Avg 65 to 67''; Lowest 42"; Highest 8' | High (6'-7') | low (43''); high (7') | Low (30+" to 42"); High (6' but big equipment so cutting lots of rock | usually about 46"; Highest 20' (rock/coal mix); Lowest 28" | lowest- 26'; highest 11 '; majority 5' | no response | truck driver | as low as 27'; but mostly higher coal | low (40+"); as high as 11' | low | no response | |
16 | Jobs worked | supply; scoop; roof bolter; utility man; belt man; bridge; outside man | cutting machine helper; shuttle car; roof bolter; continuous miner operator; foreman | general labor; shuttle car; roof bolter; continuous miner operator | service engineer; electrician; roof bolter; coal truck driver;temp in multiple jobs | continuous miner operator; roof bolter; cutting machine; general inside | drilling holes; outby foreman; management; superintendent; supply; run equipment; section boss; | shuttle car; scoop; misc. | roof bolter (20 yrs); shuttle car; continuous miner operator; move crew; | Roof bolter; shuttle car; bridge; wagon drill; coal drill; conveyor tailpiece | shuttle car; scoop; continuous miner operator; load machine | continuous miner operator; general laborer; scoop; roof bolter; jack setter | loader; dozer; truck; drill | roof bolter; continuous miner operator; shuttle car | continuous miner operator; foreman; timber setter | surface drill rig operator; crusher; picker | outside man; general inside man; coal hauler; motor operator; roof bolter; | belt man; scoop; shuttle car; roof bolter; continuous miner operator; outby foreman | belt man; roof bolter; scoop; driller; foreman; machine helper; miner helper; shuttle car | cutting machine helper; drilled coal; drill holes; belt shoveler; miner helper; belt man; outby foreman; shuttle car; roof bolter; foreman | roof bolter (27.5 yrs); belts; setting timbers/jack setter; | dozer; scoop; roof bolter; continuous miner operator; general inside | setting timbers; jack setter; bridge operator; roof bolter; continuous miner operator; scoop; shuttle car; driller | ventilation; roof bolter; shuttle car; continuous miner operator | shuttle car; roof bolter; section foreman; superintendent | roof bolter; rock duster; belt man; power move; belt move; general inside | shoveled coal; roof bolter; shot coal; continuous miner operator; section foreman; outby on the beltline | belt; shuttle car; roof bolter; scoop | continuous miner operator; roof bolter; shuttle car; loader operator; motor operator; general labor | mechanic; roof bolter; scoop; driller; shuttle car | truck driver; loader | roof bolter; continuous miner operator | continuous miner operator; roof bolter; cutting machine | Roof bolter; scoop | outby; scoop; roof bolter; continuous miner operator; belt man | |
17 | What were work hours like? Workdays? Work weeks? | 8-12 hours/day; 5 to 6 days/week | 8-10 hours a day; 5-6 days a week | At least 10 hours a day; 6 days a week | Up to 12-16 hours/day; 3-4 days/week | 6 days/week | 6-7 days a week | 8 to 10 hours a day | 6 days on. 3 off. 10-12 hours/day. | 60-80 hours a week | 8-12 hours/ day; 5-7 days/week | 45-50 hours a week; 5-6 days a week; 9 hours a day | 8-16 hours/day; 6 days/week; 12 hours/day last mine | 9 hours/day; 6 days/week | Average 8 to16 hours a day; 5 to 6 days a week | 10 hours a day, 5 to 6 days a week, 6 hours on Saturdays | 10 hours/day;6 days/week | 12 to14 hours a day; six or seven days a week | 10 hours a day; 5 to 6 hours a week | 8 to10 hours/day; sometimes more | up to 6 days/week; 8 to 10 hours/day mostly; sometimes 16 hours/day | 8- to 10 hours/day, 6 days/week sometimes | 16 hours/day; 80 hours/week | 10 hours/day; 6 days/week | 10 hours/day; mostly 5 sometimes 6 days/week | 8 to 16 hours/day; 5 to 6 days/week | 10 hour shifts last 20 yrs; before that 8 hrs; 6 days/week typical | Averge 9 hours/day; 16 hours/day at Massey; Minimum 8 hours/day; usually 6 days/ week | 8 to 16 hr shifts; 5 or 6 days/week; (longest shift 27 hrs) | 16 hours/day | 12 to16 hours/day weekdays; 8 hours/day weekends; 6 days/week | 16 to 18 hours/day; 6 days/week; never under 10 hours/day | no response | no response | 10 to16 hours/day; 6 days/week | |
18 | Did work involve cutting rock? | Y; roof bolting | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y (blasting) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y (bolting) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y; "constantly" | |
19 | Work performed during rock dust exposure | roof bolter; dust box; | miner; slope mine | miner; | servicing; roof-bolting; driving coal truck; temp jobs | miner | driller | shuttle car (loading behind the miner); cutting rock | Cutting rock to make room for equipment; Emptying dust box; roof bolting especially when steel got stuck | drilling rib holes; roof bolter; wagon drill; | miner; scoop; shuttle car | operating miner | loading rock in truck; running equipment without windshields and with doors open due to no air conditioning; using explosives | roof bolter; miner | miner; foreman | shot crew; blast crew; crusher; picker; driller | roof bolter | working in face area (scoop; roof bolter; running miner) | continuous miner; "shooting off a solid" or using explosives; cutting machine; drill | outby; bolting top | slope mine; dust box; working in return air each cycle | miner; tramming equipment across scoop operators | miner; roof bolter; dust box | cutting head holes through rock for equipment | foreman; roof bolter | roof bolter; dust box | roof bolter; miner; slope mine | shuttle car; roof bolter | face work; continuous miner dustiest (coal); roof bolter (silica); loading machine | dust box; misdirected ventilation | dust around the mine on the surface; loader; cab | slope mining | miner; misdirected ventilation; spent months cutting through rock (slope) | middleman; slope mining; roof bolter; clogged masks; misdirected/no ventilation | scoop man; roof bolting | |
20 | Observed sources of rock dust | everywhere; roof bolting; dust box; ventilation | top; bottom; middleman; slope mine | cutting through rock; | sandstone; limestone | cutting rock (middleman; top) | drilling; blasting; dust in the return | sandstone; bad water pressure on miner | coal; rock | drilling rib holes; | continuous miner | lack of ventilation; lack of scrubber | moving slate; stock powder coal; working tipple/belt lines; shoveling beltline and feeders | bad top; rock dust mixed with coal; getting right height; cleaning dust box | cutting through rock to clear for equipment; | silica; | coal; rock | middleman; cutting sandstone & slate; sometimes all coal; | sandstone; slate; lack of ventlation | cutting rock; middleman | middleman; top; dust box; return air | rock dust; coal dust (50/50) | middleman; dust box | rock cutting; coal | cutting rock | dust box; sandstone seam;emptied dust getting run over by other machinery | cutting machine; continuous miner; | rock; coal; in the returns | coal; rock; slate (from top); sandstone | miner; dust box; roof bolter | rock cutting; roadside; hauler | sandstone "just pure rock dust" at slope mines | middleman rock; roadway dust; sandstone and dust | miner; middle band of rock; sandstone | middleman; coal | |
21 | Used dust mask? | Y; but doesn't work | early years Y; later N; hard to breathe | Y | paper-like mask; no respirator; never saw anyone wear respirator | Sometimes; required but they'd get stopped up quickly (within 20/25 mins;) most wouldn't wear; hard to breathe | N until 80s/90s; | Mostly N; sometimes at one company | Y/N- (the dust would choke you up and you'd ask for a respirator and they'd get you one and roll their eyes) (once you ran out of filters you didn't get more) | Y; but didn't work; clogged up | Y (dust mask lawsuit) | Sometimes | N (companies didn't provide) | Y; all the time; but filters clogged | Y; but smothering | N;hard to breathe | Y; but respirator; filters would get stopped up; very hot; restricted breathing | Y (kept two on hand because they filled up and got hard to breathe through) | Y (about 70-80% of the time); many different types; | Y (99% of the time) | N; hard to wear | N | Y | Y (Sometimes; when cutting rock; there if you wanted them; but uncomfortable) | Y | Y (50% of the time) | N (provided but uncomfortable) | Y (dust mask lawsuit) | Y (Respirator - but have to take them on and off); early mines no respirator | Y (sometimes) | Y; but stopped; uncomfortable; distracting | Y (always; but stop mining when change filter; "white and dusty" filters)(dust mask lawsuit) | Y; only in extreme conditions | Yes; half the time | no response | |
22 | Other dust controls used in mines? (as cited by miners) | ventilation | scrubber | meetings/training; scrubbers | long wall operators wore "space helmet"; scrubbers | ventilation but "not enough" | not before mine acts of 1969/1977 | no curtains or ventilation; better ventilation at one company | No dust training; | curtain | Ventilation | got better over the years but mostly bad; much better ventilation more recently | no response | no response | at one mine sufficient air; water sprays worked well; but many mines didn't care if you had air or water | vacuum; water injection drills; | suction on your head; dust box (but breathed dust in emptying it) | ventilation; line curtain | curtains (sometimes); tried to keep good air up; water cart | Intake; curtains (block and wing) Breaks; stoppings | water and ventilation; curtains; dust hose on bolter | no response | N | ventilation; auxiliary fans | good ventilation | ventilation; respirator | curtain | curtain | curtain | no response | air conditioner in truck (didn't work at times); cab windows | used everything provided; "all the mines that I worked at provided the best air quality they could.." ; slope mining- booster fans; solid wall of "excellent air" | curtain (sometimes) | curtain (sometimes); split air | no response | |
23 | Did mine practices change when inspected by MSHA inspectors? How? | Cheated on sampling | Cleaner; less production; | Cheated on sampling; less production; | not around for many inspections | yes; making sure there was plenty of air; boss would take pump and hang it over in fresh air | N | Only put curtains up during inspection; kept ventilation up; people would put dust pumps in shirts or buggies; taken into fresh air; was told to do this | "All that's on their mind is production"; only put curtains up during inspection; couln't empty dust boxes; new filters; there was special care "and the inspectors knowed it"; to say anything about it was to face consequences | stop production | declined to discuss | less production; focus on production; cutting corners- "it was just known" that that's what you did; they didn't expect you to run average footage on dust sample day; directions came from foreman | Cheating - if samples came back out of compliance you'd wear sampler an extra five days and so on until it came back clean; company would tell miners to wrap them or otherwise tamper with sampling; they'd put you out of work if you didn't comply | Less production; cheating on sampling | N | complaint about amount vs. percent silica in samples; dust samples even a day apart were never close in measurement | during inspections; they'd hang curtains; at non-inspection times it was "outlaw mining"; cover up dust pumps with rags; they would take mining machine and idle it and have me do nothing on inspection day or have me on intake side because he refused to tamper with sampling | "manipulated data"; samplers put in intake; unspecified type of manipulation; owners won't put money into maintenance and instead try to up production | Operators would make sure everything was better; would holler and tell the tailpiece man to warn of inspector's presence; sometimes the inspectors would be able to sneak in; some inspectors more lenient than others; a lot of things you "couldn't do and mine coal profitably"; taking care of miner health would have cut down production | About the same; "more legal" than other places ("wildcat" coal companies) | May have cheated; won't talk about cheating; hard to comply at times | Cheating on sampling; sometimes caught; MSHA would crack down (require line curtains; more ventilation) but as soon as they'd leave "we'd go back running full throttle" because more productive | Cheating on dust sampling | N | N | N | Cleaner; | Cheating on dust sampling; cleaner; less production | Cheating on dust sampling at non-union mines | Cleaner; no production; cheating on dust sampling | N | N | Cleaner; less production; cheating on dust sampling | Cleaner; Less production; Curtains; sometimes shut down; rock dusted; put samplers in (clean air) intake and didn't make dust; wore sampler | Cheating on dust sampling; did what they wanted to do until inspector showed up; cut in half normal coal run; happened everywhere & "always will" | |
24 | Who’s to blame for your disease? | no one | company | part of the job | Me | probably they're all to blame (companies, regulators); me | no one; it's the nature of the industry | operators | company; regulators | mine operators; | no one | everyone | The whole mining industry | company; self; | self | no one | company; job running roof bolting machine | no response | part of the job | Nobody; there will always be dust | No answer for that | owner and operators; foremen; mine superintendents; "whoever is over the men"; miners themselves (they should speak up) | self | part of the job; having to cut more rock to get coal | no one; could have worked fewer hours | No one; you gotta die somehow | No one; well, myself; companies could have ventilated; don't feel like inspectors back then did their jobs | miners; self; everyone; bosses | Don't know | self; company | Nobody | " I honestly don't know"; I thought I was protecting myself; it's confusing to me; masks didn't stop small particles | Company; regulations?; bosses; inspectors | no response | Me | |
25 | What should change? | maybe better dust masks | tighter regulation | need change now; put scrubbers back on mining machines | no response | better ventilation at the coal face; miners should be "protected at all costs" | no response | better water pressure on mining machine sprays; respect; require dust masks; enforce regulations; increase ventilation; keep curtains up | company could have tried harder with dust mask; enforce rules | no response | no response | no response | miners should stand up for themselves | No cutting rock | no response | "I don't know" | every mining machine ought to have a scrubber; the containers that the dust goes in ought to have a bag system and pullstring on top (to preventing dust from blowing back up in face) | I don't know | make sure water, air, rock dusting kept up; curtains kept up | "I don't know" | no response | Laws should have been enforced heavier; heavier fines; more punishment for operators and owners; safety education/ culture change; routine health checks on lungs and pulled out of mines if they spot anything that looks similar to black lung; mandatory chest x-rays | no response | "I don't know what they could do" | work fewer hours | no response | better ventilation; mine dust inspectors do something | no response | no response | some of the laws for applying for state/federal black lung compensation | no response | no response | you can run a mining machine smart; helper with curtains; it doesn't really take that much more time to run it right | I can't think of nothing that made it better or worse; rough life; rob Peter to pay Paul; split air made a difference in the 90s; might be a way; make everybody wear masks | more water sprays | |
26 | 35. How has life your changed? | Can't play with grandchildren; try not to get a cold | Tired when walking up steps; | Can't play with grandkids; can't walk; can't go out in cold; humidity is dificult | Careful not to get sick; has to stay in the house a lot; can't gain weight | Used to be able to fix 70 acres of fence in a day (keeps cattle) and now it takes two weeks; cold air makes it worse; used to working but limited now | Fatigue; can't have sex; can't play the guitar and sing at church | Has trouble breathing; doesn't sleep well at night (wakes up 8-10 times); short of breath often; can't harldy walk across the yard without stopping; misses going to top of mountain and back; can't deer hunt; can't fish; used to love being outdoors | Can't cut grass; can't enjoy anything; can't plan a trip; hard to get out of bed; can't go out in humidity; can't camp | Can't play with grandkids; can't bike; can't work with horses; | Can't hunt | Depression; financial stress | Wakes up several times a night having to cough/wheeze/spit into cup; no fun taking grandkids to beach with oxygen tank and hose in nose; going to amusement park with grandkids has to ride a little cart around and can't ride roller coasters; can't walk up the 13 steps to get to and from the mailbox | Can't hunt; can't walk 20 feet; needs wheelchair; wakes up at night; have to have oxygen tank for everything you do; getting weak in legs and arms; can't do anything with granddaughter | Can't go up hill; can't go up steps; can't work in garden; can't follow hounds | Can't competiton hunt; can't split firewood; can't do carpentry; can't go out with grankid | Night panics (waking out of breath); can't play with grandkids; can't help friends with things; can't hunt; can't walk the hills; can't fish; "like living in a bubble. Don't know when it's gonna bust." | Coughing to point of throwing up; every morning has to use a wet rag to breathe in heated moisture to break up stuff in lungs and cough it up; can't mow yard without riding mower; can't rake the yard; very hard to breathe outside in the summer; winter too | Morning cough; walking up steps puts him out of breath; can't play basketball; can't cut grass w push mower; can't play with grandkids | Can't be in dust or smoke; has to stay indoors; can't watch hummingbirds; has to sleep with four pillows; sometimes can't sleep (wakes up smothered gasping for air); can't hike; walking means sitting and resting for half an hour every 15 to 20 ft; can't climb mountains; can't fish; can't cut grass or weeds; | can't shower; can't walk steps; can't check mailbox; can't walk to the barn; can't ride horse; need to rest to get to bathroom; can't play with grandson; can't hunt; can't mow lawn, can't use weedeater | can't hardly walk any distance without having a hard time breathing; can't jog; hard to bend over and back up without gasping for breath; can't lift or carry things; hard to mow the lawn even on ride mower | Panic when can't breathe; can't work | Can't play with grandkids | Less money; quit work; rough lung transplant; | Cough a lot; can't cut grass | Can't sleep; can't go to mailbox | Can't sleep; ruined sex life; can't ride horses | Can't work outside; can't work in the garden; can't pick up garbage; can't play with grandchildren | Can't hunt | Can't play with grandchildren; can't help in garden | Entire life turned upside down; wife wants divorce; can't walk 30 seconds on treadmill; can't cut weeds; was a scuba diver and now can't go lower than 10 ft; can't play soccer with daughter; can't wrestle around on the floor; can't have sex; can't cut grass even on riding mower | Can't go out in the yard; can't play with dog; can't move; wake up at night; can't have sex | Can't climb stairs; can't sleep; can't hunt; can't fish; can't walk in the mountains; weight gain; drink too much; financial pressure | Mostly just sit around; used to be active; can't cut grass; can't change oil; weakness | |
27 | Seeking lung transplant? | N | N | Y | N | N | N; (for now. Y if gets a lot worse) | N | N | Considering | no response | N | N; (Y if comes to it) | Y | if lung function goes down any more doctor would consider; "if it comes to that we'll do it" | N - not yet. discussed with lung doctor; inevitable if lives long enough | N | N | N | N | Undecided | Not eligible | Y | Y | Received | N | Y | N | N | no response | N | Y (tested every 6 to 8 months) | Y | N | no response | |
28 | Why stayed in mining? | Fear of repercussions | Supporting family | No retirement | Didn't want to leave; good job; good pay; same temperature underground all the time | Didn't realize consequences | Provide for family; no high school education; only job qualified for | Good income; supporting family | Good money; loved mining | No other work; | Supporting family | For my son; it's about money | Good pay; Housed/fed/ clothed family | Money; fed family; no other jobs | Supported family | Money; liked equipment; liked working outside | Family income; no other option | Income; tried moving other places and grew homesick; better income; started "too young to know any better" | Income; didn't want to move | Supported family; income; good wages | Lack of education; best money; always wanted to be a miner like dad/uncles; pride - was really good at roof bolting | Provide for family; "something in our blood"; love of mining | Supported family | About all there is to make good money around here | Money | The insurance and the pay; It's not a glamorous job but its a job. | Supporting family | Supporting family | Wife:"that's all we had. God put that coal in there so people had to get it out" | Supporting family; Provide power for nation | Good job and I liked what I was doing; something different every day | Made a good living; excellent money; all they offered in the town I lived in; hard but I enjoyed doing it; I had a wife and two daughters to take care of. | no response | Pay bills; support family | Provide for family; didn't have much choice; couldn't read or write | |
29 | Would you be a coal miner again? | I don't know; would be more aware of surroundings and what's happening to body | N | Y | Probably not; should have used education for different job | N | Y | Y; but with better conditions | Y; Probably would; Loved it; Comraderie; learning things; Loved working in coal mines. | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Not sure but probably | Y | N | N | Y | Y; N if better education | Loved it but wouldn't guarantee return without better safety precautions | N | Y | Y | Y; no doubt | N | N | Y; I'd have to; no education | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | |
30 | Number of kids | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Have kids but number unspecified | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
31 | Want kids to go into mining? | It's their choice | N | Y (didn't discourage; son mining; has to provide for family; but also said he should get out if he can) | N (told boys they should pursue something else because probably can't retire with mining) | N | Y for son; N for daughters | N | N | N | Don't tell them much about mining | N | N | N | N | N | no response | N | N | N (wouldn't advise young people to mine) | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N (not underground) | no response | N | no response | N | N | N | |
32 | Have kids gone into mining? | N | N | Y (starting to have breathing problems) | N | N | N | Wants to | Y | Y; one son laid off | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | N; all married to miners | Y | Y | no response | Y; but no longer mining | N | Y | Y; Son quit | Y; Son surface miner 4 years | N | N | N | 2 grandchildren | no response | N | N | N | security guard at mine; thinking about going into the mines | 1 boy but didn't like it | |
33 | Receiving federal Black Lung benefits? | Y | Y | Awarded but not collecting | Y | Y | Awarded but not collecting | Y | Y | Y | Awarded but not collecting | Awarded (but company fighting) | Y | Y | N | Y | applied | applied | applied | Awarded; collected briefly; restart at age 67 | Y | Y | Y; but needs to pay back state | Y | Applied | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y; pending end of state benefits | applied | applied | ||
34 | Received state Black Lung Benefits? | Y; (lump sum settlement) | Y; lump sum | Y; settlement | Y | Y; 2 yrs + lump sum settlement | Y | N | N | No; statute of limitations | N | applied (appealed twice) | N | N | N | Y; lump sum settlement | N | N (missed application window) | N | Y; settlement | Y | N | Y | Y | Y; settlement | N | Y | Y; settlement | Y; 8 years workers comp before federal | N | N | N | Y | N; applied | Y | |
35 | Received NIOSH (or other) x-rays before applied for benefits? | Y | NIOSH | NIOSH | NIOSH | non-NIOSH | NIOSH | non-NIOSH? (might have done some chest x-rays but they never did tell us nothing) | NIOSH | Y | NIOSH | N | N | N | Y | non-NIOSH | NIOSH (no results received) | At company for early job (negative); at company for last job (PMF diagnosed) | N | NIOSH | NIOSH; Company | Non-NIOSH | Y | "coulda been" NIOSH; back in early 2000's; no disease | Y | non--NIOSH(not company sponsored) | NIOSH/ non-NIOSH | non-NIOSH (never heard bad results) | Y; NIOSH | no response | Y; company | N (Didn't care at time when NIOSH vans came) | N | N | Y, likely NIOSH | |
36 | Aware of opportunity for lung X-rays before applied for compensation? | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | ? | Y | Y (not offered at smaller mines) | Y | N | Y | |
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