MEETING ON THE MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION’S END BLACK LUNG – ACT NOW PROGRAM

Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 2:00 P.M. 

Appalshop Theater, 91 Madison Ave., Whitesburg, KY 41858

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Introduction of MSHA’s End Black Lung Program  

Gregory R. Wagner, M.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy,  Mine Safety and Health Administration, Arlington, Virginia

A Report on NIOSH’s Surveillance of Black Lung                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Anita Wolfe, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia

Kentucky Coal Miner Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding the Coal Worker’s X-ray Surveillance Program

Margaret A. Riggs, PhD, MPH, MS, Epidemiologist, Kentucky Dept. for Public Health, Frankfort, Kentucky

Controlling Coal Dust Exposure and Prevention of Black Lung

Randy Kline, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Barbourville, Kentucky

A Treating Physician’s Perspective on Black Lung Disease

J.D. Miller, M.D., retired from clinical practice at the Clover Fork Clinic, Harlan County, Kentucky

Questions and Comments

The audience is invited to ask questions and to offer comments

This program is sponsored by the Mountain Comprehensive Health Corporation and the Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center