‘Fully Operational’: WV Miners Get Black Lung X-Rays as NIOSH Mobile Unit Returns

‘Fully operational again’: Dozens of W.Va. miners get black lung X-rays as NIOSH mobile unit returns

MORGANTOWN — On a turf field in Morgantown, West Virginia, last week, mine rescue teams from across the state put their training to use as they worked together to respond to simulated hazards that can occur in coal mines as…

‘Fully operational’: WV miners get black lung X-rays as NIOSH mobile unit returns

Employees with the National Institute for Occupational Safety (NIOSH) are again staffing the Coal Workers’ Health Surveillance Program’s mobile black lung screening unit in West Virginia. A stop in Morgantown, West Virginia, on July 31, 2025, the first time the mobile unit has been back in the field since federal government cuts shut it down in April 2025.

‘Fully operational again’: Dozens of WV miners get black lung X-rays as NIOSH mobile unit returns

MORGANTOWN — On a turf field in Morgantown, West Virginia, last week, mine rescue teams from across the state put their training to use as they worked together to respond to simulated hazards that can occur in coal mines as…