# DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
> MSHA accident `220011800059` · 05/25/2001 · Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6
- **Classification:** DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
- **Accident type:** Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
- **Occupation:** Laborer, Bull gang, Faceman, Parts runner, Roustabout, Roof trimmer/scaler
- **Activity:** Unknown
- **Injury source:** PULVERIZED MINERAL (DUST)
- **Nature of injury:** PNEUMOCONIOSIS,BLACK LUNG
- **Body part:** CHEST (RIBS/BREAST BONE/CHEST ORGNS)
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** 0.34 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Peabody Energy Corporation
- **Operator:** Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC
- **Mine:** [1202010](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1202010)
## Narrative

EE WAS GIVEN A BLACK LUNG XRAY IN JAN. OF 2001 WHEN HE WAS HIRED. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HE HADA SUFFICIENT DEGREE OF PNEUMOCONIOSIS. HE SAID HE WORKED 19 YEARS IN VIRGINIA AND A FEW IN SOUTH ERN ILLINOIS BEFORE COMING TO BLACK BEAUTY.

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*Source: [MSHA Open Government Data](https://arlweb.msha.gov/OpenGovernmentData/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*