The Black Lung
Benefits Act (BLBA)
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The Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA) provides monthly payments and medical
benefits to coal miners totally disabled from pneumoconiosis (black lung
disease) arising from employment in or around the nation's coal mines. This Act
also provides monthly benefits to a miner's dependent survivors if
pneumoconiosis caused or hastened the miner's death. The Division of Coal
Mine Workers' Compensation (DCMWC), within the U.S. Department of Labor Employment
Standards Administration's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP),
adjudicates and processes claims filed by coal miners and their
survivors under the BLBA.
BASIC INFORMATION
FACT SHEETS
POSTERS
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Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA) - Provides monthly payments and medical benefits to coal miners totally disabled from pneumoconiosis (black lung disease) arising from employment in or around the nation's coal mines. Also provides monthly benefits to a miner's dependent survivors if pneumoconiosis caused or hastened the miner's death.
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20 CFR Part 726 - Regulations describing the requirements for Coal Mine Operator's Insurance.
- Black
Lung Regulations 2000 Amendments
- 20 CFR Part 718 - Standards for Determining Coal Miners' Total Disability or Death Due to Pneumoconiosis.
- 20
CFR Part 727 (1999) - Review of
pending and denied claims under the Black Lung Benefits Reform Act of
1977.
- 20 CFR Part 725 - Claims for benefits
under Part C of Title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, as
amended.
- For questions on other DOL laws,
please call DOL's
Toll-Free Help Line at 1-866-4-USA-DOL. Live assistance is available in English
and Spanish, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Additional service is available in more than 140 languages through a
translation service. Tel: 1-866-4-USA-DOL
TTY: 1-877-889-5627
*Pursuant to the U.S. Department of Labor's Confidentiality Protocol
for Compliance Assistance Inquiries, information provided by a telephone caller
will be kept confidential within the bounds of the law. Compliance assistance
inquiries will not trigger an inspection, audit, investigation, etc.
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