Lungs at Work

Founded in 2002 as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, Lungs at Work is the only free-standing Black Lung Clinic in the United States. Lungs at Work, located in McMurray, Pennsylvania, serves the coal mine-dense region of Western-Pennsylvania where nearly every county has active or closed mines. We provide medical services, outreach and education, medical and benefit counseling, research, and lay advocacy to active, retired, disabled, and former coal miners and other individuals with occupational lung disease. The staff at Lungs at Work also assist miners and their families with claims for Federal Black Lung disability benefits. All benefit work done on behalf of the miner is done at no charge. This includes assistance in filling out the application forms for Federal Black Lung disability benefits and the mounds of paperwork that can accompany a claim. We also assist claimants in gathering, developing, and submitting the evidence necessary for their claim. We will even represent claimants if their case goes to court. We only ask that the claimant pay for the costs associated with developing the medical evidence. We want to see miners and their families receive the benefits for which they qualify.