CFDA 17.307 · retired · Funded this fiscal year
Coal Mine Workers' Compensation
OFFICE OF WORKERS COMPENSATION PROGRAM · LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF · Program page ↗
Objective
To provide benefits to coal miners who have become totally disabled due to coal workers' pneumoconiosis, and to the surviving spouse and other surviving dependents of miners who have died of this disease.
Who Can Apply
- Individual/Family
- Unrestricted by Individual Type
The miner (including some workers involved in coal transportation in and around mines and coal mine construction workers) must have worked in the Nation's coal mines or a coal preparation facility and become "totally disabled" (as defined in the Act) from pneumoconiosis. The applicant may be able to work in areas other than coal mines and still be eligible for benefits. Benefits to miner shall be reduced on account of excess earnings as determined under sections 203(b) through (1) of the Social Security Act for claims filed on or after January 1, 1982. The surviving spouse and other surviving dependents of coal miners whose death resulted from coal workers' pneumoconiosis are also eligible for benefits with earnings offsets applicable to certain classes of dependents. Applicants can reside anywhere in the world at the time they apply.
Who Benefits
- Individual/Family
- Unrestricted by Individual Type
The miner (including some workers involved in coal transportation in and around mines and coal mine construction workers) must have worked in the Nation's coal mines or a coal preparation facility and become "totally disabled" (as defined in the Act) from pneumoconiosis. The applicant may be able to work in areas other than coal mines and still be eligible for benefits. Benefits to miner shall be reduced on account of excess earnings as determined under sections 203(b) through (1) of the Social Security Act for claims filed on or after January 1, 1982. The surviving spouse and other surviving dependents of coal miners whose death resulted from coal workers' pneumoconiosis are also eligible for benefits with earnings offsets applicable to certain classes of dependents.
Assistance Types
- Direct Payment with Unrestricted Use
Program Contact
DCMWC-PUBLIC@dol.gov
(202) 693-0046.