Another coal dust victim

June 14, 2017 Tara

According to recent reports, another Queensland coal miner has been diagnosed with emphysema and chronic bronchitis, a result of breathing excessive coal dust at work.

The miner was employed at the Anglo American mine.

The Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union has had 20 diagnosed cases of black lung disease.

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