Original Title/Caption: “Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Westland coal mine. Miners coming off shift.”
Description: In this black and white photograph, several miners stand in line beside a brick building. Several of the miners hold lunch pails, and all are wearing heavy jackets and hats with headlamps or hardhats. This photograph was taken in November 1942 by John Collier.
Source:
Collier, John, photographer. “Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Westland coal mine. Miners coming off shift.” Photograph, 1942. From Library of Congress: Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Call number LC-USW3- 012193-C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8d11030 (accessed March 20, 2007).
Historical discussion: Beyond the threat of major disasters, coal miners also faced the creeping threat of occupational diseases, like Miner's Asthma, or Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis (CWP), which later became commonly known as Black Lung. CWP, caused by inhaling coal dust, is a chronic and disabling disease of the lungs that causes coughing, short of breath, and can cause damage to the heart.
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