Lorin Kerr: oral history interview on coal miners' respiratory diseases

Details

• Personal Author:
  Derickson A ; Fox M
• Description:
  Derickson: Yes, before you came to the fund, there was a medical advisory board. Kerr: A medical advisory committee, I think, was the technical name of it, that Mr. Lewis had appointed because he had to have something to run the goddamn thing. He got the benefits, you know, in the '46 wage agreement, and so how's he gonna run it. So he appoints this committee, and he makes Royd Sayers the chairman of the committee. Royd had been the Director of the Bureau of Mines. And as I got the story, Sayers had done something that Lewis needed federally to help him. D: Do you have any idea what it was, specifically? K: I never got that. Fox: Was he involved with the Boone report? K: No, this was before that. But something happened, and Sayers got fired. And when he got fired, Lewis picked him up because he got fired because of what he did for Lewis. So Lewis said, you know, you did it for me, so you know, words to that effect. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Lung Lung Diseases Mining Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Black Lung Disease Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis Legislation Lung Disease Lung Disorders Mine Safety Respiratory Diseases Respiratory System Disorders
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Other
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-68
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20048446
• Citation:
  Personal interview 1989 Jun; :1-68
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1989
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Lorin Kerr: oral history interview on coal miners' respiratory diseases
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:92a244abf0531e602198ee57570f4bd2f806dab51fb9c0fdeb86a1e84832db07c5386f56161df71de3e462ae174cbfc5a0cb8d7af18068de1e36322fcbe7fa64
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/203197/cdc_203197_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 23.13 MB ]