Support WBURAn Epidemic Is Killing Thousands Of Coal Miners. Regulators Could Have Stopped ItPlay22:25Download AudioHoward BerkesHuo JingnanRobert BenincasaDecember 18, 2018 ShareGreg Kelly at home in Delphia, Ky. A former coal miner, Kelly has an advanced stage of black lung disease known as complicated black lung or progressive massive fibrosis. (Rich-Joseph Facun for NPR)