Commission Awards 17.5% Loss of Person as a Whole for Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis
The Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission awarded a coal miner 17.5% loss of person as a whole for coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), asthma, and rhinitis in Ondo v. Monterey Coal Company, 08 WC 6504, 17 IWCC 349 IWCC PDF. The petitioner began working in the coal mines in the 1970's. He worked for 37 years as