Waller Kincaid

The Struggle to Keep America’s Workers Safe

They worked with virtually no protection in a tunnel thick with silica dust.

The Struggle to Keep America’s Workers Safe

Digging my own grave.

The Struggle to Keep America’s Workers Safe

Silicoses eat my lungs away.

The Struggle to Keep America’s Workers Safe

My name is Waller Kincaid.

The Struggle to Keep America’s Workers Safe

I worked in the tunnel four or five weeks.

The Struggle to Keep America’s Workers Safe

Every day I hear of someone dying with silicosis.

The Struggle to Keep America’s Workers Safe

I worked until I got sick, and the doctor told me that it was silicosis.

The Struggle to Keep America’s Workers Safe

And he also told me that anyone that worked as much as...

The Struggle to Keep America’s Workers Safe

24 hours would not be lived in 15 years.

The Struggle to Keep America’s Workers Safe

I think something should be done for our wives and family after we are gone.

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