The objective of vocational rehabilitation is the return of a miner
who is totally disabled for work in or around a coal mine and who is
unable to utilize those skills which were employed in the miner's coal
mine employment to gainful employment commensurate with such miner's
physical impairment. This objective may be achieved through a program
of re-evaluation and redirection of the miner's abilities, or
retraining in another occupation, and selective job placement
assistance.
