By Nadia Ramlagan Public News Service After the Biden administration released a new rule setting standards to limit exposure ...
Tougher federal limits on miners’ exposure to toxic silica dust are creating a slew of compliance challenges for mine ...
The long-awaited rule will limit miners’ exposure to the dangerous dust, which can lead to incurable and debilitating lung disease. The Biden administration unveiled a final mining rule Tuesday ...
Silica dust exposure has long been linked with black lung cases in miners, and for decades leading health experts have ...
The Department of Labor recently released a new rule that significantly lowers how much silica dust is legally allowed inside ...
Silica dust is a known cause of black lung disease among coal miners. The new federal rule seeks to limit their exposure.
On April 16, the DOL announced that its Mine Safety and Health Administration has issued a final rule to better protect the ...
Coal miners can breathe at least a small sigh of relief with the new federal rule that cuts their exposure to silica dust.
The Labor Department announced Tuesday it has issued a new federal rule on miners' safety; the rule cuts down the permissible ...
“For too long, we accepted this as just the way things are for people who work in mines,'' Su said. “They’ve had to work without the same protections from silica dust that people in other ...
The Biden administration agreed Tuesday to limit workers' exposure to toxic silica dust, a common byproduct in U.S. mining operations. The federal rule will reduce the allowable level of silica ...