Federal regulation capping toxic airborne silica has been decades in the making. The delay has cost miners dearly.
The Biden administration agreed Tuesday to limit workers' exposure to toxic silica dust, a common byproduct in U.S. mining ...
The U.S. House passed bills on natural resources and land management showing Republican dissatisfaction with Democrats' ...
Years of work by labor and health advocates is coming to a head this week as the federal Mine Safety and Health ...
Addressing a problem first identified 50 years ago, federal regulators say stricter new rules to limit miners' exposure to ...
Tougher federal limits on miners’ exposure to toxic silica dust are creating a slew of compliance challenges for mine ...
Addressing a problem first identified 50 years ago, federal regulators filed new rules to limit miners’ exposure to silica ...
Silica dust is a known cause of black lung disease among coal miners. The new federal rule seeks to limit their exposure.
The final rule lowers the permissible exposure limit of respirable crystalline silica to 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air ...
PETERS TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Coal miners can breathe a small sigh of relief with the new federal rule that cuts their exposure to silica dust. A Washington County health and legal clinic for coal ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Coal miners will be better protected from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the premature ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Coal miners will be better protected from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the premature deaths of thousands of mine workers from a respiratory ailment commonly ...