Federal regulation capping toxic airborne silica has been decades in the making. The delay has cost miners dearly.
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 ...
Addressing a problem first identified 50 years ago, federal regulators say stricter new rules to limit miners' exposure to ...
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.
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 ...
Federal regulators say they’ve finally crafted a rule that will protect coal and other miners from toxic silica dust, a growing problem in mines that has left thousands sick and dying.
Sign up for our Metro US email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! WASHINGTON (AP) — Coal miners will be better ...