Federal regulation capping toxic airborne silica has been decades in the making. The delay has cost miners dearly.
The US Mine Safety and Health Administration released Tuesday a much-anticipated final rule to reduce miners’ exposure to ...
The Biden administration agreed Tuesday to limit workers' exposure to toxic silica dust, a common byproduct in U.S. mining ...
Tougher federal limits on miners’ exposure to toxic silica dust are creating a slew of compliance challenges for mine ...
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.
Medical experts say data is still short on the full extent of diseases tied to silica dust — silicosis, lung cancer and black ...
Federal regulators say they’ve finally crafted a rule that will protect coal and other miners from toxic silica dust, a ...
For years, mining advocates have pushed for stricter rules when it comes to exposure to “silica dust” but no action has been ...
Addressing a problem first identified 50 years ago, federal regulators say stricter new rules to limit miners' exposure to ...
The Labor Department announced Tuesday it has issued a new federal rule on miners' safety; the rule cuts down the permissible ...
The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Mine Safety and Health Administration has issued a final rule to better ...