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 say stricter new rules to limit miners' exposure to ...
Addressing a problem first identified 50 years ago, federal regulators filed new rules to limit miners’ exposure to silica ...
The Department of Labor recently released a new rule that significantly lowers how much silica dust is legally allowed inside ...
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 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 ...
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 ...