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 ...
Coal miners, including very young ones, have developed severe respiratory disease in recent decades due in part by silica ...
The Department of Labor recently released a new rule that significantly lowers how much silica dust is legally allowed inside ...
Tougher federal limits on miners’ exposure to toxic silica dust are creating a slew of compliance challenges for mine ...
For years, mining advocates have pushed for stricter rules when it comes to exposure to “silica dust” but no action has been ...
It was a celebratory moment years in the making when acting Labor Secretary Julie Su, flanked by miners and advocates, ...
For miners and other stone cutters, silica is a serious health hazard. New rules announced on Tuesday set strict limits on ...
Medical experts say data is still short on the full extent of diseases tied to silica dust — silicosis, lung cancer and black ...
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 ...
Federal regulators say they’ve finally crafted a rule that will protect coal and other miners from toxic silica dust, a ...