The federal government is working on regulations for U.S. mines which includes reducing exposure to silica dust for all miners — not just coal miners. Black lung is an incurable, deadly disease that's ...

Workers may get respite from breathing the toxic dust that remains omnipresent in U.S. mining operations, despite decades of evidence of its deadly consequences. The federal Mine Safety and Health ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration has proposed a more stringent silica dust exposure rule to protect miners. The United Mine Workers of America and Sen. Joe Manchin are ...

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FILE - United Mine Workers of America President Cecil E. Roberts speaks at a rally to celebrate Mitchell Day, a UMWA union holiday, on Friday, April 1, 2016, in Waynesburg, Pa. Roberts on Friday, June ...

A half-century ago, the nation's top health experts urged the federal agency in charge of mine safety to adopt strict rules protecting miners from poisonous rock dust.The inaction since — fueled by ...

Tunnel construction workers in Australia’s most populous state were repeatedly exposed to dangerous levels of respirable crystalline silica on major government projects between 2016 and 2020, ...

A company called Nexgen Silica hopes to build a mine in St. Genevieve County. Residents who live with the toxic legacy of lead mining worry history could be repeating itself. Pickle Creek runs two ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon OSHA has launched a free online training course to help employers put protective measures in place for workers against the potential hazards of breathing in airborne ...

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Black lung is an incurable, deadly disease that's on the rise, especially among coal miners in central Appalachia, where researchers estimate 1 in 5 will get black lung. Now, the federal government's ...