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 ...
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.
Tougher federal limits on miners’ exposure to toxic silica dust are creating a slew of compliance challenges for mine ...
Federal regulators say they’ve finally crafted a rule that will protect coal and other miners from toxic silica dust, a ...
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 ...
The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Mine Safety and Health Administration has issued a final rule to better ...
Federal regulators have taken a significant step in safeguarding the health of miners by implementing new protections against ...