Coal Miners Getting New Protections Against Black Lung Disease April 18, 2024 By Leah Willingham and Matthew Daly Coal miners will be better protected from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the premature deaths of thousands of...
Miners Tell Trump Silica Dust Rule ‘Desperately’ Needed to Curb Black Lung Disease June 7, 2019 By Jan Pytalski The head of the national coal miners’ union on Thursday urged the Trump administration to impose regulation on silica dust...
OSHA Delays Obama Silica Safety Standard for Construction Industry April 7, 2017 The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced a delay in enforcement of the crystalline silica...
OSHA Issues Final Rule on Silica Exposure Protections; Industries Vow to Overturn March 25, 2016 By Daniel Wiessner and Robert Iafolla Capping a decades-long effort, U.S. workplace regulators on Thursday announced a final rule to boost protections against occupational exposure to...