Biden administration finalizes long-delayed rule on silica dust exposure

A new federal rule aims to protect miners from black lung disease

Silica dust, thrown into the air while mining, has contributed to a staggering rise in cases of progressive, incurable, and deadly black lung disease in America’s coal miners. The insidious particulate is particularly common in the seams of low quality coal found in central Appalachia, yet the Mine Safety Health Administration, or MSHA, has for decades pegged safe exposure levels at about twice what the government allows for every other occupati…

Miners, union leaders celebrate final MSHA rule to protect miners from silica dust exposure, black lung disease - Dominion Post

UNIONTOWN — Miners and mining labor leaders gathered with U.S. Department of Labor Acting Secretary Julie Su on Tuesday to celebrate DOL’s final rule to protect miners […] The post Miners, union leaders celebrate final MSHA rule to protect miners from silica dust exposure, black lung disease appeared first on Dominion Post.

Coal miners have long faced risk of black lung disease. Now they're getting new protections

The Labor Department has issued a new rule intended to protect coal miners from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the premature deaths of thousands of mine workers from

DOL Finalizes Rule To Curb Miners' Exposure To Silica Dust

A U.S. Department of Labor agency released final regulations Tuesday that tighten limits on miners' exposure to workplace silica dust, a toxic substance that increases the risk of death and chronic health conditions.

U.S. miners are getting sicker, younger. A new rule limits toxic silica dust exposure

Coal miners, including very young ones, have developed severe respiratory disease in recent decades due in part by silica dust levels.

President Biden is fulfilling a promise to our nation’s miners to protect their health and save lives

Under the Mine Act, the primary responsibility for miners’ safety and health belongs to mine operators.