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Kentucky House passes bill weakening safety protection for coal miners

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Kentucky House of Representatives, Feb. 27, 2024. (Kentucky Lantnern photo by Arden Barnes)The Kentucky House of Representatives Thursday passed a bill for the second year in a row that would weaken a safety protection for coal miners created after the workplace death of a Harlan County miner.  The GOP-dominated House voted 76-16 to advance House Bill 196, sponsored by Rep. John Blanton, R-Salyersville. It would reduce the required number of tra…

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Kentucky House passes bill weakening safety protection for coal miners

Kentucky House of Representatives, Feb. 27, 2024. (Kentucky Lantnern photo by Arden Barnes)The Kentucky House of Representatives Thursday passed a bill for the second year in a row that would weaken a safety protection for coal miners created after the workplace death of a Harlan County miner.  The GOP-dominated House voted 76-16 to advance House Bill 196, sponsored by Rep. John Blanton, R-Salyersville. It would reduce the required number of tra…

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HB 398 Would Weaken Kentucky Worker Health and Safety Protections  - Kentucky Center for Economic Policy

For more than 50 years, Kentucky has been one of many states that operate their own program to protect worker health and safety under the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA). House Bill (HB) 398 in the 2025 General Assembly would severely weaken the state’s ability to enforce these laws and the rights of workers and their family members to get safety problems addressed. In a state whose fatality and injury rates exceed the national…

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