'No rational plan': Federal judge hears from miners, workers affected by NIOSH cuts

'No rational plan': Federal judge hears from miners, workers affected by NIOSH cuts

Seven witnesses, including two coal miners and four current and former National Institute for Occupational Safety Health employees who work in Morgantown, West Virginia, spoke Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in federal court in Charleston, West Virginia, about the effects of recent job cuts to the Coal Workers’ Health Surveillance Program in Morgantown.

West Virginia coal miners lose black lung screenings after Trump slashes worker safety agency NIOSH

The Trump administration's cuts to NIOSH have gutted crucial programs affecting millions of workers across the U.S.

WV coal miners ask federal judge for injunction to keep NIOSH functioning to protect from black lung

The NIOSH Coal Worker's Health Surveillance Program offered periodic black lung screenings at no cost to coal miners in the U.S. (NIOSH photo)As the federal government moves forward with a “reorganization” that has left the Coal Workers Health Surveillance Program largely unstaffed, attorneys for West Virginia coal miners are asking a federal judge to issue a preliminary injunction to keep the program running and grant miners a protection agains…

Federal cuts lead to mine safety setbacks

The safety of Wyoming’s miners could be facing setbacks due to federal funding cuts and the firing of federal employees.