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The Mine Safety and Health Administration is declining to issue an emergency temporary standard that could protect coal miners whose jobs make them…
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Underground coal miners start their shifts getting changed in closely packed changing rooms. They ride rail cars to their worksite, shoulder-to-shoulder,…
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UMWA Wants More Coronavirus Protections for Coal MinersThe United Mine Workers of America is asking federal regulators to set uniform, enforceable guidelines to help protect coal miners from contracting…
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Officials with the Mine Safety and Health Administration met for the first time with miners’ health researchers Wednesday in a new partnership designed to…
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The comment period has closed for the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s proposed rule on respirable silica, a major contributor to skyrocketing…
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A Congressional panel heard testimony and had some sharp questions Thursday about the epidemic of black lung disease among Appalachian miners. Labor…
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This year, under the Trump administration, MSHA decided to remove POV status for the Affinity mine in an agreement with the company that resolved…
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A rash of fatal coal mining accidents in the Ohio Valley region pushed the nation’s total number of mining deaths to a level not seen since 2015, sparking…