Mine worker unions aren’t facing any imminent harm from a regulation on silica dust, the federal government said in its bid ...

A federal appeals court just gave mine operators a reprieve from its strict new silica rule after temporarily blocking it from going into effect.

The Trump administration’s feckless business-first, workers-last approach is leaving the nation’s coal miners to die—and now ...

Federal laws and other regulations require that rules written by federal agencies use scientific evidence about how to minimize risk. And under an executive order signed by President Bill Clinton in ...

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine of Virginia, along with Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, criticized the Department ...

In a significant turn of events for the coal mining sector, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has announced a temporary ...

Two mine worker unions are seeking to intervene in an ongoing challenge to a federal rule that would require mines to cut the amount of breathable silica miners are exposed to in half.

After the announcement by the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration of a four-month delay in enforcement of the ...

This course covers the development and implementation of controls and strategies to prevent or mitigate silica exposures in construction, maritime, and general industries. Course topics include ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...