New federal safety rules on silica dust aim to protect miners' lungs
WEBApr 16, 2024 · Addressing a problem first identified 50 years ago, federal regulators say stricter new rules to limit miners' exposure to silica dust are expected to finally go on the books on Tuesday.
U.S. Limits Deadly Mining Dust as Black Lung Resurges
WEBApr 16, 2024 · Mining companies will have to limit concentrations of airborne silica, a mineral commonly found in rock that can be lethal when ground up and inhaled. The new requirements affect more than...
Toxic silica dust mining restrictions approved by Biden …
WEBApr 16, 2024 · USA TODAY. 0:03. 0:37. The Biden administration agreed Tuesday to limit workers' exposure to toxic silica dust, a common byproduct in U.S. mining operations. The federal rule will reduce...
Department of Labor issues final rule reducing silica dust exposure ...
WEBApr 16, 2024 · WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Mine Safety and Health Administration has issued a final rule to better protect the nation’s miners from health hazards associated with exposure to respirable crystalline silica, also known as silica dust or quartz dust.
US Sets New Limits on Miners’ Exposure to Toxic Silica Dust (1)
WEBApr 16, 2024 · The US Mine Safety and Health Administration released Tuesday a much-anticipated final rule to reduce miners’ exposure to silica dust, a health hazard known to damage lungs. The rule will cover roughly 289,000 employees at some 12,600 mines, such as underground coal mines operated by companies like …
New federal safety rules on silica dust aim to protect miners' lungs
WEBApr 16, 2024 · On Tuesday, federal officials posted new rules to protect coal and other miners from toxic silica dust, a growing problem in mines that has left thousands sick and dying. It took mine safety regulators 50 years to do what federal researchers had long urged: make the exposure limit to silica dust twice as restrictive as currently allowed and ...
Federal Mine Safety Regulators Finally Focus on Silica Dust – With ...
WEBApr 16, 2024 · On Tuesday, federal officials published new rules to protect coal and other miners from toxic silica dust, a growing problem in mines that has left thousands sick and dying. It took mine safety regulators 50 years to do what federal researchers had long urged: make the exposure limit to silica dust twice as restrictive as currently allowed and ...
Silica dust can be deadly for coal miners. This new rule hopes to …
WEBSep 25, 2023 · The federal rule would drastically limit silica dust permissible in mining to just 50 micrograms per cubic meter, with an action level at 25 micrograms, for an eight-hour workday. That's...
Proposed silica dust rules for coal mines may extend to sand, …
WEBAug 21, 2023 · Now, the federal government's considering tighter safety restrictions that include cutting silica dust limits in mines. But that's not all it would do. Justin Hicks of Louisville Public Media...
Coal miners have long faced risk of black lung disease. Now …
WEBApr 16, 2024 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Coal miners will be better protected from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the premature deaths of thousands of mine workers from a respiratory ailment commonly known as black lung disease, the Labor Department said Tuesday as it issued a new federal rule on miners' safety.
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