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rule aimed at protecting miners from exposure to coal dust that causes deadly blacklung disease. "This is a step forward in the fight to end blacklung, UMW President Cecil Roberts said in a prepared statement. "While there are many... Published: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 Words: 912
of the Upper Big Branch probe has not forced his agency staff to lose focus on other priorities, such as MSHA's announced plan to "End BlackLung." But the agency's regulatory agenda still does not provide a timeline for finalizing... Published: Thursday, January 06, 2011 Words: 738
October 2010, MSHA proposed to toughen limits on coal dust exposure as part of a broad plan Obama administration officials hope will eliminate blacklung. The report was based in large part on recommendations made in 1995 and 1996 by... Published: Saturday, December 17, 2011 Words: 523
A decade earlier, Main was director of safety for the United Mine Workers union when the Clinton administration announced its plan to end blacklung. It included a government takeover of dust monitoring and similar changes to sampling... Published: Sunday, July 08, 2012 Words: 1348
rid of you. Some of the same dynamics that are eating into coal production in parts of Appalachia may also play a role in the resurgence of blacklung. With the best coal often mined out, operators are digging into thinner seams, cutting... Published: Friday, December 16, 2016 Words: 973
Tougher enforcement by MSHA has curbed many of the excesses of an inherently dangerous industry. A landmark rule aimed at reducing blacklung - a disease that has claimed the lives of 78,000 miners since 1968 - is now the law, after... Published: Sunday, December 18, 2016 Words: 2832
bill for the Department of Labor, which includes the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration. If approved, the language would forbid MSHA from using any funds from its budget to finalize its October 2010 proposal to tighten legal... Published: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 Words: 590
more dangerous time for our coal miners," Rockefeller said Thursday in a prepared statement. "Tragically, that was wrong. After years of decline, blacklung cases are rising again in a new generation of miners. We can't let this happen."... Published: Friday, August 02, 2013 Words: 478
mines. n A two-part, comprehensive program to tackle deadly blacklung disease, including education, enhanced enforcement and a tougher limit on the legal amount of coal dust allowed in the mines. "No miners should have to die on the... Published: Sunday, February 20, 2011 Words: 616
have become part of mining culture, an investigation by the Center for Public Integrity and NPR has found. After decades of decline, blacklung is back, with more cases of the fastest-progressing form of the disease robbing younger... Published: Monday, July 09, 2012 Words: 1329
