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On April 18, 2024, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) published the long-anticipated final rule on respirable crystalline silica for coal mines and metal and nonmetal mines. As expected, ...

Respirable crystalline silica (RCS) is classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as a human carcinogen. [1] Occupational exposure to RCS results in adverse health effects ...

The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has launched an enforcement initiative targeting the exposure of coal miners to respirable crystalline silica, which when added to coal dust ...

An Eastern Kentucky coal mine cheated on dust sampling designed to protect workers from disabling and deadly black lung disease, a federal grand jury has charged. The grand jury on Wednesday indicted ...

ABINGDON, Va. — A Grundy coal company owner must serve three months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit dust-sampling fraud. Daniel Tucker, 57, the owner of D&H Mining ...

Airborne dusts are common to many workplaces, many of which pose significant risks to workers due to their toxicities, sizes and configurations of their particles. Various metal fumes, such as lead ...