MSHA Offering Dust Monitor Certification Courses Beginning Feb. 1, 2016, mine operators must use Continuous Personal Dust Monitors to sample for respirable coal mine dust on working sections of ...
A new device, called a “personal dust monitor,” makes being in a coal mine a bit safer. “The aim of the new $13,000 monitoring device is to help miners limit how much dust they breathe,” explains a ...
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 ...
A new federal rule is aimed at reducing coal miners’ exposure to silica dust, a leading cause of black lung disease. (Getty Images) It was a celebratory moment years in the making when acting Labor ...
Residents of a Butte neighborhood are concerned about what’s wafting from a nearby open-pit mine that can coat their homes and vehicles. Steve McGrath grew up in Butte, Montana, and has long been one ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Eight former supervisors and safety officers at a Kentucky coal company were indicted Wednesday on federal charges that they rigged dust monitoring in underground mines, forcing ...
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 ...
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