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16 Απρ 2024 · Department of Labor issues final rule reducing silica dust exposure, better protecting miners’ health from irreversible workplace illnesses. Final rule also creates new program requiring metal, nonmetal operators to provide health exams at no cost to miners, similar to existing coal miners’ program.
16 Απρ 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.
16 Απρ 2024 · President Biden put this rule on his regulatory agenda from the very beginning. And that's what it looks like to have the most pro-worker, pro-union President in American history. This new rule is going to reduce exposure to toxic silica dust and reduce entirely preventable diseases.
16 Απρ 2024 · UNIONTOWN, PA – Acting Secretary Julie Su today made the following remarks during an announcement of the department’s issuance of a final rule by its Mine Safety and Health Administration to reduce miners’ exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust:
What is crystalline silica? How can exposure to crystalline silica affect workers' health? Who is at risk from exposure to crystalline silica? What is the relationship between silica exposure and lung cancer? How does the crystalline silica rule protect workers' health? Rule Requirements.
28 Αυγ 2024 · Under the new rule, when respirable silica dust levels go above the 50-microgram limit, mine operators must provide miners with respirators and ensure they are worn until exposure levels are safe. The use of respirators when levels are high is part of the rule that many advocates and miners say doesn’t go far enough.
18 Ιουν 2024 · Beginning this week, mining companies across the country are required to halve the amount of toxic silica dust their workers can be exposed to. The new exposure limit comes amid an epidemic of severe black lung disease among coal miners in central Appalachia.
