During the 15 years that have passed since our organization first petitioned the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) to create a rule to stop the surging black lung epidemic, we’ve seen a ...
Coal miner Scott Tiller works next to a drill in an underground coal mine roughly 40-inches-high in Welch, West Virginia. May 11, 2016. (Photo by: Scott Tiller, AP Images). This story originally ...
In a breakthrough study published in Scientific Reports, scientists have uncovered a crucial, often-overlooked hazard in coal mine dust—agglomerates hiding harmful silica particles. These microscopic ...