Massachusetts has confirmed its first case of silicosis, an incurable lung disease tied to stone countertop work. State ...

The Trump administration has indicated it will revisit and could make changes to a landmark rule designed to protect mine ...

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has updated regulations to protect miners from the effects of respirable crystalline silica, commonly known as silica dust. According to a recent ...

The enforcement of the silica rule, designed to help prevent black lung disease in coal miners, has once again been delayed, ...

Medical experts say data is still short on the full extent of diseases tied to silica dust — silicosis, lung cancer and black lung. The new rule will impose safeguards and collect data about workers’ ...

Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Trump to reconsider part of silica dust ruleThe Trump ...

On April 16, the DOL announced 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 ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration has proposed a more stringent silica dust exposure rule to protect miners. The United Mine Workers of America and Sen. Joe Manchin are ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon OSHA has launched a free online training course to help employers put protective measures in place for workers against the potential hazards of breathing in airborne ...

On Friday 28 November, the Melbourne Magistrates' Court heard Laing O'Rourke Australia Construction Pty Ltd had entered into an enforceable ...

Exposure to a toxic rock dust appears to be "the main driving force" behind a recent epidemic of severe black lung disease among coal miners, according to the findings of a new study. Lawmakers have ...