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Dust reforms stymied by years of inaction

By Ken Ward Jr.

For more than a quarter-century, government efforts to end black lung have hit brick walls

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Black lung surges back in coal country

By Chris Hamby

IMPACT: Labor Dept. assembling expert team on mine dust enforcement after CPI-NPR investigation

By Chris Hamby

GOP budget move stalls black lung plan

By Ken Ward Jr.

GAO report supports science behind black lung rule

By Chris Hamby

GOP budget move stalls black lung plan

By Ken Ward Jr.

Legislative maneuver bars regulators from implementing or enforcing a proposal to reduce miners' exposure to coal dust

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Black lung surges back in coal country

By Chris Hamby

Persistent black lung, old scourge of coal, found in autopsies of most Massey miners

By Chris Hamby

Miners say Upper Big Branch mine cheated on dust sampling

By Ken Ward Jr.

GAO report supports science behind black lung rule

By Chris Hamby

IMPACT: Labor Dept. assembling expert team on mine dust enforcement after CPI-NPR investigation

By Chris Hamby

Government experts are considering ways to step up coal mine dust enforcement after a CPI-NPR investigation.

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Black lung surges back in coal country

By Chris Hamby

Dust reforms stymied by years of inaction

By Ken Ward Jr.

GOP budget move stalls black lung plan

By Ken Ward Jr.

Persistent black lung, old scourge of coal, found in autopsies of most Massey miners

By Chris Hamby

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GOP seeks to kill black lung reform

By Chris Hamby

House Republicans have inserted language in a budget bill that would kill a proposed rule to protect coal miners from deadly dust.

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GAO report supports science behind black lung rule

By Chris Hamby

Black lung surges back in coal country

By Chris Hamby

Oversight collapse leads to mine safety issues

By The Center for Public Integrity

Year after tragedy, mining industry seeks some self-policing

By Chris Hamby

Kentucky death case: Another black eye for state workplace safety enforcement

By Jim Morris

Kentucky's deletion of all violations in worker death case criticized by victim's family, feds.

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Black lung surges back in coal country

By Chris Hamby

Lost letter: How government fails to deliver on worker safety

By Chris Hamby

Massachusetts workers killed, injured at facilities touted as 'Model Workplaces'

By Beverly Ford

OSHA’s laissez-faire attitude

By The Center for Public Integrity

GAO report supports science behind black lung rule

By Chris Hamby

Research supports proposal to reduce coal miners’ exposure to dust that causes deadly disease, a GAO report found.

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Black lung surges back in coal country

By Chris Hamby

GOP seeks to kill black lung reform

By Chris Hamby

Oversight collapse leads to mine safety issues

By The Center for Public Integrity

Year after tragedy, mining industry seeks some self-policing

By Chris Hamby

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IMPACT: OSHA's 'model workplace' program needs reform, report finds

By Chris Hamby

Companies exempt from some inspections under a special OSHA program should face tighter scrutiny, a report finds, echoing a Center series.

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OSHA workplace samples: Millions of records out of reach

By Jim Morris

OSHA reforms Voluntary Protection Programs

By Alice Su

'Model' workplaces avoid special government scrutiny targeting hazardous industries

By Chris Hamby

Black lung surges back in coal country

By Chris Hamby

'They were not thinking of him as a human being'

By Jim Morris and Chip Mitchell

A chemical discharge in a Chicago-area factory kills a worker — and exposes the dangers faced by temp workers across the U.S.

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Bill aims to strengthen OSHA workplace enforcement

By Chris Hamby

OSHA strengthens protections for temp workers

By Jim Morris

Labor secretary leaves legacy of worker protections and unfinished business

By Chris Hamby

Federal board concludes current chemical regulations are inadequate

By Bill Dawson

House bill targets deadly dust explosions

By Chris Hamby

House Democrats are pushing a bill requiring safety steps to curb combustible dust explosions -- a hazard examined in a 2012 Center report.

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Bill aims to strengthen OSHA workplace enforcement

By Chris Hamby

'They were not thinking of him as a human being'

By Jim Morris and Chip Mitchell

OSHA strengthens protections for temp workers

By Jim Morris

Bush administration kills safety regulation opposed by donors

By Bill Dawson

Bill aims to strengthen OSHA workplace enforcement

By Chris Hamby

Senators propose tighter workplace safety rules, targeting breakdowns highlighted in Center for Public Integrity reports.

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'They were not thinking of him as a human being'

By Jim Morris and Chip Mitchell

OSHA strengthens protections for temp workers

By Jim Morris

Labor secretary leaves legacy of worker protections and unfinished business

By Chris Hamby

House bill targets deadly dust explosions

By Chris Hamby

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