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

Excerpts from this story referencing "safety":

"… MSHA chief, Joe Main.About a year into his tenure as the nation's top mine safety regulator, Main announced an ambitious plan he said was aimed at ending bl …"

"… 2010. "It is the right thing to do."A decade earlier, Main was director of safety for the United Mine Workers union when the Clinton administration announce …"

"… form, a left-leaning think tank.When Congress passed the federal coal-mine safety law in 1969, the black-lung protection provisions were supposed to be flex …"

"… among their government streamlining proposals was to eliminate MSHA. Mine safety duties would be given instead to the Occupational safety and Health Admini …"

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

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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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.

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.

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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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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"… r inspections will now face greater scrutiny, amid concern over deaths and safety breakdowns at some plants held up as industry leaders.A report suggesting …"

"… ter for Public Integrity series revealed that deadly accidents and serious safety violations at these sites had gone largely unpunished by OSHA.The report a …"

"… sites into VPP, the agency’s enforcement branch was alleging widespread safety problems at all mail processing centers nationwide – an approach one for …"

'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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"… r Public Integrity. The 11-page OSHA memo, dated May 10, 2012, argues that safety breakdowns in the plant warrant criminal prosecution — a rarity in worke …"

"… unrecorded, new research shows. Raani’s “lack of concern for employee safety was tangible” and injuries in its factory were “abundant,” Thom …"

"… the memo to David Michaels, assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health. Raani managers failed to put Centeno under a safety shower af …"

"… upational safety and health. Raani managers failed to put Centeno under a safety shower after he was burned and did not call 911 even though his skin was p …"

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.

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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"… roduced legislation that would strengthen the 1970 law governing workplace safety. The bill, called the Protecting America’s Workers Act, addresses regul …"

"… of what’s happening at the worksite,” said Peg Seminario, director of safety and health for the AFL-CIO. Though the legislation may make headway in th …"

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