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

By Chris Hamby

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

Excerpts from this story referencing "Mine Safety and Health Administration":

"… ears to be on the rise, affecting younger miners in many cases.The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration recently proposed a rule intended to protect miners from dust exposure, bu …"

Diesel dangers: Mining companies get first look at government cancer study

By Jim Morris and Chris Hamby

A long-delayed government epidemiological study of possible ties between diesel exhaust and lung cancer in miners may finally be published t

Excerpts from this story referencing "Mine Safety and Health Administration":

"… oposed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) — while attacking the science behind such regulations — the pre …"

Year after tragedy, mining industry seeks some self-policing

By Chris Hamby

Mining industry urges feds to reward safety with fewer inspections

Excerpts from this story referencing "Mine Safety and Health Administration":

"… a Congressional subcommittee this week, industry representatives said the Mine Safety and Health Administration should move beyond enforcement alone and launch a voluntary program simila …"

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White House urges end to programs that can make dangerous jobs safer

By Jim Morris

Budget cuts could impair safety in some of the deadliest occupations

Excerpts from this story referencing "Tom Skinner":

"… never occurred to me that we would be on the termination list.”Spokesman Tom Skinner would not say whether the cuts were suggested by the CDC -- or even whethe …"

Oversight collapse leads to mine safety issues

By The Center for Public Integrity

Failures of mine safety oversight body blamed for fatal disasters

Excerpts from this story referencing "Mine Safety and Health Administration":

"… safety, with much of the blame falling on the beleaguered shoulders of the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). The problems began to dribble out after a series of disasters made …"

Black lung surges back in coal country

By Chris Hamby

Despite decades-old law, cheating, legal loopholes expose miners to deadly dust.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Mine Safety and Health Administration":

"… form have failed. A Center analysis of databases maintained by the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration found that miners have been breathing too much dust for years, but MSHA ha …"

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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

Excerpts from this story referencing "Mine Safety and Health Administration":

"… ves."We can't get a regulation out to save our souls," said former federal Mine Safety and Health Administration staffer Celeste Monforton, who now studies workplace health issues and adv …"

"… e fewer samples, because of budget and staffing constraints at the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration. Main urged MSHA to scrap the proposal and start over."We believe that MSH …"

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

Excerpts from this story referencing "Mine Safety and Health Administration":

"… dded language to a Department of Labor budget bill that barred the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration from implementing or enforcing a proposal to reduce miners' exposure to th …"

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.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Mine Safety and Health Administration":

"… al Labor Department communication.The effort, involving officials from the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and other offices within the Labor Department, includes discussion …"

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.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Mine Safety and Health Administration":

"… ystem to manipulate dust sampling results for decades.In 2010, the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration proposed a rule that would close some loopholes, though it would still lea …"

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