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Home » Keywords » coal miner safety

Items Tagged with 'coal miner safety'

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UMWA meets with MSHA chief nominee

September 28, 2017

United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) officials say they appreciate David Zatezalo’s willingness to meet with them last week, but they haven’t yet decided how they feel about Donald Trump’s nominee for Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) chief.


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mining industry

Coal miners fear losing health benefits due to bankruptcies

February 27, 2017
More than 22,000 retired miners and their dependents will lose their health care benefits on April 30, 2017 unless Congress passes the Miners Protection Act. Miners who for years accepted lower wages in exchange for lifetime health benefits are faced with the loss of the benefits due to the bankruptcies of a number of mining companies.
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Capitol Hill

Retired miners left out of 2016 spending bill

"What is it about these senior citizens Congress doesn’t like?"
December 23, 2015

Retirement security for tens of thousands of retired coal miners and their dependents failed to make it into the $1 trillion+ spending bill recently passed by Congress – an omission that angers the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA).


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mining industry

One year later: Is respirable coal dust rule is working?

MSHA’s Main says industry compliance is at 99 percent
August 19, 2015

One year ago this month, the landmark respirable dust rule went into effect, adding a number of increased protections for coal miners and closing several loopholes that masked their exposure to unhealthy coal mine dust.


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A U.S. Department of Labor Blog post

Recommitting to safety on National Miners Day

Thomas Perez
December 8, 2014

The following was posted on Saturday, Dec.  6: One hundred seven years ago today in Monongah, West Virginia, 362 coal miners – many of them teenage boys — went to work and never came home. That morning, an explosion ripped through two connected mines.


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AIHA, U.S. delegation to attend China COS+H Conference

April 30, 2014

The American Industrial Hygiene Association is putting together a U.S. delegation to a conference and professional development program taking place in Beijing, China from September 20-27 of this year.


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