THE work that is being done by the Government to reduce the dangers of mining was brought out strikingly in the First National Mine-Safety ... a demonstration of the explosibility of coal dust ...

After a years-long rule-making process at the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), coal mines will have to keep workers safe from toxic silica dust by lowering the legal exposure limit ...

They said the problem has grown because miners have to dig through more layers of rock to get to coal, which generates silica dust. The MSHA said this will avoid 1,067 deaths and 3,746 silica ...