Sunday, May 24, 2009
Mine Safety Advocates Question MSHA Decision
Mine safety advocates say a decision made by MSHA officials to delay looking at a new rule that would lower coal miners' exposure to harmful dust until 2011 is unacceptable. Advocates say high levels of coal dust cause black lung disease which has killed more than 21,000 miners since the mid-1980s, and MSHA's plan to wait two more years to tighten a rule reducing coal dust levels is under severe questioning.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 7:06 PM 
