The increased drilling generates deadly silica dust and has caused severe forms of pneumoconiosis, better known as black lung disease, even among younger miners, some in their 30s and 40s.

Carbon County has a long history in coal mining. For hundreds of years, the region, which is known as the Coal Region, has been a large source of anthracite coal to heat homes, power operations and ...

Last month, the Trump administration nominated mining industry association executive Wayne Palmer to head MSHA.

The HEART5 Mobile Health Unit — a B-double truck packed with equipment to test mine dust lung diseases like silicosis, black ...

All types of lung cancer develop more often in people who mine uranium, but small-cell lung cancer is most common. The prevalence goes up even more in uranium miners who smoke. Exposure to radon ...

A mobile health unit will be visiting Rockhampton Showgrounds from February 26 to February 28 in order to provide free lung health checks to former and current miners. The free lung check program ...

The incidence of active pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and silicosis among gold miners remains high, but recent years have seen a slow decline in the rates of both diseases, according to a recent study.