The Trump administration’s mass federal firings include the scientific investigators who make dangerous workplaces safe for ...

Safety advocates are bemoaning the delay of new safety standards to protect coal miners from deadly dust exposure.

Gizmodo reached out to the Trump administration and the UMWA for comment.

The Trump administration’s feckless business-first, workers-last approach is leaving the nation’s coal miners to die—and now ...

Work fuels livelihoods, but certain jobs expose lungs to unseen threats, eroding respiratory health with every shift. Dust, ...

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like black lung, also known as coal worker's pneumoconiosis. "There is concern for significant delays in implementation and possibly never following through with the new rule at all," said Dr. Crum.

Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) is a benefit from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) designed at ...

Apr. 7, 2025 — As many as one in 3,000 people could be carrying a faulty gene that significantly increases their risk of a punctured lung, according to new estimates. Previous estimates had put ...