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CORESafety Awareness: Silica Enforcement Initiative from MSHA

MSHA is implementing a Silica Enforcement Initiative to protect Coal and Metal and Nonmetal (MNM) miners’ health by limiting their exposures to respirable crystalline silica. This initiative has four components: inspections, sampling, compliance assistance, and miners’ rights. 1. INSPECTIONS     Coal and MNM mines MSHA will conduct spot inspections for silica at coal and MNM mines. At mines […]

CORESafety TV (September 2023): MSHA Proposes New Crystalline Silica Rule And We Revisit Exposure Monitoring Story

Welcome to the September edition of CORESafety TV — the online video program from the National Mining Association. One of mining’s greatest hazards is the exposure to elevated levels of toxic aerosols, including respirable crystalline silica. Exposure may potentially cause adverse health effects such as silicosis, nonmalignant respiratory diseases, lung cancer and renal disease. In August 2023, the Mine Safety […]