What is OSHA?
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration was created in the early 1970s.
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A half-century of inaction protecting U.S. miners from poisonous rock dust has contributed to the premature deaths of thousands from “black lung.” A new proposal would cut the current limit for silica exposure by half — but after years of broken promises and delays, many are skeptical.
Unions representing miners, nurses and other workers said the cuts will slow identification and prevention of workplace dangers.
