The Trump administration has cut programs that protected workers from lung disease, aided those afflicted, and kept miners safe.

Coal miners return on a buggy Oct. 15, 2014, after working a shift underground at the Perkins Branch Coal Mine in Cumberland ... exposures to poisonous silica dust. Studies concluded NIOSH ...

the mining of seams that have less coal and more silica, and the use of new mining equipment that generates more dust. MSHA started working on a new silica standard during the Obama administration ...

It has opened its rich mineral wealth to foreign mining companies ... sweeping the floor wears a mask to shield him from the fine dust. Workers unloading the coal from trains at the refinery ...

Some of its best-known work is related to mining. It trains and certifies ... including one issued last year for coal miners that cuts by half the permissible exposures to poisonous silica dust.

Some of its best-known work is related to mining ... one issued last year for coal miners that cuts by half the permissible exposures to poisonous silica dust. Studies concluded NIOSH research ...

THEY HAVE BEEN DOING MINE SAFETY RESEARCH ... including one issued last year for coal miners that cuts by half the permissible exposures to poisonous silica dust.Studies have concluded NIOSH ...

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2014 photo, coal miners return on a buggy after working a shift underground at the Perkins Branch Coal Mine in Cumberland, Ky. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File) NEW YORK (AP ...