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Black lung has surged in Appalachia in recent years. Research has tied the epidemic to silica dust, which can burrow deep into miners’ lungs.
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Brown went into the mine at 10:00 p.m. that night. But he never came out.
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The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration says coal-mining related deaths have reached a record low in Kentucky where a single miner died last…
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It’s never happened, but a leading official in the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration believes a fatality-free year in coal mining is…