The mortal danger to construction workers from silica dust is getting worse Stonemason Stuart Johnson would come home from ...

or ceramic products; and cutting or crushing stone result in worker exposures to respirable crystalline silica dust. Industrial sand used in certain operations, such as foundry work and hydraulic ...

Crystalline silica is also used to make products such as glass ... There are many types of activities that produce crystalline silica dust which could result in worker exposure to respirable ...

The United Mine Workers of America and the United Steelworkers on Monday filed a motion to intervene in a federal court case brought by industry groups who claim the rule is too onerous, in which the ...

The federal government is pushing back a deadline to implement a new silica rule in mines. According to the rule which went ...

The rule, from the Mine Safety and Health Administration, was imposed last year in response to an epidemic of severe black ...

Research suggests that products containing diatomaceous earth ... Doing so can irritate your lungs, much like inhaling dust, but the silica makes it exceptionally harmful. Inhaling crystalline ...

One federal government agency is pausing enforcement of a landmark rule designed to protect mine workers from toxic silica ...