Appalachian Citizens' Law Center, Inc.

In a letter dated April 8, 2008, MSHA responded to our petition for rulemaking on miners' rights:

http://www.appalachianlawcenter.org/files/MSHA_response.pdf

Mine Safety Advocates Press MSHA for Better Miners’ Rights Training

A group of mine safety advocates is pushing the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) to change how miners get training about their workplace health and safety rights. The Appalachian Center for the Economy and the Environment, the Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center, and United Support and Memorial for Workplace Fatalities have filed a formal Petition for Rulemaking with MSHA in an effort to enhance miners’ rights training.

Miner seeking tighter limits on coal mine dust

Scott Howard, a Kentucky coal miner, has sued U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao to try to force federal regulators to tighten the limits on coal mine dust that causes black lung disease.

http://www.wvgazette.com/News/200803210617

Suit seeks to force MSHA to tighten dust limit

By Ken Ward Jr.
Staff writer

A Kentucky coal miner has sued U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao to try to force federal regulators to tighten the limits on coal dust that causes black lung disease.

Letcher County miner Scott Howard filed his suit Thursday in U.S. District Court in eastern Kentucky.