Ranking Members Scott, Adams Comment on Biden Proposal to Protect Miners from Hazardous Exposure to Silica Dust
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Issues: Health and Health Care
"We are grateful to see MSHA, after decades of authoritative recommendations and broken promises, stepping forward to protect miners from silica. In this Proposed Rule, MSHA has assembled most of the right ingredients; the main problem is the recipe that puts them all together. We look forward to supporting MSHA as it further improves the Proposed Rule in order to attain the maximum protection attainable for miner health.
The Proposed Rule must remedy these shortcomings by demanding more from operators to keep mines safe; closing loopholes that unscrupulous operators and their hired experts can use to avoid meaningful compliance; empowering workers; and leveraging the power of information."
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