Coal Workers’ Health Surveillance Program’s future unknown due to NIOSH layoffs
Following layoffs at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in Morgantown this week, a former high ...
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Pennsylvania officials, agencies stepping in to help laid off coal mine workers
Pennsylvania officials and agencies are moving to help over 300 workers who were laid off Friday from a Somerset County coal mine. State Rep. Carl Walker Metzgar (R-Somerset) and Department of Labor & ...
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Kemmerer coal mine lays off 28 workers
Cuts are due to “market conditions” including “pending natural gas conversions” at coal-fired power plants in the region, ...
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Life in the Coal Mine
Coal mines were dangerous for all workers. Collapsing mines, suffocation, gas poisoning, explosions, and heavy machinery accidents were daily dangers. Before electricity, men often worked standing ...
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Metzgar, state officials say they're working to help Corsa Coal workers impacted by layoffs
Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry officials plan to meet next week with hundreds of Corsa Coal employees being laid ...