{"id":3421,"date":"2016-02-01T21:51:53","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T01:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=3421"},"modified":"2016-02-11T21:50:10","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T01:50:10","slug":"new-federal-mine-dust-rules-in-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2016\/02\/01\/new-federal-mine-dust-rules-in-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"New Federal Mine Dust Rules In Effect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3205\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2016\/01\/20\/miner-dies-in-western-kentucky-accident\/coal-mobile-digging-machine\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/coal-mobile-digging-machine.jpg?fit=192%2C256&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"192,256\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"coal mobile digging machine\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/coal-mobile-digging-machine.jpg?fit=192%2C256&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/coal-mobile-digging-machine.jpg?resize=192%2C256\" alt=\"coal mobile digging machine\" width=\"192\" height=\"256\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3205\" \/><br \/>\nUnderground coal mines will ramp up testing for the dust that causes breathing problems and leads to black lung disease under a new federal rule.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration is requiring coal operators to increase the number of air samples taken in underground mines. The new rule also will require miners working in the dustiest underground conditions to wear personal devices that give real-time readings on air quality.<\/p>\n<p>Federal officials say increased sampling is key to curbing breathable dust in the mines.<\/p>\n<p>Black lung, which has no cure, can cause significant breathing and mobility problems, and kills about 1,000 miners each year.<br \/>\nSource:  AP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Underground coal mines will ramp up testing for the dust that causes breathing problems and leads to black lung disease under a new federal rule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":3205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-Tb","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-11-04 16:51:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/coal-mobile-digging-machine.jpg?fit=192%2C256&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3421"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3422,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421\/revisions\/3422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}