Petsonk said respirators are ineffective while performing heavy labor in hot, confined spaces, and that inspectors are not present enough to ensure they don't become a permanent solution.
Coal miners plead for stronger enforcement on black lung rule, fear retaliation for speaking up
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“The history of miner safety and health enforcement teaches us that exceptions become the rule,” said Sam Petsonk, a West Virginia attorney who represented miners who were diagnosed with black lung after operators knowingly violated regulations.
After decades of delays and broken promises, coal miners hail rule to slow rise of black lung
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