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Compliance Assistance For Mine Operators

On, April 18, 2024, MSHA issued its final rule, entitled Lowering Miners’ Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica and Improving Respiratory Protection, to reduce miner exposures to respirable crystalline silica and improve respiratory protection for all airborne hazards. Coal mine operators must come into compliance with the final rule by April 8, 2025, and MNM mine operators must come into compliance by April 8, 2026. Please visit MSHA’s Respirable Crystalline Silica Final Rule page for more information on the final rule.

A range of resource materials is available below to assist operators in staying compliant with MSHA’s respirable crystalline silica final rule.

Compliance Resources

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