West Virginia Lawsuit Seeks Restoration Of NIOSH Coal Miner Program

A West Virginia coal miner is challenging the Trump administration’s near elimination of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), arguing the move violates provisions of mine safety law by disrupting health surveillance and job transfer programs for miners with respiratory diseases. In litigation filed April 7 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, Harry Wiley, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, asks the court to require the Department of Health...