MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- Down a quiet country road, brown clouds drift over the corn fields. But whether on the farms of Minnesota or the battle hardened deserts of Iraq, driving tanks or ATVs, dust is a ...

"I need a mask," said Jim Oswald, the newest employee at the Hightower Chemical Company. "They're in the cabinet with the other PPE," replied Oscar Cohen, supervisor of the organic mixing section.

Not even a Dodge Ram pickup was tough enough to withstand the toxic coal ash in which hundreds of clean-up workers at the site of the nation’s largest environmental disaster labored unprotected. “The ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Kentucky jury has awarded $67.5 million in damages to two coal miners who claimed defective 3M dust masks led to their debilitating black-lung disease. Of the total, $62.5 million ...

OSHA's respiratory regulations require that you have a written program outlining your company's usage of respirators. The program needs to be reviewed annually. "I need a mask," said Jim Oswald, the ...