Outside of a government building, a man with long hair speaks at a podium with a sign that reads, "Warning NIOSH Cuts Endanger Your Safety." Behind him are other people holding protest signs.

Federal officials call miners’ health a ‘priority,’ but are cutting a Pa. team studying mine safety

A roughly 100-person team at a NIOSH facility in Allegheny County are set to lose their jobs in June. They study the best ways to prevent injuries, illnesses and death in coal mines.

The Allegheny Front