With the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) silica standard already in effect for the construction industry and about to go into effect in June of 2018 for general industry, many ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA has developed a new Regional Emphasis Program (REP) to identify and reduce hazards in the cut stone and stone products industry, which OSHA alleges to have the highest ...

It is well-known that airborne carcinogens cause various lung and kidney diseases and liver problems, and prolonged exposure can even result in various cancers. Silica exposure remains a serious ...

Since enforcement of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration‘s (OSHA) new silica exposure rule (29 C.F.R. 1926.1153) took effect in September 2017, compliance is gradually growing. However, ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published new worksite inspection guidelines for its staff regarding enforcement of the respirable crystalline silica standard, which at ...

New tools Consulting the standard’s prescription for controlling silica exposure in drilling, Bill Sandvik, safety director at O’Connell Electric Co., Victor, N.Y., concluded that specially designed ...

Reduces the permissible exposure limit (PEL) for respirable crystalline silica to 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air, averaged over an 8-hour shift (previous limit was 250 micrograms). Requires ...

A worker at a construction site in Rockville, Maryland, breaks up concrete with a jackhammer, creating a cloud of silica dust. The worker is wearing no respiratory protection and no water is being ...

OSHA and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health on Feb. 18 jointly issued a hazard alert about protecting workers from significant crystalline silica exposure during manufacturing, ...

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), in June, 2016, issued a Final Rule regarding occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica. The Final Rule includes two standards, ...

In a 2013 speech to the AFL-CIO, U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez shared the story of Alan White, a fortysomething man who told him, “If I walk a half a mile, I’ve got to sleep 13 hours.” White, Perez ...

Silica exposure remains a serious threat to nearly 2 million U.S. employees working in conditions with high concentrations of general airborne carcinogens. 1 Last year, OSHA took a stand and decided ...