The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is requesting information and comment on Table 1 of the agency’s Respirable Crystalline Silica Standard for ...

On July 29th OSHA submitted a draft Request for Information (RFI) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regarding Table 1 in OSHA’s construction standard for silica. If approved by OMB, OSHA ...

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OSHA is considering revising Table 1 of its Respirable Crystalline Silica Standard for Construction. The agency is seeking comments and feedback on engineering and work practice control methods to ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is seeking information about additional dust control methods not included in Table 1 of its construction standard for silica. Table 1 provides ...

Last week, OSHA began a potential rulemaking process to expand what some might consider exceptions to the 2016 silica rule in construction. Here’s what we know… On July 29th, OSHA submitted to the ...

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 2017, OSHA revised the silica standard which was written with typical OSHA health hazard controls such as assessing your employee’s potential exposure, having your hazard communication in place and ...

On June 23, OSHA's Silica Rule general industry standard goes into effect for asphalt mix production facilities. At that time, all facilities should have identified and/or documented respirable ...