In a press release dated Thursday, Oct. 24, OSHA let industry know that it was issuing guidance for employers in the form of “Annotated Permissible Exposure Limits.” Recognizing that its published Permissible Exposure Limits or PELs (i.e., the concentrations of chemicals to which an employee can be safely exposed during a work shift) are
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OSHA Proposes Rules Limiting Silica Dust Exposure
By Robinson+Cole's Manufacturing Industry Group on
It’s rare enough to read about OSHA in the New York Times, but the front page of the Business Section? Reading my coffee Saturday morning, this was the headline: New Rules Would Cut Silica Dust Exposure. So, this is news, and pretty big news. OSHA’s taken its time, but on Friday, it finally announced…