OSHA to push through silica exposure rule before 2017

• Autores: Kasia Patel
• Localización: Industrial Minerals, ISSN 0019-8544, Nº. 577, 2015 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Noviembre)
• Idioma: inglés
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  • "The reason it's complicated is because the current permissible exposure limit is variable and changes depending on the industry affected. In construction, for example, the permissible exposure limit is 250[mu]g, whereas in general industry it's 100[mu]g. That is a big area of dispute before the agency - whether or not the evidence suggests that the current level is protective of workers." "The industry is saying that's wholly inaccurate and comments from the Construction Industry Coalition back this up, based on their calculations that OSHA's economic analysis could be at least 20% below the actual impact, or more than a billion dollars for the actual cost to achieve compliance," Scala said.

    "It's certainly something the administration has focused on," he told IM. "I have my doubts as to whether OSHA can legally enforce lower levels of exposure below that which is actually in its own requirements but there's no doubt that OSHA is has been trying to get that to happen."