Gloria Gonzalez | Business Insurance | April 4, 2016 A coalition of trade associations has filed a legal challenge against the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s final silica rule. The anticipated challenge to the controversial regulation, which will lower the amount of silica dust workers can be exposed to and mandate certain controls to limit… Continue reading Construction Trade Groups take First Legal Shot at OSHA Silica Rule
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Study: OSHA Officials’ Estimated Cost of Silica Rule Short by $4.5 Billion a Year
USGlass Magazine & USGNN Headline News | March 26, 2015 OSHA was off. Way off. That’s according to a new report by the Construction Industry Safety Coalition (CISC), which found that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) proposed silica standards for U.S. construction industry will cost the industry $5 billion per year—roughly $4.5 billion… Continue reading Study: OSHA Officials’ Estimated Cost of Silica Rule Short by $4.5 Billion a Year
NAHB Urges OSHA to Rescind Proposed Silica Rule
Philip R. Stein – February 14, 2014 We recently posted an article about whether silica exposure claims might emerge as the next toxic tort. A particular focus of that article was the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) clearly increasing interest in the possibility of silica exposure, and its growing focus on related workplace safety… Continue reading NAHB Urges OSHA to Rescind Proposed Silica Rule