OSHA Requests Additional Comment on Silica Rule to Ease Burden of Compliance
From NAHB Now
OSHA is requesting information and comment on Table 1 of the agency’s Respirable Crystalline Silica Standard for Construction. OSHA seeks information on additional engineering and work practice control methods to effectively limit exposure to silica for the equipment and tasks currently listed on Table 1.
Since the final rule was issued in 2016, NAHB pushed OSHA to look for ways to improve the workability of the significant requirements in the rule.
The agency is also requesting information about other construction equipment and tasks that generate silica that it should consider adding to Table 1.
In addition, OSHA is seeking comments about whether to revise paragraph (a)(3) of the Respirable Crystalline Silica Standard for General Industry to broaden the circumstances under which general industry and maritime employers would be permitted to comply with Table 1 of the silica standard for construction.
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