OSHA Proposes Rule on Crystalline Silica Exposure

摘要

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed a rule to lower worker exposure to crystalline silica. Once the full effects of the rule are realized, OSHA estimates that the proposed rule would result in saving nearly 700 lives per year and prevent 1600 new cases of silicosis annually. Exposure to airborne silica dust occurs in operations involving cutting, sawing, drilling, and crushing of concrete, brick, block, and other stone products and in operations using sand products.