New and revised resources available from OSHA on
silica final rule
OSHA has released two resources to help small business
employers comply with the agency’s final silica rule. The Small
Entity Compliance Guide for General Industry and Maritime outlines
steps that employers are required to take including: assessing worker
exposures; using engineering and work practice controls to keep exposures below
a specified safety threshold; offering medical exams to certain highly exposed
workers; and training workers. Enforcement
of the final rule is scheduled to begin June 23, 2018.
Released earlier in the year, the Small Entity Compliance
Guide for Construction describes requirements to protect employees
including: using engineering controls specified in the standard or selecting
other effective engineering controls to reduce exposures; offering medical
exams to workers who will need to wear a respirator under the silica standard
for 30 or more days a year; and training workers. The guide was updated to
reflect the new enforcement date of Sept. 23, 2017.
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