OSHA Requests Information on Table 1 of Silica Standard for Construction

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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration 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. The agency is also requesting information about other construction equipment and tasks that generate silica that it should consider adding to Table 1, along with information about their associated engineering and work practice control methods. In addition, OSHA is seeking comments about whether to revise paragraph (a)(3) … Read more

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CleanSpace Launches Respirator Trial Kits for New OSHA Silica Standard

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CleanSpace Technology has released its CleanSpace2 Power Unit Respirator Trial Kit designed to provide organizations in the construction industry with high-efficiency particulate air filter protection to help meet the OSHA 29 CFR 1926.1153 Respirable Crystalline Silica in Construction and OSHA 29 CFR 1910 General Industry regulations. The new OSHA silica regulations become effective Sept. 23, requiring construction companies to lower permissible exposure to silica to one-fifth of its current exposure within one year. The CleanSpace2 Trial Kits are a complete ready-to-use system and include: CleanSpace2 power unit HEPA particulate filer Filter adaptor Half masks (small, medium and large) Storage and … Read more

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