NAM Files Comments to OSHA’s Proposed Silica Rule
Posted on Saturday, February 1, 2014
The National Association
of Manufacturers (NAM) filed
comments to OSHA’s proposed
silica rule, which would cut the
permissible exposure limit (PEL)
in half from 100 micrograms to
50 micrograms over an eight-hour
time frame. The rule would
also mandate certain engineering
controls and restricted work
areas, as well as require additional
medical monitoring, training and
record-keeping. In the comments,
the NAM recommends that “OSHA
withdraw the proposed rule on the
ground that OSHA has failed to
establish that there is a significant
risk at exposure levels below the
current PEL, or that the proposed
rule is technically or economically
feasible.”
The NAM will next participate in
OSHA’s public hearing on the rule,
which will begin on March 18 and
is scheduled to go for approximately
two weeks.
For more information, contact
Joe Trauger, VP Human Resources
Policy, NAM, at jtrauger@nam.org.