Respirable silica dust protection enters second phase

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s revised protection and monitoring requirements for respirable silica dust exposure in Construction and General Industry workplaces are set, with or without universal employer compliance. Robert Bosch Tool Corp. in Mt. Prospect, Ill., reminds producers and contractors working with concrete, stone or masonry materials of new OSHA requirements in this question & answer with Jim Bohn, director of Strategic Development – North America:

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Silica dust and new OSHA Construction, General Industry standards

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A key supplier to trades frequently exposed to concrete and cement dust, Bosch Power Tools engaged former Concrete Construction editor and Bomanite pattern stamped flatwork contractor Joe Nasvik in a discussion on the federal government’s revised threshold for crystalline silica levels in Construction and General Industry workplaces. The agency has set a compliance target this month for contractors bound by the Construction workplace rule, with General Industry employers to follow in June 2018.

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