(OSHA) Stakeholders join OSHA for silica rulemaking Web chat

Jan. 14, OSHA hosted a live Web chat to discuss the agency’s proposed rule on occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica. During the Web chat, participants were able to ask questions, get clarification from OSHA on the proposed silica rule and learn how to participate in the regulatory process.

Over the two and half hour Web chat, OSHA staff answered over 80 questions on the proposed standards for general industry and maritime and for construction, reviewing OSHA’s underlying analysis of health risks, potential costs and benefits, and economic impacts and explaining how to submit comments to the rulemaking record. OSHA strongly encourages interested parties to submit their written comments and testimony at www.regulations.gov before the Monday, Jan. 27 deadline. Additional information on the proposed rule and how to participate in the rulemaking can be found at www.osha.gov/silica.

Source: OSHA