Category Workplace Health & Safety (2)

OSHA Announced a New Rule to Protect Workers From Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica

On March 24, 2016, OSHA announced a final rule which will protect workers from exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust. What is crystalline silica? Crystalline silica is a basic component of soil, sand, granite and other minerals. Quartz is the most common form of crystalline silica. This silica becomes respirable dust when workers chip,... Read More

OSHA Penalties are Going Up, Up, Up

On November 2, 2015, President Obama signed the bipartisan budget bill which permits OSHA to institute a “catch-up adjustment” effective August 1, 2016. The increase that starts on August 1, 2016, and the subsequent annual adjustments for which the bill provides are to be based upon the Consumer Price Index (“CPI”). The big question is what the... Read More