AIHA Backs OSHA's Withdrawn Noise Policy, Says Engineering Controls Often Cost-Effective

A key industrial hygiene group has come out in support of a controversial noise control policy that was recently withdrawn by OSHA after employers complained it would force them to institute costly engineering and administrative controls. The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) has pledged to offer additional technical information as the agency agrees to hear more from stakeholders on the issue. The move could help OSHA fend off an expected probe by House GOP lawmakers into whether the agency overreached in its bid to reinterpret the term feasibility in the noise control standards w