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Agency Seen Striving To Finish Confined Spaces Rule, Forge Ahead On Silica Plan This Year


January 13, 2015 at 11:42 PM
OSHA stakeholders and expert observers predict the agency will at least come close this year to finishing a new rule to protect construction workers against confined space hazards -- along with making strides on other rules including reductions in silica exposure limits, changes to OSHA recordkeeping procedures and a proposed rule tamping down on potential hazards from beryllium.

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