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Rejecting Industry Challenges, Appeals Court Upholds Obama-Era Silica Rule


December 22, 2017 at 04:02 PM
Rejecting a set of industry challenges, a federal appellate court has largely upheld the Obama OSHA's March 2016 final rule updating limits for exposure to silica for the first time in more than 40 years, though the court granted unions' request to remand a portion of the rule to strengthen provisions governing already-exposed workers.

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