Union Pressuring OSHA To Send Beryllium Rule To White House For Clearance

A key steelworkers union is putting rigorous pressure on OSHA to send to the White House for review a rule that would tighten controls on worker exposures to the toxic metal beryllium, long after the union teamed with the only U.S. producer of pure beryllium to propose the agency cut the permissible exposure limit (PEL) for the metal by 90 percent.