Industry Group To OMB: Monitor Silica Exposure Under Current PEL Versus Tightening It

Several key industry groups with a stake in OSHA's silica controls recently met privately with White House officials to raise concerns with the agency's plan to tighten its silica exposure standard, with the industrial sand industry suggesting OSHA instead step up monitoring of workers under the current permissible exposure limit, which the group said is frequently not met. But organized labor decried the industry push and continues to criticize what it views as the Office of Management and Budget's lengthy review of OSHA's draft proposal. The National Industrial Sand Association (NISA) urged