October 9, 2014 at 05:07 PM
OSHA is floating a wide range of new options for tackling what many health experts consider long-outdated permissible exposure limits (PELs) for workplace hazardous chemicals, saying the legal hurdles involved in regulatory updates to existing levels call for potential changes in approach that include using other data sources and approaches such as control banding and task-based controls to tamp down on worker risk.