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Industry, Labor Signal Competing Arguments In Suit On OSHA Silica Rule


June 6, 2016 at 04:55 PM
Construction industry and labor groups are raising competing arguments in their lawsuits challenging OSHA's recent overhaul of its silica standards with labor groups arguing that the agency's long-awaited rule failed to go far enough to protect workers, and industry saying the agency has failed to adequately justify risk estimates underpinning the rule.

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