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Delegated States Slow To Adopt OSHA Silica Rule, Prompting 'Dilemma'


April 4, 2018 at 07:27 PM
Six states operating under OSHA-approved state plans have yet to adopt their own rules to implement the Obama OSHA's March 2016 regulation updating limits for exposure to silica, raising legal questions and warnings from observers that it poses a significant “compliance dilemma” and jeopardizes workers' safety.

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