Northern Steel Castings Inc. has been cited for two safety and four health violations at its Wisconsin Rapids, Wisc., carbon steel foundry, including for overexposing workers to crystalline silica, a ...

On April 18, 2024, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) published the long-anticipated final rule on respirable crystalline silica for coal mines and metal and nonmetal mines. As expected, ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced that OSHA has launched a new initiative focused on enhancing enforcement and providing compliance assistance to protect workers from ...

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is committed to ensuring the safety of our employees in the workplace. Our commitment includes the promotion of safe work practices, safety education and ...

The Mine Safety and Health Administration's (MSHA) proposed rule suggests a decreased Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) for respirable crystalline silica. In the mining industry, workers can be exposed ...

OSHA cited Brazilian Stone Design LLC for seven serious violations related to excessive exposure to respirable crystalline silica, resulting in $33,000 in penalties. The company failed to enforce ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Cosentino store in West Hollywood. The company now manufactures its Silestone slabs with 40% crystalline silica or less and also ...

On July 13 the U.S. Department of Labor published a notice of proposed rulemaking by its Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) to amend existing federal standards to better protect the nation’s ...

FILE - Julie Su speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions confirmation hearing for her to be the Labor Secretary, on Capitol Hill, April 20, 2023, in Washington. Coal miners will be ...

OSHA cited Brazilian Stone Design LLC with seven serious violations and $33,000 in penalties after finding workers exposed to high levels of respirable crystalline silica. U.S. Department of Labor ...

The Respirable Crystalline Silica Standard is an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulation. The citation number is 29 CFR 1910.1053 and 1926.1153. The Silica Exposure Control ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Coal miners will be better protected from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the premature deaths of thousands of mine workers from a respiratory ailment commonly known as ...