| Action Summary |
When federal OSHA published its Final Rule for the Occupational Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica on March 25, 2016 (81 FR 69272), this standard also affected other provisions related to the Respirable Crystalline Silica standard, such as §§ 1910.1000, Air Contaminants in the General Industry, 1915.1000, Air Contaminants, in the Shipyards Industry, and 1926.55, Gases, Vapors, Fumes, Dusts, and Mists, in the Construction Industry. The final rule contained typographical errors in the formulas for the permissible exposure limits (PELs) in the pre-2016 final rule, for example: in General Industry, §1910.1000, Air Contaminants, Table Z-3, Mineral Dusts, in Shipyards- §1915, Air Contaminants, Table Z- Shipyards, Mineral Dusts table; and in Construction- Appendix A of §1926.55, Gases, Vapors, Fumes, Dusts, and Mists, Mineral Dusts table, the division symbol was omitted from the formulas, and the entries for “Silica: Crystalline Quartz” in the headings of the above-mentioned tables were revised. |
