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What contractors need to know about OSHA's new silica rule

9/22/2017

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Author: Kim Slowey | Construction Drive 

After a few legal fits and starts, as well as extra time for review and input, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s new silica standard for construction is scheduled to go into effect about a month from now, on Sept. 23.

What that means is contractors who engage in activities that create silica dust — that is, respirable crystalline silica — such as by cutting, grinding or blasting materials like concrete, stone and brick, must meet a stricter standard for how much of that dust workers inhale. The same goes for employers of tradespeople working around such activities.

The new standard also specifies what services employers must make available to workers who are exposed to high levels of silica dust and the training required of those who are at risk.

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Silica Update

9/21/2017

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LEGISLATIVE ALERT

 Urgent Silica Update

Dear MCAA Members, 

We've just received word last night that there is a modified roll out for the new silica rule that begins enforcement on Saturday this week.  For the first 30 days of enforcement OSHA will not issue citations to those employers who in good faith are trying to comply with the standard but are unable to reduce exposures or meet the requirements in Table 1.  Instead OSHA will focus on providing compliance assistance and outreach in an effort to assist employers implementing the controls in Table 1.  

Please understand that you need to working towards implementation and should have your training in place, written control exposure plan, and other components of the rule in place.  You need to show that you have been working toward implementation and just have not completed some components yet and may need clarification from them on aspects of the rule.  Likely they will not accept not having paperwork done as good faith efforts towards compliance.  If they deem you not to be working towards compliance they may issue a citation.  There is discussion that during this time frame that we may discuss expanding Table 1 a bit to include tasks that are deemed safe.  Please click here to view a directive that was sent out last night from OSHA.  

For those who assisted in our request for help in our last alert, we thank you as we think it was effective. 

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*New* MAF 2017 Convention Dates: October 19-22, 2017

9/15/2017

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*NEW* MAF Convention Dates: October 19 - 22, 2017
Hyatt Regency Coconut Point, Bonita Springs, Florida

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Due to the unfortunate events of the past week, the MAF Annual Convention has been postponed until October 19 - 22, 2017. 

If you have an existing Hyatt hotel reservation, the hotel has informed us that they will make the changes for us when they re-open next week. 

For those of you who would still like to attend, the hotel reservations preliminary deadline date has been extended to September 28, 2017.  Convention event registrations are also still available until that date.

Thank you to everyone who has worked so hard to make this a great convention and I hope that you will be able to join us. We also thank you for your patience as we work out the details, and I hope that you all have remained safe throughout Hurricane Irma.

If you need assistance, please contact me at deb@floridamasonry.com or 954-295-9926.

Kind regards,

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Deb Bartolucci
Marketing Director
Masonry Association of Florida, Inc.
deb@floridamasonry.com
954-295-9926

 

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Thank you Convention Sponsors!

 

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