DynaGrace Enterprises, a WOSB, professional services company has been awarded the GSA Schedule 66 – Scientific Equipment and Services Schedule Contract. The first women-owned firm in Utah to be a vendor on that prestigious GSA schedule. It’s more than DUST. The employee who works in a dusty environment is exposed to a deadlier form of Read More
From the day we’re born, taking a deep breath is something we all take for granted. Silica in an industrial environment is common place. Adults breathe 12 – 20 times a minute when they are resting. As humans, we take between 17,000 – 30,000 breaths a day, and the total length of the airways in Read More
OSHA put out a Request for Information (RFI) to ask for additional information regarding the respirable crystalline silica standard. OSHA revised the silica standard March 25, 2016, and launched an industry compliance effort on September 23, 2017, with full enforcement of the October 23, 2017 standard.
Ever since the new OSHA regulation for occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica went into effect in 2017, OSHA has been trying to clear any questions concerning compliance. Last week, the administration released a brand-new silica standard Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) to offer some clarification. The new FAQs were created after talking to the general industry and industry stakeholders.
Black Lung is still around. This last week the National Public Radio (NPR) collaborated with PBS investigative series Frontline on an article titled: “An Epidemic Is Killing Thousands of Coal Miners. Regulators Could Have Stopped It.” The multiyear investigation by NPR and Frontline found that these coal miners are part of an unfortunate, tragic, discovered outbreak Read More