Silica

  • September 2019 – Contractor Community0

    OSHA Silica RFI OSHA is requesting information on the effectiveness of engineering and work practice control methods not currently included for the tasks and equipment listed on Table 1 of the Respirable Crystalline Silica standard for construction. The agency is also requesting information on tasks and equipment involving exposure to respirable crystalline silica that are not

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    March 2019 Edition ASA Working on Draft Proposed Retainage Legislation As ASA continues to craft its legislative agenda for the 116th Congress, we are focusing our efforts on draft proposed retainage legislation that would lower the maximum retainage rate used by the federal government to 5 percent from 10 percent. In construction contracts, retainage is

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    November 2017 Appeals Court Hears Oral Arguments on OSHA Silica Rule On Sept. 26, business and labor lawyers, as well as representatives of OSHA, made oral arguments concerning OSHA’s silica rule before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Industry attorneys, including those representing ASA and the Construction Industry Safety Coalition,

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    September 2017 Contractors Must Be in Compliance with OSHA Silica Rule by Sept. 23 Construction contractors with more than 10 employees have until Sept. 23 to comply with OSHA’s final rule (http://bit.ly/1WZOnFf) regulating employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica. Under a rule issued by OSHA on March 25, 2016, construction employers must comply with all

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    August 2017 ASA Encourages Prime Contractors to Apply for National Construction Best Practices Awards Prime contractors and specialty trade contractors that have signed, within the past year, a contract directly with a construction owner under which it performs construction services are encouraged to apply for ASA’s National Construction Best Practices Awards. These awards recognize prime

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