NRCA Offers Silica Regulation Resources

The new rule took effect September 23 and sets new protocols for minimizing worker exposure to silica.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published a new rule regarding worker exposure to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) in construction that takes effect Sept. 23. The OSHA regulation sets out new protocols for minimizing worker exposure to silica that are more comprehensive than the previous rule and will require greater compliance efforts on the part of contractors.

NRCA has developed tools for contractors to use to comply with provisions of the OSHA regulation. Resources include a PowerPoint presentation contractors can use to facilitate a training session regarding RCS as required by the rule; links to outside resources that may be useful for compliance assistance with equipment options, objective data compilations, industrial hygiene and laboratory needs, and plan development; and the regulatory text of the rule at 29 CFR §1153 and Appendices A and B.

For more information and to view NRCA's silica regulation resources as a member, click here. To join the NRCA to view this and other resources offered to members, click here.