USG Corp., a manufacturer of building products and solutions, is raising awareness around Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s updated standards for silica dust exposure by offering commercial contractors and construction organizations a path to compliance with the aid of USG Sheetrock Brand Dust Control Joint Compound.
The timing is significant; OSHA’s new silica regulation is effective as of September 23, 2017. The OSHA rule substantially alters the employer’s obligation to protect their workers from respirable crystalline silica exposure, reducing the permissible exposure limit from 250 to 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air, averaged over an 8-hour shift.