USG Corp. is raising awareness around Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)’s updated standards for silica dust exposure, and offers commercial contractors and construction organizations a path to compliance with the aid of USG Sheetrock Brand Dust Control Joint Compound.
The OSHA rule substantially alters the employer’s obligation to protect their workers from respirable crystalline silica exposure, reducing the permissible exposure limit (PEL) from 250 to 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air, averaged over an 8-hour shift.