OSHA has issued a final rule to limit workers' exposure to respirable crystalline silica.

An overview of the revised OSHA silica standards.

The Department of Labor has instructed OSHA to proceed with enforcing the tough silica exposure rule.

For contractors, projects come with inherent risks that can be minimized through proper precautions, practical training and ongoing education.

Get in front of the new silica rules before OSHA intervenes.

The following statement was released by the North America's Building Trades Unions in reaction to the issuing of a new OSHA standard for silica:

Under OSHA’s proposed rule, a construction employer would have to measure and keep records of the amount of respirable crystalline silica that its workers are exposed to if it may be at or above 25 micrograms of silica per cubic meter of air, averaged over an eight-hour day.