Title :
Risks that you can live with regulations that you can live without regulation of crystalline silica and hexavalent chromium in the cement industry
Author :
Savit, Mark N. ; Abrams, Adele L.
Author_Institution :
Patton Boggs, Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
Lately, the regulation of airborne contaminants has become a major focus of both the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OSHA) and Mine Safety Health Act (MSHA) in the USA. Given this focus, the mining industry in general, and the cement industry in particular, must be particularly sensitive to regulatory trends regarding airborne or dustborne pathogens or irritants. Recent developments reveal that several disturbing trends are building in the regulatory environment. Two of them are explored in this paper
Keywords :
air pollution control; cement industry; dust; health hazards; legislation; safety; Mine Safety Health Act; Occupational Health and Safety Act; USA; air emissions control; airborne irritants; airborne pathogens; cement industry; crystalline silica; dustborne irritants; dustborne pathogens; hexavalent chromium; regulations; regulatory trends; Accidents; Cement industry; Crystallization; Employment; Force measurement; Health and safety; Injuries; Mining industry; Occupational safety; Silicon compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Cement Industry Technical Conference. 1997. XXXIX Conference Record., 1997 IEEE/PCA
Conference_Location :
Hershey, PA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3962-2
DOI :
10.1109/CITCON.1997.599409
