Court Grants Chamber, Industry Requests To Intervene In Silica Suit

Appeals court judges have approved requests from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and cement producers to intervene in the complex litigation challenging OSHA's final rule strengthening its silica standards, despite labor union opposition that the groups' involvement would inappropriately expand issues in the case. In a July 28 order , a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted separate requests from the cement and concrete industries, and from business coalitions, including the Chamber...