OSHA Finalizes Revisions To ‘General Industry’ Beryllium Standards

OSHA is finalizing its rule to “clarify” key elements of the 2017 general-industry exposure standards for beryllium including a new definition of “work areas” that won support from unions as a way to ease compliance with the standards and thus bolster worker protections, even as litigation over the underlying policy continues. The standards revisions , which were released July 13 and has a compliance date of Sept. 14, is designed to ensure “that the rule is well understood and compliance...