OSHA Publishes New Silica Dust Rule, O&G Must Comply by 2018

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Last December MDN warned you that the Obama Administration's latest attempt to regulate the oil and gas industry was coming from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)--via new silica dust regulations (see New Dust Regulation Latest Obama Attempt to Regulate O&G). As predicted, last week OSHA published their new rules (full copy below). We certainly have nothing against being safe and guarding the safety of workers. Silica dust is nasty stuff--effectively like asbestos particles. But once again the Obamadroids have taken a serious issue and have gone to extremes. The "good news" if there is any, is that the new rules don't take effect for the oil and gas industry for two years...

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