OSHA Cr PEL UPDATE!!

The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals (Philadelphia) upheld OSHA’s PEL of 5 ug/m3 based on economic feasibility and denied arguments made by Public Citizen’s, a national, nonprofit consumer advocacy organization, except for the issue of employee notification when an operation exceeds the Action Level.
OSHA has analyzed the economic ramifications whether this standard under consideration would eliminate the competitive structure of an entire industry. It was determined that the proposed 1 ug/m3 PEL was too costly for electroplating job shops and concluded that these shops should not be expected to absorb the costs to comply with a 1 ug/m3 standard.
Though the battle may have been won, there are still tighter restrictions still being proposed. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (or NIOSH) is the United States federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness. NIOSH is making the proposed recommendation of a permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 0.2 ug/m3!

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