Two-year delay at White House angers occupational health experts
In the two years that a proposed rule to protect workers from exposure to dangerous levels of silica dust on the job has been held up by the White House, more than 100 workers have died and thousands have been sickened by preventable exposure to silica dust.
That figure comes from the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (NCOSH) which is demanding forward movement on the proposed Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica rule which has been stuck at the Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) for 730 days – despite a review deadline of 90 days.