29 C.F.R. 1910.1000 - Air contaminants
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142 practice notes
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Part II
...the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, except those substances that have exposure limits listed in Tables Z-1, Z-2, and Z-3 of 29 CFR 1910.1000. The latter were issued under section 6(a) (29 U.S.C. Section 1910.1000, Tables Z-1, Z-2 and Z-3 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 553, Section 1......
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Safety and health standards, etc.:
Standards improvement project (Phase II),
...Health Act of 1970, except those substances that have exposure limits in Tables Z-1, Z-2, and Z-3 of 29 CFR1910.1000. The Agency issued 29 CFR 1910.1000 under section (6)(a) of the Act (29 U.S.C. Section 1910.1000, Tables Z-1, Z-2, and Z-3 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 553, but not under 29 CF......
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Part III
...the PPE at no cost to the employee (see, for example, OSHA's substance-specific health standards, which are codified in Subpart Z of 29 CFR 1910.1000). In other cases, however, such as in paragraph (a) of 29 CFR 1910.132 and paragraph (a) of 29 CFR 1926.28, who is required to pay for the PP......
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Occupational Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica
...OSH Act (29 U.S.C. 655(a)), to adopt national consensus and established Federal standards within two years of the Act's enactment (see 29 CFR 1910.1000 Table Z-1). Any rule that ``differs substantially from an existing national consensus standard'' must ``better effectuate the purposes of t......
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68 cases
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Burnham v. Karl and Gelb, P.C., No. 17022
...employee comes into contact that have been identified as toxic and hazardous by occupational safety and health standards, under Title 29 CFR 1910.1000 'Air Contaminant Code of Federal "(c) Each employer shall comply with occupational safety and health standards promulgated under this chapte......
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Parsons v. United Technologies Corp., Sikorsky Aircraft Div., No. 15570
...employee comes into contact that have been identified as toxic and hazardous by occupational safety and health standards, under Title 29 CFR 1910.1000 'Air Contaminant Code of Federal "(c) Each employer shall comply with occupational safety and health standards promulgated under this chapte......
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In re Welding Fume Products Liability Litigation, Case No. 1:03-CV-17000.
...("`Chemical manufacturer' means an employer with a workplace where chemical(s) are produced for use or distribution"). 6. See 29 C.F.R. §§ 1910.1000 Table Z-1, 1915.1000 Table Z, 1926.55 App. A (setting limits on an employee's exposure to different types of "air contaminants," including "ma......
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West Point-Pepperell, Inc. v. Donovan, POINT-PEPPEREL
...5 At the time the warrant was issued, WPP was contesting a 1977 OSHA citation, alleging violations of 29 C.F.R. § 1910.134(a)(1) and 29 C.F.R. § 1910.1000(a)(2) and (e) (the old cotton dust standard) for failure to introduce engineering controls to reduce exposure to cotton dust. Appellee a......
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8 firm's commentaries
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OSHA Issues Alert on Silica Use in Fracking – Cue the Plaintiffs’ Bar
...to the Bulletin, OSHA has jurisdiction over regulating work place conditions that expose workers to silica, including Air Contaminants (29 CFR 1910.1000); Hazard Communication (29 CFR 1910.1200); and Respiratory Protection (29 CFR 1910.134). In addition to providing workers with proper resp......
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OSHA Finally Releases Proposed New Rule on Silica Exposure
...to create new standards at 29 C.F.R. § 1910.1053 for general industry and 29 C.F.R. § 1926.1053 for construction, and revise parts of 29 C.F.R. §§ 1910.1000, 1915.1000, and 1926.1000 for corresponding The proposed rule also creates an action level of 25 µg/m3. Sampling at or above the actio......
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Be Aware of OSHA's New Proposed Rule on Silica
...weighted average. Currently, there is no specific standard related to silica; rather it is part of all regulated air contaminants under 29 CFR 1910.1000. The proposed rule, consisting of approximately 800 pages, can be viewed on OSHA's website https://www.osha.gov/silica/index.html. Since t......
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OSHA Circumvents Rulemaking By Implementing 'Recommended' Air Contaminant Exposure Limits
...its employees were exposed to styrene at 65.2 ppm which exceeds the corresponding OEL of 50 ppm. The PEL for styrene (provided in 29 C.F.R. § 1910.1000 Table Z-2) is 100 ppm. In effect, the Wisconsin employer complied with the standard but was still penalized for failing to adhere to the OE......
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1 books & journal articles
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Intentional disregard: remedies for the toxic workplace.
...levels become dangerous. See Industrial Union, 448 U.S. at 607. (149) Air Contaminants, 54 Fed Reg. 2332 (Jan. 19, 1989) (codified at 29 C.F.R. 1910.1000). (150) AFL-CIO v. OSHA, 965 F.2d 962, 971 (11th Cir. 1992). (151) Id. at 986-87. (152) BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, News Release, supra n......