Press Releases

2016 Releases:

• April 4 – Construction Industry Groups File Suit Over OSHA Silica Rule 
• March 24 – Construction Industry Voices Concerns with Silica Rule

2015 Releases:

• June 30 – Senate Appropriations Committee Passes Amendment Delaying Silica Rule  
• March 26 – New Study Finds that OSHA Officials Underestimated Cost of Silica Rule for Construction Industry by $4.5 Billion a Year Adding to a Growing List of Concerns About the Flawed Rule
• March 25 – OSHA Cost Estimates for Silica Standards Woefully Low 

2014 Releases:

• February 12 – NAHB Urges OSHA to Withdraw Silica Rule
• February 11 – ABC Calls OSHA’s Proposed Crystalline Silica Rule Unworkable: Joins Safety Coalition in Asking for Withdrawal

2013 Releases:

• November 18 – MIA Joins Construction Industry Safety Coalition Addressing the Proposed OSHA Silica Rule Change
• September 30 –  TAUC Joins Advocates for Better Silica Regulations, Calls for Comment Extension 
• September 3 – MCAA, New Coalition Work for Practical Silica Rule
• August 29 – ABC and Safety Coalition Concerned with OSHA’s Proposed Crystalline Silica Rule
• August 29 – AWCI Joins Advocates for Better Silica Regulations