Dust-Up: Challenges to New OSHA Silica Rule Pit Associations Against Labor

New OSHA rule slashes permissible exposure limits for silica dust by 80%.

AGC claims the new targets are unattainable given current air filtration technologies.

AFL-CIO, other labor groups are celebrating, citing 75-year-old battle to combat silicosis.

AGC, ABC, ARTBA, ASA, MCAA, NAHB among groups mount joint legal challenge.

(more on construction-industry reaction to new OSHA silicosis rule . . . )