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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Tuesday, April 10, 1984
OSHA Proposal to Set Tougher Standard
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such as medical monitoring, at the stricter 200.000- fiber exposure level, if it adopts the 500.000- fiber limit. Employers wouldn't have
. WASHINGTON-The Labor Department to carry out the full range of compliance
uncertain how much it should tighten occu measures unlesaexp06ure reached 500,000 fi
paflonaJ-exposure limits for asbestos, is bers.
seeking public comment on a proposal to set
In addition, OSHA said it is considering a
the limits at one of two levels.
separate asbestos rule for the construction
Xhe department's Occupational Safety industry, partly to take into account the
and Health Administration is trying to de transient nature of such work.
cide whether It should set maximum work
The job-safety agency estimates about
place exposure for asbestos at 500.000 fibers 375,000 U.S. workers are exposed to as
a cubic meter of air or at 200,000 fibers a cu bestos. including 49,000 exposed at above the
bic meter. The current level is two million 500.000- fiber level and 4,000 at above the
fibers. The proposal-had been expected. As 200.000- fiber level but below the 500,000-fiber
bestos has been linked to cancer and respi level. Lowering exposure limits "will reduce
ratory diseases.
the risk of death for workers exposed to as
OSHA officials aren't sure whether all bestos by at least 75%.'' said Patrick Tyson.
employers could measure such minute air OSHA's deputy chief. Asbestos is used in
concentrations as the 200,000-fiber level. The manufacturing, automotive repair, ship
White House Budget Office found that there building. ship repair and construction.
would be little cost differences for compli
Last month, a court struck down a tem
ance with one level or the other.
porary OSHA limit on occupational expo
According to a subsequent OSHA analy sure. The suit, brought by the asbestos in
sis, using respirators to reduce exposure to dustry, attacked the agency for lowering the
the 500.000-fiber level would cost employers limit to 500,000 fibers a cubic meter of air
about 566 million initially and more than $53 without following regular rule-making pro
million annually, compared with more than cedures.
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$68 million in initial costs and almost $56
million a year thereafter at the tougher New Orleans Stevedoring Job
Gramercy ?.- Park Hotel
200.000-fiber level.
WASHINGTON-New Orleans Stevedor
OSHA also raised the possibility of other ing received a $12.9 million Army contract
approaches to curbing workplace asbestos for stevedoring and related terminal ser
exposure. While a single limit likely will be vices.
set. one agency official said the rule-making
procedure will consider whether "to make
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some distinction for (different) fiber types
of asbestos." Some scientists suspect certain types may be more likely than others to
cause mesothelioma, a cancer of the lining of the lungs.
4#ggg&&inmiaaaald}lmagency will oftfis latestproposal until
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~ Omit is cboseo, the OSHA proposal would require employers to
teach workers about the health effects of as
bestos, proper use of respirators, and proper
a aswork practices for handling the substance.
Call Gen. Mgr. Mt Tom O'Brien
The current standard, set in 1976, doesn't
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OSHA health rules do. OSHA Is also considering a requirement
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