What Does OSHA’s Portland Cement Compliance Directive Require?
“After its court-ordered review of the workplace dangers of hexavalent chromium earlier this year, OSHA directed its inspectors to ensure that construction workers are properly protected from the hex-chrome hazard when working with Portland cement,” says LHSFNA Management Co-Chairman Noel C. Borck. “Though LIUNA signatory contractors consistently comply with OSHA standards, I asked the Fund’s Occupational Safety and Health Division to summarize the duties on which employers will now be checked so that no LIUNA contractors will face the risk of an OSHA citation.
“After its court-ordered review of the workplace dangers of hexavalent chromium earlier this year, OSHA directed its inspectors to ensure that construction workers are properly protected from the hex-chrome hazard when working with Portland cement,” says LHSFNA Management Co-Chairman Noel C. Borck.
