INDUSTRY FACES Industry Advocate Values Awareness, Engagement
In September 2013, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released formal draft regulations that lower the permissible exposure limit (PEL) for crystalline silica. Te rule would reduce the current PEL of 100 micrograms of crystalline silica per cubic meter of air (µg/ cu.m) to 50 µg/cu.m, a change that would increase required protective measures such as air and medical monitoring, restricted work areas, respirator use and recordkeeping. Six months before that an- nouncement, Matt Sullivan, president of Buck Company Inc., a ferrous and nonferrous casting facility in Pennsylvania, was one of the metalcasting industry’s four representatives to appear before the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to discuss the economic impact of the proposed regulations. “Advocacy seems contrary to your
samples. More than 40% of samples taken from the cleaning/finishing, sand system and abrasive blasting job catego- ries were above the current standard. “We’ve worked our tails off the last 15
years and we’re within reach of the goal line,” Sullivan said in reference to Buck Company’s effort to meet the current regu- lation. “Now, we’re going to move the target so far downhill, I don’t know how much money it will cost us to get there. You’ve got to enforce and achieve what you have in place before you move the bar.” OSHA plans to hold public hearings
on the silica regulations in March, and it could be several years before the rules are finalized. Sullivan believes the industry’s influence in altering the outcome with the silica proposal is limited. “Is OSHA going to change its mind
Sullivan, president of Buck Company, sees opportunity to influence future regulation through early involvement.
everyday business person’s mentality, but in reality, that’s how the game is played,” he said. “If you want to have any kind of say in what happens, you have to get involved and you have to be heard.”
Te metalcasting industry will be significantly affected
by the new silica regulation, with independent studies estimating costs for industry compliance at $1 billion per year. Yet a large number of metalcasting facilities currently do not meet the 100 µg/cu.m PEL, according to OSHA
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on this matter? Tat’s to be determined,” he said. “I think meeting with the OMB on the back end of things did not appear to significantly change the outcome. Ideally, that same meeting should have
occurred years prior, during the working and drafting phase. Tat type of collaboration could lead to constructive change for all parties.” Industry advocacy in future regulations can be effective if individuals are engaged earlier in the process. “It’s about awareness of the issues,” he said. “Te leaders of
these foundries are bombarded by responsibilities. It is hard to pay attention to what’s going on with proposed regulations, but it’s a responsibility of the industry.”
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