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Portland Cement Excluded From New OSHA Standard
In a victory for affordable housing and against unnecessary government regulation, the final Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standard on hexavalent chromium published in the Feb. 28 Federal Register excludes exposure to Portland cement in construction and other industries. Portland cement is a basic ingredient in concrete and mortar.
For more than a year, NAHB members and staff have met with OSHA officials, urging them to exclude Portland cement from any rulemaking because the agency’s own data showed that possible airborne exposure to the chemical in construction activities involving wet cement — such as mixing mortar, brick laying, footer cement pouring and cement finishing — was minimal.
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