OSHA Finalizes Standard on Beryllium

With everyone focusing on the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) has quietly moved forward with issuing a final rule on occupational exposures to beryllium and beryllium compounds (collectively “beryllium”). Having begun rulemaking in January 2017, the agency’s proposed beryllium standard has been in flux for some time, as well as modified through revisions during rulemaking proceedings. But now, OSHA has again finalized requirements for occupational exposures to beryllium in standards for the general (29 CFR 1910.1024), construction (29 CFR 1926.1124), and shipyards (29 CFR 1915.1024) industries. Health standards provided in the final rule are also set to go into effect on September 14, 2020.

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