HazCom Rule Addresses Combustible Dust
Bloomberg BNA "There is a “general consensus” on what constitutes combustible dust" "The final rule, as well as a guidance document issued in 2013, “lay out reasonably consistent and clear instructions” on how employers should decide whether they have a combustible dust hazard, the judge said." HazCom Rule Can Address Combustible Dust, Court Says in Rejecting Industry Challenge Monday, October 27, 2014 from Daily Labor Report® Oct. 24 — A federal appeals court denied a petition Oct. 24 to vacate the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Hazard Communication Standard as it applies to combustible dust. The petitioners argued that the Hazard Communication Standard—a final rule—should be vacated because OSHA failed to give adequate notice that combustible dust would be included in the rule and that combustible dust should instead be addressed in a pending rulemaking on the subject. They also told a three-member panel of the ...