"This new guidance focuses on silica alternatives, since most shipyards have moved away from using silica as a blasting agent," OSHA Administrator Edwin Foulke Jr. said. "However, alternative blasting ...

Abrasive blasting is a technique that has been in existence since 1870 when the first abrasive blasting process was patented by Benjamin Chew Tilghman. Abrasive blasting is the operation of forcibly ...

Cal/OSHA has issued updated guidance clarifying how construction employers must protect workers performing dry abrasive blasting under California’s recently amended lead standards. The revised ...

Painted structural galvanized steel is increasingly being used by specifiers who are seeking long-term solutions for steel structures. This increase is also because of architectural prerequisites that ...