As part of a settlement agreement, OSHA published an amendment in the Oct. 31 Federal Register to the compliance date provision of its hexavalent chromium standard. The amendment creates an optional, ...

OSHA on Oct. 2 issued safety and health guidance to help small businesses comply with the agency's new hexavalent chromium (Cr[VI]) requirements for general industry, construction and shipyards. The ...

EMPLOYERS are under continuous pressure to improve quality, increase productivity, provide a safe work environment, and control costs. The key to determining the level of effort needed to comply with ...

Coastal Training Technologies Corp. has released a new training program to help companies comply with OSHA’s updated standard on hexavalent chromium. “Hexavalent Chromium Awareness” is available on ...

OSHA has issued a new compliance directive for occupational exposure to hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)). The directive, OSHA Instruction CPL 02-02-074, Inspection Procedures for the Chromium (VI) ...

FORT RUCKER, Ala. (November 15, 2017) - Hexavalent Chromium, or Cr(VI), is a compound commonly used to create pigments in dyes, paints, primers, inks and plastics. To prevent corrosion, Hexavalent ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY — A Camp Hill business has been cited for exposing workers to hexavalent chromium fumes and other safety hazards, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health ...

A new study which combines measurements from nearly 1,400 drinking water wells across North Carolina estimates that more than half of the wells in the state's Piedmont region contain levels of ...