OSHA Issues Interim Enforcement Guidance For 2020 Beryllium Rules

OSHA has issued interim enforcement guidance for revisions the Trump administration made last year to the agency’s beryllium standards, detailing procedures to guide compliance officers’ site inspections and citations for alleged violations of the revised policies for general industry worksites, shipyards and construction sites. The new guidance , which is dated April 21 but only appeared on OSHA’s website May 3, is addressed to the agency’s regional administrators and state plan designees, and signed by Patrick J. Kapust, acting director...