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Article: Lead standard, grain refinement top list of division presentations.
- Article from:
- Modern Casting
- Article date:
- June 1, 1990
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OSHA's Lead Standard, its compliance measures and enforcement dates, was a major topic of conversation in the Brass & Bronze sessions. G. Mosher, American Foundrymen's Society, presented an update of what is going on in court and what the outcome will mean to brass and bronze foundries.
What it boils down to, according to Mosher, is that OSHA considers feasible a 50 [micro]g/m[.sup.]3 engineering control level for airborne lead for foundries employing more than 2O people ; 75 [micro]g/ m[.sup.]3 for less than 20. These feasibility levels are now before the court, with all briefs and oral arguments expected to be filed by June and a decision by Fall. If the court ...