On October 8, 2019, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a new Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Occupational Exposure to Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds in Construction and Shipyard Sectors, 84 Fed. Reg. 53902 (Oct. 8, 2019). The proposed rule represents the latest in OSHA’s multi-year effort to attempt to regulate beryllium outside of general industry workplaces, where exposure to beryllium primarily exists. OSHA provided the public a 30-day period to submit written comments on the proposal, which ended on November 7, 2019. OSHA also held an informal public hearing on the proposed rule on December 3, 2019. Hearing participants have until January 16, 2020 to submit additional evidence and data on the proposal and until January 31, 2020 to submit final briefs and summations.
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