OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION ISSUES PROPOSED RULE: BENZENE

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a proposed rule called: Benzene.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on July 1 by Amanda Laihow, Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.

Summary: This proposed rule would revise some substance-specific respirator requirements to allow different types of respirators to be used under OSHA's Benzene standard and would better align this standard with OSHA's Respiratory Protection standard.

For more information, contact For press inquiries:Contact Frank Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of Communications, Occupational Safety and Health Administration; telephone: [phone]; email: [e-mail].

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