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clothes and respirators; providing wash
and change rooms; and offering berylli-
um-specific education and training.
If air sampling reveals exposures
higher than the permissible exposure
limit, additional actions will be required,
including medical surveillance, testing
and possible removal from the workplace.
Once enacted into law, the new stan-
dard should provide certainty and consis-
tency across general industry for the safe
handling of beryllium. It would provide a
basis for standardizing education, train-
ing, monitoring, testing and other pro-
cesses, as well as help ensure the continu-
ity of future beryllium supplies and, most
importantly, help protect the health and
safety of those who work with beryllium-
containing materials.
OSHA has ceased accepting written
public comments on the proposed beryl-
lium standard, and will evaluate and
respond to comments before issuing a
final standard. This entire process can
take 12 to 18 months from the time a pro-
posed standard is issued until the time
the final standard is published in the
Federal Register.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Materion Performance Alloys
800-862-4118
theodore.knudson@materion.com
materion-ehs@materion.com
CONTRIBUTOR
Ted Knudson is director of product stewardship for
Materion Performance Alloys.
LEARN MORE
For a look at the beryllium worker
protection model and a copy of the
pr
oposed standard, visit
short.moldmakingtechnology.com/safety .
Y
ou can also register for a webinar that
will cover everything you need to know
about the new standard at short.
moldmakingtechnology.com/beryllium .
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