MSHA's Activity on Quartz and Potential for a Rulemaking

Monty Cooper led an hour-long webinar presentation for the Industrial Minerals Association – North America (IMA-NA) as part of its “Workshop Webinar Series.” The presentation provided information regarding (1) comments made to the Mine Safety Health Administration (MSHA) in response to MSHA’s recent Request for Information concerning silica exposure for workers and (2) the potential for rulemaking concerning silica. The webinar had more than 40 registrants, including health-and-safety officials and in-house counsel from, among other companies, Halliburton, Imerys, U.S. Silica Co., Wyo-Ben, Inc., Solvay Chemicals, Inc., and 3M.