Quartz Countertops: 3 Massive Trends for the Future
Bioquartz® is the first industrial quartz free of crystalline silica, obtained through a special technological process of pyrolytic fusion of a mix of common minerals.
Category: Safety (with Eye on OSHA)
Quartz-Surface Producers: Educate on Silicosis
Major manufacturers of engineered stone worldwide back efforts for workplace safety, including government regulation.
Australia: New Silicosis Safety Standard in Force
Country’s largest state takes lead in adopting more-comprehensive rules on fabrication air quality.
Get Your Shop Safety on a Stick
MIA+BSI video collection now available on USB flash drive.
New MIA+BSI Installation Safety Video
Presentation offers close look at on-the-jobsite hazards and solutions.
OSHA Tackling Exposure Limits Again
Federal agency now dealing with chemicals; begins process with “national dialogue.”
MIA Safety Group Gets New Chief
CCS Stone’s Jonathan Mitnick to head up committee of 22 top industry managers on shop safety.
Eye on OSHA: Violations, Fines Down in Second-Quarter 2012
There’s one growth area in stone-shop inspections this year: complaints.
Eye on OSHA: Stone-Shop Inspections Decline in 2011
Initial penalties increase by nearly 20%, however.
Eye on OSHA: Inspections Continue Decline in 3Q 2011
Federal-agency visits, write-ups down, but fines are up.
