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USA-1992-R-31121
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Title_of_text
Occupational Exposure to Cadmium Rule (29 CFR Parts 1910, 1915 and 1926)
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
United States of America
Subjects (Classification)
Occupational safety and health; Protection against particular hazards
Adopted on (Date of text)
1992-09-11
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Regulation, Decree, Ordinance
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration hereby publishes a new standard for occupational exposure to cadmium, applicable to general industry and the agriculture and maritime sectors. A separate standard regulation exposure to cadmium in the construction industry was also developed because the differences in job duration, exposure and worksite conditions warrant unique treatment. The basis of this regulation is a determination by the Assistant Secretary that employees exposed to cadmium face significant risk to their health from lung cancer and serious kidney damages at the current permissible exposure limits and that promulgating this standard will substantially reduce that risk.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
1992-12-14
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Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1970 (USA-1970-R-96856)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labour Regulations (29 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter XVII, §1900-1999).
Serial region
Serial title
Federal Register
Date
1992-09-14
Volume
Vol. 57
Number
No. 178
Page range
pp. 42102-42463
ISBN
0097-6326