Someone Has to Get Out the Checkbook possibly for a Million!
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDOL/bulletins/3b11f70
The company will dispute it, probably negotiate a lower settlement amount. Never-the-less as an employer you got to know what your employees are exposed to, and protect them.
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Surprisingly, we still come across companies that are unaware that OSHA has a respirable crystalline silica standard that came out in 2016. On top of that, many are unaware of the need to (1) use Table 1 methods, (2) perform sampling, and (3) develop an ECP. I think a lot of companies are just slipping through the cracks on silica and simply not getting caught, but it'll pop up 10-20 years from now when their silicosis flares up. Problem for the worker is that unless they documented the workplace exposures themselves, then if the employer did not do any sampling/ECPs/etc., the worker will have a hard time trying to get all of their medical expenses covered by the employer when the illnesses occur a decade (or more) later.