TY - JOUR AU1 - Mitka, Mike AB - Capitol Health Call Capitol Health Call Proposed Rule Aims to Protect 20% received more than $10 million in per- Workers Exposed to Crystalline Silica formance rewards, which recognize sus- AproposedruleannouncedAugust23bythe tained performance beyond normal job re- Occupational Safety and Health Administra- quirements. tion (OSHA) seeks to reduce worker expo- The report also noted that the VA does suretocrystallinesilica,whichcancauselung not review the goals set by medical centers cancer, silicosis, chronic obstructive pulmo- and networks, so it does not have reason- nary disease, and kidney disease. If the rule able assurance that the goals make a clear is put in place, OSHA estimates it could save link between performance pay and physi- nearly 700 lives a year and prevent 1600 cian and dentist performance. The GAO re- new cases of silicosis annually. ported that at 4 medical centers it visited, all Airborne silica dust exposure occurs in physicians and dentists reviewed who were work involving cutting, sawing, drilling, and eligible for performance pay received it, in- crushing of concrete, brick, block, and other cluding all 5 physicians and dentists who had stone products and in work using sand prod- an action taken against them related to clini- ucts, such as glass TI - Proposed Rule Aims to Protect Workers Exposed to Crystalline Silica JF - JAMA DO - 10.1001/jama.2013.280186 DA - 2013-10-09 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-medical-association/proposed-rule-aims-to-protect-workers-exposed-to-crystalline-silica-Ofkf6h1s7w SP - 1437 EP - 1437 VL - 310 IS - 14 DP - DeepDyve ER -