One of his insurers supplied testing for airborne silica, and Scott says ranges were initially solely marginally acceptable, although his facility would not do any dry processing of stone, which creates more dust. A spokesperson for OSHA tells NPR that the company will decide “at a later date” whether or not a revised silica special emphasis program is required; within the meantime, the company “continues to implement the 2016 silica commonplace.” “That way OSHA can have an impact on the complete business,” says Michaels. “We really not only saw people who had been directly chopping and grinding the stone, but…