BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.2//EN TZID:America/Chicago X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VEVENT UID:21@afstwincities.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200211T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200211T200000 DTSTAMP:20200207T182141Z URL:https://afstwincities.org/events/osha-silica-law-how-are-we-doing/ SUMMARY:Osha Silica Law: Where do we stand now? DESCRIPTION: \;\n\n\n\nAFS Twin Cities Chapter is hosting the annual me eting at Jax Cafe\, 1928 University Avenue NE\, Minneapolis\, MN 55418 on Tuesday\, February 11th\, 2020\, beginning with a Social at 5:00pm.\n\nThi s month's meeting will be an open discussion on the OSHA Respirable Silica Law and how as an industry we are doing to comply with the new regulation s. The standard established a new 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) permi ssible exposure limit (PEL) of 50 ug/m3\, and associated ancillary require ments. Angst and panic was set off when the new erquirements were released . Lobbyists fought the new requirements\, but lost. There were steps and p roactive measures taken so that we\, as an industry\, could comply with th e new regulations. Share your stories and insights as to what we did in ou r foundries and what made us compliant and successful. Share what steps ot hers have done or suggest other steps you may want to try.\nSchedule...\n5 :00pm      Social Hour - Cash Bar &\; Hors d'oeuvres sponsored by Carpenter Brothers\, Northern Iron &\; United Surface Preparation\n6:00 pm      Dinner\n6:45pm      Open Discussion - "Osha Silica Law: W here do we stand now?"\n7:30pm      Announcements\nRegister below by Fe bruary 7th at 12:00pm\n\nClick here to view newsletter.\n\n\n\n  LOCATION:Jax Cafe\, 1928 University Avenue NE\, Minneapolis\, Minnesota\, 5 5418\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1928 University Avenue NE\, Minneapolis\, Minnesota\, 55418\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITL E=Jax Cafe:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20191103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR