Drilling Into What New OSHA Silica Rules Mean for Concrete Drillers

Drilling Into What New OSHA Silica Rules Mean for Concrete Drillers

Unless you’ve been living under a concrete slab the past few months, you’ve likely heard about the new OSHA standards for crystalline silica dust. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, better known as OSHA, updated the 1971 standards last year. For concrete drilling and other construction industries, companies must be in compliance by September 2017. But, what does compliance mean for concrete drillers, and how do we get there? New Standards Companies that employ people to use handheld concrete
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Dealers: We Want to Help Grow Your Sales

Dealers: We Want to Help Grow Your Sales

Always good to see you! Our E-Z Drill team has enjoyed seeing many of you on the road over the past month! The last few weeks we visited with you in Kansas City at the Missouri/Kansas ACPA Conference, attended Indy Equipment’s Open House in Independence, Ohio, and enjoyed quality meetings at CONEXPO-CON/AGG in Las Vegas. Looking ahead, we will be exhibiting at Stan Houston’s Open Houses — in Sioux Falls, S.D., and Sioux City, Iowa — on March 22 and
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Focusing on Customer Support through Trade Shows and Visits

Focusing on Customer Support through Trade Shows and Visits

As the trade show “season” marches forward, let’s quickly look back at our participation at World of Concrete in January. We introduced the totally pneumatic Dust Collection Cart, which gives contractors a safe and effective method for collecting dust while using handheld rock drills. The Dust Collection Cart meets all Table 1 requirements for OSHA’s new crystalline silica standards, which goes into effect June 23, 2017. As we look ahead there are several opportunities we are taking advantage of to
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