Document ID: OSHA-2010-0034-1781
Agency: osha
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2013-10-24T04:00Z

Support for OSHA's Preliminary Economic Analysis for Proposed Respirable Crystalline Silica Standard: 
                   Excel Spreadsheets of Economic Costs and Impacts

The eleven attachments to this exhibit are Excel (spreadsheet) workbooks that contain data and analysis supporting OSHA's preliminary economic analysis (PEA) of the proposed silica standard.
Silica PEA Excel Workbook #1 - Industry Profile Tables (revised with fracking): Estimates of the numbers of establishments, entities and employment, by NAICS industry code, affected by the proposed standard; the distribution of worker exposures; and other industrial and financial characteristics of affected industries.
Silica PEA Excel Workbook #2  -  Construction Unit Costs_Updated: Baseline construction job and task categories, unit labor wage and equipment rates, control costs, and cost impact summaries.
 Silica PEA Excel Workbook #3  -  Construction Control Costs_Active: Profile of at-risk construction occupational categories, dollar value of at-risk tasks, and cost and productivity impacts associated with compliance.
Silica PEA Excel Workbook #4  -  Construction Calculations_Updated: Calculation of the number of at-risk Construction workers by task, both in key and secondary occupations, for each affected BLS Occupational Employment Statistics category and NAICS industry.
Silica PEA Excel Workbook #5  -  Construction_Active: Engineering control costs, respirator costs, costs for abrasive blasting operations, and financial (revenue and profit) impacts for affected Construction industries.
 Silica PEA Excel Workbook #6  -  General Industry Unit Costs_Active: Unit labor wage rates, unit equipment parameters and costs, operating costs for industrial ventilation systems, and other baseline data for General Industry.
Silica PEA Excel Workbook #7  -  General Industry Control Costs_Active: Detailed and total control costs (including abrasive blasting), profile and impact inputs, and summary costs and impacts for General Industry and Maritime.
Silica PEA Excel Workbook #8  -  Fracking Control Cost_Active_Revised: Baseline inputs, profile data, compliance costs, and impacts for affected entities in the hydraulic fracturing industry.
Silica PEA Excel Workbook #9  -  Program Costs_All_Active: Detailed calculations of program costs, program cost summaries, and total costs for alternative discount rates and PELs and by year.
Silica PEA Excel Workbook #10  -  Impacts-7%, 3%, 0%_Active: Economic impacts of the proposed standard for alternative discount rates, by detailed NAICS industry within General Industry, Maritime, and Construction.
Silica PEA Excel Workbook #11  -  Benefits_Combined: Estimates of avoided fatal and non-fatal illnesses and monetized (dollar value) estimates of benefits for alternative discount rates, working lifespan, and other sensitivity inputs.