Arent Fox has represented employers and major industry associations in rulemaking proceedings on OSHA standards, including lockout/tagout, construction and electrical safety, chemical process safety management, ergonomics, electric power generation, transmission and distribution, grain handling, and respiratory protection and air contaminants, including hexavalent chromium, lead, cadmium, and arsenic.  In the last two years, Arent Fox attorneys represented clients during the combustible dust rulemaking and during OSHA’s attempt to reinterpret its noise rule without formal rulemaking.