INDUSTRY NEWS LLC teams as a Technical Services manager for the Quiet Qurl® and GSL® product lines. He brings more than 27 years in the flooring underlayment industry. Andy Kirkcaldy previous- ly worked at the Keene Plant as a 5S manager. As of January 2017, Kirkcaldy joined the Sales Department of Keene Building Products and Dependable, LLC as a Territory manager for Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. Chad Lightfield has been named as the new Purchasing manager for Keene Building Products, to provide leadership for the devel- opment of centralized purchasing for all production projects and materials. Lightfield graduated from Oklahoma State University and has 20+ years of experience in Manufacturing Procurement. Allie George, a recent gradu- ate from The University of Mount Union, studied Marketing, Finance, and Economics. George started as an Accounting intern at Keene Building Products in 2016 and was recently taken on full time at Continental Products, Ltd. as the Customer Service manager. Mark Straub joins the Keene and Dependable Team as the Midwest Regional Sales manager. Straub has been involved in construction nearly all his life and has 18+ years of sales experience and knowl- edge in the acoustic and roofing industry. Straub will now man- age the Midwest states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, and Illinois for Keene Building Products and Dependable LLC. Jeffrey Quill has joined Keene Building Products as the new Division manager – New Product Development, providing new product development, primarily for Keene Building Products. Quill has 15+ years of experience in the coatings and building prod- ucts industry, including extensive knowledge with laboratory test- ing equipment, contract laboratory testing, and metal substrates for the testing of coatings and adhesives. INDUSTRY NEWS––––––––––––– OSHA recordkeeping rule overturned by House and Senate On March 23, the Senate joined with the House vote of March 1 to reverse the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) recent recordkeeping rule that would extend a six-month stat- ute of limitations on recordkeeping violations to a period of five years. The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 established that employers must keep accu- rate records of employee injuries and illnesses for five years and that OSHA has six months to cite an employer for a violation. The new five-year recordkeeping rule was enacted among concerns that employers may underreport work- 100 TileLetter | April 2017