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More than 30 registered stakeholders gathered June 29 to discuss OSHA’s proposal to issue an injury and illness prevention program (I2P2) rule, the first of two such meetings to be held in the nation’s capital.
In a June 22, 2010 Federal Register Notice OSHA announced two additional stakeholder meetings to discuss Injury and Illness Prevention Programs. The two meetings will be held on July 20, 2010 in Washington DC and on August 3, 2010 in Sacramento, CA. The deadlines to register are July 6 and July 20, 2010 respectively.
These two meetings are in addition to the June 3, 2010 East Brunswick, NJ meeting, the June 10, 2010 Dallas, TX meeting and the June 29, 2010 Washington, DC meeting.
For more information please see the attached notice.
OSHA’s SVEP focuses enforcement efforts on employers who willfully and repeatedly endanger workers by exposing them to serious hazards.
On May 24th, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register entitled, Walking-Working Surfaces and Personal Protective Equipment (Fall Protection Systems) (75 FR 28861). The notice details OSHA's plans to require improved worker protection from tripping, slipping and falling hazards on walking and working surfaces. A public hearing on the revised changes will be held after the public comment period for the NPRM.
EPA found in 1985 that methylene chloride (MC) is a probable human carcinogen and poses a long-term danger to human health. OSHA published its final MC Standard (29 CFR 1910.1052) on January 10, 1997, reducing the permissible exposure limit from an 8-hour-time-eighted-average (TWA) of 500 parts per million (ppm) to 25 ppm.
On April 26, the Department of Labor's semiannual unified agenda was made available online at www.dol.gov/asp/regs/agenda.htm and at www.regulations.gov.
The heads of five agencies of the U.S. Department of Labor will host live Web chats - open to the public and members of the press - to discuss their respective regulatory agendas. The Labor Department's entire regulatory agenda is scheduled for publication in the April 26 issue of the Federal Register.
The attached update provides a comprehensive summary of non-US regulations, legislative actions, and policy developments that have been reported during the past three months. To assist you in making the best use of this information, a list of top stories, where they may be found in the report, and their significance, is provided below.
ORC's comments in response to OSHA's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to restore a column for recording of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) on the OSHA 300 Log and other issues are attached below.
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