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<item congress="116" measure-type="s" measure-number="1815" measure-id="id116s1815" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2019-06-12" update-date="2020-02-26">
<title>Farmworker Smoke Protection Act of 2019</title>
<summary summary-id="id116s1815v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2020-02-26">
<action-date>2019-06-12</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Farmworker Smoke Protection Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to address the exposure of farmworkers to wildfire smoke. </p> <p>Specifically, the bill establishes an initial occupational safety and health standard to&nbsp;protect farmworkers from wildfire smoke. The initial standard&nbsp;must require employers to&nbsp;provide farmworkers with (1)&nbsp;appropriate equipment (e.g., N95 mask or N100 masks)&nbsp;to protect them when they are&nbsp;exposed to wildfire smoke that reaches a certain level of air pollution, and (2)&nbsp;training and education materials&nbsp;about how to use the equipment and the potential health impacts of breathing smoke without protective equipment.&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the standard, workers are required to use the equipment when the air pollution reaches a specified level.</p> <p>OSHA must promulgate an occupational safety and health standard that provides at least the same level of protection as the initial standard.</p> <p>Upon request,&nbsp;OSHA must provide technical assistance to employers on how to comply with the standards. OSHA must also develop sample training and education materials that may be used by employers.</p>]]></summary-text>
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