OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY related term(s) Health; Safety

Analyses

Making Technical and Conforming Changes in U.S. Code Relative to Shipping (S. 597), 10494 [6MY]

Articles and editorials

Black Lung Appeal Delays, 13632 [23MY]

Black Lung—Not Uncommon for Them To Die While Waiting in the System, 13631 [23MY]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: sanitation standards for employees engaged in hand labor operations in the field (see H.R. 3295, 3748)

Asbestos: compensation for occupational exposure (see H.R. 1626)

———prompt, exclusive, and equitable compensation for disability or death due to occupational exposure (see S. 1265)

Black Lung Benefits Act: prohibiting reduction of benefits (see H.R. 1323)

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: amend (see S. 51)

Customs Service: immediate retirement privilege for inspectors engaged in hazardous occupations (see H.R. 1518)

Hazardous substances: compensation for disabled workers (see H.R. 3090)

———compensation system for individuals injured by exposure (see H.R. 2242)

———notification to city or county officials (see S. 606)

———report of certain employee exposures to OSHA (see H.R. 2178)

INS: immediate retirement privilege for inspectors engaged in hazardous occupations (see H.R. 1518)

Labor: identifying, notifying, and preventing illness and death among workers (see H.R. 1309)

Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act: Benefits Review Board (see H.R. 3502)

Medicare: payment for occupational therapy services (see H.R. 1985)

Merchant marine: use of exposure suits on vessels operating in cold waters (see S. 597)

National Safety in the Workplace Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 134; H.J. Res. 131)

Railroads: transfer Dept. of Transportation's safety jurisdiction to Dept. of Labor (see S. 1611)

Messages

Mine Safety and Health Activities Report: President Reagan, 25630 [2OC], 25726 [2OC]

Occupational Safety and Health Act Activities: President Reagan, 31326 [12NO]

Remarks in House

Hazardous Substances Right To Know: ensure for workers (H.J. Res. 225), 7534 [3AP]

High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: enact (H.R. 1309), 4391 [5MR], 35817 [10DE]

Merchant marine: use of exposure suits on vessels operating in cold waters (S. 597), 10493 [6MY]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Labor: employ additional administrative law judges for cases involving black lung disease (S. 1217), 13631-13633 [23MY]

Diseases: compensation for asbestos-related death and disabilities (S. 1265), 14855 [7JN], 19586 [18JY]

———improve black lung claims processing, 16708 [20JN]

Employment: workplace safety enforcement, 33610 [2DE]

Executive departments: promote (S. 1388), 17652 [27JN], 24420 [20SE]

Merchant marine: use of exposure suits on vessels operating in cold waters (S. 597), 4608 [6MR]

Mine Safety and Health Administration: funding for mine inspections, 28180 [21OC]

National Safety in the Workplace Week: designate (S.J. Res. 134), 11535 [9MY]

———observance, 16603 [20JN]

Reports

Use of Exposure Suits on Vessels Operating in Cold Waters: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 597) (S. Rept. 99-26), 7812 [15AP]

Texts of

H.R. 1309, High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act, 4391-4394 [5MR]

S. 597, making technical and conforming changes in U.S. Code relative to shipping, 10493 [6MY]

S. 1217, employment of additional administrative law judges, by Dept. of Labor, 13631 [23MY]

S.J. Res. 134, National Safety in the Workplace Week, 11535 [9MY]