OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY see also Health; Labor

Amendments

Workers of risk: notification (S. 79), 2370-2372 [23FE], 4580, 4581-4584 [21MR], 4688-4691, 4703-4707 [22MR], 4846, 4848, 4940, 4941-4952, 4953, 4954, 4971-4977 [23MR], 5140-5145, 5147, 5167, 5186-5225 [24MR], 5269, 5270, 5316, 5317 [25MR], 5368, 5401 [28MR], 5534 [29MR]

Analyses

Robert Nathan and Associates Study of the High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: Senators Metzenbaum and Stafford, 5190 [24MR]

Articles and editorials

Asbestos Hazard Seen in Commercial Buildings, 5372 [28MR]

EPA Releases Asbestos-in-Public-Buildings Study and Recommendations to Congress, 5372 [28MR]

Job Conditions That Need Fixing, 25186 [23SE]

Joint and Several Liability—A Case For Reform, 5192-5193 [24MR]

Plant Supervisors Are Key Safety People, 23049 [8SE]

State Probes Illnesses at Boeing Plant, 25186 [23SE]

Worker Safety—Congress Should Ignore a Bill That Costs More Than It's Worth, 5286 [25MR]

Worker's Worry—Is She Dying for the Defense of Her Nation?, 25185 [23SE]

Bills and resolutions

Construction Safety and Health Improvements Act: enact (see S. 2518)

Black lung benefits: presumption of eligibility (see H.R. 3851, 3857)

Government contractors: clarify U.S. obligation relative to certain workplaces (see S. 2709; H.R. 4991)

House of Representatives: apply labor and safety legislation (see H. Res. 439)

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (see H.R. 4856)

Books

``Environmental and Occupational Exposures,'' William N. Rom, 4864 [23MR]

Cloture motions

Workers of risk: notification (S. 79), 4502 [21MR], 4843 [23MR], 5135 [24MR], 5287 [25MR]

Definitions

Occupational health hazard, 4860 [23MR]

Population at risk of disease, 4863 [23MR]

Factsheets

Material Safety Data Sheet: General Electric Co., 4868 [23MR]

Letters

Health effects of tobacco use in the workplace: Fran Du Melle, Alan Davis and Scott D. Ballin, 5184 [24MR]

High-Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: American Farm Bureau Federation, 5380 [28MR]

———American Feed Industry Association, 5382 [28MR]

———American Heart Association, 5371 [28MR]

———American Lung Association, 5370 [28MR]

———Anna M. Carroll, 5393 [28MR]

———Coalition on Occupational Disease Notification, 5288 [25MR]

———John F. Finklea, Philip J. Landrigan and James J. Melius, 5392 [28MR]

———National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc., 5382, 5387 [28MR]

———National Council of Agricultural Employees, 5381 [28MR]

———Richard J. Levine, 5462 [29MR]

———University of Alabama, 5375 [28MR]

———W.T. Stephens, 4675 [22MR]

Worker exposure to betanaohthylamine: Hilton-Davis Chemical Co., 5378 [28MR]

———National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 5378 [28MR]

Lists

Associations opposed to S. 79, High-Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act, 5288 [25MR]

Associations supporting S. 79, High-Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act, 4687 [22MR]

Messages

Occupational Safety and Health Act Report: President Reagan, 22868 [8SE]

Remarks in House

Employment: safety, 23028 [8SE]

black lung benefits: presumption of eligibility, 87 [25JA]

National Safe Workplace Institute: report, 25841 [27SE]

Government contractors: clarify U.S. obligation relative to certain workplaces (H.R. 4991), 17308 [7JY]

Remarks in Senate

Chemicals: health hazards in aerospace and defense industry, 25244 [23SE]

Construction Safety and Health Improvements Act: enact (S. 2518), 14586 [15JN]

Fish and fisheries: establish compensation guidelines for injuries incurred on vessels and require additional safety regulations (S. 849), 16402 [29JN]

Government contractors: clarify U.S. responsibility for certain workplaces (S. 2709), 21591 [10AU], 29703 [11OC]

Workers of risk: notification (S. 79), 2372 [23FE], 4421 [18MR], 4671-4693 [22MR], 4838-4875, 4970-4984 [23MR], 5133-5178, 5183-5193, 5215 [24MR], 5269-5287, 5288, 5296 [25MR], 5363-5395 [28MR], 5454-5465 [29MR], 6581 [13AP]

Reports

Disease Prevention—Health Promotion: Dept. of Health and Human Services, 4677 [22MR]

Environmental Tobacco Smoke: OTA, 6583 [13AP]

Health Consequences of Involuntary Smoking: C. Everett Koop, Surgeon General, 6582 [13AP]

Reports filed

OSHA's Nonuse of Criminal Penalties for Safety Violations: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 100-1051), 28242 [4OC]

Statements

High-Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act: Dept. of Agriculture, 5382 [28MR]

Tobacco Smoking: Senator Metzenbaum, 4864 [23MR]

Summaries

Medical Screening Estimates for Worker Notification: Centers for Disease Control, 4864 [23MR]

Tables

Occupational exposure to dioxin-contaminated substances resulting in human illness, 21998 [11AU]

Testimonies

Government Responsibility for Workplaces Operated by the U.S.: Joe G. Hollingsworth, 21592 [10AU]

Texts of

S. 79, High-Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act, 4415-4421 [18MR]

S. 2518, Construction Safety and Health Improvements Act, 14587-14590 [15JN]