OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

Amendments

Business and industry: establish a statute of repose for durable goods (H.R. 2005), H166 [1FE], H181, H183 [2FE]

Articles and editorials

Ergo-Nonsense—New OSHA Workplace Regulation Isn't Based on a Completed Study, E2189 [15DE]

Bills and resolutions

Amchitka Island, AK: compensate workers who were employed in the construction and maintenance of deep shafts for underground nuclear testing and various other military purposes (see H.R. 4588), H3924 [6JN]

Business and industry: establish a statute of repose for durable goods (H.R. 2005), consideration (see H. Res. 412), H164 [1FE]

Dept. of Energy: establish compensation for employees at the Los Alamos, NM, facility sustaining beryllium, radiation-related, asbestos, and hazardous substances injury, illness, or death (see H.R. 4263), H2238 [12AP]

———establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death (see S. 2519), S3691 [9MY] (see H.R. 4398), H2769 [9MY] (see H.R. 5189), H7651 [14SE]

———external regulation of nuclear safety and occupational safety and health at facilities (see H.R. 3907), H996 [14MR]

Dept. of Labor: application of occupational safety and health regulations to home offices relative to promotion of telework opportunities (see H.R. 4080), H1405 [23MR] (see H.R. 4098), H1476 [28MR]

Employment: amend Federal program for compensation of work injuries (see H.R. 3829), H641 [2MR]

Government regulations: ensure the availability of funds for ergonomic protection standards (see H.R. 5609), H11716 [31OC] (see H.R. 5611), H11781 [1NO]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (see H.R. 5037, 5038), H7207 [27JY]

———require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (see S. 3067), S8759 [19SE] (see H.R. 5178), H7651 [14SE]

———waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3518), H47 (see H.R. 3530), H48 (see H.R. 3539), H49 [27JA] (see H.R. 3643), H341 [10FE]

———waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence unless the job involves hazardous materials or the workplace was created so that the Act would not apply (see H.R. 3588), H253 [8FE]

OSHA: require public comment, and a sound scientific basis, for proposed ergonomics regulations (see H. Con. Res. 260), H631 [1MR]

Charters

Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., and OSHA Partnership To Ensure a Safe and Healthy Work Environment in the Construction Industry, E448 [30MR]

Descriptions

Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act (H.R. 5178): Ballenger and Owens Substitute Amendment, H8675 [3OC]

Explanations

Determining ``Causation'' for Radiation and Cancer, S10377 [12OC]

Factsheets

OSHA's Use of Contractors During the Rulemaking Process—Expert Witnesses and Consultant Services, S5641 [22JN]

Guidelines

Determining ``causation'' for radiation and cancer: Dept. of HHS, S4757 [8JN]

Letters

Compensation programs for Dept. of Energy employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death: Representative Goodling, H3376 [18MY]

———Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H3376 [18MY]

Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act: Charles M. Loveless, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H8679 [3OC]

———Charles N. Jeffress, Dept. of Labor, S11043 [26OC]

———Representatives Ballenger and Owens, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), S11043 [26OC]

OSHA implementation of ergonomic regulations: Connie J. Varcasia, New York State Dept. of Labor, S5644 [22JN]

———Johnny J. Butler, Pennsylvania Dept. of Labor and Industry, S5645 [22JN]

———Peggy Taylor, AFL-CIO, H4101 [8JN]

Lists

Dept. of Energy and atomic weapons employer facilities eligible for compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death, S10377 [12OC]

Dept. of Energy and atomic weapons facilities included under compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death, S4757 [8JN]

Memorandums

Congressional Legislation on Chronic Beryllium Disease: Representative Kaptur, H4014-H4016 [7JN]

Remarks in House

Business and industry: clarify statute of repose for durable goods relative to existing State statutes of limitation and assertion of claims for remediation of environmental hazards, H182 [2FE]

———clarify statute of repose for durable goods relative to industry standards at the time of production, H183 [2FE]

———establish a statute of repose for durable goods (H.R. 2005), H173-H184 [2FE], E95 [8FE]

———establish a statute of repose for durable goods (H.R. 2005), amendment process, H7 [27JA]

———establish a statute of repose for durable goods (H.R. 2005), consideration (H. Res. 412), H171-H173 [2FE]

———establish a statute of repose for durable goods (H.R. 2005), corrections in engrossment, H184 [2FE]

Dept. of Education: 21st Century Teacher Scholarships Act funding through reductions in OSHA, H4286, H4287 [13JN]

Dept. of Energy: establish compensation for employees at the Los Alamos, NM, facility sustaining beryllium, radiation-related, asbestos, and hazardous substances injury, illness, or death (H.R. 4263), H2184 [12AP], E585 [13AP]

———establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death, H3326, H3374-H3377 [18MY], H4014 [7JN], H8286 [27SE], H9644-H9648, H9658, H9662 [11OC], E791 [19MY]

———establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death (H.R. 5189), E1489 [14SE]

EII, Inc.: tribute to employee safety and health programs, E1397, E1399 [6SE]

National Enzyme Co.: OSHA Voluntary Protection Program Merit Status designee, E1288 [21JY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (H.R. 5178), H8673-H8680 [3OC], E1511, E1512 [18SE], E1686 [5OC]

———waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence, H1176 [22MR]

———waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (H.R. 3539), H11 [27JA]

OSHA: implementation of ergonomic regulations, H4051, H4064, H4094-H4104 [8JN], H4307 [13JN], H9640 [11OC], H11669-H11673, H11678 [31OC], H11718-H11725 [1NO], H11787, H11792, H11793, H11797, H11801 [2NO]

———issue regulations to eliminate or minimize the significant risk of needlestick injury to health care workers (H.R. 1899), H8680 [3OC]

———partnership with Ohio Valley Chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., E300 [14MR], E448 [30MR], E496 [5AP]

Springfield Remanufacturing Corp.: OSHA Voluntary Protection Program Star Site designee, E1320 [26JY]

Standard Register Co.: tribute to Monroe, NC, facility for operation with no work-related injuries, E1457 [13SE]

Wardrop, Richard M., Jr.: National Safety Council Green Cross for Safety Medallion recipient, E1465 [13SE]

Remarks in Senate

Convention Concerning Safety and Health in Mines: ratification, S9184 [25SE]

Dept. of Defense: review of secrecy oaths and policies at nuclear weapons facilities where workers may have had their health compromised by radioactive or other hazardous substances, S6552 [12JY]

Dept. of Energy: establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death, S4754-S4760 [8JN], S10354, S10355, S10375-S10377, S10379, S10386 [12OC]

———establish compensation programs for employees sustaining beryllium and radiation-related injury, illness, or death (S. 2519), S3692 [9MY]

———tribute to workers sustaining illnesses from exposure to beryllium and other hazardous substances and examine health effects of exposure to hazardous substances, S10709 [18OC]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: anniversary, S3181 [1MY]

———require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (H.R. 5178), S11041-S11043 [26OC]

———require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (S. 3067), S8761, S8762 [19SE]

OSHA: implementation of ergonomic regulations, S3181 [1MY], S5591-S5603, S5606-S5609, S5629-S5636, S5640-S5646 [22JN], S6212 [30JN], S11436 [31OC], S11486 [1NO], S11515 [14NO], S11549 [5DE], S11869 [15DE]

———issue regulations to eliminate or minimize the significant risk of needlestick injury to health care workers, S5782 [26JN], S5831, S5832 [27JN]

Rogers, Thomasina V. (Tommy): selection as Chairman of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, S297 [2FE]

Workers Memorial Day: observance, S3181 [1MY]

Reports

Occupational Safety and Health—Government Responses to Beryllium Uses and Risks: GAO, E795-E799 [19MY]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 2005, Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 412) (H. Rept. 106-491), H164 [1FE]

Statements

Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act: Senators Jeffords, Kennedy, Enzi, and Reid, S11042 [26OC]

Summaries

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act (H.R. 5189), E1490 [14SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 412, consideration of H.R. 2005, Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act, H171 [2FE]

H.R. 2005, Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act, H181 [2FE]

H.R. 5178, Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act, H8673 [3OC]

S. 3067, Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act, S8761 [19SE]