OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

Articles and editorials

State Department Contractor Electrocuted, S10042 [1OC]

Bills and resolutions

Cherry, IL: anniversary of Great Cherry Mine Disaster (see H. Res. 752), H9730 [17SE]

Dept. of Labor: establish a safe patient handling and injury prevention standard to reduce injuries to patients, direct-care registered nurses, and other health care workers (see S. 1788), S10486 [15OC] (see H.R. 2381), H5580 [13MY]

———issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (see H.R. 849), H1041 [4FE]

———prescribe regulations requiring employers with more than one establishment and not fewer than 500 employees to report work-related deaths, injuries, and illnesses (see H.R. 2113), H4839 [27AP]

———prevent employee exposure to imminent dangers (see H.R. 2199), H5060 [30AP]

———revise regulations concerning the recording and reporting of occupational injuries and illnesses (see H.R. 242), H69 [7JA]

Ecology and environment: require compliance by defense-related agencies with all environmental laws (see H.R. 672), H525 [26JA]

Employment: provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (see S. 2790), S11430 [17NO] (see H.R. 4092), H13068 [17NO]

———provide paid sick leave to employees who are recommended by their employer or public health authorities to stay home when they have symptoms of a contagious disease that may put others at risk (see H.R. 3991), H12287 [3NO]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: expand individuals eligible for compensation, enhance provision of information to claimants, and improve compensation procedures (see S. 757), S4063 [31MR] (see H.R. 1828), H4250 [31MR]

———extend and increase the authority for the ombudsman under such compensation program (see H.R. 134), H32 [6JA]

———include certain additional former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort compensation program (see S. 916), S4807 [28AP] (see H.R. 2114), H4839 [27AP]

———pay survivors compensation otherwise payable to a Dept. of Energy contractor employee who dies after application for compensation (see S. 1306), S6845 [19JN] (see H.R. 3063), H7445 [25JN]

———provide compensation for certain persons injured while employed at the Feed Materials Production Center or the Piqua Organic Moderated Reactor (see S. 1800), S10570 [20OC] (see H.R. 3992), H12287 [3NO]

Health: prevent health care facility-acquired infections (see S. 1305), S6804 [18JN] (see H.R. 2937), H7021 [18JN]

———protect health care workers and first responders at risk of workplace exposure to infectious agents and drug resistant infections, such as MRSA (see S. 1299), S6804 [18JN]

Health care professionals: encourage safe patient handling to reduce injuries to patients, direct-care registered nurses, and other health care workers (see H. Res. 510), H6265 [4JN]

National Miner's Day: designate (see S. Res. 337), S11118 [4NO]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see S. 1580), S8864 [5AU] (see H.R. 2067), H4731 [23AP]

OSHA: revise regulations to increase worker safety on construction sites and to protect child trespassers from unforeseen dangers (see H.R. 3094), H7704 [26JN]

Public buildings: prohibit smoking in or near Federal buildings (see H.R. 4131), H13352 [19NO]

———prohibit smoking near Federal building entryways (see H.R. 4105), H13265 [18NO]

Veterans: provide health care to veterans exposed in the line of duty to occupational and environmental health chemical hazards (see S. 1779), S10434 [14OC]

Workers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 375), H4915 [28AP]

Lists

Armed Forces members' and contractors' electrocution deaths in Iraq, S10020 [1OC]

Oregonians killed on the job, E1002 [28AP]

Remarks in House

Cherry, IL: anniversary of Great Cherry Mine Disaster (H. Res. 752), H12331, H12332 [4NO]

Colorado: anniversary of Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant fire, E1123 [12MY]

Dept. of Labor: issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (H.R. 849), H927 [4FE]

———prescribe regulations requiring employers with more than one establishment and not fewer than 500 employees to report work-related deaths, injuries, and illnesses (H.R. 2113), H4753 [27AP]

Ecology and environment: require compliance by defense-related agencies with all environmental laws (H.R. 672), E159 [28JA]

———expand individuals eligible for compensation, enhance provision of information to claimants, and improve compensation procedures (H.R. 1828), E1123 [12MY]

International Paper Co.: tribute to Georgetown, SC, mill for efforts to increase workplace safety, H6909 [17JN]

Supervalu, Inc.: tribute to accreditation by Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies, E2266 [15SE]

Weyerhaeuser Corp.: Elkin, NC, manufacuturing facility recipient of Weyerhaeuser Gold Senior Management Team Safety Excellence Award, H201 [14JA]

Workers Memorial Day: observance, E994, E1002 [28AP]

———support goals and ideals (H. Res. 375), E997 [28AP]

Remarks in Senate

Army: ensure contract work done under the Logistics Civil Augmentation Program complies with certain electrical, water quality, and sexual assault prevention and prosecution standards, S10019-S10021, S10042-S10044 [1OC]

Congressional Accountability Act: modify date for compliance with OSHA regulations, S7057 [25JN]

Dept. of Labor: establish a safe patient handling and injury prevention standard to reduce injuries to patients, direct-care registered nurses, and other health care workers (S. 1788), S10488 [15OC]

National Miner's Day: designate (S. Res. 337), S12352 [3DE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (S. 1580), S8867 [5AU]

Workers Memorial Day: observance, S4567 [22AP], S4781 [28AP]

Texts of

H. Res. 752, Great Cherry Mine Disaster anniversary, H12331 [4NO]

S. 757, Nuclear Workers Compensation Act, S4082-S4085 [31MR]

S. 1306, Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Improvement Act, S6846 [19JN]

S. 1788, Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act, S10489 [15OC]

S. Res. 337, National Miner's Day, S11120 [4NO], S12352 [3DE]