[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 68 (Monday, April 8, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 15434-15435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8674]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

29 CFR Parts 1904 and 1952


Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses; 
Notice of Meeting; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 
Department of Labor.

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: OSHA published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking covering the 
recording and reporting of workplace deaths, injuries and illnesses, 
which appeared in the Federal Register on February 2, 1996 (61 FR 
4030). OSHA held a public meeting regarding this proposal from March 26 
to March 29, 1996. In response to a request from other interested 
stakeholders who were unable to attend this meeting, OSHA will hold an 
additional public meeting beginning on April 30, 1996. The purpose of 
the meeting is to give the public another opportunity to provide 
information to OSHA concerning issues raised by the proposal. As a 
result of the scheduling of this second public meeting, OSHA is 
extending the end of the public comment period from May 2 to May 31, 
1996.

DATES: The public meeting will be held April 30, 1996 beginning at 8:30 
a.m. and extend through May 1, if necessary. Persons wishing to make 
presentations should contact Tom Hall on or before April 19, 1996. OSHA 
invites the public to submit written comments on the NPRM on or before 
May 31, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the U.S. Department of Labor, 
200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210 in Room S-4215. 
Persons wishing to make presentations should contact Tom Hall at U.S. 
Department of Labor, OSHA, Room N-3647, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington D.C. 20210, (202) 219-8148. Written comments are to be 
submitted in writing in quadruplicate to: Docket Officer, Docket No. R-
02, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Room N-2625, U.S. 
Department of Labor , 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington D.C. 
20210, telephone (202) 219-7894.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Anne Cyr, U.S. Department of 
Labor, OSHA, Room N-3647, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20210, (202) 219-8148.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting will be open to the public. 
Seating, however, is limited and will be available on a first-come, 
first-serve basis. The amount of time available for each presenter may 
be limited by OSHA, if necessary.

    Signed in Washington, D.C., this 3rd day of April, 1996.
Joseph A. Dear,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 96-8674 Filed 4-5-96; 8:45 am]
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