[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 138 (Friday, July 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 42692]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18170]


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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION


Petition Requesting Labeling of Weightlifting Bench Press Benches 
To Reduce or Prevent Deaths Due to Asphyxia/Anoxia (Petition No. CP 03-
3)

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has received a petition (CP 03-3) requesting 
that the Commission require labeling of weightlifting bench press 
benches to reduce or prevent deaths from asphyxia/anoxia due to being 
trapped beneath a bench press barbell. The Commission solicits written 
comments concerning the petition.

DATES: The Office of the Secretary must receive comments on the 
petition by September 16, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the petition, preferably in five copies, should 
be mailed to the Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, Washington, DC 20207, telephone (301) 504-0800, or 
delivered to the Office of the Secretary, Room 501, 4330 East-West 
Highway, Bethesda, Maryland 20814. Comments may also be filed by 
facsimile to (301) 504-0127 or by email to [email protected]. Comments 
should be captioned ``Petition CP 03-3, Petition for Labeling of Bench 
Press Benches.'' A copy of the petition is available for inspection at 
the Commission's Public Reading Room, Room 419, 4330 East-West Highway, 
Bethesda, Maryland. The petition is also available on the CPSC Web site 
at http://www.cpsc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rockelle Hammond, Office of the 
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC 20207; 
telephone (301) 504-6833, e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission has received correspondence 
from V. Patteson Lombardi, Ph.D., requesting that the Commission 
require a warning label on both uprights of all ``manufactured, 
publicly available'' weightlifting bench press benches. The petitioner 
asserts that the labeling is necessary to reduce or eliminate deaths 
due to asphyxia/anoxia caused by being trapped under a bench press 
barbell. The petitioner provides information concerning a number of 
deaths he states involve such incidents.
    The Commission is docketing the correspondence as a petition under 
provisions of the Consumer Product Safety Act, 15 U.S.C. 2051-2084.
    Interested parties may obtain a copy of the petition by writing or 
calling the Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, Washington, DC 20207; telephone (301) 504-0800. The 
petition is available on the CPSC Web site at http://www.cpsc.gov. A 
copy of the petition is also available for inspection from 8:30 a.m. to 
5 p.m., Monday through Friday, in the Commission's Public Reading Room, 
Room 419, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland.

    Dated: July 10, 2003.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 03-18170 Filed 7-17-03; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6355-01-P