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NEW OSHA FAX-ON-DEMAND SYSTEM OFFERS IMMEDIATE INFORMATION

Thurs., March 2, 1995

For more information call: (202) 219-8151.

By dialing 1-900-555-3400, callers can have a wide variety of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) information faxed to them immediately through OSHA FAX, the agency's new fax-on-demand system.

OSHA FAX is part of the agency's continuing effort to meet the needs of its customers more promptly and efficiently. The system offers more than 200 brief documents to the public for a nominal telephone charge of $1.50 per minute.

Operated for OSHA by the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Technical Information Service, the fax-on-demand database will include agency news releases (updated daily), fact sheets, publications listings, information on the Department of Labor's electronic bulletin board, OSHA office listings, OSHA inspection statistics and other information. Most documents are five pages or fewer, and the typical cost of faxing a two-page item would be $3.00. Callers must use a touch-tone telephone or fax machine to access the database.

When callers dial 1-900-555-3400, they will hear a menu offering five options. Each submenu will list specific materials from which to select. Callers will choose one or two documents, which will then be faxed to the fax number they identify.

Anyone who requests OSHA materials by fax will be directed to the new fax-on-demand system for items available there. Callers may request up to two documents per call.

Most OSHA materials also are available by mail from OSHA Publications, Room N3101, 200 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210. In addition, the OSHA publications office offers many more lengthy publications. In the future, OSHA plans to provide a detailed listing of free publications and audiovisual materials through OSHA FAX.

Thank you for your interest in the OSHA FAX fax-on-demand service. OSHA FAX contains information that may be accessed from a fax machine or touch-tone telephone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

You may call OSHA FAX at 900-555-3400, a þbusiness-to-businessþ telephone number. The cost of the call is $1.50 per minute. If you have technical problems with the fax delivery of OSHA FAX information, please call the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Technical Information Service at (703) 487-4280. For content-related questions about OSHA FAX information, please contact the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety & Health Administration, Office of Information and Consumer Affairs at (202) 219-8151.

To dial into the OSHA FAX fax-on-demand service, you must call from a touch-tone telephone or fax machine (using the fax machine handset).

Once you dial in, voice prompts will tell you how to obtain information. You may request documents in two ways. First, you may follow voice menus and press the appropriate keys, as prompted. Second, if you already have an OSHA FAX index and know the desired documentþs number, you may press pound during the initial OSHA FAX greeting and follow the instructions of the voice prompts.

This project is currently in its pilot phase, and may, therefore, undergo modifications as necessary. During this pilot phase, there is a limit of two documents per telephone request to the OSHA FAX service. OSHA appreciates your cooperation and support during this period.

OSHA FAX
FAX-ON-DEMAND SERVICE
INDEX

Please reference the appropriate document number to obtain the information you wish to be faxed to you. Please note that page lengths are listed with document titles for your convenience.

Section I: Welcome
Document NumberDocument Title (page length)100Instructions and Index (3 pgs)

Section II: OSHA Offices
Document NumberDocument Title (page length)111List of OSHA Regional Offices (2 pgs)112List of OSHA Area Offices (10 pgs)113List of states with Approved Plans (5 pgs)114List of OSHA-funded Consultants (10 pgs)

Section III: Current News
Document NumberDocument Title (page length)115Accessing Labor News, the EBB (1 pg)116Press Release Index (3 pgs)119Ergonomics -- Draft Summary of Key Provisions (4 pgs)Regulatory Text of Recent Standards120Personal Protective Equipment for General Industry; Final Rule (5 pgs)121Safety Standards for Fall Protection in the Construction Industry; Final Rule (25 pgs)122Occupational Exposure to Asbestos -- General Industry (25 pgs)123Occupational Exposure to Asbestos -- Shipyards (52 pgs)124Occupational Exposure to Asbestos -- Construction (28 pgs)125Respiratory Protection; Proposed Rule (20 pgs)

Section IV. Products Available from OSHA
Document NumberDocument Title (page length)126OSHA Free Publications List (1 pg)127Listing of Sales Publications Available from GPO (1 pg)128OSHA CD-ROM Information (1 pg) Section V. OSHA Fact Sheets Document NumberDocument Title (page length)129OSHA Inspections Numbers/Top 10 Penalties Proposed by OSHA (7 pgs)130Safeworks Index (1 pg)131Fatal Facts Index (2 pgs)132Program Highlights Index (3 pgs)133Ergofacts Index (1 pg)134Bloodborne Facts Index (1 pg)135ChemAlert Index (1 pg)

Archived News Release--Caution: information may be out of date.