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Archived News Release--Caution:
information may be out of date.
For more information call: (202) 219- 8151.
The Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health
(ACCSH) will meet May 25-26 in Room N3437 A-D of the Frances Perkins Building
at 200 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C., the U.S. Labor Department's
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced today.
The meeting, which is open to the public, runs from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. on May 25 and 8:30 a.m. to approximately 12 p.m. on May 26. On May
25, OSHA will brief ACCSH on construction standards under development including
steel erection and scaffolds. The agency also will discuss its standards
priority planning process and activities of its Office of Construction and
Engineering.
In the afternoon, the ACCSH work groups on hexavalent
chromium, safety and health programs, gender issues and industrial trucks will
meet. On May 26, OSHA will review its national and regional inspection emphasis
programs. The work groups will report to the full committee, and ACCSH will
discuss the work group reports.
Written data, views or comments may be submitted,
preferably with 20 copies, to Tom Hall, OSHA Division of Consumer Affairs, Room
N-3647, 200 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210. Submissions
received prior to the meeting will be provided to committee members and
included in the meeting records. An official record of the meeting will be
available for public inspection at the OSHA Docket Office, Room N2625,
telephone (202) 219-7894.
Anyone wishing to make an oral presentation should notify
Tom Hall in the Division of Consumer Affairs (at the above address) before the
meeting. The request should state the amount of time desired, the capacity in
which the person will appear and a brief outline of the content of the
presentation. Persons who request the opportunity to address the committee may
be allowed to speak, as time permits, at the discretion of the committee chair.
Individuals with disabilities who wish to attend the
meeting and who require special accommodations also should contact Tom Hall at
the above address or telephone (202) 219-8615. For additional information,
contact Holly Nelson, Office of the Assistant Secretary, Room S-2316, telephone
(202) 219-6027.
The 15-member advisory committee advises OSHA on standards
and policies designed to protect construction workers from workplace hazards.
ACCSH consists of five representatives each of employers and employees, two
representatives of state government, two public representatives and one federal
representative.
Notice of the advisory committee meeting appeared in the
May 8, 1995 Federal Register.
Archived News Release--Caution:
information may be out of date.
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