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Members of a committee that will advise the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on action to take to protect workers
against hazards of metalworking fluids were announced today by Gregory R.
Watchman, Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and
Health.
The Metalworking Fluids Standards Advisory Committee
includes representatives of labor, industry, professional organizations,
academia and government agencies.
Members are:
Employee Representatives
David Day,
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers;
James
Frederick, United Steelworkers of America;
Arthur McGee, Local 599, United
Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW);
Frank Mirer, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of
America (UAW); and
David Wegman, University of Massachusetts, Lowell,
Department of Work Environment.
Industry Representatives
David Burch, Precision
Machined Products Association;
John Cox, National Tooling & Machining
Association;
John Howell, Castrol Industrial North America, Inc.;
Henry
Lick, Ford Motor Co.; and
Frank White, Organization Resources Counselors,
Inc.
Federal and State Representatives
Henry
Anderson, Wisconsin Bureau of Public Health; and
Dennis O'Brien, National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
Academic/Professional Representatives
Maura
Sheehan (Chairperson), West Chester University, Department of Health;
Lee
Newman, National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine; and
Daniel Teitelbaum, Medical Toxicology & Occupational Medicine
Corporation.
Alternative Representatives
They will serve on
the committee if one of the other members is unable to complete his or her
term.
For Employees:
William Shortell, Connecticut Council on
Occupational Safety and Health.
For Industry:
Kenneth Kushner, The Timken Co.
Metalworking fluids is one of 18 safety and health hazards
selected for priority action through OSHA's priority planning process in 1995.
The National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health recommended
that OSHA form a standards advisory committee to address health risks caused by
exposure to the fluids. Earlier, the UAW had petitioned OSHA to take emergency
regulatory action to protect workers from risks of occupational cancers and
respiratory illnesses due to metalworking fluids exposure.
Notice of the committee membership was published in the
Wednesday, July 23, 1997, Federal Register.
Archived News Release--Caution:
information may be out of date.
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