OSHA recently published its semi-annual regulatory agenda. The agenda includes those projects that are in the final rule stage, the proposed rule stage and the prerule stage. It also includes long-term actions.
OSHA''s agenda indicates that the Employer-Pay-for-PPE is still on the short-list of rules to be published in the near future, but OSHA has not given any indication as to when this may occur.
The following is a break-out of each of these areas:
Projects in the Final Rule Stage
- Steel Erection (Part 1926) (Safety Protection for Ironworkers)
- Recordkeeping and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
- Occupational Exposure to Tuberculosis
- Employer Payment for Personal Protective Equipment
- Walking Working Surfaces and Personal Fall Protection Systems (1910)
Proposed Rule Stage
- Safety and Health Programs (for General Industry and the Maritime Industries)
- Occupational Exposure to Hexavalent Chromium
- Confined Spaces in Construction (Part 1926): Preventing Suffocation/Explosions
- Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs) for Air Contaminants
- Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica
- Plain Language Revisions to Spray Applications
- Signs, Signals and Barricades
Prerule Stage
- Occupational Exposure to Perchloroethylene and Hearing Loss Prevention in Construction
Long-Term Actions
- Respiratory Protection (Proper Use of Modern Respirators)
- Scaffolds in Shipyards (Part 1915 -- Subpart N)
- Access and Egress in Shipyards (Part 1915, Subpart E)
- General Working Conditions for Shipyard Employment
- Fire Protection in Shipyard Employment (Part 1915, Subpart P)
- Metalworking Fluids: Protecting Respiratory Health
- Fall Protection in the Construction Industry
- Safety Standards for Scaffolds Used in the Construction Industry -- Part II
- Safety and Health Programs for Construction
- Occupational Exposure to Beryllium
by Virginia Sutcliffe