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OSHA's Semi-Annual Regulatory Agenda

Dec. 27, 2000

OSHA's recently published semi-annual regulatory agenda that includes projects in final, proposed and prerule stages.

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

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