[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 107 (Monday, June 3, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 27850-27851]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13836]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
29 CFR Parts 1904 and 1952
Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses;
Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA),
Department of Labor.
ACTION: Proposed Rule; Extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: OSHA published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking covering the
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recording and reporting of workplace deaths, injuries and illnesses,
which appeared in the Federal Register on February 2, 1996 (61 FR
4030). At the request of stakeholders, OSHA is extending the end of the
public comment period through July 1, 1996.
DATES: Written comments on the NPRM must be postmarked on or before
July 1, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted in quadruplicate or one
original (hardcopy) and 1 disk (5\1/4\ or 3\1/2\) in Wordperfect 5.0,
5.1, 6.0 or ASCII to: Docket Officer, Docket No. R-02, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration, Room N-2625, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20210, telephone
(202) 219-7894. Comments of 10 pages or less may be transmitted by
facsimile to (202) 219-5046 provided the original and 4 copies of the
comment are sent to the Docket Officer thereafter.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ms. Anne Cyr, U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA, Room N-3647, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210, (202) 219-8148.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OSHA published a Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking covering the recording and reporting of workplace deaths,
injuries and illnesses along with announcing a public meeting which was
held March 26-29, which appeared in the Federal Register on February 2,
1996 (61 FR 4030). OSHA published a second notice to provide the public
with additional information regarding the economic analysis of the
proposed rule in the Federal Register on February 29, 1996 (61 FR 7758-
7760). OSHA published a third notice to announce a second public
meeting and an extension of the comment period on April 8, 1996 (61 FR
15435). The second public meeting was held April 30 and May 1 to give
the public another opportunity to provide OSHA with information on the
proposed rule. The transcript of that meeting, along with additional
material, has been placed in the docket by OSHA. The additional
material consists of the following documents:
1. ``Subcontractor Safety as Influenced by General Contractors
on Small and Medium Sized Projects''. University of Washington,
Jimmie Hinze and Lori A. Figone, October 1988.
2. ``Assuring Accuracy in Employer Injury and Illness Records'',
U.S. General Accounting Office (HRD-89-23), December 1988.
3. Various materials relating to OSHA inspection activity for
significant occupational injury and illness recordkeeping cases.
4. Various OSHA and BLS letters to the public interpreting
OSHA's occupational injury and illness recording and reporting
regulations.
5. Various letters and documents describing OSHA's collection of
1995 workplace injury and illness information.
6. Documents relating to a pilot program to evaluate the
accuracy of workplace injury and illness records, including
``Evaluating Workplace Injury and Illness Records; Testing a
Procedure'' Monthly Labor Review, April 1988.
7. A July 21, 1978 Federal Register Notice announcing rule
changes for ``Access to the Log of Occupational Injuries and
Illnesses to Employees and their Representatives'' (43 FR 31324).
8. A December 28, 1982 Federal Register Notice announcing rule
changes for ``Exemption From Requirements for Recording Occupational
Injuries and Illnesses'' (47 FR 57699).
The transcripts of both public meetings, comments from the public
and documentary evidence are available from the OSHA Docket Office (see
Addresses) Docket No. R-02.
Signed in Washington, DC, this 29th day of May, 1996.
Joseph A. Dear,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 96-13836 Filed 5-30-96; 8:45 am]
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