Labour market · 22/07/1996

Miscellaneous Changes to General Industry and Construction Standards; Proposed Paperwork Collection, Comment Request for Coke Oven Emissions and Inorganic Arsenic

With this document, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is continuing the process of removing or revising standards that are out of date, duplicative, unnecessary, or inconsistent in response to a March 4, 1995 memorandum from the President. This document proposes substantive changes to both health and safety standards to reduce regulatory requirements while maintaining employee protection. Changes proposed include reducing chest x-ray frequency and eliminating sputum cytology examinations for the coke oven and inorganic arsenic standards, changing the emergency- response provisions of the vinyl chloride standard, eliminating public safety provisions of the temporary labor camp standard, eliminating unnecessary OSHA standard references in the textile industry standards and others.