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News Release USDL: 96-137
Monday, April 8, 1996
Contact: Frank Kane (202) 219-8151

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will hold another public meeting on revised rules it has proposed for recording workplace deaths, injuries and illnesses.

OSHA held public meetings on the proposal from March 26 to March 29. This additional meeting was scheduled in response to a request from stakeholders who were unable to attend the earlier meeting. It will give the public another opportunity to inform OSHA of issues raised by the proposal.

The public comment period for commenting on the recordkeeping proposal also has been extended from May 2 to May 31, 1996.

Seating in the public meeting is limited and will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Persons wishing to make presentations should contact Tom Hall, U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA, Room N-3647, 200 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20210, phone (202) 219-8148 on or before April 19. The amount of time available for each presenter may be limited by OSHA if necessary.

The meeting will be held at the U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20210 in Room S-4215 A, B & C, beginning at 8:30 a.m. on April 30 and extending through May 1, if necessary.

The proposed revisions are aimed at simplifying the reporting and recordkeeping system and improving future use of the data.

The proposal was published in the Feb 2, 1996, Federal Register and is also available through OSHA's Home Page on the Internet at http://www.osha.gov, in the "What's New" section.

Comments on the proposal are to be submitted in quadruplicate, or one original (hard copy) and one disk (5 1/4" or 3 1/2") in WP 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 6.0 or ASCII. Any information not contained on the disk, such as studies or articles, must be submitted in quadruplicate. All comments are to be submitted to Docket Officer, Docket No. R-02, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Room N-2625, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 219-7894. Comments of 10 pages or less may be transmitted by facsimile to (202) 219-5046 provided the original and four copies of the comment are later sent to the Docket Officer.

Notice of the additional meeting is published in the Monday, April 8, 1996, Federal Register.