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NIOSH Seeks Comments on Respirators and Oil/Gas

Posted in on Mon, Sep 27, 2010

NIOSH seeks comments on
• Proposed Rule on Total Inward Leakage Requirements for Respirators. Comment period extended through September 30. http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docket/nioshdocket0137.html
• Workers in the oil and gas extraction industry die from occupational injuries at a rate 8 times higher than the average rate for all U.S. workers. NIOSH and its partners under the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) invite comment on a draft blueprint for stimulating, designing, and carrying out new research to help make the industry safer.
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docket/review/docket213/pdfs/OilGasExtractionDraftAug2010

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