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Latest Government Affairs Update
- ASSE and AIHA Call for Study to Move NIOSH
- ASSE Urges Obama to Advance l2P2 Rule as Fitting Response to West Explosion and 13 Deaths Daily in US Workplaces
- ASSE Joins 195 Stakeholders in Fight for NIOSH ERCs and Ag, Farm and Fishing Research Program
- Nearly Six Years for Fake Haz Waste Training and Impersonating an OSHA Official
- OSHA Says Union Can Rep Employee in Walkarounds in Non-Union Workplaces
- OSHA Issues Memo on SVEP Removal Criteria
- NIOSH Issues Bulletin on Nanotubes and Nanofibers
- CSB Investigating West Explosion
Highlights of ASSE GAC Annual Hill Visits in DC
ASSE’s Government Affairs Committee (GAC) conducted its annual Capitol Hill visits and meeting in Washington, DC, May 4-7 in conjunction with ASSE NAOSH Week activities hosted by OSHA at the Department of Labor. The GAC meets twice a year, in the spring in DC and in the fall in Des Plaines, typically. On Capitol Hill, [...]
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ASSE Urges Obama to Advance I2P2 Rule as Fitting Response to West Explosion and 13 Deaths Daily in US Workplaces
In a May 16 letter, ASSE urged President Obama to direct his Administration to move forward OSHA rulemaking on an injury and illness prevention program (I2P2) standard as an appropriate response to the April 19 fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, that took 15 lives as well as the nearly 13 lives lost each day in US workplaces. A [...]
Read MoreASSE Joins 195 Stakeholders in Fight for NIOSH ERCs and Ag, Farm and Fishing Research Program
For the third year, the Obama Administration has proposed eliminating funding for the National Insitute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Education and Research Centers (ERCs) and the NORA Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (AgFF) research program. In response, ASSE has joined with 194 other stakeholders in NIOSH and these programs to oppose the programs’ elimination in [...]
Read MoreASSE and AIHA Call for Study to Move NIOSH
Citing concerns over the agency’s lack of appropriate resources with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), ASSE and AIHA in a letter to Senator Tom Harken, Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, to request a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study on whether National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) should remain within CDC and, if [...]
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