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[Docket No. OSHA–2006–0040]
SGS North America, Inc.: Grant of
Expansion of Recognition
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In this notice, OSHA
announces the final decision to expand
the scope of recognition for SGS North
America, Inc., as a Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).
DATES: The expansion of the scope of
recognition becomes effective on
January 22, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information regarding this notice is
available from the following sources:
Press inquiries: Contact Mr. Frank
Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of
Communications, U.S. Department of
Labor, telephone: (202) 693–1999;
email: meilinger.francis2@dol.gov.
General and technical information:
Contact Mr. Kevin Robinson, Director,
Office of Technical Programs and
Coordination Activities, Directorate of
Technical Support and Emergency
Management, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, U.S. Department
of Labor, phone: (202) 693–2300 or
email: robinson.kevin@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Notice of Final Decision
OSHA hereby gives notice of the
expansion of the scope of recognition of
SGS North America, Inc. (SGS) as a
NRTL. SGS’s expansion covers the
addition of six test sites and one test
standard to the NRTL scope of
recognition.
OSHA recognition of a NRTL signifies
that the organization meets the
requirements specified in 29 CFR
1910.7. Recognition is an
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acknowledgment that the organization
can perform independent safety testing
and certification of the specific products
covered within the scope of recognition.
Each NRTL’s scope of recognition
includes (1) the type of products the
NRTL may test, with each type specified
by the applicable test standard; and (2)
the recognized site(s) that has/have the
technical capability to perform the
product-testing and productcertification activities for test standards
within the NRTL’s scope. Recognition is
not a delegation or grant of government
authority; however, recognition enables
employers to use products approved by
the NRTL to meet OSHA standards that
require product testing and certification.
The agency processes applications by
a NRTL for initial recognition and for an
expansion or renewal of this
recognition, following requirements in
Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7. This
appendix requires that the agency
publish two notices in the Federal
Register in processing an application. In
the first notice, OSHA announces the
application and provides a preliminary
finding. In the second notice, the agency
provides the final decision on the
application. These notices set forth the
NRTL’s scope of recognition or
modifications of that scope. OSHA
maintains an informational web page for
each NRTL, including SGS, which
details the NRTL’s scope of recognition.
These pages are available from the
OSHA website at https://www.osha.gov/
dts/otpca/nrtl/.
SGS submitted five applications to
OSHA to expand recognition as a NRTL.
The first application was received on
March 20, 2022 (OSHA–2006–0040–
0084), requesting the addition of one
test site in Brussels, Belgium. This
application was revised on January 9,
2024 (OSHA–2006–0040–0089) to
update the address on the original
application. The second expansion
application was received on March 29,
2022 (OSHA–2006–0040–0085),
requesting the addition of one test site
in Yokohama, Japan. This application
was revised on May 9, 2024 (OSHA–
2006–0040–0091) requesting an
additional test standard in addition to
the Yokohama site. The third expansion
application was received on March 30,
2022 (OSHA–2006–0040–0086),
requesting the addition of one test site
in Munich, Germany. This application
was revised on January 9, 2024 (OSHA–
2006–0040–0090) to update the address
on the application to Puchheim,
Germany. The fourth (OSHA–2006–
0040–0087) and fifth (OSHA–2006–
0040–0088) applications were received
on April 1, 2022, requesting the
addition of two test sites in New Taipei
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City, Taiwan and one in Gunpo-si,
Gyeonggi-do, Korea. In total, the
applications requested the addition of
six sites and one test standard to the
NRTL scope of recognition.
OSHA staff performed a detailed
analysis of the application packets and
reviewed other pertinent information.
OTPCA staff also performed on-site
reviews of SGS’s Korea site on April 25
and May 7, 2024; SGS’s two Taiwan
sites on February 29–March 1, 2024;
SGS’s Germany site on June 15–16,
2023; SGS’s Belgium site on June 15–16,
2023; and SGS’s Japan on May 9–10,
2024, in which the assessors found
some nonconformances with the
requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7. SGS
addressed these issues sufficiently and
OTPCA has preliminarily determined
that OSHA should grant the application
requests to add these six test sites and
one test standard to SGS’s NRTL scope
of recognition.
OSHA published the preliminary
notice announcing SGS’s expansion
applications in the Federal Register on
November 5, 2024 (89 FR 87895). The
agency requested comments by
November 20, 2024, however no
comments were received in response to
this notice. OSHA is now proceeding
with this notice to grant expansion to
SGS’s scope of recognition.
To obtain or review copies of all
public documents pertaining to the SGS
expansion applications, go to
www.regulations.gov or contact the
Docket Office (202) 693–2350 (TTY
(877) 889–5627. Docket No. OSHA–
2006–0040 contains all materials in the
record containing SGS’s recognition.
II. Final Decision and Order
OSHA staff examined SGS’s
expansion applications, conducted
detailed on-site assessments, and
examined other pertinent information.
Based on review of this evidence, OSHA
finds that SGS meets the requirements
of 29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion of
recognition, subject to the specified
limitations and conditions. OSHA,
therefore, is proceeding with this final
notice to grant SGS’s scope of
recognition. OSHA limits the expansion
of SGS’s recognition to include the sites
listed below:
TABLE 1—LIST OF TEST SITES TO BE INCLUDED IN SGS’S NRTL SCOPE OF RECOGNITION
Site name
Address
SGS Korea Co., Ltd ..................
SGS Taiwan Ltd .......................
4, LS-ro 182 beon-gil, Gunpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea 15807 ...................................
No. 31 & 33, Wu Chyuan Road, New Taipei Industrial Park, Wu Ku District, New Taipei City,
Taiwan 248, Chinese Taipei.
No. 17, Wu Chyuan 8th Road, New Taipei Industrial Park, Wu Ku District, New Taipei City,
Taiwan 248, Chinese Taipei.
Benzstrasse 26/28, D–82178 Puchheim .......................................................................................
Riverside Business Park, Bld. Internationalelaan, 55/A, BE—1070 Brussels ..............................
134, Good-cho, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama Business Park North, Square I 3F, Yokohama, 240–
0005.
SGS Taiwan Ltd. Site 2 ............
SGS Germany GmbH ...............
SGS Belgium N.V .....................
SGS Japan Inc .........................
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Table 2 lists the one test standard
included in SGS’s applications for
expansion for testing and certification of
products under the NRTL Program.
of recognition does not include these
products.
A. Conditions
In addition to those conditions
TABLE 2—APPROPRIATE TEST STAND- already required by 29 CFR 1910.7, SGS
ARD FOR INCLUSION IN SGS’S NRTL must abide by the following conditions
of the recognition:
SCOPE OF RECOGNITION
1. SGS must inform OSHA as soon as
possible, in writing, of any change of
Test standard
Test standard title
ownership, facilities, or key personnel,
ASME A17.5 .. Elevator and Escalator Elec- and of any major change in its
operations as a NRTL, and provide
trical Equipment.
details of the change(s);
2. SGS must meet all the terms of its
OSHA’s recognition of the sites listed recognition and comply with all OSHA
in table 1 above, limits SGS to
policies pertaining to this recognition;
performing product testing and
and
certifications only to the test standards
3. SGS must continue to meet the
for which the site has the proper
requirements for recognition, including
capability and programs, and for test
all previously published conditions on
standards in SGS’s scope of recognition. SGS’s scope of recognition, in all areas
This limitation is consistent with the
for which it has recognition.
recognition that OSHA grants to other
Pursuant to the authority in 29 CFR
NRTLs that operate multiple sites.
1910.7, OSHA hereby expands the scope
OSHA’s recognition of any NRTL for a
of recognition of SGS as a NRTL, to
particular test standard is limited to
include six recognized testing sites and
equipment or materials for which OSHA one recognized test standard, subject to
standards require third-party testing and the limitations and conditions specified
certification before using them in the
above.
workplace. Consequently, if a test
III. Authority and Signature
standard also covers any products for
which OSHA does not require such
James S. Frederick, Deputy Assistant
testing and certification, a NRTL’s scope Secretary of Labor for Occupational
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Korea
Taiwan
Taiwan
Germany
Belgium
Japan
Safety and Health, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210,
authorized the preparation of this
notice. Accordingly, the agency is
issuing this notice pursuant to 29 U.S.C.
657(g)(2), Secretary of Labor’s Order No.
8–2020 (85 FR 58393; Sept. 18, 2020),
and 29 CFR 1910.7.
Signed at Washington, DC, on January 14,
2025.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2006-0040]
SGS North America, Inc.: Grant of Expansion of Recognition
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA announces the final decision to expand
the scope of recognition for SGS North America, Inc., as a Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).
DATES: The expansion of the scope of recognition becomes effective on
January 22, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information regarding this notice is
available from the following sources:
Press inquiries: Contact Mr. Frank Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office
of Communications, U.S. Department of Labor, telephone: (202) 693-1999;
email: [email protected].
General and technical information: Contact Mr. Kevin Robinson,
Director, Office of Technical Programs and Coordination Activities,
Directorate of Technical Support and Emergency Management, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, phone:
(202) 693-2300 or email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Notice of Final Decision
OSHA hereby gives notice of the expansion of the scope of
recognition of SGS North America, Inc. (SGS) as a NRTL. SGS's expansion
covers the addition of six test sites and one test standard to the NRTL
scope of recognition.
OSHA recognition of a NRTL signifies that the organization meets
the requirements specified in 29 CFR 1910.7. Recognition is an
acknowledgment that the organization can perform independent safety
testing and certification of the specific products covered within the
scope of recognition. Each NRTL's scope of recognition includes (1) the
type of products the NRTL may test, with each type specified by the
applicable test standard; and (2) the recognized site(s) that has/have
the technical capability to perform the product-testing and product-
certification activities for test standards within the NRTL's scope.
Recognition is not a delegation or grant of government authority;
however, recognition enables employers to use products approved by the
NRTL to meet OSHA standards that require product testing and
certification.
The agency processes applications by a NRTL for initial recognition
and for an expansion or renewal of this recognition, following
requirements in Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7. This appendix requires
that the agency publish two notices in the Federal Register in
processing an application. In the first notice, OSHA announces the
application and provides a preliminary finding. In the second notice,
the agency provides the final decision on the application. These
notices set forth the NRTL's scope of recognition or modifications of
that scope. OSHA maintains an informational web page for each NRTL,
including SGS, which details the NRTL's scope of recognition. These
pages are available from the OSHA website at https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/.
SGS submitted five applications to OSHA to expand recognition as a
NRTL. The first application was received on March 20, 2022 (OSHA-2006-
0040-0084), requesting the addition of one test site in Brussels,
Belgium. This application was revised on January 9, 2024 (OSHA-2006-
0040-0089) to update the address on the original application. The
second expansion application was received on March 29, 2022 (OSHA-2006-
0040-0085), requesting the addition of one test site in Yokohama,
Japan. This application was revised on May 9, 2024 (OSHA-2006-0040-
0091) requesting an additional test standard in addition to the
Yokohama site. The third expansion application was received on March
30, 2022 (OSHA-2006-0040-0086), requesting the addition of one test
site in Munich, Germany. This application was revised on January 9,
2024 (OSHA-2006-0040-0090) to update the address on the application to
Puchheim, Germany. The fourth (OSHA-2006-0040-0087) and fifth (OSHA-
2006-0040-0088) applications were received on April 1, 2022, requesting
the addition of two test sites in New Taipei
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City, Taiwan and one in Gunpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea. In total, the
applications requested the addition of six sites and one test standard
to the NRTL scope of recognition.
OSHA staff performed a detailed analysis of the application packets
and reviewed other pertinent information. OTPCA staff also performed
on-site reviews of SGS's Korea site on April 25 and May 7, 2024; SGS's
two Taiwan sites on February 29-March 1, 2024; SGS's Germany site on
June 15-16, 2023; SGS's Belgium site on June 15-16, 2023; and SGS's
Japan on May 9-10, 2024, in which the assessors found some
nonconformances with the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7. SGS addressed
these issues sufficiently and OTPCA has preliminarily determined that
OSHA should grant the application requests to add these six test sites
and one test standard to SGS's NRTL scope of recognition.
OSHA published the preliminary notice announcing SGS's expansion
applications in the Federal Register on November 5, 2024 (89 FR 87895).
The agency requested comments by November 20, 2024, however no comments
were received in response to this notice. OSHA is now proceeding with
this notice to grant expansion to SGS's scope of recognition.
To obtain or review copies of all public documents pertaining to
the SGS expansion applications, go to www.regulations.gov or contact
the Docket Office (202) 693-2350 (TTY (877) 889-5627. Docket No. OSHA-
2006-0040 contains all materials in the record containing SGS's
recognition.
II. Final Decision and Order
OSHA staff examined SGS's expansion applications, conducted
detailed on-site assessments, and examined other pertinent information.
Based on review of this evidence, OSHA finds that SGS meets the
requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for expansion of recognition, subject to
the specified limitations and conditions. OSHA, therefore, is
proceeding with this final notice to grant SGS's scope of recognition.
OSHA limits the expansion of SGS's recognition to include the sites
listed below:
Table 1--List of Test Sites to be Included in SGS's NRTL Scope of Recognition
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Site name Address Country
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SGS Korea Co., Ltd...................... 4, LS-ro 182 beon-gil, Gunpo-si, Gyeonggi- Korea
do, Republic of Korea 15807.
SGS Taiwan Ltd.......................... No. 31 & 33, Wu Chyuan Road, New Taipei Taiwan
Industrial Park, Wu Ku District, New
Taipei City, Taiwan 248, Chinese Taipei.
SGS Taiwan Ltd. Site 2.................. No. 17, Wu Chyuan 8th Road, New Taipei Taiwan
Industrial Park, Wu Ku District, New
Taipei City, Taiwan 248, Chinese Taipei.
SGS Germany GmbH........................ Benzstrasse 26/28, D-82178 Puchheim...... Germany
SGS Belgium N.V......................... Riverside Business Park, Bld. Belgium
Internationalelaan, 55/A, BE--1070
Brussels.
SGS Japan Inc........................... 134, Good-cho, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama Japan
Business Park North, Square I 3F,
Yokohama, 240-0005.
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Table 2 lists the one test standard included in SGS's applications
for expansion for testing and certification of products under the NRTL
Program.
Table 2--Appropriate Test Standard for Inclusion in SGS's NRTL Scope of
Recognition
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Test standard Test standard title
------------------------------------------------------------------------
ASME A17.5............................. Elevator and Escalator
Electrical Equipment.
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OSHA's recognition of the sites listed in table 1 above, limits SGS
to performing product testing and certifications only to the test
standards for which the site has the proper capability and programs,
and for test standards in SGS's scope of recognition. This limitation
is consistent with the recognition that OSHA grants to other NRTLs that
operate multiple sites. OSHA's recognition of any NRTL for a particular
test standard is limited to equipment or materials for which OSHA
standards require third-party testing and certification before using
them in the workplace. Consequently, if a test standard also covers any
products for which OSHA does not require such testing and
certification, a NRTL's scope of recognition does not include these
products.
A. Conditions
In addition to those conditions already required by 29 CFR 1910.7,
SGS must abide by the following conditions of the recognition:
1. SGS must inform OSHA as soon as possible, in writing, of any
change of ownership, facilities, or key personnel, and of any major
change in its operations as a NRTL, and provide details of the
change(s);
2. SGS must meet all the terms of its recognition and comply with
all OSHA policies pertaining to this recognition; and
3. SGS must continue to meet the requirements for recognition,
including all previously published conditions on SGS's scope of
recognition, in all areas for which it has recognition.
Pursuant to the authority in 29 CFR 1910.7, OSHA hereby expands the
scope of recognition of SGS as a NRTL, to include six recognized
testing sites and one recognized test standard, subject to the
limitations and conditions specified above.
III. Authority and Signature
James S. Frederick, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20210, authorized the preparation of this notice. Accordingly, the
agency is issuing this notice pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 657(g)(2),
Secretary of Labor's Order No. 8-2020 (85 FR 58393; Sept. 18, 2020),
and 29 CFR 1910.7.
Signed at Washington, DC, on January 14, 2025.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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