Occupational Safety and Health Administration July 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is

OSHA solicits public comments concerning its proposal to extend OMB approval of the information collection requirements contained in the Standard on Vertical Tandem Lifts (VTLs) in Marine Terminals (29 CFR part 1917). The collection of information (paperwork) provisions of the Standard specify the development and implementation of a written plan for transporting vertically coupled containers in a terminal.

OSHA invites interested parties to participate in informal stakeholder meetings concerning occupational exposure to infectious diseases. OSHA plans to use the information gathered at these meetings to explore the possible development of a proposed rule to protect workers from occupational exposure to infectious agents in settings, either where workers provide direct patient care or where workers perform tasks other than direct patient care that also have occupational exposure. These other work tasks include: Providing patient support services (e.g., housekeeping, facility maintenance); handling, transporting, receiving or processing infectious items or wastes (e.g., transporting medical specimens, disposing of medical waste); conducting autopsies or performing mortuary services; and performing tasks in laboratories.