Guenther, George C., Assistant Secretary of Labor, Department of Labor, letters to John A. Stastny, president, National Association of Home Builders: December 27, 1971. September 22, 1971. Page Al A2 A2 Safety and Health Regulations for Construction, notice of proposed rulemaking A6 A21 Safety and Health Regulations for Construction, clarification of notice of Koenig, Donald V., executive vice president, National Farm & Power Randt, L. W., safety program coordinator. Farm and Industrial Equipment A27 A36 A37 APPENDIX B Steiger, William A., Member of Congress, letter to Hon. William L. Hungate, July 17, 1972___ A44 Qualifications, safety specialist-GS-9/15- OSHA training program, brief description of, for compliance personnel__ Biographical profiles of compliance personnel in Region I (OSHA)_. A44 A45 A46 A51 A56 Personnel data sheets for Region IV compliance professionals. A62 A70 Biographical profiles for Region VI compliance personnel, Dallas, A82 Region VII, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Kansas ASS Biographical profiles for Region VIII, compliance personnel, Denver, A95 Biographical profile for Region IX, compliance personnel, San Francisco, Calif. A96 Biographical profiles for Region X, compliance personnel, Seattle, A103 APPENDIX C Agricultural Engineering Extension Bulletin, "Report of 49 Deaths From A112 A107 Progress report on the Occupational Safety and Health Act and rural A108 APPENDIX D Del Faro, Gordon P., R. & R. Tool & Die Corp., North Hollywood, Calif., letter to Mr. Donald B. Roe, June 16, 1972. A138 Dewberry, L. Glenn, Jr., Chairman, Employee Health/Safety Committee, A131 Everhart, C. M., President, Ingram Materials, Inc., Nashville, Tenn., letter to Hon. Joe L. Evins, June 21, 1972--- A134 Friedebach, Hans, President, Keegan Steel Fabricating Co., Inc., Toledo, McNair, Fred D., Davidson McNair Co., Oil City, Pa., letter to Mr. Donald Peyton, Donald L., Managing Director, American National Standards Smetts, W. A., vice president, Industrial Relations, The Stearns & Foster 1972 Stuckel, Robert J., President, R. J. Stuckel Company, Inc., Franklin Park, A138 APPENDIX E OSHA to name 15 advisory committees to help set job safety and health standards A146 APPENDIX F OSHA Standards out of print_-- A149 SMALL BUSINESS AND THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT OF 1970 TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1972 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AFFECTING SMALL BUSINESS, SELECT COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m., in room 2359, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. William L. Hungate (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Representatives Hungate, Smith, Bergland, McKevitt, and Conte. Also present: Donald B. Roe, subcommittee counsel; John M. Finn, minority counsel; and Myrtle Ruth Foutch, clerk. Mr. HUNGATE. The subcommittee will be in order. We are expecting another member of the subcommittee shortly. I might make this announcement, that we have had over 50 persons and organizations who have requested an opportunity to be heard before the subcommittee on this subject. In order to accommodate as many as possible, it is necessary to follow certain rules concerning time limits. There will not be more than 30 minutes time for each witness for oral presentation. This will not restrict written statements which may be filed with the subcommittee by the witnesses, and their statements will be included in the record of the hearings and be considered by the subcommittee. In order that all witnesses may be treated fairly, the Chair will grant each witness an opportunity to read or summarize his statement. The entire written statement, so far as possible, will be part of the record. After 5 minutes, the witness may be permitted additional time not to exceed 2 additional 5-minute periods. The subcommittee will then have up to 15 minutes to interpret and clarify the witness' testimony. This morning we commence hearings on Small Business and the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. These hearings have been instituted as a result of the tremendous outcry of objection by the Nation's small businessmen against the administration and enforcement, and constitute the first congressional hearings on this subject since the act was passed in 1970. Under the very capable leadership of the chairman of the full committee, our able and distinguished colleague from Tennessee, Joe L. Evins, this subcommittee has been urged to review the problems of small businessmen with regard to occupational safety and health. Chairman Evins has been one of the most able and forceful spokesmen in the Congress in support of small business. Our chairman is truly a longtime champion of small business. Our hearings today represent an effort to determine, the impact of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) on small business. The entire country, and particularly the Nation's small businessmen, are vitally concerned about safety for workers. According to available information, the injury frequency rate has increased 29 percent during the last decade. The National Safety Council estimates that approximately 14,000 employees are killed and 2.2 million suffer disabling injuries each year as a result of accidents on the job. Two years ago the Congress enacted the Occupational Safety and Health Act with the avowed purpose to furnish each employee "employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm." The act covers about 75 percent of the civilian labor force, or about 60 million employees in about 5 million establishments. The act covers nearly every employee in the country, including workers in agriculture, the professions, and retail and service industries, as well as those jobs generally classified as industrial. Without a doubt, the legislation is having the widest and greatest impact on the Nation's small businesses of any legislation enacted since the Internal Revenue Act. The Congress has been flooded with mail from all across the country protesting the regulations promulgated under the act and their enforcement. There has been expressed concern that while the intent of the act was commendable, its implementation through regulations and enforcement by the Federal bureaucracy has been unfair, unjust, and a serious detriment to small business. We have reports that small businessmen have been unable to learn the requirements of the act or the standards promulgated thereunder. There have also been complaints that the standards have been applied to all businesses alike without regard to special problems besetting small business. Furthermore, there have been reports of isolated abuse of the inspection and enforcement procedures by the Department of Labor. Therefore, this subcommittee intends to conduct an extensive study and review of the impact of OSHA on small business. Today has been set aside especially to receive testimony from Members of Congress. I am, indeed, proud of my able and distinguished colleagues who have shown their intense concern for the plight of the Nation's small businessmen by appearing and testifying during these hearings. Public witnesses have been scheduled to testify tomorrow, Wednesday, June 21: Government witnesses, including the Assistant Secretary of Labor, the Chairman of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, and the Director of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, on Thursday, June 22. Because of the tremendous amount of interest in this subject, two additional days of hearings, June 27 and 28, have been scheduled to receive testimony from trade associations and small businessmen. |