ACT REVIEW, 1974

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

A REVIEW OF THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
ACT OF 1970

39-727 O

S. 586, S. 976, S. 1147, S. 1249, S. 2823,
S. 3147, S. 3454, S. 3654

LEGISLATION AMENDING THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
AND HEALTH ACT
AND APPENDIX

JULY 22, 30, AND 31; AUGUST 13 AND 14, 1974

Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
DEPOSIT

WASHINGTON: 1974

COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey, Chairman

JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia
CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin
WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota
THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri
ALAN CRANSTON, California
HAROLD E. HUGHES, Iowa

WILLIAM D. HATHAWAY, Maine

JACOB K. JAVITS, New York
PETER H. DOMINICK, Colorado
RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania
ROBERT TAFT, JR., Ohio

J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Maryland
ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont

Clark, Hon. Dick, a U.S. Senator from the State of Iowa----

Dominick, Hon. Peter H., a U.S. Senator from the State of Colorado___

Curtis, Hon. Carl T., a U.S. Senator from the State of Nebraska___

Church, Hon. Frank, a U.S. Senator from the State of Idaho_----

Brennan, Hon. Peter J., Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor, accompanied

by William J. Kilberg, Solicitor of Labor----

Tofany, Vincent L., president, National Safety Council, accompanied by

Robert Curry and Harry N. Rosenberg-__-.

Clayman, Jacob, secretary-treasurer, Industrial Union, AFL-CIO, accom-

panied by Sheldon Samuels, director, Safety, Health, and Environment,

Industrial Union, and Phil J. Daugherty, legislative representative,

Industrial Union.............

Rocuskie, Benjamin D., assistant chief highway engineer and director, Bu-

reau of Design for Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, accom-

panied by Robert H. Doyle, legislative counsel, National Society for Pro-

fessional Engineers_-

Wingate, Roger H., senior vice president, Liberty Mutual Insurance Com-

pany, accompanied by General Harold Read, director, Audio Visual De-

partment

TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1974

Biemiller, Andrew J., director, Department of Legislation, American Fed-

eration of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, accompanied

by George Taylor, executive secretary, AFL-CIO, Standing Committee

on Safety and Occupational Health___.

Stender, John H., Assistant Secretary of Labor, accompanied by Howard

Schulte, Deputy Assistant Secretary; Barry White, Associate Assistant

Secretary for Regional Programs; Alexander Reis, Associate Assistant

Secretary National Programs; John Plummer, Associate Assistant Secre-

tary for Administrative Programs, OSHA; and Ben Mintz, Associate So-

licitor, OSHA; and William Kilberg, Solicitor, Department of Labor___

Norwood, Dr. Janet L., Deputy Commissioner for Data Analysis, Bureau

of Labor Statistics, accompanied by Thomas Gayett, Deputy Commis-

sioner for Statistical Operations and Processing; and Theodore J.

Golonka, Acting Assistant Commissioner for Office of Safety and Health

Statistics