COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey, Chairman JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia JACOB K. JAVITS, New York CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri JOHN H. CHAFEE, Rhode Island S. I. HAYAKAWA, California STEPHEN J. PARADISE, General Counsel and Staff Director MARJORIE M. WHITTAKER, Chief Clerk SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey, Chairman JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia JACOB K. JAVITS, New York CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont DARRYL J. ANDERSON, Counsel CONTENTS Page Text of Public Law 91-596------- CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES OCTOBER 3, 1978 Marshall, Hon. F. Ray, Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor, accompanied by Dr. Eula Bingham, Assistant Secretary OSHA------- Baier, Edward J., Deputy Director; Vernon E. Rose, Director, Division of Criteria Documentation and Standards Development; and Philip J. Bier- baum, Deputy Director, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evauations and Field Studies, a panel from the National Institute for Occupational Gillice, James T., loss prevention director, the Alliance of American Mann, Lon, president, National Cotton Council, Marianna, Ark.; Joe L. Lanier, Jr., president, Pepperell, Inc., West Point, Ga., chairman, Amer- ican Textile Manufacturers’ Institute, safety and health committee; and George H. Dunklin, president, Planters Cotton Oil Mill, Pine Bluff, Ark., Booker, Gaylon B., on behalf of the National Cotton Council ------ Copen, David Allen, Willow Island Disaster Organization, Parkersburg, W. Va., accompanied by Peggy Coffman ---- Wheaton, Frank, Jr., president, Wheaton Industries, Millville, N.J------ Rolston, K. S., executive vice president, American Pulpwood Association - Sheehan, Charles T., vice president, government affairs, Cast Metals Fed- eration, Westchester, Ill.; and Arthur K. Mann, vice president and general manager, Riverside Foundry Division, Donsco, Inc., Wrights- Biemiller, Andrew J., director, department of legislation, American Fed- eration of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, accompanied by George H. R. Taylor, director of AFL-CIO department of occupa- tional safety and health; and F. Howard McGuigan, legislative Fike, Elmer A., president, Fike Chemicals, Inc., Nitro, W. Va------------ Durr, Robert J., chairman, mechanical contractors safety committee, Mechanical Contractors Association of America, Inc., and vice president, Courter & Co., New York-------- Karrh, Bruce W., M.D., medical director, E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., representing the Manufacturing Chemists Association, accompanied by R. D. Fulwiler, Ph. D., associate director, health de- partment, the Proctor & Gamble Co., Cincinnati, Ohio; Jerry M. Smith, Ph. D., director of toxicology, Rohm & Haas Co., Spring House, Pa.; and Ned K. Walters, manager, safety and fire protection, E. I. Du Pont STATEMENTS -- -- - AFL-CIO, public employee department, prepared statement.------ statement -------- Perkel, director, prepared statement----- behalf of, prepared statement.--- pared statement.---Baier, Edward J., Deputy Director; Vernon E. Rose, Director, Division of Criteria Documentation and Standards Development; and Philip J. Bierbaum, Deputy Director, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, a panel from the National Institute for Occupa tional Safety and Health---Biemiller, Andrew J., director, department of legislation, American Fed eration of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, accompanied by George H. R. Taylor, director of AFL-CIO department of occupational safety and health; and F. Howard McGuigan, legislative representative -----Booker, Gaylon B., on behalf of the National Cotton Council. Cast Metals Federation, Charles T. Sheehan, vice president, government affairs, prepared statement.---- W. Va., accompanied by Peggy Coffman ---- eral manager, Riverside Foundry Division, prepared statement.------Durr, Robert J., chairman, mechanical contractors safety committee, Mechanical Contractors Association of America, Inc., and vice presi- Prepared statement--------- Prepared statement.--. Co., Wilmington, Del., representing the Manufacturing Chemists Associa- Prepared statement--- Lanier, Jr., President, Pepperell, Inc., West Point, Ga., chairman, Prepared statement----- director, E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., prepared statement ------Marshall, Hon. F. Ray, Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor, accompanied by Dr. Eula Bingham, Assistant Secretary OSHA----Mechanical Contractors Association of America, Inc., Robert J. Durr, chairman, mechanical contractors safety committee, prepared statement -----Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association of the United States, Inc., prepared statement---- ------National Cotton Council of America, Lon Mann, president, prepared statement ---Planters Cotton Oil Mill, Inc., George H. Dunklin, president, prepared statement 303 315 315 26 291 INC Public Citizen's Health Research Group, Sidney M. Wolfe, M.D., and Page Robert B. Stulberg, representatives, prepared statement.-- 415 Rolston, K. S., executive vice president, American Pulpwood Association. 178 Sheehan, Charles T., vice president, government affairs, Cast Metals Fed eration, Westchester, Ill.; and Arthur K. Mann, vice president and general manager, Riverside Foundry Division, Donsco, Inc., Wrightsville, 182 Prepared statement.-------- 192 South Carolina Department of Labor, E. L. McGowan, commissioner of labor, prepared statement.-- 402 Wheaton, Frank, Jr., president, Wheaton Industries, Millville, N.J------ 164 ADDITIONAL INFORMATON Pa ------- Articles, publications, etc.: Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records, from the Manu facturing Chemists Association--Elmer's Tune, volume V, June 1977, by Elmer A. Fike---Guidelines for a Chemical Plant Safety Program and Audit, by the Manufacturing Chemists Association, Washington, D.C-----Many Areas in Which OSHA Can Improve Their Agency in Order to Provide Better Protection for the Employees in the Construction Trade Street Journal, October 11, 1978. Springs, annual report, July 1, 1978.. Communications to : Levenhagen, Thomas E., Area Director, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, from Kenneth L. Inc., Warsaw, Ind., July 20, 1978 (with attachments) ----- council, American Mining Congress, Washington, D.C., October 19, 1978------ October 7, 1978-------- facturers Association, Washington, D.C., October 19, 1978_----- ington, D.C., October 20, 1978 (with attachment)----- Counselors, Inc., New York, N.Y., October 19, 1978.. mated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, New York, N.Y., October 18, 1978------Selected charts : Compliance with OSHA's Health Standard for Vinyl Chloride, 1974 and 1977_Estimated Number of Occupational Exposures for Selected Sub stances that OSHA has RegulatedOccupational Illnesses and Injury Incidence Rates 1972 to 1976-----Questions and answers: Responses from Hon. F. Ray Marshall, Secretary, Department of Labor to questions submitted by Senator Harrison A. 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