OSHA Hearing
April 23rd, 2007 by Jesse LeeFrom the Education and Labor Committee:
Advisory: Subcommittee on Workplace Protections to Hold Hearing on OSHA Standards Tuesday
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections of the Education and Labor Committee will hold a hearing on the unwillingness of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue important health and safety standards on Tuesday, April 24, at 1:30 p.m. The hearing will explore the Bush Administration’s failure to issue OSHA standards, the human cost of this failure, and any legislative and administrative solutions.
WHAT: Subcommittee on Workplace Protections,
“Have OSHA Standards Kept up with Workplace Hazards?”
WHEN: Tuesday, April 24, 2007, 1:30 p.m. EDT
WHO:
Edwin Foulke
Assistant Secretary of Labor
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Washington, D.C.Eric Peoples
Former Employee of Glister-Mary Lee Popcorn Factory
Carthage, Missouri.Scott Schneider
Director of Occupational Safety and Health
Laborers’ Health and Safety Fund of North America
Washington D.C.Baruch Fellner
Attorney
Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher
Washington, D.C.Frank Mirer
Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Hunter School of Urban Public Health
New York, N.Y.WHERE: Education and Labor Committee Hearing Room
2175 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C.