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erganismics
OVERSIGHT OF OSHA DURING THE 106th CONGRESS
The Requests
OSHA has testified at 13 Congressional hearings, five of which were focused in whole or
in part on ergonomics.
OSHA is scheduled to testify at three additional oversight hearings in July, including two
on the proposed ergonomics rule.
OSHA has received 33 Congressional requests for documents (see attached chart). These
requests include those of Senator Enzi and Congressman McIntosh for documents
concerning OSHA's use of contractors in developing the proposed ergonomics rule.
At the request of Senators Bond, Thompson and Jeffords, the General Accounting Office
is examining OSHA's use of contractors in developing the proposed ergonomics rule.
At the request of Senator Bond, the Inspector General of the Department of Labor is
investigating OSHA's use of contractors in developing the proposed ergonomics rule.
The Impact On OSHA
Responding to Congressional oversight requests requires time and attention from many of
the same individuals who are developing the final ergonomics standard. Among the
ergonomics team members who have expended significant periods of time in responding
to oversight requests are:
Assistant Secretary, OSHA
3 Deputy Assistant Secretaries, OSHA
Director of Safety Standards, OSHA
Director of Office of Regulatory Analysis, OSHA
Director of Policy, OSHA
Associate Solicitor, Occupational Safety and Health Division, Office of the
Solicitor of Labor
2 OSHA Staff Full-Time
On June 16th, OSHA provided to Senator Enzi some 3,000 pages of documents regarding
OSHA's use of contractors in developing the proposed ergonomics rule.
In June 2000, OSHA contractors provided to Rep. McIntosh over 10,000 pages of
documents regarding OSHA's use of contractors in developing the proposed ergonomics
rule.
From November 1999 through February 2000, OSHA provided to Rep. McIntosh over
30,000 pages of documents regarding so-called "non-codified guidance."
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