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Public Law 91-596
91st Congress, S. 219
December 29, 1970
As Amended by Public Law 101-552,
Section 3101, November 5, 1990
As Amended by Public Law 105-198,
July 16, 1998
As Amended by Public Law 105-241
September 29, 1998An Act
To assure safe and healthful working conditions for working
men and women; by authorizing enforcement of the standards
developed under the Act; by assisting and encouraging the
States in their efforts to assure safe and healthful working
conditions; by providing for research, information, education,
and training in the field of occupational safety and health; and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, that this
Act may be cited as the “Occupational Safety and Health
Administration Compliance Assistance Authorization Act of
1998.”3.21. Obtain information about the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC), which sets the standards for han-
dling and other activities dealing with radioactive mate-
rials. Write a brief report to your instructor regarding
your findings.
3.22. Obtain information about the classification of fire
extinguishers. Write a brief report explaining what
is meant by Class A, Class B, Class C, and Class D fires.
3.23. Write a brief report detailing the development of safety
belts in cars. When was the first safety belt designed?
Which was the first car manufacturer to incorporate
safety belts as standard items in its cars?
3.24. Investigate the mission of each of the following stan-
dards organizations. For each of the organizations
listed, write a one-page memo to your instructor about
its mission and role.
a. The European Committee for Electrotechnical
Standardization (CENELEC)
b. European Telecommunication Standards Institute
(ETSI)
c. Pan American Standards Commission (COPANT)
d. Bureau of Indian Standards (BID)
e. Hong Kong Standards and Testing Centre Ltd.
(HKSTC)
f. Korea Academy of Industrial Technology
(KAITECH)
g. Singapore Academy of Industrial Technology (PSB)
h. Standards New Zealand (SNZ)
3.25. Write a brief report explaining what is meant by ISO
9000 and ISO 14000 certification.
3.26. Ask your local city water supplier to give you a list of
the chemicals that it tests for in your water. Also ask
how your city water is being treated. You may want to
contact your state department of health /environment
to get additional information. For help in locating state
and local agencies, or for information on drinking
water in general, you can call the EPA’s Safe Drinking
Water Hotline: (800) 426-4791 or by visiting the EPA
Web site at http://www.epa.org. You can also obtain infor-
mation about the uses and releases of chemicals in your
state by contacting the Community Right-to-Know
Hotline: (800) 535-0202.3.27. Collect information on the Surface Water Treatment
Rule (SWTR) standards set by the EPA. Write a
brief memo to your instructor explaining your
findings.
3.28. Obtain the EPA’s consumer fact sheets (they are now
available on the Web) on antimony, barium, beryllium,
cadmium, cyanide, and mercury. After reading the fact
sheets, prepare a brief report explaining what they are,
how they are used, and what health effects are associ-
ated with them.
3.29. In 1970 the U.S. Congress passed the Occupational
Safety and Health Act. The following is a duplicate of
the act, which reads:Visit the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety
and Health Act (OSHA) home page at http://www.osha.gov,
and write a brief report describing the type of
safety and health standards that are covered by OSHA.Copyright 2010 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part. Due to electronic rights, some third party content may be suppressed from the eBook and/or eChapter(s).圀圀圀⸀夀䄀娀䐀䄀一倀刀䔀匀匀⸀䌀伀䴀圀圀圀⸀夀䄀娀䐀䄀一倀刀䔀匀匀⸀䌀伀䴀