A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide notification procedures for potentially hazardous substances.
Advance Warning of Potential Occupational Hazards Act - Requires, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, that whenever the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health initially determines that any substance may be a potential occupational hazard which may cause death or serious injury, the Institute shall immediately notify the Secretary of Labor.
Directs the Secretary, upon receipt of such information, to publish it in the Federal Register and to furnish written notice to all employers manufacturing or using such substance.
Requires employers to post such notice within 30 days so as to inform all employees of the nature of the potentially hazardous substance.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.
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