HEARINGS ON H.R. 3160, THE COMPREHENSIVE
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REFORM
ACT [TITLE IV)—Volume II

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ONE HUNDRED SECOND CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, DC, APRIL 2, 8, AND 29, 1992

56-856

Serial No. 102-100

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COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

WILLIAM D. FORD, Michigan, Chairman

PATRICIA F. RISSLER, Staff Director
JAY EAGEN, Minority Staff Director

Breger, Hon. Marshall, Solicitor of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor,

Washington, DC.......

Henry, Hon. Paul, a Representative in Congress from the State of Michi-

gan; accompanied by Gary Visscher, Minority Professional Staff, Com-

mittee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives...

Landrigan, Philip, M.D., Chairman, Department of Community and Envi-
ronmental Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY; Jack
Sheinkman, President, Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers,
New York, NY; Thomas McGarity, Professor of Law, University of
Texas, Austin, TX; and James C. Miller, III, Chairman of the Board,
Citizens for a Sound Economy, Washington, DC.
Lucassen, Sigurd, President, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join-
ers, Washington, DC; accompanied by Edward J. Gorman III, Executive
Director, Carpenters Health and Safety Fund of North America; accom-
panied by Stephen C. Perry, Field Representative, United Brotherhood
of Carpenters and Joiners; Michael Wright, Director of Health, Safety,
and Environment, United Steelworkers of America, Pittsburgh, PA; E.
Michael McCann, District Attorney, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee,
WI; and Stephen Bokat, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, DC;
accompanied by Robert C. Gombar, Esq., Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue,
Counsel to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Sciortino, Pasquale, St. Clair Shores, MI; accompanied by Charles D.

Reese, Ph.D., Managing Director of the Laborers' Health and Safety

Fund of North America, Washington, DC; accompanied by William

Kojola, Associate Director, Occupational Health, Laborers' Health and

Safety Fund of North America, Washington, DC.....

Strunk, Dorothy, Acting Assistant Secretary, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor; accompanied by
Alan McMillan, Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor.

Williams, Lynn, Chair, Standing Committee on Safety and Occupational

Health, AFL-CIO, and President, United Steelworkers of America,

Pittsburgh, PA; accompanied by Margaret Seminario, Safety Director,

AFL-CIO; and Jack Eilar and Lisa Eilar, Ypsilanti, MI.

Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials, et cetera:

Alcohol and Residential, Recreational, and Occupational Injuries: A

Review of the Epidemiologic Evidence, additional material for the

record....

136

583

3

296

188

551

238

521

Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Fatal Work-related Injuries, additional materi-
al supplied for the record...

515

American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Atlanta, GA, pre-

pared statement of.

767

American Gas Association, prepared statement of..............

621

American Industrial Hygiene Association:

April 2, 1992

205

April 29, 1992

797

American Subcontractors Association, Alexandria, VA, prepared state-

ment of

650

American Trucking Associations, prepared statement of.

460