SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDREDTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION FEBRUARY 4, 1988 Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Operations 85-613 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1988 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS JACK BROOKS, Texas, Chairman JOHN CONYERS, JR., Michigan STEPHEN L. NEAL, North Carolina ROBERT E. WISE, JR., West Virginia GERALD D. KLECZKA, Wisconsin MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ, California LOUISE M. SLAUGHTER, New York FRANK HORTON, New York HOWARD C. NIELSON, Utah JOSEPH J. DIOGUARDI, New York JIM LIGHTFOOT, Iowa BEAU BOULTER, Texas DONALD E. “BUZ” LUKENS, Ohio JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma KF27 CONTENTS Abrams, Robert, attorney general, State of New York....... Chatten-Brown, Jan, special assistant for occupational safety and health and environmental protection to Los Angeles district attorney, Los Lantos, Hon. Tom, a Representative in Congress from the State of Cali- fornia, and chairman, Employment and Housing Subcommittee: Open- Murphy, Les, assistant director, safety and health, Building and Con- struction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, accompanied by Elihu Leifer, Pendergrass, John A., Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and 119 62 Seminario, Margaret M., associate director, Department of Occupational 110 Chatten-Brown, Jan, special assistant for occupational safety and health 46-61 Daley, Richard M., State's attorney, Cook County, IL: Prepared statement 34-38 Holtzman, Elizabeth, district attorney, Kings County, NY: Prepared state- Murphy, Les, assistant director, safety and health, Building and Con- Pendergrass, John A., Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and 122-144 Data concerning report entitled "Special Review of OSHA Enforce- 107-108 Information concerning written directive.. 96-97 |