A Staff Report on the Oversight of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration with Respect to Grain Elevator Fires and ExplosionsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1980 - 151 pages |
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| Title | A Staff Report on the Oversight of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration with Respect to Grain Elevator Fires and Explosions |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Health and Safety |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1980 |
| Length | 151 pages |
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