IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT, 1972

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

OVERSIGHT HEARINGS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT

JULY 25, 26, 27, AND SEPTEMBER 19, 1972

Printed for the use of the
Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

85-460 O

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1972

COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, Jr., New Jersey, Chairman

JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia
CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin
WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota
THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri
ALAN CRANSTON, California
HAROLD E. HUGHES, Iowa

ADLAI E. STEVENSON III, Illinois

JACOB K. JAVITS, New York
PETER H. DOMINICK, Colorado
RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania
BOB PACKWOOD, Oregon
ROBERT TAFT, JR., Ohio

J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Maryland
ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont

CONTENTS

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1972

Curtis, Hon. Carl T., a U.S. Senator from the State of Nebraska.

Beall, John C., Building Contractor from Lincoln, Nebr----

Kratz, Dean G., attorney, Omaha, Nebr___.

Pimper, Al, Chrysler-Plymouth dealer, Fremont, Nebr...

Dodge, Kenneth F., vice president, Olson Construction Co., Lincoln, Nebr__

Goeser, Francis, superintendent of mill plant at Chicago Lumber Co.,

Omaha, Nebr...

Sikyta, Fred R., president, Bryant Air Conditioning and Heating Co.,

Lincoln, Nebr...

Miller, Robert, president of the Greater Omaha Heavy Contractors Asso-

ciation, and also appearing as vice president of Ed Miller & Sons

Excavating Co..

Hansen, Hon. Clifford P., a U.S. Senator from the State of Wyoming_-.

Berman, Richard B., labor relations attorney for the Chamber of Com-

merce of the United States___.

ers

Waranch, Stanley, president of the National Association of Home Build-

Gavin, James A., legislative director of the National Federation of Inde-

pendent Business_

WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1972

Seacor, Roy, on behalf of the Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning Contractors

National Association, Inc., accompanied by James P. Hensley, director

legislative affairs_-_-

Hart, Charles J., associate director of Services for Codes and Standards

of the National Electrical Contractors Association___.

Noble, James R., executive secretary of the Mechanical Contractors Asso-

ciation of America, Inc., accompanied by William Abernathy-

Gerson, Walter, on behalf of the National Association of Plumbing-Heat-

ing-Cooling Contractors__

Lindstrom, Vernie E., Jr., on behalf of the Associated General Contractors

of America, accompanied by J. D. Layden, assistant executive director;

and Arthur L. Schmuhl, director, safety division.

167

Beck, Carl A., chairman, legislative action and policy committee, National

Small Business Association.

210

Leedom, John N., president of the National Association of Wholesaler-

Distributors

220

Whittey, Charles J., president of National Automobile Dealers Associa-

tion, accompanied by Frank E. McCarthy, executive vice president__.

243

THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1972

Dominick, Hon. Peter H., a U.S. Senator from the State of Colorado_____

Johnson, Don, owner and general manager of D. R. Johnson Lumber Co.,

Riddle, Oreg_

Clayman, Jacob, administrative director, industrial union department,

AFL-CIO, accompanied by Philip Dougherty, legislative department,

and Sheldon Samuels, occupational health and safety department____

Bailey, James F., legislative advocate, United Brotherhood of Carpenters

& Joiners of America; accompanied by Paul Connelly, safety director___

Wolfe, Sidney, M.D., health research group, Washington, D.C__.

Keeney, Eugene A.. president, American Retail Federation; accompanied

by Glenn R. Erickson, employee relations director____

Triggs, Matt, assistant legislative director, American Farm Bureau

Federation

249

254

261

278

294

300

318