Emergency Response

7 organizations filed 9 public comments on Emergency Response, at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The comment window closed 557d ago.

Abstract

OSHA is proposing a new rule to protect emergency responders, called Emergency Response. OSHA’s current Fire Brigades standard, 29 CFR 1910.156, provides protection specifically to industrial or private firefighters but no other types of emergency responders. It was published in 1980 and has not been updated with subsequent improvements in personal protective clothing and equipment or advances in safety and health practices. OSHA proposes to replace the existing 29 CFR 1910.156 with the new Emergency Response standard. The new rule would provide updated health and safety protections for firefighters, emergency medical service providers, and technical search and rescuers.

Commenters (7)

• American Coatings Associationtrade assoc.

  2 filings · confidence 97%
• National Rural Electric Cooperative Associationtrade assoc.

  2 filings · confidence 97%
• American Chemistry Counciltrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• American Petroleum Institutetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• Edison Electric Institutetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• Environmental Technology Counciltrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce

  1 filing · confidence 97%