OSHA Seeking Comments on New Regulations for Backing Up and Working With Reinforced Concrete

On March 29, 2012, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking comments on how to prevent injuries and deaths from vehicles and mobile equipment backing into workers in construction and reinforcing concrete activities in construction. OSHA will use the comments received to learn more about how workers get injured and what solutions exist to prevent injury and death, including possible regulatory action. The Federal Register notice contains a series of questions specific to both topics. I encourage all of you and your associates to participate in the process and give OSHA the best information to work with in determining future action. Comments on this RFI must be submitted by June 27, 2012. Full text of Federal Register Notice (including background information) can be accessed using this link: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-03-29/html/2012-7510.htm AGC will be submitting comments and is asking for you input. To provide this input please respond to the AGC survey which includes questions contained in the RFI specific to Preventing Backover Injuries and Fatalities. To access the survey please follow this link: Backover Injuries and Fatalities Questions http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HJL7T2M AGC has created a second survey to address OSHA’s questions on activities related to use of Reinforced Concrete in Construction. To respond to this survey please follow this link: Reinforced Concrete Operations Questions http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HJW8HWZ  For more information, please contact Brian Deery at (703) 837-5319 or deeryb@agc.org.