HR 4775 · 102th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

Postal Employees Safety and Health Act

Introduced 1992-04-07· Sponsored by Rep. Hayes, Charles A. [D-IL-1]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Postal Personnel and Modernization.(1992-04-14)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Postal Employees Safety and Health Act - Makes various provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA), including civil and criminal penalty provisions, applicable to the U.S. Postal Service. Directs the Postmaster General to issue standards on ergonomic hazards to protect Postal Service employees from work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Requires the Postal Service to: (1) ensure that, in order to protect the hearing impaired from smoke or fire hazards, warning devices are present in all appropriate postal facilities; (2) prescribe regulations which ensure at least the minimum level of safety provided by the then current national consensus standards under OSHA dealing with smoke and fire warning devices for the hearing impaired and which include criteria for identifying which types of postal facilities shall be subject to particular requirements with respect to such warning devices; and (3) report to specified congressional committees. Authorizes a joint labor-management postal safety committee (committee) to enter into contracts with the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to identify any ergon…

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Cosponsors (20)

15 Democrats4 Republicans1 Independent