HR 278 · 97th Congress · Labor and Employment

A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to exempt small businesses having no more than ten full-time employees or the equivalent thereof, and does not have an occupational injury incidence rate exceeding seven per hundred full-time employees based upon the annual Bureau of Labor Statistics survey of 3-and 4-digit Standard Industrial Classification Code industries.

Introduced 1981-01-05· Sponsored by Rep. Hansen, George V. [R-ID-2]· 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 Subcommittee on Health and Safety.(1981-02-06)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to exclude from the definition of employer any person with no more than ten full-time employees and with an occupational injury incidence rate not exceeding seven percent. Provides, with regard to such small businesses, that: (1) the Secretary of Labor may conduct health inspections and investigate serious injuries or deaths involving workplace safety; (2) employees or their representatives may request an inspection by filing a written complaint with the Secretary; and (3) citations may only be issued if the violating condition created a serious risk and was knowingly or recklessly permitted to exist. Directs the Secretary to publish annually in the Federal Register the occupational injury incidence rate for such employer category.…

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