ACCSH 2001-1, exh 7, Proposed Revised Sanitation Standard
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ACCSH – Selected Workgroup Notes & Materials
The OSHA Advisory Committee for Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH) was authorized in the 1969 Construction Safety Act (US Code Title 40§3704, to advise OSHA on matters related to construction safety and health. It consists of five public representatives (one is normally from a State OSHA program, one from NIOSH, etc.), five labor representatives (normally from various Building Trades Unions) and five management representatives (primarily from contractor trade associations). The ACCSH often sets up work groups, which are open to the public, to draft positions on various topics or issues. These positions are then often voted on by the full ACCSH and those recommendations referred to OSHA for their consideration. This collection includes selected historical notes and reports from ACCSH meetings. It is not all inclusive. For the most recent or a more comprehensive list go to http://www.osha.gov/doc/accsh. The following are links to all of the items in this collection:
Documents
- ACCSH 1988-1, exh 1, Fatality/Catastrophe Investigation Final Report
- ACCSH 1994-5, exh 15, Hexavalent Chromium Recommendations
- ACCSH 1994-2, exh 3, Standards Clarification Report
- ACCSH 1994-4, exh 8, Engineering Work Group Final Report
- ACCSH 1994-5, exh 1, Record Keeping Work Group Report and Recommendation
- ACCSH 1994-5, exh 17, Safety and Health Programs Report and Recommendations
- ACCSH 1995-2, exh 11C, Steel Erection Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee (SENRAC)
- ACCSH 1995-2, exh 13, Powered Industrial Trucks
- ACCSH 1995 -1, exh 18, Musculoskeletal Disorders Working Group Report
- ACCSH 1996-1, exh 5, Musculoskeletal Disorders Recommendations
- ACCSH 1996-2, exh 13&14, Safety and Health Programs Report and Final Draft
- ACCSH 1995-2, exh 15, Musculoskeletal Disorders in Construction
- ACCSH 1980-4, exh 1, Health Standards in Construction - Final Report
- ACCSH 1993-5, exh 8, Fall Protection
- ACCSH 1995-1, exh 10, Health and Safety of Women in Construction (HASWIC) Final Report
- ACCSH 1994-5, Exh 16, Hazwoper Working Group Recommendations
- ACCSH 1998-3, exh 16, Proposed Appendix B to Subpart L, Scaffolding
- ACCSH 2001-1, exh 7, Proposed Revised Sanitation Standard
Summary Statement
This proposed revision to 29 CFR 1926.51 for construction sanitation was prepared by the Sanitation Workgroup of OSHA's Advisory Committee on Construction Occupational Safety and Health, a 15-member committee of employee, government, and employer representatives from throughout the United States. The workgroup began its review process in 1998 with interested stakeholders. Some ACCSH members believe the standard is not enforced enough (it was the fifty-second most cited standard in 2003, according to OSHA, and was cited 342 times in the five years 1999 through 2003). The standard does not require hand washing and does not require toilets for "mobile crews," such as workers constructing a pipeline. The attached draft was endorsed by a unanimous vote of the full ACCSH Committee in March 2001 that included the committee's plea for OSHA to begin the regulatory process. As of March 2005, OSHA had not begun promulgation of a revised standard.
March 15, 2001
