The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has scheduled a meeting of the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health Dec. 5, 2013, in Washington, D.C.
FACOSH advises the Secretary of Labor on all matters relating to the occupational safety and health of federal employees. This includes providing advice on how to reduce the number of injuries and illnesses in the federal workforce and how to encourage each federal executive branch department and agency to establish and maintain effective occupational safety and health programs.
The agenda will include updates from FACOSH subcommittees, status of the occupational exposure limits recommendations, recordkeeping rule changes affecting federal agencies, whistleblower protection program best practices, Presidential POWER Initiative update and OPM status report regarding the GS-0018 job series.
The meeting will be held in Rooms N-4437 A-D, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20210. Some committee members will participate by teleconference. The meeting is open to the public. Comments and requests to speak may be submitted electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal, by mail or fax. See the Federal Register notice for more information. Comments and requests to speak must be submitted by Nov. 29, 2013.
Under Section 19 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 and Executive Order 12196, the head of each agency is responsible for providing safe and healthful workplaces for their employees. OSHA’s role is to ensure these conditions for all federal employees by setting and enforcing standards, and providing training, education and assistance.
