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*38 including the dale. lime. location. results obtained person making tests. ;in<l calibration date of equipment shall br maintained at the job site II concentrations roach Iti parts of carbon monoxide per million parts of air <0.0025 percent), tests should be made mure frequently Concentrations should mil exceed :<S parts per million (0.0035 percent) at any time at employee breathing zones. When concentrations do exceed this level, employees shall leave the area and ad* ditiohal natural or mechanical ventilation shall be provided. No persons sltall be permitted to he within the area being Seated by the salamanders except when tending them, when testing the atmosphere, or in emergencies. Throughout the discussion of the proposed standards Robert M. Farell, safely director, International Union of Operating Engineers. Countryside. 111., said that this stan dard should not be promulgated because salamanders are only permissible under interim orders in three states and the District of Columbia and that only a few are still being manufactured. "We are virtually making a standard for a piece of equipment that basically does not exist,," he said. Karrdl alluded to the difficulty in getting covers for salamanders due to the fact that most salamanders now in use are fabricated by the construction companies using them and the present materials shortages could deter compliance. "It's an unenforceable code." he said. Asbestos OSHA WILL PROPOSE AMENDMENTS TO RULES FOR ASBESTOS IN NOVEMBER, AIA IS TOLD Amendments to the standard for occupational exposure to asbestos. 29 CKR 1910.93a will be proposed on or about November 1, according to Harry Gilbert, project officer. Of fice of Standards, Occupational Safety and Health Ad ministration. Addressing the Asbestos Information Association in Washington. D C., on September 11-12. Gilbert said the new standard probably will become effective in June, 1975. Citing recommendations made by the AIA (Current Report. August 22, p. 3271, he noted not all may be adopted by OSHA. but all will he given careful consideration Deleted from the present standard will be those requirements that "are an onerous burden on employers with no benefit to health und salety. in an effort to aid in voluntary compliance since there are limitations on the number of industrial hygicntists and compliance officers available to make in spections." he said. Dr Daniel Boyd, director. OSHA Office of Standards, said more efficient standards-making processes arc needed to avoid duplication of efforts If a standard is developed by a consensus organization it undergoes an extensive process, and I ve gut to take it through C<bt." he said, adding the American National Standards Institute has been named as an interpreting agency tor all organizations dealing with standards dcielopmcni. Bovil said ANSI has been "very icnponsivc." to tlic needs of OSH A He referred also to a new iak lorrr in the Standards tillicc. headed hy Dr Don IsissiliT isec related story this issue which will set priorities lor standards development B^'d said once these priorities are established, the standard' --tting mcehanism will be engaged m the ntnst cllinenl ... possible. ANSI will have a lull-lime Washington. D ('. director of -,itet> and health who will deal closely won OSIIA ANSI will ml write Ihe standards, hill will cnordinalc wdh the National Fire Proleflon A'soriatinn iNFP.AI. the American Colderoner ol (overnment.il Industrial tlygicn.sls Al.TSIH e AfTACHMtt rZ 9/19/74 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH REPORTER and Hie American Society lor Testing and Materials i ASTM I. and other consensus groups, where input is needed. Bovd nolrsl also Hie need for bettor coordination with other Government agencies. Reorganization Assilanl Labor Secretary John II. Stcndcr said OSHA recently completed a major reorganization of the Office of Standards Development, increasing (he staff, and realigning it along task force lines, "This will permit us to anticipate problems like asbestos, pesticides, and vinyl chloride before they are upon us." he said. Stcnder noted also the joint OSHA-Naliona) Institute for Occupational Safety and Health standards completion project that will produce complete health standards (or over 400 toxic substances. Union Charges Sheldon W. Samuels, Industrial Union Department. AFL-CIO. discussed corporate integrity, noting people hired by in dustry "are incapable of objectivity and candor." He called the decision on the part of major industry not to lure a medical director, or in hire "one who would tell you what you want to hear, is mindless, and stupid." This increases the intensity of Hie disruption in Ihe workforce, he added. Referring to the United Males Chamber of Commerce, the National Association ol Manufacturers, Organization Resources Counselor, amt other similar groups, he said activities of these oig.-mi/aiions in the area of safely and health "border on while eollar crime." Threshold limit values have, in many cases, "been purchased." and "should be proven." lie said. ORC View Leo Teplow, Organization Itesnurccs Counselors, Inc., Washington. D.C.. said business has been so extraordinarily successful in some i experts. it should br known that safely and hcallh is a mnjot preoccupation of management. Teplow referred 1 the similarity of goals between management and uigani/cd labor and noted that "conlrontnlinn" should be uvuided and replaced by "food for thought." lie said Hie asbestos standard, since it was the first developed by OSHA. had nn patterns to follow It was important because (lie issues raised went far beyond one in dustry and one substance He commended AIA. noting industry can help bring essen tial facts to hear on OSHA decisions and "AIA has done this." Johns-Manvlll# Dr Paul Kotin, vice president, health, salety. and environ ment. Jnhns-Manvillc.said "safe exposure levels exist, if ex posure at certain levels does not increase risk of disease " Industry accepts the responsibility for workers exposed to asbestos. including those in the "incubation period." he said. Threshold limit values are maximum allowable concen trations. expressions ol a series of judgments not end points, he said, industry cannot be satisfied with acceptance ol TIA' s it it can he shown that hazards exist, lie added In dustry must try lo distinguish between fart and opinion in an eilori not lo repliraie aliseoee of fact over the next decade vehecios ran he salety mined, milled, fabricated, and used. ......... H -oiing that Hie Al A'will be successful only to Hie ex- it is. aggressive. n .-aid Ihe asbestos mdu-lrv should not lure workers amike anv none Ilian a "person with polio would he hirisl lo paini the Golden Gate llridgc. " outing the problems inlieien! in hiring "high risk " persons 8005 1252 PRODUCED BY FORD