NIOSH Comments to DOL on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration'sProposed Rule on Health Standards; Methods of Compliance by R. W. Niemeier, October 9, 1990

摘要

The testimony presents the views of NIOSH in regard to the proposed rule changeoffered by OSHA on methods of compliance. Specific information contained in the testimony concerns situations where engineering controls were not achieving consistent, reliable, adequate protection; studies regarding the physiological stress of wearing respirators and protective clothing; and the inclusion of sanctions for failure to comply with the employer's respirator program. The use of sanctions may encourage workers to wear respirators even though they do not perceive an immediate threat to their health such as fragments of glass splitting off and coming into the eye. Studies have demonstrated that rewarding the desired act of wearing a personal protective device results in a substantial increase in their use.