Occupational Safety and Health: Uneven Protections Provided to CongressionalEmployees

摘要

In response to your May 13, 1992, request, this report provides information onthe workplace safety and health protections for employees of selected congressional offices and the Government Printing Office (GPO). You asked whether the protections afforded these workers are the same as those provided, under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, for private sector workers and for other federal workers. Specifically, you asked the authors to (1) determine whether there are safety and health programs and structures in place to protect congressional workers and (2) review the working conditions in some of these workplaces. As agreed with your staff, the authors selected four congressional offices and one independent legislative branch agency, GPO, for this review. The four congressional offices were the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, the Office of the Attending Physician, and the Offices of the Clerk and Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives.