G/TBT/N/USA/2018  
21 July 2023  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Department of Labor (DOL) 
[2049]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN  where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Personal 
protective equipment; Occupational safety. Industrial hygiene (ICS code(s): 13.100); 
Protective equipment (ICS code(s): 13.340)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Personal 
Protective Equipment in Construction; (15 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule; request for comments by 18 September 2023 - 
OSHA is proposing to revise its p ersonal protective equipment standard in construction to 
explicitly require that the equipment must fit properly. The agency requests comments 
regarding the proposed revision.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
appli cable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
88 Federal Register (FR) 46706, 20 July 2023; Title 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
Part 1926:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-07-20/html/2023 -15285.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-07-20/pdf/2023 -15285.pdf  
This proposed rule; request for comments is identified by Docket Number OSHA -2019-
0003. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.go v at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/OSHA -2019-0003/document  and provides access to 
primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also 
accessible from Regulations.gov  by sea rching the Docket Number. WTO Members and 
their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or 
before 4pm Eastern Time  on 18 September 2023. Comments received by the USA TBT G/TBT/N/USA/2018  
 
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  Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared with t he regulator 
and will also be submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the 
comment period.  
G/TBT/N/USA/1241 and subsequent addenda and correction  identified by Docket Number 
OSHA -2012-0007 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  18 September 2023  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/USA/23_1121 0_00_e.pdf