Document ID: OSHA-2020-0003-0007
Agency: osha
Document Type: Notice
Title: Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH): Notice of
Meetings
Posted Date: 2020-06-01T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 105 (Monday, June 1, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33199-33200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11659]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. OSHA-2020-0003]

Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH): 
Notice of Meetings

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice of ACCSH and ACCSH Workgroup meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health 
(ACCSH) will meet July 1, 2020, by teleconference and WebEx. In 
conjunction with the ACCSH meeting, ACCSH Workgroups will also meet by 
teleconference and WebEx on June 30, 2020.

DATES: 
    ACCSH meeting: ACCSH will meet from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., ET, 
Wednesday, July 1, 2020.
    ACCSH Workgroup meetings: Prior to the full Committee meeting, 
ACCSH Workgroups will meet Tuesday, June 30, 2020. (For Workgroup 
meeting times, see the schedule under ``Workgroup Meetings'' in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice).

ADDRESSES: 
    Submission of comments and requests to speak: Submit comments and 
requests to speak at the ACCSH and ACCSH Workgroup meetings by 
Thursday, June 25, 2020, identified by the docket number for this 
Federal Register notice (Docket No. OSHA-2020-0003), using of the 
following method:
    Electronically: Comments and request to speak, including 
attachments, must be submitted electronically at: http://www.regulations.gov, the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments.
    Requests for special accommodations: Please submit requests for 
special accommodations for this ACCSH meeting by Thursday, June 25, 
2020, to Ms. Gretta Jameson, OSHA, Directorate of Construction, U.S. 
Department of Labor; telephone: (202) 693-2020; email: 
jameson.grettah@dol.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    For press inquiries: Mr. Frank Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of 
Communications, U.S. Department of Labor; telephone (202) 693-1999; 
email: meilinger.francis2@dol.gov.
    For general information about ACCSH: Mr. Damon Bonneau, OSHA, 
Directorate of Construction, U.S. Department of Labor; telephone (202) 
693-2183; email: bonneau.damon@dol.gov.
    Telecommunication requirements: For additional information about 
the telecommunication requirements for the meeting, please contact Ms. 
Veneta Chatmon, OSHA, Directorate of Construction, U.S. Department of 
Labor; telephone (202) 693-2020; email: chatmon.veneta@dol.gov.
    For copies of this Federal Register Notice: Electronic copies of 
this Federal Register Notice are available at: http://www.regulations.gov. This notice, as well as news releases and other 
relevant

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information, are also available at OSHA's web page at www.osha.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    ACCSH advises the Secretary of Labor and the Assistant Secretary of 
Labor for Occupational Safety and Health (Assistant Secretary) in the 
formulation of standards affecting the construction industry, and on 
policy matters arising in the administration of the safety and health 
provisions under the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act 
(Construction Safety Act (CSA)) (40 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.) and the 
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et 
seq.) (29 CFR 1911.10 and 1912.3). In addition, the CSA requires the 
Assistant Secretary to consult with ACCSH before the agency proposes 
any occupational safety and health standard affecting construction 
activities (40 U.S.C. 3704).
    ACCSH operates in accordance with the CSA, the OSH Act, the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2), and regulations issued 
pursuant to those statutes (29 CFR part 1912, 41 CFR part 102-3). ACCSH 
generally meets two times a year.

II. Meeting Information

Workgroup Meetings

    Attending the meetings: Attendance at the ACCSH Workgroup meetings 
will be by teleconference and WebEx only. The dial-in number and 
passcode for the meeting are as follows: Dial-in number: 1-888-658-
5408; Passcode: 2597686. Directions for signing into the WebEx portion 
of the meetings will be posted in the Docket and on the ACCSH web page, 
https://www.osha.gov/advisorycommittee/accsh, prior to the meeting.

 Education, Training, and Outreach Workgroup: 12:00 p.m. to 
2:30 p.m., ET
    Meeting agenda:
    1. Trench Safety.
    2. Fall Prevention.
 Emerging and Current Issues Workgroup: 3:00 to 5:30 p.m., ET
    Meeting agenda:
    1. Opioids.
    2. Suicides in construction.
    ACCSH workgroup meetings are open to the public. For additional 
information on ACCSH workgroup meetings or participating in them, 
please contact Mr. Bonneau (see ``For general information about ACCSH'' 
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice).

ACCSH Full Committee Meeting

    Attending the meeting: Attendance at the ACCSH Workgroup meetings 
will be by teleconference and WebEx only. The dial-in number and 
passcode for the meeting are as follows: Dial-in number: 1-888-324-
3487; Passcode: 9671553. Directions for signing into the WebEx portion 
of the meetings will be posted in the Docket and on the ACCSH web page, 
https://www.osha.gov/advisorycommittee/accsh, prior to the meeting.
    Meeting agenda: The tentative agenda for this meeting includes:
     Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary's agency update and 
remarks;
     ACCSH's consideration of, and recommendation on, the 
following proposals:
    --Updating the design and construction requirements of the powered 
industrial trucks standards by adding an incorporation by reference to 
the applicable provisions of the most recent ANSI/ITSDF consensus 
standards;
    --Updating the Hazard Communication Standard to maintain alignment 
with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of 
Chemicals (GHS);
     Silica in construction update;
     ACCSH workgroup reports; and,
     Public comment period.
    Requests to speak and speaker presentations: Attendees who wish to 
address ACCSH at either the full committee meeting or the workgroup 
meetings must submit a request to speak, as well as any written or 
electronic presentation, by Thursday, June 25, 2020, using one of the 
methods listed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice. The request 
must state:
     The amount of time requested to speak;
     The interest you represent (e.g., business, organization, 
affiliation), if any; and
     A brief outline of your presentation.
    PowerPoint presentations and other electronic materials must be 
compatible with PowerPoint 2010 and other Microsoft Office 2010 
formats.
    Alternately, you may request to address ACCSH briefly during the 
public-comment period. At his discretion, the ACCSH Chair may grant 
requests to address ACCSH as time and circumstances permit.
    Docket: OSHA will place comments, requests to speak, and speaker 
presentations, including any personal information you provide, in the 
public docket without change, and those documents may be available 
online at: http://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA cautions 
interested parties about submitting personal information such as Social 
Security Numbers and birthdates. OSHA also places in the public docket 
the meeting transcript, meeting minutes, documents presented at the 
meeting, and other documents pertaining to the ACCSH and ACCSH 
Workgroup meetings. These documents are available online at: http://www.regulations.gov. To read or download documents in the public docket 
for these ACCSH and ACCSH Workgroup meetings, go to Docket No. OSHA-
2020-0003 at: http://www.regulations.gov. All documents in the public 
docket are listed in the index; however, some documents (e.g., 
copyrighted material) are not publicly available to read or download 
through http://www.regulations.gov. All submissions are available for 
inspection and, when permitted, copying at the OSHA Docket Office at 
the above address. For information on using http://www.regulations.gov 
to make submissions or to access the docket, click on the ``Help'' tab 
at the top of the homepage. Contact the OSHA Docket Office for 
information about materials not available through that website and for 
assistance in using the internet to locate submissions and other 
documents in the docket.

Authority and Signature

    Loren Sweatt, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 
Occupational Safety and Health, authorized the preparation of this 
notice under the authority granted by 29 U.S.C. 655(b)(1) and 656(b), 
40 U.S.C. 3704(a)(2), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, Secretary of Labor's Order No. 
1-2012 (77 FR 3912), and 29 CFR part 1912.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on May 26, 2020.
Loren Sweatt,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety 
and Health.
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