The steel erection regulation was the first federal proposal crafted under the Negotiated Rulemaking Act of 1990, in which representatives of federal OSHA, employers and labor work together to make recommendations for a final rule.Fed-OSHA has announced that the next such effort will be to craft a proposed standard to protect shipyard workers from fire hazards. An advisory committee will hold its first meeting Feb. 5-7 in Houston, Texas. A notice of the meeting is in the Jan. 22, 2002,
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