Proposed Actions in OSHA’s Inorganic Arsenic Standard Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements

Inorganic Arsenic Standard requires employers to:

1. Monitor workers’ exposure to inorganic arsenic and notify workers of exposure-monitoring results;
2. notify anyone who cleans protective clothing or equipment of inorganic arsenic exposure;
3. develop, update and maintain a housekeeping and maintenance plan;
4. monitor worker health by providing medical surveillance;
5. post warning signs and apply labels to shipping and storage containers of inorganic arsenic;
6. develop and maintain worker exposure monitoring and medical records;
7. establish and implement written compliance programs; and
8. provide workers with information about their exposures and the health effects of exposure to inorganic arsenic.

OSHA Proposed Action is the inclusion of 688 covered coal-fired electric power plants …