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  • Letter To Sen. Tom Harkin From The American Industrial Hygiene Association, The American Society of Safety Engineers and The National Safety Council

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    In November 2012, the American Industrial Hygiene Association, the American Society of Safety Engineers and the National Safety Council  sent a letter to Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) – chair of the Appropriations Committee’s Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee – urging him to maintain FY 2012 funding levels for both OSHA and NIOSH, and for the appropriations bill not to include the restrictive House provisions.

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    Letter to Sen. Tom Harkin from the American Industrial Hygiene Association, the American Society of Safety Engineers and the National Safety Council

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    In November 2012, the American Industrial Hygiene Association, the American Society of Safety Engineers and the National Safety Council  sent a letter to Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) – chair of the Appropriations Committee’s Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee – urging him to maintain FY 2012 funding levels for both OSHA and NIOSH, and for the appropriations bill not to include the restrictive House provisions.

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    Letter To Sen. Tom Harkin From The American Industrial Hygiene Association, The American Society of Safety Engineers and The National Safety Council

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    Safety and Health magazine
    In November 2012, the American Industrial Hygiene Association, the American Society of Safety Engineers and the National Safety Council  sent a letter to Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) – chair of the Appropriations Committee’s Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee – urging him to maintain FY 2012 funding levels for both OSHA and NIOSH, and for the appropriations bill not to include the restrictive House provisions.

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    November26,2012 TheHonorableTomHarkin Chairman SenateLaborHHSEducationAppropriationsSubcommittee Washington,DC20510 DearChairmanHarkin: TheNationalSafetyCouncil,AmericanSocietyofSafetyEngineers,andAmericanIndustrial HygieneAssociationcommendyouforyourstrongsupportfortheOccupationalSafetyand HealthAdministration(OSHA)andNationalInstituteforOccupationalSafetyandHealth (NIOSH).Thankyouforincludingstablefundinglevelsof$565.5millionforOSHAand$292.6 millionforNIOSHintheSenateAppropriationsCommitteeapprovedFY2013LaborHHS EducationAppropriationsbill. AsyouconferwiththeHouse,weurgeyoutocontinuetochampionthesafetyandhealthof AmericasworkersbyadoptingtheSenatefundinglevelsandpreventingproposedHousepolicy ridersthatwouldpreventOSHAandNIOSHfromfullyfulfillingtheirlifesavingmissions.

    ons.We especiallyrequestthatyoupreventtheeliminationoffundingforNIOSHsAgriculture,Forestry andFishing(AgFF)sectorprogramandEducationandResearchCenters(ERC),bothofwhich playanimportantroleinpreventingworkplaceinjuriesanddeaths. TheHouseFY13LaborHHSEducationAppropriationsbillfundsOSHAatareducedlevelof $560million,andcontainsseveraltroublingpolicyriders,whichwould: PreventOSHAfrompromulgatingaruleoninjuryandillnesspreventionprograms PreventOSHAfromenforcingpartsofanagencystandardongrainhandlingsafetyin silos PreventenforcementofanewOSHAresidentialconstructionfallprotectiondirective TerminatetheSusanHarwoodTrainingGrantProgram NIOSHprovidesmanyimportantprograms,amongwhicharetheAgriculture,Forestryand FishingsectorprogramandEducationandResearchCenters.TheAgriculture,Forestryand Fishingindustrieshavethehighestfatalityratesofanyindustry,with580deathsin2010,an

    increaseof6%from2009.TherateoffatalinjuryinAgFFis37%higherthanthenextclosest industry,with26.9deathsper100,000workers.DirectedbyCongress,NIOSHestablished CentersforAgriculturalDiseaseandInjuryResearch,EducationandPreventionin1990in responsetoevidencethatagriculturalworkersweresufferinghigherratesofinjuryandillness thanotherU.S.workers.Today,theinitiativeincludessevenregionalcenters,andonenational centertoaddresschildrensfarmsafety.Thesecentershaveconductedresearchleadingto evidencebasedstandardsthatsavelives. NIOSHsupportseducationandresearchinoccupationalhealththroughacademicdegree programsandresearchopportunities,primarilythrough17universitybasedEducationand ResearchCenters,includingtheHeartlandCenterforOccupationalHealthandSafetyinIowa City,IA.Withanagingoccupationalsafetyandhealthworkforce,ERCsareessentialtotraining thenextgenerationofprofessionals.TheCentersestablishacademic,laborandindustry researchpartnershipstoachievethesegoals.Currently,ERCsareresponsibleforalmosthalfof postbaccalaureategraduatesenteringoccupationalhealthandsafetyfields. PleasecontinuetochampionthesafetyandhealthofAmericanworkersbydoingeverythingin yourpowertomaintainstablefundinglevelsforOSHAandNIOSH,preventharmfulpolicy riders,andensurethecontinuationoftheAgFFandERCprogramsinconferenceontheFY2013 LaborHHSEducationAppropriationsbill.Thankyouforyourcontinuedsupport. Sincerely, JanetFroetscher RichardPollock President&CEO President NationalSafetyCouncil AmericanSocietyofSafetyEngineers AllanFleeger President AmericanIndustrialHygieneAssociation

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