The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is conducting “lookback” reviews of final standards in accordance with the regulatory review provisions at Section 5 of Executive Order 12866 on Regulatory Planning and Review (58 FR 51735, 51739, October 4, 1993) and Section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). The purpose of these reviews is to determine whether the subject final standards should be maintained without change, rescinded, or modified. In order to conduct a lookback review, OSHA gathers information from affected persons about their experience with the subject final standard, and OSHA also gathers information on any material changes in circumstance since issuance of the final standard. This session will describe the lookback process, in general, and the lookback reviews for the Lockout/Tagout and Cotton Dust standards will be highlighted, specifically.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participants in this session will be able to: • define and articulate OSHA's "lookback process" for final occupational safety and health standards; • recognize and describe the role of affected persons and stakeholders in the lookback process; and • apply their knowledge of the lookback process to their own professional experiences and acquired information on a given final standard.
Keywords: Occupational Health, Occupational Safety
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: None
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.