This presentation will discuss the deficiencies and needs in the regulation of reactive chemical hazards, looking at the historical problem, how these hazards are addressed in other countries and the role workers and unions can play and have played in identifying and solving these problems. The role the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board is playing in formulating solutions, including recommendations to other agencies, and the direction that labor would like to see OSHA and EPA take in preventing such disasters will also be addressed.
See www.csb.gov
Learning Objectives: (1) to address the union's role in addressing reactive chemical hazards (2) to identify deficiencies in current regulation (3) to understand the role of the Chemical Safety Board (4)to understand the direction that labor would like to see OSHA and EPA take.
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: CSB
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.