DOL Wants Feedback: Too Much Paperwork for Safe Explosives Blasting?
Published Date: 1/23/2025
Notice
Summary
The Department of Labor wants your thoughts on rules about blasting and explosives safety at work. They’re checking if the paperwork needed is useful and not too much trouble for employers and workers. If you have ideas or concerns, speak up by February 24, 2025, to help shape safer blasting operations without extra hassle.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Explosives Inventory Recordkeeping Requirement
Under 29 CFR part 1926, subpart U, employers who run blasting operations must maintain inventories of explosives to assure employer and blaster accountability. This is part of OSHA's information collection review tied to OMB Control Number 1218-0217.
Paperwork Burden on Blasting Businesses
OSHA estimates this information collection affects 171 private-sector respondents with 758 total responses and a total estimated annual time burden of 1,426 hours (annual other costs $0). DOL is requesting PRA authorization for the collection for three (3) years and seeks public comments by February 24, 2025.
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