Comment on Keeping Tabs on 13 Deadly Workplace Chemicals
Published Date: 2/19/2025
Notice
Summary
The Department of Labor is asking for public feedback on a paperwork update to keep workers safe from 13 harmful cancer-causing chemicals at work. Employers must keep records and notify workers about exposure risks. Comments are open until March 21, 2025, and this helps make sure the rules are clear and not too costly for businesses.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Employers must record and notify workers
If you work for an employer covered by this rule, your employer must keep records of your exposure and notify you about risks from 13 named cancer-causing chemicals so you can be protected. The rule names the 13 carcinogens (for example, Benzidine, beta‑Naphthylamine, and N‑Nitrosodimethylamine) and says records and notifications are required to protect workers from adverse effects.
Paperwork burden and cost for businesses
If you run a private-sector business covered by this standard, you are part of an information collection estimated to involve 770 respondents, 2,536 total responses, 1,740 hours of annual time burden, and $341,880 in annual other costs. The Department of Labor seeks OMB approval of this collection for a three-year period under OMB Control Number 1218-0085.
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