DOL seeks comments on acrylonitrile worker safety forms
Published Date: 3/6/2025
Notice
Summary
The Department of Labor wants your thoughts on rules that help keep workers safe from acrylonitrile, a harmful chemical. Employers must track exposure, offer medical checkups, and train workers, making sure everyone stays healthy. Comments are open until April 7, 2025, so jump in and help shape these important safety checks without extra costs or hassle!
Analyzed Economic Effects
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Employers must monitor and record AN exposure
If you run a private-sector business that handles acrylonitrile (AN), you must monitor employee exposure to AN, provide medical surveillance, train workers about AN hazards, and keep accurate exposure records. The notice estimates 104 total respondents, 25,937 total annual responses, and a total estimated annual time burden of 11,373 hours, with total estimated annual other costs of $0.
Worker health protections from acrylonitrile
You (workers) are covered by rules that require employers to monitor exposure to acrylonitrile, provide medical checkups (medical surveillance), train workers about AN hazards, and keep records so employers, workers, physicians, and the Government can use them to help prevent harm from AN exposure.
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