THE OSHA HEARIHGS: Testimony of Clyde Bragdon, Jr.
LAWS & LEGISLATION
IN SEPTEMBER AND October of this year, the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration held rulemaking hearings on proposed 29CFR 1910.1030, "Occupational Exposure to BloodBorne Pathogens.” The proposed regulation would help protect healthcare workers and all emergency first responders from exposure to Hepatitis B, AIDS, and other diseases transmitted through the blood. (For a summary of the proposal, see “Proposed OSHA Regulation Protects Against Blood-Borne Viruses" by Matthew E. Siniarski in the September ’89 issue of Fire Engineering.) The following is the testimony of Clyde Bragdon, fr., administrator of the US. Fire Administration:
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