Costruzioni

The following is an extract from the summary of this text:
"In this document, substantive changes are made to both health and safety standards that will revise or eliminate duplicative, inconsistent, or unnecessary regulatory requirements without diminishing employee protections. Changes being made to health standards include reducing the frequency of required chest x-rays and eliminating sputum-cytology examinations for workers covered by the coke oven and inorganic arsenic standards, and changing the emergency response provisions of the vinyl chloride standard."

Sicurezza sul lavoro, Industra, Costruzioni - Safety at Work, Industry, Construction

Makes provisions for the construction industry in respect of, inter alia, the forty hour week, overtime compensation, contractual conditions, liability of employers for violations, and health and safety standards. (Abridged version. Not all provisions are included.)

Sicurezza sul lavoro, Igiene del lavoro, Costruzioni, Orario di lavoro - Safety at Work, Professional Hygiene, Construction, Hours of Work

Energia nucleare

Amendments to the principal Act (see IDHL, 1992, 43, 386, USA 92.13) concern, inter alia, claims relating to atmospheric nuclear testing and uranium mining, the determination and payment of claims, and grants for education, prevention, and early detection of radiogenic cancers and diseases.

Sicurezza nucleare, Salute umana, Malattie professionali - Nuclear Safety, Human Health, Professional Diseases

This rule establishes the above-mentioned programme to reduce the number of workers currently exposed to beryllium in the course of their work at Department of Energy facilities, minimize the levels of, and potential for, exposure to beryllium, and establish medical surveillance requirements to ensure early detection of the disease.

Sostanze pericolose, Salute umana, Visita medica - Dangerous Substances, Human Health, Medical Examination

The summary of this text reads as follows:
"The Department of Energy (DOE) is amending its primary standards for occupational radiation protection. This final rule is the culmination of a systematic analysis to identify the elements of a comprehensive radiation protection program and determine those elements of such a program that should be codified as DOE continues its transition from a system of contractually-based nuclear safety standards to regulatory-based requirements. The final rule codifies requirements previously established in DOE's contractually-based standards, clarifies certain issues identified during implementation of programs to ensure compliance with the original rule, and corrects minor errors."

Radiazioni ionizzanti, Sicurezza nucleare - Ionizing Radiations, Nuclear Safety

Età minima

Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act to allow children between 16 and 18 years of age to load materials into balers and compactors that meet American National Standards Institute design safety standards.

Minori, Età minima - Minors, Minimum Age

Industria

Amendments in respect of remedial actions, enforcement, review of agency action, protection of railroad safety enforcement personnel power brake service, track safety, locomotive crashworthiness and working conditions, railroad radio communications, local rail freight assistance programme, report on the safety of hazardous materials transportation by rail and the Northeast Corridor Safety Committee.

Sicurezza sul lavoro, Trasporti ferroviari - Safety at Work, Transportation by Rail

Improves the information available to emergency response personnel in the field and for other purposes.

Sicurezza sul lavoro - Safety at Work

Amends the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979, in particular by setting forth generally applicable pipeline safety provisions (title III).

Sicurezza sul lavoro, Sostanze pericolose - Safety at Work, Dangerous Substances

In particular, amends the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 (45 USC 444) in relation to, inter alia, licensing and certification of engineers and protection of employees against discrimination.

Sicurezza sul lavoro, Trasporti ferroviari, Parità di trattamento - Safety at Work, Transportation by Rail, Equality of Treatment

Promotes safety and health in the mining industry, prevents recurring disasters in the mining industry, and for other purposes.
Inter alia, repeals the Federal Metal and Non Metallic Mines Safety Act.

Sicurezza del lavoro, Miniere - Safety at Work, Mines

An Act to provide for the protection on the health and safety of persons working in the coal mining industry of the United States, and for other purposes.
Repeals the Federal Coal Mine Safety Act.

Sicurezza sul lavoro, Miniere - Safety at Work, Mines

Lavoratori migranti

Amends provisions of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act concerning the relationship between worker's compensation benefits and benefits available under the Act.

Lavoratori migranti, Agricoltura - Migrant Workers, Agriculture

Amends the regulations regarding attestation requirements for the employment of nonimmigrant nurses to implement the provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Lavoratori migranti - Migrant Workers

The Immigration Nursing Relief Act of 1989 was enacted to provide relief for the nursing shortage crisis. Subpart D of these Regulations set forth the procedure by which health care facilities seeking to use nonimmigrant registered nurses may submit attestations to the Department of Labor relating to the effects on the nursing shortage on their operations, their efforts to recruit and retain United States workers as registered nurses and certain information on wages and working conditions for nurses at the facility. Subpart E of these Regulations set forth complaint, investigation and penalty provisions with respect to such attestations.

Lavoratori migranti - Migrant Workers

Removes the restraints on commerce caused by activities detrimental to migrant and seasonal agricultural workers. Imposes an obligation on farm labour contractors to register for the purpose of assuring protection for migrant and seasonal agricultural workers, agricultural associations, and agricultural employers.

Lavoratori migranti, Agricoltura - Migrant Workers, Agriculture

Concerns the granting of permanent residence to alien nurses who are recruited to work as a nurse in the USA. (Abridged version. Not all sections are included.)

Lavoratori migranti - Migrant Workers

Makes provisions in respect of, inter alia, allocation of immigrant visas, special agricultural workers, determination of agricultural labour shortages and admission of additional special agricultural workers, excludable aliens, admission of non-immigrants, admission of temporary workers, deportable aliens, limitations on performance of longshorework by alien crewmen, unlawful employment of aliens, and unfair immigration-related employment practices. (Abridged version. Not all provisions are included. A fulltext consolidated version of the Act, reflecting laws enacted until 1992-04-01, is also available. Includes the legislative history of the Act.)

Lavoratori migranti, Agricoltura, Marittimi - Migrant Workers, Agricolture, Seafarers

Raises the annual immigration quota by 40 per cent, to some 700,000, with a large proportion of the extra visas being granted to skilled people without family ties in the United States, subject to education and work experience requirements. The Act repeals earlier provisions specifically restricting admission to the United States on grounds of political opinion, H.I.V. infection, etc. The anti-discrimination features of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 are strengthened, and the "temporary protected status" is instituted as a form of relief for aliens unable to return to their country due to war, natural disaster, etc.

Lavoratori migranti - Migrant Workers

Amends the Public Health Service Act (42 USC sections 201 et seq.) to revise and extend the programmes establishing migrant health and community health centres. ¤

Lavoratori migranti, Salute umana - Migrant Workers, Human Health

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act in various respects.
Inserts a new section 274A (8 USC 1324) to make unlawful the recruitment or referral for employment of unauthorized aliens.
The Act also establishes an employment verification system to ascertain that a person is not an unauthorized alien. Violations are subject to an order to cease and desist and to pay civil penalty.
A new section 274B prohibits discrimination based on national origin or citizenship status as being unfair immigration-related employment practice, and establishes a complaints procedure for a person to obtain redress therefor.
The Act further contains new provisions governing temporary agricultural workers and special agricultural workers (Title II, Part A of the amendments). In addition, it denies admission to the United States alien crewmen for the purpose of working on board a vessel or aircraft at the time of a strike (section 315 (d) of the amendments). Further, illegal aliens who have lived in the United States continuously since 1 Jan 1982 may apply for legal status.

Lavoratori migranti, Discriminazione basata sulla nazionalità, Agricoltura, Marittimi - Migrant Workers, Discrimination Based on Nationality Agriculture, Seafarers

Marittimi

Amends title 46 of the US Code to require alerting and locating equipment on manned uninspected vessels, to provide for exemptions and to increase penalties for certain violations.

Sicurezza sul lavoro, Marittimi, Sanzioni - Safety at Work, Seafarers, Penalties

Miniere

Replaces the Mine Safety and Health Administration's (MHSA) existing standards for occupational noise exposure in coal mines and metal and nonmetal mines. Establishes uniform requirements to protect miners from occupational noise-induced hearing loss. The rule is derived in part from existing MSHA noise standards, and from the Department of Labor's existing occupational noise exposure standard for general industry promulgated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

Miniere, Rumori e vibrazioni - Mines, Noises and Vibrations

This rule amends the examination interval for preshift examinations of underground coal mines by requiring that mine operators conduct preshift examinations at 8-hour intervals. The rule clarifies when a preshift examination is required and the length of the shift covered by the preshift examination.

Miniere, Visita medica - Mines, Medical Examination

Revises certain provisions of the Mine Safety and Health Administration's existing procedures concerning temporary qualification and certification of persons who work at coal mines. This final rule permits persons to be qualified or certified for as long as they continue to satisfy the requirements needed to obtain the certification or qualification, fulfill any applicable retraining requirements, and remain employed at the same mine or by the same independent contractor.

Miniere - Mines

Amends the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act to improve the black lung benefits program establish under such Act, and for other purposes.

Miniere - Mines

Extends black lung benefits to orphans whose fathers die of pneumoconiosis.

Miniere - Mines

Orario di lavoro

Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify the overtime exemption for employees engaged in fire rotection activities.

Orario di lavoro - Hours of Work

Portuali

Amends, inter alia, the definition of employee (section 2(3)) to exclude certain categories not exposed to specifically maritime hazards; the provisions concerning compensation for hearing loss, disability (section 8) and the determination of pay on which compensation is calculated (section 10). Repeals section 45, 46 and 47. Section 6(b)(1) is amended to provide that compensation payments for death shall be limited to a maximum of 200 per cent of National Average Weekly Wage applicable on the date of death. Previous amendment to the Act: 1972.

Lavoro nei porti, Sicurezza sociale - Dock Work, Social Security

Amends the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act [LS 1927 - USA 1 ... 1960 - USA 1], and for other purposes.
Numerous amendments; inter alia, adds a new section 49 (discrimination, including termination of employment, against employees claiming compensation).

Lavoro nei porti - Dock Work

Sicurezza e igiene sul lavoro

Amends s. 8 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1970 to provide that the Secretary of Labour shall not impose quotas or goals with respect to fines or penalties for persons who are involved in the enforcement of the Act.

Sicurezza sul lavoro, Sanzioni - Safety at Work, Penalties

Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for a compliance assistance programme. Such a programme shall provide education and training for employees and employers in occupational safety and health matters, and optional on-site consultation for employers wishing to maintain a safe working environment.

Sicurezza sul lavoro, Ambiente di lavoro, Formazione professionale - Safety at Work, Working Environment, Professional Training

Assures safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women; by authorising enforcement of the standards developed under the Act; by assisting and encouraging the States in their efforts to assure safe and healthful working conditions; by providing for research, information, education, and training in the field of occupational safety and health; and for other purposes.
Repeals the Walsh-Healey Act of 30 June 1936; Public Law 85-742, Act of 23 Aug. 1958/1 to amend the Longshoremen's and Harbourg Workers' Compensation Act/2; the Service Contract Act of 1965; Public Law 91-54, Act of 9 Aug. 1969, and the National Foundation on Arts and Humanities Act.

Sicurezza sul lavoro, Igiene professionale, ambiente di lavoro - Safety at Work, Occupational Hygiene, Working Environment

Sostanze pericolose e/o tossiche

Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Administration standard (29 CFR 1910.1052) by adding a provision for temporary medical removal protection benefits for employees who are removed or transferred to another job because of medical determination that exposure to methylene chloride may aggravate or contribute to the employee's existing skin, heart, liver, or neurological disease.

Sicurezza sul lavoro, Igiene del lavoro, Sostanze pericolose - Safety at Work, Professional Hygiene, Dangerous Substances

Amends Table I of paragraph (e)(1), the compliance Implementation Schedule, of the final rule on occupational exposure to lead (29 CFR 1910.1025) to reflect the possibility of the brass and bronze ingot manufacturing industry of achieving lower air lead levels. The Table is also amended to lift judicial stays for certain industries. Industries affected by the lifting of the stay must implement engineering and work practice controls in accordance with paragraph (e)(1), as amended.

Sicurezza sul lavoro, Igiene del lavoro, Sostanze pericolose - Safety at Work, Professional Hygiene, Dangerous Substances

Authorizes funds through 1997 for implementation of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act. Provides for the Secretary to issue a regulation to specify the minimum safety information that a carrier must request from a prospective motor vehicle driver. Carriers will no longer be required to file rates with the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the ICC may suspend the commercial activities of a carrier for safety reasons.

Sostanze pericolose - Dangerous Substances

Extends certain compliance dates for pesticide safety training and labelling requirements under farm worker safety regulations.

Agricoltura, Sostanze pericolose - Agriculture, Dangerous Substances

Reauthorizes the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984.

Amianto, Sostanze pericolose - Asbestos, Dangerous Substances

Amends the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1990, 1991, and 1992, and for other purposes.

Sostanze pericolose - Dangerous Substances

Final rule respecting, inter alia, employee training and information, medical consultation and examinations, hazard identification, respirator use and record-keeping.

Salute umana, Visita medica, Formazione professionale - Human health, Medical Examination, Professional training

Amends the Federal Hazardous Substances Act to require the labelling of chronically hazardous art materials, and for other purposes.

Sostanze pericolose - Dangerous Substances

Final rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency requiring manufacturers and processors of isopropanol to perform testing for health effects.

Salute umana, Sostanze pericolose - Human Health, Dangerous Substances

Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations on the management of infectious waste.

Rifiuti industriali - Industrial Waste

Requires that within 90 days of this enactment, any person who has manufactured or processed asbestos or asbestos-containing material prepared for use in building shall provide information to enable to material to be identified. Contains definitions and administrative provisions.

Salute umana, Amianto, Costruzioni - Human health, Asbestos, Construction

Address registration, storage disposal and transportation of these substances.

Sostanze pericolose - Dangerous Substances

Amends the Price-Anderson provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to extend the procedures for handling liability questions and indemnification in case of nuclear incident.

Incidenti nucleari - Nuclear Accident

Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations requiring inspection for asbestos-containing material in educational institutions, and related matters. Provides, inter alia, that inspection for asbestos-containing material in school buildings and performance of response actions (e.g. removal, etc.) may be engaged in only by persons who have been accredited upon passing an examination and pursuing continuing education courses on the subject. The examination covers hazard identification, the use of personal protective equipment, appropriate work practices, medical surveillance programme requirements, and related topics. Employees who provide information relating to a potential violation of this Title are protected against discharge or other discrimination (s. 211). The Act sets forth the relationship between local, state and federal governmental bodies as to its implementation and enforcement.

Salute umana, Amianto, Formazione professionale, Equipaggiamento di protezione individuale, Visita medica - Human Health, Asbestos, Professional Training, Personal Protective Equipment, Medical Examination

Extends and amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (the "Superfund Act"). Section 126 calls upon the Secretary of Labour to promulgate standards for the health and safety protection of employees engaged in hazardous waste operations. Such regulations shall include provisions regarding training, medical surveillance, protective equipment, maximum exposure limits, requirements for the handling, transporting, labeling and disposing of hazardous wastes, inter alia. The Act also governs civil actions by individuals, imposes a special tax on substances listed (vinyl chloride, chloroform, etc.) and governs a number of related matters.

Sostanze pericolose, Rifiuti industriali, Sicurezza del lavoro, Equipaggiamento di protezione individuale, Visita medica - Dangerous Substances, Industrial Waste, Equipment of personal protection, Medical Examination

Regulates commerce and protect human health and environment by requiring testing and necessary use restrictions on certain chemical substances, and for other purposes.

Salute umana, Sostanze pericolose - Human Health, Dangerous Substances

Amends, inter alia, section 401 (prohibition against use of lead-based paint in construction of facilities and the manufacture of certaon toys and utensil).

Salute umana, Sostanze pericolose, Costruzioni - Human Health, Dangerous Substances, Construction