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RIN: 1218-AB67

Publication ID: Fall 1997

Title: ●Electric Power Transmission and Distribution; Electrical Protective Equipment
Abstract: The annual fatality rate for power line workers is over 50 deaths per 100,000 employees. The standard addressing the safety of these workers during the construction of electric power transmission and distribution lines is over 20 years old. OSHA is developing a revision of this standard that will prevent many of these fatalities, that will add flexibility to the standard, and that will update and streamline the standard. In addition, the corresponding standard for general industry will be revised so that requirements for similar work performed during maintenance of electric power transmission and distribution installations are the same as those for construction.
Agency: Department of Labor(DOL)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: Undetermined	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1910.136 29 CFR 1910.137 29 CFR 1910.269 29 CFR 1926.97 29 CFR 1926.950 to 968
Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b)

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	02/00/1998

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined	Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Agency Contact: John F. Martonik Evaluation Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration Room N3641, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210 Phone:202 693-2043 Fax:202 693-1641 Email: john.martonik@osha.gov