OSHA to include MACOSH in advisory committee regulations
Washington — OSHA is adding the Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health to its regulations on advisory committees.
According to a final rule published in the Nov. 18 Federal Register, MACOSH started as a discretionary committee in 1995 to advise OSHA on standards development, injury and illness prevention, and enforcement initiatives, but the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 made it a permanent committee by law.
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OSHA added MACOSH to 1912.1(a), which already included the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health. The agency also added 1912.13 to set the number of committee members at 15 – all serving two-year terms – and to require the renewal of two-year charters for the committee, among other rules.
The rule is set to go into effect Dec. 18.
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