ACMA Congressional Alert – OSHA Fire Safety Standard for Open Molding

Write to your U.S. Congressman today to urge support of legislation requiring OSHA to update the fire protection requirements for composites manufacturing!

Representative Candice Miller (R-MI), chair of the House Government Reform Subcommittee, introduced on July 12 legislation – H.R. 3255 – that will require OSHA to update the flammable liquid spray application standard at 29 CFR 1910.107 to reflect the current version of NFPA 33. Representative Mark Souder (R-IN) is cosponsor of the bill.

The current OSHA standard at 1910.107 is based on an outdated version of the National Fire Protection Association Standard for Spray Application of Flammable or Combustible Materials (NFPA 33). Many composite manufacturers have been cited for failing to comply with the outdated OSHA rule, which contains infeasible and highly expensive requirements that do not reflect an up-to-date assessment of composite manufacturing hazards.

The current version of the NFPA standard contains effective, feasible and affordable provisions that are appropriate for the actual fire and explosion hazards at typical composite open molding operations.

Please fax a letter to your Congressman calling on him or her to support passage of H.R. 3255. Please fax the letter to your US Representative, not to your Senators at this time. Please also fax a copy of your letter to John Schweitzer at ACMA, at 815.301.5542. If you have questions or comments, please contact John at 734.622.0162 or jschweitzer@acmanet.org.

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Background information on H.R. 3255

Sample letter you can use in writing to your Congressman

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Congressional "Dear Colleague" on HR 3255