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Senate Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2023 - 2024
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | December 1, 2022 05:20 PM |
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| From: | Senator Christine M. Tartaglione |
| To: | All Senate members |
| Subject: | Protecting Workplace Safety |
| In the near future, I plan to re-introduce legislation that would establish the Pennsylvania Occupational Safety and Health Review Board within the Department of Labor and Industry. This legislation was introduced as SB 310 in the 2021-22 session. Members who co-sponsored this legislation previously include Senators Hughes, Kearney, Fontana, Bartolotta, Collett, Street, Cappelletti, Santarsiero, Brewster, Costa, Schwank, Kane, Muth, Comitta, and Flynn. Currently, Pennsylvania workers at state and local government agencies do not have Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) protection. This means that workers of state and local governments are powerless to change their work environment if they feel unsafe at any time. This legislation would extend OSHA safety rules to public employers (to include the Commonwealth), all legal political subdivisions, public schools, public transit systems, and non-profit organizations. The US Department of Labor reported that in 2020, there were 148 fatal work injuries in Pennsylvania. It is time that we ensure that all workers in Pennsylvania have a safe place to work to reduce fatal work injuries to zero. Please join me in co-sponsoring this important legislation. |
Introduced as SB93
Memo Updated: December 1, 2022 05:21 PM