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Invitation to participate in three teleconferences to obtain
small business input on OSHA's proposed MSD Reporting rule. Dear
Small Business Representatives:

As you may have heard, the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), together with our office (the SBA Office
of Advocacy), today announced a series of three teleconferences
to obtain small business input on OSHA's proposed MSD Reporting
rule, which would add a column to the OSHA 300 Log to record
work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).

Small businesses from around the country are encouraged to
participate in the teleconferences, which will be held at the
following times:

 - Monday, April 11 at 1:30 p.m. EDT;

 - Tuesday, April 12, 2011, at 9 a.m. EDT; and, 

 - Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 1:30 p.m. EDT.

OSHA’s seeks input from small business owners and operators 
concerning their experiences in recording work-related MSDs and
how they believe the proposed rule would impact them.

Here is a link to OSHA’s Press Release announcing the
teleconferences
(http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=19458)
and a fact sheet outlining the issue
(http://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/MSD_Column_Meeting_General_Info.html).
 Both documents are available on OSHA’s website at www.osha.gov.

Interested small businesses that wish to participate in one of
the teleconferences should contact Regina Powers at
powers.regina@dol.gov by April 4, and indicate the teleconference
in which they wish to participate.

For more information, please contact Robert Burt, director of
OSHA's Office of Regulatory Analysis, at 202-693-1952 or Bruce
Lundegren, assistant chief counsel for SBA’s Office of Advocacy,
at 202-205-6144.