Policy

ACMA submitted comments February 28 in response to an Occupational Health and Safety Administration proposed rule on workplace injury recordkeeping, and to a separate OSHA request for comments on its process...

(Washington, DC – February 26, 2014) – Yesterday the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced its intent to establish a Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute for Composites Materials and...

The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health should conduct its own weight-of-evidence hazard evaluations and not rely on inapplicable classifications by other organizations, argued ACMA in...

EPA, OSHA and NIOSH all have their sights set on regulations or policies directed at potential health hazards associated with composites manufacturing. OSHA, for example, recently released a proposed rule...

Acting under the Toxic Substances Control Act, EPA plans to conduct a risk assessment and establish appropriate risk management actions for styrene and more than 80 other work plan chemicals by September 2015,...

A proposed update to the NIOSH policy for identifying occupational carcinogens and recommending exposure limits will extend the use of outdated hazard assessment practices. As ACMA will argue in its comments...