OSHA Seeks Comments on Product Safety Self-approval Proposal
December 9, 2005
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will accept public comments until February 13, 2006 to help it determine the best way to proceed on a proposal to permit certain manufacturers to self-approve their own products.
OSHA is seeking comments on a proposal from the Information Technology Industry Council (ITIC) to permit the use of a supplier's declaration of conformity (SDoC) as an alternative means of approval for information technology equipment in lieu of product approval from nationally recognized testing laboratories (NRTLs).
An SDoC is a statement written by an equipment manufacturer or supplier that says a product meets or conforms to a specified test standard or a set of requirements.
OSHA currently requires this equipment to be approved by independent NRTLs recognized by OSHA to perform independent safety testing and product certification.
The request for information will gather data on the workings of existing SDoC systems and operations, the safety of products in SDoC systems and possible benefits or disadvantages for workers, employers, or OSHA if the agency were to allow SDoC product approval.
Electronic comments may be submitted to http://ecomments.osha.gov.
Source: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).