on vapor Standur is. NATIONAL WORKERS' COMPENSATION STANDARDS ACT OF 1979 HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR STANDARDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR NINETY-SIXTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H.R. 5482 TO STRENGTHEN STATE WORKERS' COMPENSATION HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C., ON MARCH 25, 26; 64-918 O Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1980 KF27 E348 1980C COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky, Chairman FRANK THOMPSON, JR., New Jersey EDWARD P. BEARD, Rhode Island BALTASAR CORRADA, Puerto Rico DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan PETER A. PEYSER, New York EDWARD J. STACK, Florida PAT WILLIAMS, Montana WILLIAM R. RATCHFORD, Connecticut RAY KOGOVSEK, Colorado DON BAILEY, Pennsylvania JOHN M. ASHBROOK, Ohio JOHN N. ERLENBORN, Illinois JOHN H. BUCHANAN, JR., Alabama JAMES M. JEFFORDS, Vermont WILLIAM F. GOODLING, Pennsylvania JON HINSON, Mississippi THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin CONTENTS Brain, Donald C., president, Independent Insurance Agents of Amer- ica, accompanied by Donald W. Perin, Jr., acting executive vice Brown, Robert, owner/operator, Michigan Lawn Sprayers Service, representing the Lawn Sprayers Association of Michigan. Browning, Pamela, Washington, D. C., on behalf of National Associa- Burkhardt, Frank, research director, International Brotherhood of 331 Crolius, Newell T., manager, Insurance Safety and Training, Flinkote Stone Products Co. and chairman, Operations Division, The National Flockhart, Robert W., counsel, American Insurance Association... Hancock, Nolan, director, Citizenship, Legislative Department, Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union. Head, R. Pierce, senior vice president, Georgia Power Co., Atlanta, Ga., on behalf of the Edison Electric Institute, accompanied by Ron Clements, congressional representative, EEI; and Carl Behnke, director, Industrial Relations Division, EEÍ Joyner, Robert P., chairman, Industrial Commission of Virginia. Maisonpierre, Andre, vice president, Alliance of American Insurers... Merchant, James A., M.D., director, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Center for Disease Control, Department of Health and Human Mirer, Franklin E., assistant director, Social Security Department, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, AFL- |