b'S.454,advisesthattheBillisintheLaborandPublicWelfareCommittee oftheSenate,chairedbySenatorWilliamsofNewJersey.TheBillcurrently hasnineco-sponsorsandneedsaboutthirtyco-sponsorstogetit movingin\\_,/ thissessionofCongress.Currently,theco-sponsorsare:SenatorsHollings, SouthCarolina;Goldwater,Arizona;Hansen,Wyoming;Eastland,Mississippi; Thurmond,SouthCarolina;Tower,Texas;Fannin,Arizona;Laxalt,Nevada;and Baker,Tennessee. THEBILLNEEDSMORESPONSORSANDTHESUPPORTOFTHELABORANDPUBLIC WELFARECOMMITTEE.IfyourSenatorshavenotsponsoredtheBill,contact themassoonaspossibleandurgethemtodoso.IfoneofyourSenators isonthecommittee,yourlettertohimurginghisvotefortheBill will helpgettheBillmoving.ThefollowingSenatorscomprisetheLaborand PublicWelfareCommittee: Williams,NewJerseyPell,RhodeIsland Randolph,WestVirginiaKennedy,Massachusetts Nelson,WisconsinMondale,Minnesota Eagleton,MissouriCranston,California Hathaway,MaineJavits,NewYork Schweiker,PennsylvaniaTaft,Ohio Beall,MarylandStafford,Vermont Lexalt,Nevada WRITEYOURSENATORSTODAY!. SMALLEMPLOYEROSHARECORDKEEPINGEXEMPTION Thesituationwithrespecttosmallemployerexemptionsfromcertain._-OSHArequirementsisconfusing.Becausethisexemptionmaybeveryimpor-tanttomanyofyou,wearesettingforthbelowtheexactexemptionswhich apply. 1.OSHARegulation1904.15statesthatemployershavingsevenorless employeesarenotrequiredtopreparethelogofoccupationalinjuriesand illnesses(OSHA100),thesupplementaryrecord(OSHA101)andtheannual summary(OSHA102).However,anemployerofsevenorlessemployeeswhohas beennotifiedinwritingbytheBureauofLaborStatisticsthatit hasbeen selectedtoparticipateinastatisticalsurveyofoccupationalinjuries andillnesseswillberequiredtomaintainOSHA100andprepareoccupational injuriesandillnessesSurveyFormOSHA103.AsmallemployerwhoisotherwiseexemptfrompreparingOSHAForms100,101and102isstill requiredto furnishoralorwrittennoticetoOSHAwithin48hoursaftertheoccurrence ofanemploymentaccidentwhichisfataltooneormoreemployeesorwhich resultsinhospitalizationoffiveormoreemployees. 2,Forcalendaryear1975only,theexemptiondescribedinparagraph 1abovehasbeenextendedtoincludeemployersof10orlessemployees. TheLabor-HEWAppropriationBillforfiscalyear1975includedanamendment whichextendedtheaboveexemptiontoemployersoffewerthan11employees forcalendaryear1975.TheamendmenttotheAppropriationsBilldidnot changeSection1904.15,UnlesstheAppropriationsBillforfiscalyear 1976containsasimilarprovision,orunlesstheOSHArecordkeepingregulations(1904,15)areamended,employerswith8,9or10employeeswillbe requiredtokeepOSHAForms100,101and102forcalendaryear1976and subsequentyears.'