b'LowellV.LanglandRobertMeyer Ottumwa,IowaDenver,Colorado RodneyNauckeGeorgeS.Moeller FortSmith,ArkansasKansasCity,Missouri W.CraigPlummerHollisR.Porcher Anderson,IndianaCorpusChristi,Texas JohnSomersR.C.Rosenow Minneapolis,MinnesotaChicago,Illinois HELP! Helpournewlyelectedofficersanddirectorsmakenextyear\'sconventionasmeaningfulandusefultoyouaspossible.Whilethisyear\'sconventionisstill freshinyourmind,telluswhichbusinessprogramsofthis year\'sconventionweremostmeaningfultoyouandgiveusyoursuggestions forbusinessprogramsatnextyear\'sconvention.Letushaveanyother commentsyouwishtomakeconcerningthisyear\'sconventionandnextyear\'s conventionwhichyoufeelwouldbeofbenefittothemembership.Enclosed isaquestionnairewhichweaskyoutocompleteandmailtousinthereturn envelopeenclosed. AROOFISNOTAFLOOR! AsignificantvictoryhasjustbeenwonbyMRCAmemberLangerRoofing SSheetMetal,Inc.,Milwaukee,Wisconsin,inthecontinuingbattlewith OSHAoverperimeterguarding.TheSeventhCircuitCourtof Appealsin LangerRoofingGSheetMetal,Inc.v.SecretaryofLabor,decidedNovember 20,1975,hasheldthat29CFR1926.S00(d)(l)doesnotapplytoflatroofs. Thecourtconcludedthat: 11 NowhereintheregulationscitedbytheSecretarydowefind theauthoritytosanctionanyoneforfailuretoprovideperimeterprotectiononaflatroof." Acopyofthecourt\'sconcise,wellwrittendecisionisenclosed. BasedupontheLangerdecision,weanticipatethatOSHAwillnow proceedtoamendRegulation1926.S00(d)(l)toexpresslyincludeflatroofs. OSHAwillberequiredtogivenoticeofitsproposedamendmentandallow timeforcommentsfromtheindustry.Duringtheamendatoryprocess,there willcertainlybeinputfromtheindustryastothepracticalproblemsyou encounterinperimeterguarding.Itishopedthattheregulation,when finallyamended,willcontemplatesomepracticalmethodofcompliance involvingaropewarningline,etc. Pendingamendmentto500(d)(l),whatwillOSHA\'spositi onbeasto S00(d)(l)citations,contestedS00(d)(l)cases,etc.?WebelieveOSHA willprobably(anditlegallycan)completelyignoretheLangerdecision andconductits500(d)(l)"businessasusual",withonemajorpossibl e exception- webelieveOSHAwillnowstartcitingyouforviolationof'