HB 1949 - DIGEST

     Directs the department to adopt occupational safety and health standards that are necessary to address the costs to workers and their families from injuries arising from the material handling of wallboard in construction work.  The department shall also, within thirty days of the effective date of this act, establish a working group on wallboard improvement.

     Makes an appropriation of twenty thousand dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, from the general fund to the department of labor and industries for the purposes of obtaining the expert services of one or more highly experienced safety and health consultants with extensive knowledge of the construction industry to assist the working group on wallboard improvement in its activities.