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I I ~uqyayd~qy that they did so anyway, then their conduct may be considered evidence of contributory negligence, the court said. ~ °In our view, (Owens-Corning's) only possibility of prevailing on its contributory negligence defense requires proof that Jones and Culverhouse were given such a warning," the court said. ~~ Record - 3 DIALOG(R)File 655:BNA Daily News ~(c) 1995 Bur. of Natl. Affairs Inc. All rts. reserv. 00817891 BNA EMPLOYMENT POLICY & LAW DAILY ~ December 07, 1995 Safety and Health ~ STUDY PROMPTS CALL FOR OSHA TO REOPEN HEARINGS ON RULE OVER SECONDHAND SMOKE WASHINGTON (BNA) -- A tobacco workers' union has joined Sen. Wendell I Ford (D-Ky) in calling on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to reopen hearings on a proposed rule designed to protect workers from secondhand smoke to take into account the findings of a recent study by the ~ Congressional Research Service. The study, released Nov. 14, concluded that OSHA assessed the risk of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in the workplace based primarily on studies of exposures in the home, where the degree of exposure.to Isecondhand smoke is generally thought to be greater. Thus "it is likely that relatively few workers would be exposed to sufficient (environmental J tabacao smoke) to be at increased risk for lung cancer," which has been n ked to exposure to secondhand smoke, the study found. The Bakery, Confectionery and Tobacco Workers issued a statement Dec. 5 Ithat called on OSHA to reopen its public hearings, contending that the agency rule could potentially affect millions of workplaces. Ford made a I similar appeal following the release of the study. However, the same study led Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif), a longtime foe of the tobacco industry, to a different conclusion. Waxman directed the study be done when he was chairman of the House Energy and Commerce ~ Subcommittee on Health and the Environment. In a statement issued Nov. 15 upon the study's release, Waxman said it- confirmed or even added further credence to a 1993 Environmental Protection Agency report that labeled secondhand smoke a Class A known human I t~s 0 a. co ~ [o c. w 00 :3P I