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HRD-79-82 1 (1979-06-06)

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HUMAN RESOURCES
   DIVISION


B-163375


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UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE /1/1
        WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548I
                                        LM109746



                                JUNE 6, 1979


The Honorable Ray Marshall
The Secretary of Labor


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The Honorable A. Vernon Weaver        007-
Administrator, Small Business A   0
  Administration

     We reviewed the Small Business Administration's (SBA's)
occupational safety and health loan program--a program to
help small businesses comply with mandated occupational
safety and health standards. SBA administers the prggram
in cooperation with the Department of Labor's Occupational
Saf.ety and Health Administration (OSHA)., i/,

     We found that:

     --Few loans have been made.

     --No assurance exists that loans are (1) made only to
       businesses that would suffer substantial economic in-
       jury without assistance or (2) needed for compliance
       with occupational safety and health standards.

     --Controls are not adequate to ensure that workplace
       hazards are corrected.

BACKGROUND

     Section 28(a) of the Occupational Safety and Health
Act, approved December 29, 1970, authorizes economic assist-
ance under section 7(b) of the Small Business Act, as
amended, to:


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6Q65-77

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