[Federal Register: July 18, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 138)]
[Notices]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
Petition Requesting Labeling of Weightlifting Bench Press Benches
To Reduce or Prevent Deaths Due to Asphyxia/Anoxia (Petition No. CP 03-
3)
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Commission has received a petition (CP 03-3) requesting
that the Commission require labeling of weightlifting bench press
benches to reduce or prevent deaths from asphyxia/anoxia due to being
trapped beneath a bench press barbell. The Commission solicits written
comments concerning the petition.
DATES: The Office of the Secretary must receive comments on the
petition by September 16, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the petition, preferably in five copies, should
be mailed to the Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission, Washington, DC 20207, telephone (301) 504-0800, or
delivered to the Office of the Secretary, Room 501, 4330 East-West
Highway, Bethesda, Maryland 20814. Comments may also be filed by
facsimile to (301) 504-0127 or by email to cpsc-os@cpsc.gov. Comments
should be captioned ``Petition CP 03-3, Petition for Labeling of Bench
Press Benches.'' A copy of the petition is available for inspection at
the Commission's Public Reading Room, Room 419, 4330 East-West Highway,
Bethesda, Maryland. The petition is also available on the CPSC Web site
at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.cpsc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rockelle Hammond, Office of the
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC 20207;
telephone (301) 504-6833, e-mail rhammond@cpsc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission has received correspondence
from V. Patteson Lombardi, Ph.D., requesting that the Commission
require a warning label on both uprights of all ``manufactured,
publicly available'' weightlifting bench press benches. The petitioner
asserts that the labeling is necessary to reduce or eliminate deaths
due to asphyxia/anoxia caused by being trapped under a bench press
barbell. The petitioner provides information concerning a number of
deaths he states involve such incidents.
The Commission is docketing the correspondence as a petition under
provisions of the Consumer Product Safety Act, 15 U.S.C. 2051-2084.
Interested parties may obtain a copy of the petition by writing or
calling the Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission, Washington, DC 20207; telephone (301) 504-0800. The
petition is available on the CPSC Web site at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.cpsc.gov. A
copy of the petition is also available for inspection from 8:30 a.m. to
5 p.m., Monday through Friday, in the Commission's Public Reading Room,
Room 419, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland.
Dated: July 10, 2003.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 03-18170 Filed 7-17-03; 8:45 am]
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