November 2014 OSHA News

This month’s draft powerpoint is the OSHA’s new rule on reporting that

takes effect January 1, 2015. I was fortunate to give a speech to the
IL-IA Building trades and had a great interactive session. This is one
hot topic. I am reminding people that they want to submit a good
incident investigation to avoid being selected by OSHA for an
inspection.

http://www.slideshare.net/johnanewquist/osha-update-illinois-iowa-contractors

This year, I am tracking the Illinois worker fatalities. I can find 60
for 2014.

It was another record month of training 248 people trained. My
original goal for 2014 is 2500 people trained. I am up to 2017 people
trained total. I think I will slow it down in December as I want to
get many of my presentations updated.

Waubonsee is having a free panel discussion on Temp Workers that is
free. Jacob Scott Area Director of the Aurora OSHA office and myself
are speaking. Thursdays December 17th.9-1030pm. Waubonsee Aurora
Campus, 18 S River. Room 160, Call Barb Dimonte at (630) 906-4180 to
learn more. bdimonte@waubonsee.edu

Here is the news for November 2014

1) A U.S. Marshall has taken an Illinois business owner into custody
after the employer failed to correct serious trenching hazards and pay
OSHA penalties. On Oct. 27, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
granted a motion filed by Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez against
the owner of Mike Neri Sewer & Water Contractor Inc., based in Elk
Grove Village, Ill. This action followed the owner's long history of
failing to comply with OSHA standards and orders of the independent
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. (from DOL
newsletter)

In October 2013, the Court issued an enforcement order against Neri
and when he failed to comply, the Court held Neri in contempt in July
2014 and threatened him with possible incarceration. Last week, after
receiving no response from Neri, the Court granted the Secretary's
motion to proceed with coercive actions, ordering the U.S. Marshal to
place Neri in the custody of the Attorney General. Neri will remain in
custody until a District or Magistrate Judge certifies to the Court
that he has either fully complied with the Court's enforcement order
or has demonstrated he is unable to comply. (FROM DOL November 3,
2014)

2) Here are safety programs on nearly every subject. This is from
North Carolina OSHA. Free Download.

http://www.nclabor.com/osha/etta/exampleprograms/example_programs.htm

3) "People would say, 'Are you from OSHA?' They would say, 'Yes, we
are from OSHA,'" the insider told Local 10.

Telemarketers who work for Federal Safety Compliance, and Federal
Compliance Publications sell federal documents they call an "OHSA kit"
for $298.50. The Better Business Bureau is not a government agency.
All the OSHA forms are free.

http://www.local10.com/news/fla-attorney-generals-office-reopens-investigation-into-hollywood-call-center/29661666

4) 29 deaths in Upper Big Branch mine under his watch. Ex CEO is indicted.

http://www.wvgazette.com/article/20141113/GZ01/141119629/1104

5) Oregon OSHA adopts rules for confined space in construction.

http://www.orosha.org/admin/newsrelease/2014/nr2014_18.html#.VGVhlmN0yUk

6) Worker survives 11 story fall.

http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Worker-plunges-from-downtown-San-Francisco-5909289.php#/0

7) Four workers die at Dupont plant in La Porte TX.

http://www.chron.com/news/texas/article/4-workers-killed-after-Houston-area-chemical-leak-5895906.php

8) One of the best successes that I have seen for construction is the
145 hour class offered by the Construction Safety Council. It starts
December 2 and many go on to get the CHST certification.

http://toolboxtalks.coffeecup.com/CSCNEWS/145-2015.pdf

9) West Bend Mutual has several good technical bulletin on industrial safety.

http://www.thesilverlining.com/safety-resources/technical-bulletins

10) Martin Romano of Victor MT, pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal
misdemeanor violations during a hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge
Jeremiah Lynch in Missoula. One count of causing the death of a worker
by violating a safety standard. In addition, the company, “Mr. Asphalt
Inc”. of Corvallis MT, entered a guilty plea to the same violation of
29 U.S.C. 666(e), Violation of Safety Standard Causing Death of an
Employee.

Romano and his company were charged after 54-year-old William Irby Jr.
or Corvallis slipped off an oil tank while taking measurements and
fell 15 feet, hitting his head on a concrete pad.


OSHA Citations in November

Penalty State Major Issues Business
1) $100,560 PA Fall scaffold, Mason contractor

2) $46,400 IL Combustible Dust, Corn starch mfg

3) $71,069 FL Willful Ladderjack scaffold, siding contractor

4) $47,600 AR Repeat ice and slip hazards. Frozen food storage

5) $78,500 AR Repeat machine guarding, Packaging company

6) $81,900 WI Willful GHS fatality, Aluminum Sand Casting mfr.

7) $46,200 TX Machine Guarding, Electrical, Oil Driller

8) $49,000 OH Machine guarding fatality, Rolling milling

9) $47,600 TX Struck by, electrical, machine guarding, Aluminum refinery

10) $49,000 WI GHS, Plastic mfr

11) $77,000 OH Fall, machine guarding, Steel Mill

12) $58,520 TX Repeat Respirators, falls, Tuckpointer

13) $342,250 GA Falls, Repeat, Machine guarding, Auto part mfr, Temp agency

14) $41,380 NJ Repeat lockout, Die cutting mfr

15) $51,700 MS Repeat, Fire exits, Retailer.

16) $101,000 VA Falls, Machine guarding, Shipyard

17) $53,000 GA Lockout, machine guarding, arc flash, Auto parts company

18) $41,500 AL Falls, compressed gas, Shipyard

19) $59,290 CT Combustible dust, Titanium Machine shop

20) $330,800 MA Repeat, roof leaks, falls, electrical, Freight Shipping

21) $106,000 CA Willful fatal suspended personnel platform. Pile Driving company


Large Work Payouts

1) Fall on sidewalk results in $2.25 Million

http://nypost.com/2014/11/30/nyc-forks-over-706m-in-under-2-years-to-settle-legal-claims/

2) A federal jury in San Diego imposed a punitive damages award of
$185 million against AutoZone in a case alleging pregnancy
discrimination and retaliatory discharge.

http://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/x/355474/trials+appeals+compensation/Jury+Imposes+185+Million+Punitive+Award+Against+AutoZone+In+Individual+Pregnancy+Discrimination+Case



Major New Stories


1) Massive drill nearly misses packed subway in New York.

http://mashable.com/2014/10/31/drill-subway/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link&utm_content=9411162&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

2) Two Tree Trimmers electrocuted in FL in September. I had missed
this. This is the 33rd multiple death in 2014.

http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/local/2014/09/07/2-electrocuted-trimming-trees-florida/15241031/

3) Falling tape measure kills worker at NJ site.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/04/nyregion/falling-tape-measure-kills-man-at-jersey-city-construction-site.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=geo&bicmp=AD&bicmlukp=WT.mc_id&bicmst=1409232722000&bicmet=1419773522000&_r=1

4) Four dead in TX Pesticide incident. A valve somehow failed on a
container of methyl mercaptan, a chemical used to make insecticide,
around 4 a.m. Five workers had already been exposed to the gas, four
of whom died inside the unit. This is the 34th multiple death in 2014.

http://www.cbs19.tv/story/27395559/4-workers-die-1-hurt-in-texas-chemical-plant-leak#.VGgCkuBPpqp.facebook



2014 Safety Training at Non-Profits


CSC 10 Hour for Construction Dec 2-3, 2014

CSC 30 Hour construction Dec 4, 6, 9 11, 2014

CSC OSHA 500 upon request

CSC Excavation Safety upon request

TRMA Scaffold Safety Dec 16

CSC Incident Investigation/ Dec 16

OSHA recordkeeping Dec 16

CSC Confined Space upon request

CSC Scaffold Safety Dec 4

CSC Crane Signal and Rigging upon request



NIU is Northern Illinois University OSHA Education Center
http://www.nsec.niu.edu/nsec/

CSC is the Construction Safety Council in Hillside. Www.Buildsafe.org

WDCC is the Western Dupage Chamber of Commerce
http://www.westerndupagechamber.com/

TRMA is Three Rivers Manufacturers Association www.trma.org



I usually teach only part of the 30 hour and the 500 series.

October 2014 OSHA News

I got to teach Fire Safety Investigations at revived SIOSH days in
Carterville IL, It was good to see many OSHA people participate. I got
to meet several people getting the newsletter so always stop and say
hello.

This month’s draft powerpoint is Fire Safety. This is what I used for
the one hour session at SIOSH. Oct was fire prevention month.

http://www.slideshare.net/johnanewquist/general-industry-fire-safety-siosh-2014

This year, I am tracking the Illinois worker fatalities. I can find 59 for 2014.

It was another record month of training 233 people trained. My
original goal for 2014 is 2500 people trained. I am up to 1769 people
trained total. I think I will try to get 2000 trained.

I am working with Waubonsee Community College to teach four hours of
FREE safety training to temp employees. Call Barb Dimonte at (630)
906-4180 to learn more. bdimonte@waubonsee.edu

John

Here is the news for October

1) AZ OSHA wants a hearing if Fed OSHA take over residential
construction enforcement.

At a Sept. 17 presentation during the National Safety Council
Congress, OSHA’s director of state programs office, Doug Kalinowski,
said that in the agency’s 40-year history it hadn’t withdrawn final
approval of a state program through the hearing process. If a hearing
before an administrative law judge is held, Kalinowski said, the
public meeting would probably take place in Arizona during January,
February or March 2015

Fed OSHA is right to take over AZ OSHA residential enforcement since
AZ raised enforcement from the 1995 REQUIRED 6 feet to the illegal 16
feet. AZ OSHA did this even knowing that they had fatalities in
residential between 6-16 feet.

2) CPWR has a good self scoring assessment for construction safety management.

http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Score-your--safety-climate--with-new-CPWR-workbook.html?soid=1106836319273&aid=JlzzRUhj7fE

3) I recommend the 2015 NFPA 70E online training class. I think it is
a good refresher that should be supplemented by a classroom session.
0.6 CEUs too.

http://www.nfpa.org/catalog/product.asp?pid=OLS008&order_src=D283

4) The CDC PPE protocol for Ebola.

http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/pdf/ppe-poster.pdf

5) I am starting to think UPS might be right. UPS engineers found that
left-hand turns were a major drag on efficiency. Turning against
traffic resulted in long waits in left-hand turn lanes that wasted
time and fuel, and it also led to a disproportionate number of
accidents.

http://priceonomics.com/why-ups-trucks-dont-turn-left/

6) Canada has a provision to fine workers. Here is a case where a
company and a worker were penalized.

An employee, Abdul Maneed Malik, was fined $6,000 after pleading
guilty to operating equipment in a manner that may endanger a worker.

http://news.ontario.ca/mol/en/2014/04/southern-sanitationwasteco-worker-fined-total-of-176000-after-worker-killed.html

7) MN has an OSHA I2P2. On Jan. 1, 1991, Minnesota adopted an
amendment to Minnesota

OSHA statutes that requires many employers to develop and use a formal
safety and health program, known commonly as an A Workplace Accident
and Injury Reduction (AWAIR) program.

http://www.doli.state.mn.us/OSHA/Awair.asp


8) OSHA by the numbers FY2014

OSHA investigated 848 fatalities

36, 054 inspections conducted. Shutdown meant less inspections

6,349 inspection in Region 5

146 sigcases, 52 from Region 5.

7 egregious cases, 4 from Region 5

Region 5 investigated 621 whistleblower complaints. 327 were 11c cases

Nick Walters “We try very hard so that our resources are focused on
fatalities and fatality prevention” October 30, 2014

9) For the first time in history, Region 5 is seeing more non
construction falls than construction falls. Falls from ladder, roofs,
then same surface are top fall killers last five years in Region 5.
(Source -SIOSH conference).

10) OSHA Region 5 is seeing powered industrial vehicles going from
forklift overturned as number cause of fatality ten years ago with now
power industrial vehicles operating in the dock area causing
fatalities in the this area. Backing a semitrailer into the dock,
worker caught by truck and dock are now the common sources fatalities.
(Source -SIOSH conference).

11) “We want a consistent approach on these amputations and
hospitalizations. Region 5 might get 3000 amputations and 10,000
hospitalization under the new reporting rules that take effect January
2015.” – Nick Walter – Regional Administrator Chicago

This means OSHA will only be able to inspect a portion of these cases.
A company must do a thorough investigation and identify root causes
and take corrective action. If they do not, OSHA probably will choose
that incident to inspect.

12) The first ergo citation in a poultry plant in years was issued by
OSHA to an AL company.

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/osha/OSHA20141972.htm

13) OSHA looking to revise the electrical standards.

The information collection requirements in these Standards involve the
following: the employer using electrical equipment that is marked with
the manufacturer’s name, trademark, or other descriptive markings that
identify the producer of the equipment, and marking the equipment with
the voltage, current, wattage, or other ratings necessary; requiring
each disconnecting means for motors and appliances to be marked
legibly to to indicate its purpose, unless located and arranged so the
purpose is evident; requiring the entrances to rooms and other guarded
locations containing exposed live parts to be marked with conspicuous
warning signs forbidding unqualified persons from entering; and, for
construction employers only, establishing and implementing the assured
equipment grounding conductor program instead of using ground-fault
circuit interrupters.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2014-25941.pdf



OSHA Citations in October

Penalty State Major Issues Business


1) $89,500 OH Repeat lockout injury, Casting mfr.

2) $61,600 NH Repeat residential roofing falls, Roofer.

3) $40,600 CT Roof fatality. Roofer

4) $136,290 NJ Willful GHS, Methylene Chloride, Cabinetry company

5) $64,000 OH Confined space fatality, Heat Treating

6) $60,200 CT Combustible dust, noise, machine guarding. Stair mfr.

7) $355,300 FL Willful fall protection residential roofer.

8) $107,100 CT 25 Serious, most lead, respirators, Renovation contractor

9) $56,000 OH Amputation on slitting machines, Metal fabricator

10) $134,000 OH 21 serious, most PSM, Chemical Co.

11) $75,000 OH Willful trench, Excavation Contractor

12) $44,000 MA Repeat conveyor guarding, Delivery Company

13) $75,610 MS Willful conveyor fatality, Lumber company

14) $62,300 OH Combustible dust, Auto coatings

15) $262,500 TX Willful fire and exits, Retail chain,

16) $70,070 CT Willful Ladder and falls, Roofing contractor,

17) $60,500 FL Willful falls, Residential contractor

18) $62,400 OH Repeat machine guarding, Auto Parts coatings.

19) $52,500 MO Machine guarding and lockout, Metal fabricator

20) $61,600 PA Willful trenching, Excavation contractor

21) $102,600 AL Ergo, machine guarding, Poultry plant

22) $42,000 IL Fatality on baker loader. Bakery

23) $174,240 IL Willful falls, Homebuilder


Large Work Payouts


1) On Monday, the jury in Gump v. Mains awarded plaintiff Brenda Gump
$15.8 million for damages stemming from a June 2010 accident that
occurred on an allegedly dangerous road-construction site.

Read more: http://www.thelegalintelligencer.com/id=1202670216929/Allegheny-Jury-Awards-16-Million-in-Auto-Case#ixzz3GGV8Daaw

2) $18 Million for asbestos

http://legalnewsline.com/issues/asbestos/252879-compensatory-damages-slashed-by-80-percent-but-18m-punitive-damages-award-not-reduced-in-asbestos-case

3) $21.7 Million for paralyzed worker in transformer incident.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/paralyzed-construction-worker-awarded-217-million-after-accident-at-pepco-site/2014/10/24/92ada96a-5bb5-11e4-bd61-346aee66ba29_story.html



Major New Stories


1) Two workers died in Boontown NJ while digging a trench, This is the
29th multiple fatality in 2014

http://7online.com/news/2-workers-trapped-after-trench-collapse-in-boonton-nj/332787/

2) Amazon workers want to get paid to go through security screenings.
Supreme Court will decide.


http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-10-02/security-checks-paid-as-work-supreme-court-will-decide


3) AZ landscraper killed by 800,000 bees

http://gawker.com/man-killed-by-800-000-bees-hiding-in-the-attic-1644108689


4) $168,000 for the death of two linemen in MA
http://www.worktruckonline.com/news/story/2014/10/osha-fines-company-168k-for-deaths-of-linemen-resulting-from-preventable-accidents.aspx?utm_campaign=Utility-Fleet-&utm_source=Email&utm_medium=Enewsletter

5) 80,000 safety problems in the 1,106 Bangladesh factories inspected.
I am sure it is much worse. As Matt Stein said, 70+ violations at each
place.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/14/business/international/two-groups-complete-inspections-of-1700-bangladesh-garment-factories-.html?ref=business&_r=0

6) Archived webcast under PAST events for the OSHA FCC Tower Climber
safety forum is here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSR4qTZZLZo

7) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has rejected a
roofing contractor’s claim it should not have been cited by OSHA
because the alleged offenses were performed by an independent
contractor. Absolute Roofing & Construction, Inc. v. Secretary of
Labor, No. 13-4364 (6th Cir. Sept. 9, 2014). The Sixth Circuit has
jurisdiction over Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee.

http://www.natlawreview.com/article/appeals-panel-upholds-alj-s-ruling-worker-was-employee

8) The men had been performing repair work in a pump pit between two
clarifiers at the plant, said Diana Petterson, Regional Public Affairs
Director at the U.S. Department of Labor.

"When a leak occurred in the pump pit, it began filling with water.
One of the workers went into the pit to attempt to close a valve, but
was not able to remove himself from the pit. Another worker entered
the pit and also was unable to escape" said Petterson

This is the 30th multiple fatality in 2014.

http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/Dispatch-Emergency-crews-rescuing-two-at-Lower-Valley-wastewater-treatment-plant-52556.shtml#.VEmqwWN0yUk

9) Two sherriff deputies gunned down in CA, This is the 31sth multiple
fatality in 2014.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-deputies-shot-manhunt-sacramento-20141024-story.html

10) Two dead in Ohio water tower fall. This is the 31sth multiple
fatality in 2014.

http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/butler-county/man-dead-another-hurt-after-fall-from-reily-township-water-tower

11) $1.4 billion dollar chemical plant to be built in IL.

http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/billion-fertilizer-plant-coming-to-illinois/article_dde27e9c-3f4a-5133-8c00-134b1d44d0d9.html



2014 Safety Training at Non-Profits



CSC 10 Hour for Construction                       Nov 4-5, 2014

CSC 30 Hour construction                             Nov 4, 6, 11, 13, 2014

CSC OSHA 500                                             Nov 17-21

CSC Excavation Safety                                  Nov 7, 2014

TRMA Fall Protection                                    upon request

CSC Incident Investigation/                           Nov 14

NIU Incident Investigation/                           Nov 25

OSHA recordkeeping                                     Nov 14

CSC Confined Space                                      upon request

CSC Scaffold Safety                                      Nov 24

CSC Crane Signal and Rigging                      Nov 17



NIU is Northern Illinois University OSHA Education Center
http://www.nsec.niu.edu/nsec/

CSC is the Construction Safety Council in Hillside. Www.Buildsafe.org

WDCC is the Western Dupage Chamber of Commerce
http://www.westerndupagechamber.com/

TRMA is Three Rivers Manufacturers Association    www.trma.org

I usually teach only part of the 30 hour and the 500 series.

September OSHA News and Incident Investigation ppt

It is Fire Prevention Month so make sure you cover some fire safety
this month with employees. Remember to bond and ground the flammables
when dispensing. Also no welding on containers container flammables.
Every place with combustible dust needs to ensure that contractors do
not weld on dust containers.

I got to teach Incident Investigation at the Chicago ASSE conference
in Naperville. It was good to see many of you there getting great
training and CEUs.This month’s draft powerpoint is Incident
Investigation. This is what I used for the three hour session at
ASSE..

http://www.slideshare.net/johnanewquist/incident-investigation-asse-2014

This year, I am tracking the Illinois worker fatalities. I can find 1
who died in June bringing the total to 53 for 2014.

It was record month of training 224 people trained. My goal for 2014
is 2500 people trained. The first seven months was 1546 people trained
total. I think I will try to get 2000 trained.

I am also working on a training ppts for tuckpointing, power
transmission, tree trimming and logging safety so will be glad to come
out and help out at no cost.

John

Here is the news for September

1) The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against
Texas-based Austin Industrial Specialty Services’ in its appeal of
Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) citations over
circumstances that led to the death of a worker.  Although Austin
employees wore hydrogen sulfide monitors while cleaning, the company
did not conduct any other air-quality tests in the environment,
according to the underlying complaint.

http://louisianarecord.com/news/262983-osha-citations-over-practices-at-company-that-led-to-employee-death-upheld-on-appeal

2) If you haven't visited OSHA's Temporary Workers webpage recently,
there are a couple of new items including a policy directive and joint
OSHA-NIOSH recommendations document posted

https://www.osha.gov/temp_workers/

3) OMB finished its review this week of OSHA's final rule which would
change employers' reporting requirements for in-patient
hospitalizations and amputation incidents.  The proposal set out to
require employers to report to OSHA within 8 hours all work-related
in-patient hospitalizations. Currently employers are only required to
report if 3 or more employees have in-patient hospitalizations. OSHA
also proposed to require employers to report within 24 hours all
work-related amputations (which are not currently incidents that
require reporting to OSHA.

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-06-22/pdf/2011-15277.pdf#page=1

4) Several workers were hurt in construction collapse in September due
to high winds. They should have stopped work. Here is the OSHA
definition of high winds.

High wind. A wind of such velocity that one or more of the following
hazards would be present:

1.The wind could blow an employee from an elevated location,

2.The wind could cause an employee or equipment handling material to
lose control of the material, or

3.The wind would expose an employee to other hazards not controlled by
the standard involved.

Note to the definition of "high wind": The Occupational Safety and
Health Administration normally considers winds exceeding 64.4
kilometers per hour (40 miles per hour), or 48.3 kilometers per hour
(30 miles per hour) if the work involves material handling, as meeting
this criteria, unless the employer takes precautions to protect
employees from the hazardous effects of the wind.

https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=STANDARDS&p_id=841

5) I am seeing hard hat manufacturers recommend the suspension lining
be changed every year now and the hat replaced in 5 years.

6) OSHA Harwood grant winners are here.
https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=26640


7) Congrats to OSHA's Bill Perry for becoming Director of Standards.
http://ehstoday.com/osha/osha-taps-bill-perry-head-agency-s-directorate-standards-and-guidance

8) "Frederick Prinz, 38, of Marmora, N.J., pleaded guilty before U.S.
District Judge Joseph H. Rodriguez in Camden federal court to an
information charging him with making and selling fraudulent
construction industry certification forms, known as “OSHA 30” cards.
Sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 10."

http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2014/09/10/south-jersey-osha-instructor-admits-to-selling.html

9) Important: The final rule becomes effective January 1, 2015.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health
Administration today announced a final rule requiring employers to
notify OSHA when an employee is killed on the job or suffers a
work-related hospitalization, amputation or loss of an eye. The rule,
which also updates the list of employers partially exempt from OSHA
record-keeping requirements, will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2015, for
workplaces under federal OSHA jurisdiction.

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/osha/OSHA20141697.htm

10) Wow, Initial count of 2013 fatalities dropped. A preliminary total
of 4,405 fatal work injuries were recorded in the United States in
2013, lower than the revised count of 4,628 fatal work injuries in
2012.
It may be revised upwards as in the past, but looks better.

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cfoi.nr0.htm

11) I am seeing a few hot works dust explosions. For example, Four
hurt in grain dust explosion in AZ during hot works.

Flames from welding equipment touched off a grain-dust explosion at a
Nestlé Purina plant on Sunday, severely burning two workers and
injuring two others, authorities said. The four contractors were
welding about 5 p.m. on the fifth floor of the complex's seven-story
grain elevator when their torches sparked grain dust and set off the
blast, Flagstaff Fire Department Capt. Bill Morse said

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/14/explosion-at-nestle-plant/15648861/

12) Can you take an Online 40 hour HAZWHOPPER class to meet 1910.120?
The latest LOI states that "some" of the course may be obtained on
line, but a lot of the Tech and Operations Level course MUST contain
hands on training which of course can not be done on-line. "use of
computer-based training by itself would not be sufficient to meet the
intent of the standard's various training requirements. OSHA urges
employers to be wary of relying solely on generic "packaged" training
programs in meeting their training requirements since training
required under HAZWOPER includes site-specific elements which need to
be tailored to the individual worker's assigned duties."

https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=INTERPRETATIONS&p_id=24985

13) Here is a video on how to fill propane tanks on forklifts. , it
does NOT mention no sources of ignition within 35 feet. Because
propane is heavier, it always should be done outside as
they show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGsCihYLO0c

14) Cal-OSHA proposed many new PSM changes.
http://www.natlawreview.com/article/california-proposes-major-changes-to-refinery-process-safety-management-psm-standard


15) The Army Corps of Engineers require contractors on their sites to
have a Fatigue Management Plan. It offers good guidelines if a company
wanted to develop a program.
http://www.usace.army.mil/Portals/2/docs/Safety/EM385-1-1%20Section%201FINAL.pdf

16) Frank Winingham retired from the OSHA Training Institute September
26, 2014. Frank was the Eau Claire Area Director and one of the best
Violence in the Workplace instructors that I have seen. I wish him the
best and a relaxing afterlife.

17) I found the angle indicator on the NIOSH Ladder App for your
smart phone to be great in rigging also.
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/updates/upd-06-17-13.html


OSHA Citations in September

Penalty State Major Issues Business

1) $76,340 IL Willful cave-in, Trenching contractor

2) $84,000 NE Willful fal fatal, Grain elevator

3) $92,851 GA Fail to Abate noise, Parts mfr

4) $497,000 IL 7 Willful, conveyor death, Metal recycler,

5) $341,550 TX Repeat hex chrome, Plating company

6) $186,340 FL 3 Willful, Residential contractor

7) $79,200 TX Repeat falls. Stucco contractor.

8) $73,500 AL 23 serious Falls Machine guarding, Lumber mill

9) $66,700 IL 11 Serious Machine guarding, Tower mfr

10) $94,000 OH Fatality crushing. Steel Mill

11) $77,000 OH Repeat trench cave-in. Blacktop company

12) $294,000 CT Willfull roofing falls. Roofer

13) $274,700 NY 6 Repeat PSM. Ice maker

14) $70,000 WI Willful amputation. Paper mfr

15) $108,020 IL Willful fall, Truck terminal

16) $234,960 AL Fail to Abate Falls, forklifts, Machine guarding.
Condiment producer

17) $61,600 OH $61,600 Rubber Mfr

18) $85,080 WV Willful fire extinguisher Lumber company

19) $234,900 TX Willful noise, machine guarding, Cut Stone mfr

20) $48,928 IL Willful noise and respirators, Foundry

21) $235,700 PA Willful falls, Stucco company

22) $120,120 SD Willful engulfment death, Grain elevator

23) $126,700 OH Willful punch press, Coil steel mfr

24) $58,000 MA Fire fatality, Ironworks

25) $133,900 NE Willful confined space, Railcar

26) $51,000 GA Willful electrical. Electrical contractor.

27) $45,540 NJ Machine guarding, electrical. Glass company

28) $48,400 IL Willful falls. Residential roofer

29) $67,500 AL Falls, electrical Auto parts mfr

30) $68,838 GA Repeat cranes, forklift, GHS. Iron metal mfr

31) $130,200 OH Willful machine guarding Aluminum company

32) $168,000 MA Willful fatality crane violations. Electrical company

33) $134,400 WV Willful fatal cell tower collapse, Cell tower company

34) $84,500 GA Machine Guarding, temp employees

35) $49,280 NJ Fall hazards, Residential construction

36) $66,400 IL Repeat GHS, Garage

37) $46,000 IL Willful asbestos, Restoration contractor

38) $162,000 FL Willful fall protection, residential contractor



Large Work Payouts


1) Appeals courts voids most of the $180 million judgment against
Conagra in IL grain explosion.

http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2014/D09-09/C:13-1505:J:Easterbrook:aut:T:fnOp:N:1414852:S:0

2) American Apparel Inc. has agreed to pay $1 million to settle a
civil suit over a worker's death.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-american-apparel-civil-suit-worker-death-20140909-story.html


Major New Stories

1) Another double fatality in a confined space in less than 2 weeks.
This in Idaho. Jody Taylor says his son, 19-year-old Bo Taylor, and a
co-worker, 46-year-old Trent Sorensen both died. Jody says it was a
toxic combination of fumes inside a manhole that caused his son to
pass out, then drown in the water below. This is the 25th multiple
fatality in 2014.

http://www.ktvb.com/story/news/local/2014/09/01/workers-died-construction-blackfoot/14943949/

2) Two FL workers killed when forklift tips over. This is the 26th
multiple fatality in 2014



http://kfor.com/2014/09/19/update-2-workers-dead-1-injured-after-lift-accident-in-edmond/

3) Three dead in a UPS Alabama shooting.

http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2014/09/birmingham_police_on_scene_of.html


4) Second steelworker has died from that Explosion in Alabama earlier
this week. This is the 28th multiple fatality in 2014

http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2014/09/24/second-worker-dies-from-u-s-steel-explosion-osha.html

5) How hazardous is agriculture for workers? Quite a bit.

The agriculture sector accounted for 479 deaths in 2013. With a
fatality rate of 22.2 for every 100,000 full-time workers, agriculture
recorded the highest fatality rate of any industry sector.
Additionally, more than 49,000 injuries were recorded in 2012, the
last year for which statistics were available from the Bureau of Labor
Statistics. Agriculture employs more than 2 million people in the
United States.

http://www.theprairiestar.com/news/people_and_industry/osha-and-agriculture-community-come-together-during-national-farm-safety/article_c6b0a436-44d3-11e4-b2d4-5bb96783c2d4.html




2014 Safety Training at Non-Profits



CSC 10 Hour for Construction                       Oct 7-8, 2014

CSC 30 Hour construction                             Oct 7, 9 14, 16, 2014

TRMA 30 Hour Industry                                Oct 20, 22, 27, 29

SIOSH Conference                                         Oct 30

CSC OSHA 500                                             upon request

CSC Excavation Safety                                  upon request

CSC Fall Protection                                        upon request

CSC Confined Space                                      upon request

TRMA Scaffold Safety                                  upon request

TRMA Crane Signal and Rigging                  upon request



TRMA is Three Rivers Manufacturers Association    www.trma.org

NIU is Northern Illinois University OSHA Education Center
http://www.nsec.niu.edu/nsec/

CSC is the Construction Safety Council in Hillside. Www.Buildsafe.org

WDCC is the Western Dupage Chamber of Commerce
http://www.westerndupagechamber.com/

SIOSH conference is at
http://www.imec.org/blog/2014/07/siosh-oct-30th/#.VCmsaWN0yUk


I usually teach only part of the 30 hour and the 500 series.

August OSHA News

It was good to see many of you at the Colloquium on August 28. I plan
to be at the Chicago ASSE Safety days in Naperville at the end of the
month so stop and say hello. August was a news filled month.

This month’s draft powerpoint is General Industry PPE. I use this in
the General Industry 10 Hour class and bring plenty of PPE to show.
Some trainer just bring a huge duffle bag of all the types of PPE for
the hour.
http://www.slideshare.net/johnanewquist/general-industry-ppe-2014

This year, I am tracking the Illinois worker fatalities. I can find 1
who died in June bringing the total to 50 for 2014.

It was another good training month with 121 people trained. My goal
for 2014 is 2500 people trained. The first seven months was 1322
people trained total

I am also working on a training ppts for tuckpointing, power
transmission, tree trimming and logging safety so will be glad to come
out and help out at no cost.


John

Here is the news for August

1) Fall Protection works. Two rescue in aerial lift when hydraulics
fail. Thanks Mike Tuman for this.

http://www.firefighternation.com/slideshow/illinois-bucket-rescue

2) OSHA successful in citing lower PEL. “We are pleased that Fiberdome
agreed to adopt the industry recognized 50-ppm (parts per million)
limit and believe that all responsible and safety conscious employers
who use styrene should consider doing the same thing

http://www.dailyunion.com/news/article_e8750704-199c-11e4-93bf-0017a43b2370.html

3) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new data on
heat deaths among U.S. workers, underscoring the relatively simple and
low-cost preventive actions

https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=26502

4) Tales from the front: Construction GC are seeing more clinics give
work restrictions for workers visiting it for pain until the follow
up. The restriction means it goes from a medical treatment to an OSHA
recordable injury. A recordable affects the low DART rate for
construction. Right now the National DART for construction is 2.0
which is lower than manufacturing. The competitive nature of the
construction business, means explaining to the boss that their company
might have a higher DART rate than the nation average. The boss wants
to brag how safe their company is when bidding job. You can imagine
the pressure for construction safety directors to fudge the DART rate
lower.

Perhaps it is time that OSHA looks at a couple of large construction
employer under the recordkeeping NEP to see that they are actually
recording these restricted injuries.

If indeed construction is less hazardous for injuries than
manufacturing, then maybe more resources toward manufacturing
inspections should be conducted. Right now OSHA does about 55% of all
its inspections in construction. Shouldn't it be 55% in manufacturing?

5) “In a well-designed workplace, the worker has the opportunity to
choose from among a variety of well-balanced working positions and to
change between them frequently.” Good article

http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/ergonomics/standing/standing_basic.html

6) I am seeing propane buffers come back. You can die in 30 minutes if
the area is not ventilate.

http://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/facevalue-janitor-using-propane-buffer-killed-by-carbon-monoxide-2

7) April article on Temp worker deaths. Texas posted the most fatal
injuries of contractors in 2012 with 119, up from 56 in 2011.
California followed with 54 occupational injuries involving
contractors in 2012, up from 42 in 2011. Florida was third with 50 in
2012, down from 51 in 2011.

http://www.staffingindustry.com/Research-Publications/Publications/CWS-3.0/April-30-2014/Avoid-Workplace-Fatalities.-Keep-Your-Temps-Safe

8) I am seeing problems with mast climbing scaffolds. Elcosh has a
good primer on it
http://www.elcosh.org/document/2085/d001100/White%2BPaper%253A%2BReaching%2BHigher%2B-%2BRecommendations%2Bfor%2Bthe%2BSafe%2BUse%2Bof%2BMast%2BClimbing%2BWork%2BPlatforms.html?show_text=1


9) OR OSHA – How to dig your own grave.

http://www.orosha.org/construction-depot/2014/08/How-to-dig-your-own-grave.html#.U-50m2Mg-Uk

10) Is a dust mask used required to have annual medical exam? Yes.

https://www.osha.gov/qna.pdf

11) A questions came up on using powered winches for confined space
rescue. An older interp says “mechanical device used for emergency
rescue must be designed and rated for human use. The standard
specifies in paragraph 1910.146(k)(3)(ii) that the retrieval equipment
must be designed for personnel. The performance-oriented nature of the
standard allows flexibility as to the design specifications of the
retrieval equipment itself. OSHA accepts certification by
manufacturers as well as listing (as being tested) by Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). An employer may design,
manufacture, test, and certify (for example by a registered
professional engineer) mechanical devices used for retrieval of
personnel from a vertical space”

https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=INTERPRETATIONS&p_id=21190

12) California contractor indicted for trench cavein.

http://www.forconstructionpros.com/news/12001040/california-contractor-indicted-for-manslaughter-in-trench-collapse-death

13) Tree trimmer facing 6 ½ years in prison for the death of his worker.

http://www.cbs8.com/story/26374735/business-owner-charged-for-tree-trimmers-death

14) OSHA releases state plan monitoring reports.

http://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/11002-osha-releases-annual-state-plan-evaluations

15) Another fall through the roof. this in Maine. The OSHA rules are very clear.

1926.501(a)(2):The employer shall determine if the walking/working
surfaces on which its employees are to work have the strength and
structural integrity to support employees safely. Employees shall be
allowed to work on those surfaces only when the surfaces have the
requisite strength and structural integrity.

The use of a portable anchorage such as a raptor system has saved
lives and should be used on a rotten roof.

https://bangordailynews.com/2014/08/28/news/penobscot/worker-falls-through-roof-at-schenck-high-school-during-construction-job/


16) OSHA has a long and consistent history of interpreting its
standards and other requirements to require employers to present
information in a manner that their employees can understand.

https://www.osha.gov/dep/standards-policy-statement-memo-04-28-10.html


17) Congrats to Alan Crnich for becoming the Assistant Area Director
in Chicago North. He was an industrial Hygienist for 11 years.


18) This NY Times piece will remind some employers they are required
to provide safe work environments to temporary employees, to0 OSHA’s
David Michaels



http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/01/upshot/the-changing-face-of-temporary-employment.html?rref=upshot&abt=0002&abg=1&_r=0



OSHA Citations in August

Penalty State Major Issues Business


1) $72,553 GA 28 violations Falls, Amputation, Peanut processor

2) $57,750 TX 7 Repeat violations Machine Guarding, Hazcom, Machine Shop

3) $184,800 OK 5 Repeat violations Falls, Electrical Refinery.

4) $55,000 IL Repeat fall protection, Residential Roofer

5) $92,400 OH Two Repeat Ammonia PSM violations, Brewery

6) $59,700 IL Repeat machine guarding, Hair products mfr

7) $44,100 FL 12 Serious falls, drowning hazards, Seawall Installer

8) $52,500 OH Repeat forklift retraining, Warehouse

9) $188,500 GA 33 Serious, Falls, Electrical, machine guarding, Paint mfr

10) $174,240 TX 6 Repeat violations, lockout, machine guarding, fire
extinguishers, Plastic Mfr

11) $71,000 NY Willful violence, Prison contractor

12) $78,000 NY Willful violence, Medical facility

13) $134,400 IL Willful safe handling of chemicals, Chemical company,

14) $74,900 GA Willful fatality, failure to develop a railroad safety
plan, Film crew

15) $58,800 OH Willful lockout injury, Paper box mfr

16) $85,800 IL Willful fall protection, residential roofer

17) $53,130 OH Four repeat hazcom, Chemical company

18) $43,000 IL Nice Serious, Lockout, Machine guarding Vehicle mfr

19) $56,400 NY Willful scaffold, Home Improvement comp.

20) $54,120 AL Repeat Scaffold, Stucco contractor

21) $51,840 RI 10 Serious, Lead, Fall, Preservation company

22) $45,500 OH Repeat press violation, Telecom tower mfr

23) $50,085 AL 13 Serious, Lockout, machine guarding, noise, Lumber yard

24) $44,660 IL Willful cavein protection, Trenching contractor.

25) $93,300 FL Willful crane and machine guarding, Biomass comp.

26) $48,400 IL 2 Willful fall violations, Roofer,

27) $90,300 NJ Willful machine guarding, Metal Extrusion

28) $52,470 NJ Repeat fall protection, Concrete company

29) $81,000 CO Four repeat asbestos, Roofing company

30) $66,789 CT 24 serious violation Falls, machine guarding,
electrical Plastic mfr.




Large Work or Jury Cases


1) $1 million for UPS Vehicle crash

http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf/2014/08/jury_awards_man_1_million_verd.html


2) $37 million in FL asbestos case


http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/tampa-jury-awards-nearly-37-million-in-asbestos-case/2195372


3) A rural coastal Georgia jury awarded $1.3 million to a young mother
who claimed a permanent and painful back injury from a fall in a
Walmart store.

The trial before Liberty County State Court Judge Leon Braun Jr.
lasted four days. The jury returned a verdict after four hours of
deliberation at 6 p.m. on Aug. 18, awarding $1,286,000 to Allyson
Rorro for a back injury sustained when she fell in the Hinesville
Walmart store, plus $100,000 to her husband, Curtis Rorro, for his
loss of consortium claim.

http://www.dailyreportonline.com/id=1202667807447/Coastal-Jury-Awards-13M-in-Walmart-SlipFall-Case-


Read more: http://www.dailyreportonline.com/id=1202667807447/Coastal-Jury-Awards-13M-in-Walmart-SlipFall-Case-#ixzz3BtCfgtqG



Major New Stories

1) OSHA cites willful violations in Midnight Rider film worker death.

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/midnight-rider-death-osha-violation-1201283204/

2) The right to cheat and maim.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/20/opinion/the-right-to-cheat-and-maim.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&_r=2


3) IL Roofer fined five times in 3 years. $85,000.

http://www.illinoishomepage.net/story/d/story/another-roofing-contractor-fined-by-osha/40770/BaGBKYNwRUW-paoXOlubtQ


4) From 2008 to 2012, our Chemical Safety Board documented, 50
combustible dust accidents that led to 29 fatalities and 161 injuries.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/23/opinion/the-danger-of-combustible-dust.html?_r=0


5) 2 dead in IL recycling explosion. CBS says a mortar from ammunition
recycling went off. This is the 23nd multiple fatality of 2014

http://www.kmov.com/news/mobile/2-killed-at-Granite-City-recycling-plant-272557081.


6) Gun range instructor died after a 9 year old girl accidentally shoots him

http://www.azfamily.com/news/Instructor-dies-after-girl-fires-Uzi-at-Ariz-shooting-range-272748841.html


7) Film crew member on the TV show COPS killed by police in a shooting.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2735460/Cops-TV-crew-member-shot-armed-robber-killed-gun-fight-took-place-filming-police-Nebraska.html


8) In August, ironworker Drozd strapped a GoPro camera to his head as
he prepped the Hancock's west antenna to be partially dismantled.
After climbing two sets of ladders about 350 feet above the roof of
the city's fourth-tallest building, he started recording the
vertigo-inducing point-of-view footage. After posting it on YouTube,
the video has been watched more than 90,000 times.

Read more at http://www.redeyechicago.com/news/local/redeye-hancock-tower-gopro-20140813,0,6015604.story#bpmM0ilSSLgFQI0Z.99


9) Two men died in AZ sewer from H2S. This is the 24th multiple
fatality of 2014

http://www.azfamily.com/news/2-men-dead-inside-shopping-center-sewer-272642121.html


10) A coal miner who falsified safety records at a mine in Ohio County
was sentenced in federal court Monday.

http://www.wtrf.com/story/26366822/coal-miner-sentenced-for-falsifying-records-at-ohio-county-mine


11) Meteorologist shows off new eye after 2014 fireworks incident.

http://www.wxyz.com/weather/weather-blogs/dave-rexroth/dave-dexroth-reveals-prosthetic-eye-wxyz-detroit-photos



2014 Safety Training at Non-Profits


CSC 10 Hour for Construction                       Sep 9-10, 2014

TRMA Excavation Safety                              upon request

CSC Fall Protection                                        Sep 12, 2014

CSC Confined Space                                      Sep 17, 2014

TRMA Scaffold Safety                                  upon request

TRMA Crane Signal and Rigging                  Sep 3, 24 2014

CSC 30 Hour construction                             Sep 9, 11, 16, 18, 2014

CSC OSHA 500                                             Sep 15-19

ASSE Incident Investigation                          Sep 25, 2014

MA Conference OSHA Hot buttons              Sep 30, 2014



TRMA is Three Rivers Manufacturers Association    www.trma.org

NIU is Northern Illinois University OSHA Education Center
http://www.nsec.niu.edu/nsec/

CSC is the Construction Safety Council in Hillside. Www.Buildsafe.org

WDCC is the Western Dupage Chamber of Commerce
http://www.westerndupagechamber.com/

ASSE conference is at http://chisafetyconf.org/

MA Conference is at
http://www.hrsource.org/training-and-development/program-catalog/human-resources/2014-employment-law-conference/9302014.aspx


I usually teach only part of the 30 hour and the 500 series.

July OSHA News

This month’s draft powerpoint is falls in construction. I use this in the OSHA 10 Hour class for 75 minutes to 2 hours. I like using the CWPR ladder video as an exercise to focus on ladder training. It can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXit0ziMIAA

 http://www.slideshare.net/johnanewquist/construction-fall-protection

This year, I am tracking the Illinois worker fatalities. I can find 1 who died in June bringing the total to 45 for 2014. 

 

It was a good training month with 129 people trained. My goal for 2014 is 2500 people trained. The first seven months was 1201 people trained total

 

I am also working on a training ppts for tuckpointing, power transmission, tree trimming and logging safety so will be glad to come out and help out at no cost.

 

Here is the news for July

 

1) Thanks to Terry Krug, the confined expert, that caught that I didn’t use 19.5% for the lower acceptable limit for oxygen in the monthly quiz. Terry has taught confined space for years and is an excellent trainer. He can be reached at (630) 736-2063.

 

2) Midnight Rider director Randall Miller has been indicted of involuntary manslaughter and criminal trespass in the death of their worker Sarah Jones.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2679529/Director-2-indicted-fatal-Ga-train-crash.html#ixzz36R7MK41k

 

3) Glenn Florczak has passed away this month at home in Chetek, WI following complications after recent cardiac bypass surgery.  I worked with Glenn when at the OSHA training institute and setting up the new fall protection standard training. He was always a digger in facts and had so much experience.

 

4) Thanks Matt Stein. OSHA has released an updated version of their directive on respiratory protection. https://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/Directive_pdf/CPL_02-00-158.pdf

The biggest change is how respiratory protection is affected by the new hazard communication standard. OSHA is now requiring hazard assessments for all Category 1 and 2 acutely hazardous chemicals (including ammonia among others) and all sensitizers (such as paints that contain isocyanates).

 

5) If you have an OSHA 10 hour card, this is what is needed for a 30 hour card. It's called 10+20. 

Per the Feb 2013 OSHA Outreach Training Program Requirements:

 

"Outreach Trainers may provide 20 additional hours to 10-hour students and receive 30-hour cards under the following conditions:

a.  The same outreach trainer must do all of the outreach training.

b.  All of the outreach training must be completed from the start of the 10-hour class to the end of the 30-hour class within 6 months.

c.  The 10-hour card must be returned to receive the 30-hour card."

https://www.osha.gov/dte/outreach/program_requirements.pdf

 

6) This month’s featured question.  Where does it say low voltage does not need lockout?

If the voltage is unless 50 volts as some detection circuit are, then

there is no hazard to require lockout.

 

1910.333(a)(1)

 

"Deenergized parts." Live parts that operate at less than 50 volts to

ground need not be deenergized if there will be no increased exposure

to electrical burns or to explosion due to electric arcs.

 

7) We can do much better. Illness and injury are preventable” OSHA’s Dr. Michaels

http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/in-plain-sight/osha-chief-inequality-america-about-workplace-hazards-too-n152206

 

8) This 2010 article on "complacency" is how some companies actually think.

I see it as "blame the worker". The example of the bicyclist not looking is too simple. It is "he wasn't paying attention" and pulled out in front of the truck.

Therefore the employer is brainwashed to believe that unguarded machines wouldn't hurt some worker if they weren't complacent.

The worker in the confined space should have been paying attention when that invisible toxic gas came in the space using this nonsense.

http://ohsonline.com/articles/2010/09/01/complacency-the-silent-killer.aspx

 

It seems I go into a workplace every month where the culture is focused on complacency. EVERY one of them has numerous serious hazards that will hurt a worker and are OSHA violations. I think the recognition of hazards is diminished with this training. After all, the worker causes the accidents per these BBS specialists.

The best workplaces are where the workers participate in audits and in job hazards analysis, workers take several training classes, safety committee is active and works, and management is committed to safety. Over 100 of these places that I have worked with have no injuries for the year. Very few have BBS mindset. If you see one management system that works, it is not six sigma, but the Lean 5S+safety (6S).

A good intro to 6S is at EPA.

http://www.epa.gov/lean/environment/toolkits/environment/

 

9) The CSB has been urging OSHA to write a combustible dust rule since 2006, when the board issued a landmark report that detailed 281 such incidents between 1980 and 2005 that resulted in 119 deaths and 718 injuries. Between 2008 and 2013, the CSB has found 50 more incidents involving 29 deaths and 161 injuries.

http://www.wvgazette.com/article/20140716/GZ01/140719517/1419#sthash.c0nfAEtM.dpuf

 

10) OSHA: Auburn OH company facing $816,500 fine after faking abatement data. “Formed Fiber Technologies apparently decided that production was more important than ensuring its workers’ safety. They provided false abatement documentation to OSHA. They knew how hazardous these machines were without proper safeguards and also knew exactly how to fix those hazards,” Dr. David Michaels

This should be criminal like the Walter Cardin case of 2013.

http://www.pressherald.com/2014/07/17/auburn-company-fined-816500-over-worker-hazards/

 

11) I am seeing many falling through the roof in 2014. Here some good tips from the UK on this issue.

http://www.citb.co.uk/fragileroofs

 

12) OSHA has new policy memo on temp workers and their employers.

https://www.osha.gov/temp_workers/Policy_Background_on_the_Temporary_Worker_Initiative.html

 

13) OSHA updates communication tower directive. The first requirement will knock out lifting people by a hoist.

“Engineered Hoist Systems: Have a registered professional engineer approve/stamp the engineered hoist system design. Engineered system specifications are to include the size and type of rope to be used, the ratio of rope diameter to sheave size, and inspection and maintenance procedures and schedules.”

https://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/Directive_pdf/CPL_02-01-056.pdf

 

14) It sure looks like OSHA will keep citing residential fall protection issues #1. Thanks Tom. Data from CPWR Data briefs June 2014.

• Among self-employed construction workers, the number of fatalities increased 27.8% from 2011 to 2012 while the increase among wage-and-salary workers was 4.4%.

• There were 199 fatalities in residential construction in 2012 — an annual increase of 37.2% compared to just a 3.0% increase in nonresidential construction.

• Fall fatalities in all construction increased 9.3% from 269 to 294 between 2011 and 2012, but jumped 81.5% in residential building construction from 27 to 49 deaths.

• In 2012, 222 Hispanic construction workers died on the job — a 12.7% increase from 2011, compared to an 8.7% increase for the overall construction industry.

 

15) OR OSHA is revising their confined space standard. I want to see the new sample permits.

http://www.orosha.org/pdf/notices/proposed2014/ltr-div2j-confined-space.pdf

 

16) The highest heat-related death rates were in cities and very rural areas; the most isolated areas also had the highest rates related to the cold and to storms, floods and lightning. Low-income counties had higher weather-related death rates than high-income counties. That could be due to people in poor rural or urban places lacking heating, air conditioning or help during blizzards or heat waves, the researchers said

 

I was surprised to see cold kills the most.

http://online.wsj.com/articles/weather-causes-2-000-deaths-a-year-in-u-s-1406742562

 

 

OSHA Citations in July

Penalty State Major Issues Business

 

1) $194,000 WY Fall protection, eye wash

2) $42,240 GA fall protection, Siding contractor

3) $85,146 CT falls, electrical, spray booth, aircraft parts mfr

4) $177,800 MA Storage, electrical, exits, Retail chain

5) $228,690 FL Willful fall protection, Residential contractor

6) $54,500 AL Willful, Fatal bridge fall, Bridge contractor

7) $49,000 AL Machine guarding, falls, noise. Mfr and temp agency.

8) $102.000 FL Trench cave-in. Trenching contractor

9) $50,051 OH Engulfment in grain bin. Grain elevator.

10) $45,200 NY Demolition collapse death. Demo contractor.

11) $214,200 TX Repeat Falls, Machine guarding, noise, Barge mfr

12) $52,500 OH Willful free climbing comtower

13) $53,480 TX Fatal fall condo construction.

14) $47,520 IL Repeat machine guarding, Rack mfr

15) $50,820 OH Repeat noise, respirators. Metal polisher.

16) $62,101 NE Ammonia incident, Grain coop

17) $816,500 OH False abatement to OSHA,

18) $57,140 OH Repeat Silica, Foundry

19) $47,600 MA Lead, silica, respirator, Rehab contractor.

20) $53,240. OH Repeat electrical, flammables, respirator, Retail chain

21) $158,000 NJ Repeat electrical, storage, Retail chain.

22) $101,300 NJ Repeat electrical, aisle marking, machine guarding, Airlines.

23) $53,000 NY Noise, PPE, Aluminum foundry

24) $70,290 MA Powerlines, Trench contractor

25) $83,930 GA Repeat fall protection, Roofing contractor.

26) $110,700 IL Repeat Forklifts, Retail Stores

27) $111,650 OH Repeat lockout, machine guardings and forklift, Packaging machinery

28) $161,100 NY Coke plant explosion

29) $120,560 NE Structural collapse at feed mill

 

 

Large Work Payouts

 

1) $2 million in damages to three plaintiffs who sued after they were injured in a 2007 elevator accident at the Louisiana Superdome.

Read more: http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/multimillion-dollar-judgment-issued-in-superdome-elevator-accident-case/26979010#ixzz37fkUfFVL

 

2) $9.3 million to an asbestos plaintiff

http://washingtonexaminer.com/jury-awards-asbestos-plaintiff-9.3m-defendant-takes-issue-with-punitive-damages-award/article/feed/2149819

 

3) $7.6 million for a scaffold accident. Cortes, who was working on a "construction and asbestos removal" project at leased warehouse space, fell when he was dismantling a scaffold, court documents show.

http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/queens-man-awarded-7-6m-in-roosevelt-field-mall-accident-1.8898370

 

4) TX jury awards families of McDonald workers $27 Million. “This was a dangerous location, and McDonald’s knew it,” Chris Hamilton, an attorney for the Crisp and Ward families, said, according to Bloomberg, adding: “Yet they did nothing to prevent their senseless deaths.”

http://www.ibtimes.com/mcdonalds-loses-texas-teenagers-death-case-jury-awards-27m-plaintiffs-1644382

 

 

Major New Stories

 

1) OSHA Focusing on Protecting Temporary Workers

http://ehstoday.com/safety-2014/safety-2014-osha-focusing-protecting-temporary-workers

 

2) Workers died needlessly in the heat. Good map.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/07/07/american-workers-die-needlessly-in-the-heat-every-year/

 

3) Selma AL workers are getting sick at their plant.

http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/in-plain-sight/whats-making-these-selma-alabama-auto-parts-workers-so-sick-n150136

 

4) “A life so full of possibilities was lost and the fine for multiple serious violations was negotiated to less than the price of a junky used car”

http://trib.com/opinion/columns/collins-consider-a-non-negotiable-fatality-fine-for-worker-deaths/article_070fbd8c-5e12-55b5-9f76-d1edbd981542.html

 

5) "Burgos Construction has been cited seven times in the past two years for not providing fall protection for its employees engaged in residential construction.” That is a lot of times for one issue.

http://ohsonline.com/articles/2014/07/08/burgos-construction-corporation-cited-for-serious-safety-violations.aspx

 

6) Tales from the front: VPP site kicked out contractor for not knowing the crane signals.

The safety director saw a contractor using non-standard crane signals at the facility. She asked the workers about some of the 19 crane signals. No one had crane signal training. They were told not to come back until they had taken an independent training class. So the large contractor wanted the four hour class today. You would think a large construction firm of 1500 employees would have had this training, but it goes to show that many are still behind a rule that came out four years ago.

 

 

2014 Safety Training at Non-Profits

           

CSC 10 Hour for Construction           August 5-6, 2014       

NIU 501 General Industry                 August 11-14, 2014   

CSC GHS                                           August 27, 2014        

TRMA Excavation Safety                  August 21, 2014        

TRMA Fall Protection                        August 28, 2014        

CSC Confined Space                          upon request   

TRMA Scaffold Safety                      August 20, 2014        

CSC Crane Signal and Rigging          upon request   

CSC 30 Hour construction                 August 5, 7, 12, 14, 2014

WDCC OSHA 10 Hour Industry       August 7-8     

           

                       

TRMA is Three Rivers Manufacturers Association    www.trma.org

NIU is Northern Illinois University OSHA Education Center http://www.nsec.niu.edu/nsec/

CSC is the Construction Safety Council in Hillside. Www.Buildsafe.org

WDCC is the Western Dupage Chamber of Commerce http://www.westerndupagechamber.com/

 

I usually teach only part of the 30 hour and the 500 series.