This month’s draft powerpoint is ladder safety. Ladder safety training is the #2 cited standard in construction. this is the first time ever in the top ten standards cited. OSHA is clearly asking for employers for proof of ladder training for their workers. Ladders are the #1 source of fall fatalities and I can find over a 1000+ ladder deaths since 2000. Everyone should get a basic ladder safety training before they use them. Everyone. I am running over 95% of employees with no training in ladder safety. I think everyone figures that someone else did the training or the hazards are instinctive for workers. 1926.1060 has the OSHA ladder training requirements. https://www.osha.gov/pls/
This year, I am tracking the Illinois worker fatalities. I can find three who died in February bringing the total to ten for 2014.
It was a record training month for me with 323 people trained. Thank you for all that I met this month!
John
Here is the news for February
1) Congrats to Bob Murphy for his promotion to the OTI as the new Director of Health Training. Bob was the supervisor in the Aurora Area Office before that.
2) Thirteen cell tower deaths occurred in 2013, more than in the previous two years combined, OSHA is taking action
3) Self Retracting Lifelines had a cut resistant designation to comply with the ANSI Z359 standards. These are used where the cable might go over a sharp corner such as a steel beam or metal decking.
4) Oxygen and fuel gas must be separated 20 feet apart or by a five feet high wall with a 30 minute fire rating barrier. Plain plate steel will not have a 30 minutes fire rating. There are fire rated devices for welding carts such as shown in https://www.osha.gov/pls/
5) The 2012 NFPA 70E Requires electricians to get First Aid, CPR, AED Training.
“…Employees shall be regularly instructed in methods of first aid and emergency procedures, such as approved methods of resuscitation, if their duties warrant such training. Training of employees in approved methods of resuscitation, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation, shall be certified by the employer annually.”
6) Ladders Last. That is what one large OSHA VPP construction company is starting in 2014. They went through the last couple years of losses and counted $62 million in ladder related losses. They need to gross over $500-700 million to pay for the costs. We went over several processes that were high risk and have risk controls for many of them.
Ladders are the #1 source of fall deaths. Many of these deaths involve working from ladders.
They will use stair towers vs. ladders. They will use lift pods vs. ladders. they will aerial lifts with 100% fall arrest including scissor lifts.
Times are-a-changing.
7) ANSI Z359 requires carbineers to be marked with
Year of manufacture,
Manufacturer’s identification,
Part number,
Load rating for the major axis of the connector stamped or otherwise permanently marked on the device
Load rating for gate stamped or otherwise permanently marked on the gate mechanism
Markings for connectors shall be sufficient to provide traceability
I mention this as I am seeing many old carbineers used in fall protection.
8) OSHA “said the agency is considering adding manufacturers' exposure limits to the list of more protective limits, which currently includes those developed by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, NIOSH and the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists.
“I know of no suggestion that any of the OSHA [permissible exposure limits] are too stringent, so there are many opportunities for a variety of reduced ones” to be added to the online list,” Michaels said.
9) In a recent meeting last week. An association head said Jerry Yankus had passed away. I could not find an obituary, but I saw Jerry last year and he said he had a terminal illness. Jerry was one of the consultants that I met in the in the 1980’s. He was always professional and always studied the rules to see if I was correct in any citations that he might have been involved in. He was active in many associations and did numerous training sessions for contractors.
10) Joe Dear passed away this week at the age of 62. He was in charge of OSHA in the mid 1990s. He oversaw several new OSHA standards on fall protection, ladders and scaffolds. We went through re-invention under his guidance. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/
11) The Construction Safety Council is moving on March 6th.
All classes will be held at our new location.
Effective March 6, 2014 our new address will be:
4415 W. Harrison St., Suite 404
Hillside, IL 60162
708-449-8600 (new!)
12) Site Specific Targeting (SST) change… “To qualify for inspections in 2014, a manufacturing establishment must have reported for 2011 a days away, restricted or transferred (DART) rate of 5.0 or higher for every 100 full-time-equivalent employees, or a days away from work injury and illness (DAFWII) case rate of 4.0 or more. Only one of the two criteria must be met.”
OSHA Citations in February
Penalty State Major Issues
1) $187,000 TX Repeat machine guarding, iron oxide, PNOR, electrical. Trailer mfg.
2) $109,340 CT Repeat PPE, Fire extinguishers, electrical, Wire mfr
3) $207,100 GA Repeat machine Guarding, Automotive parts manufacturer and Temp agency.
4) $61,600 OH Repeat Lead, grinders, electrical. Metal co.
5) $75,483 PA Repeat Electrical, bandsaw guarding, eyewash. Pasta mfr
6) $112,500 KS 17 PSM violations, Film mfr,
7) $46,900 TX Guarding, electrical, ladders, Oil well driller
8) $290,000 FL Underwater diving fatal. Maritime.
9) $77,000 OH 12 PSM violations. Chemical company.
10) $155,430 IL Repeat Machine Guard, electrical, wet floors. Plating company.
11) $144,400 MA Willful cave-in, ladder access. Trenching contractor.
12) $91,000 LA Methylene chloride, flammable liquids, Chemical company
13) $45,020 NY Confined Space. Wastewater Treatment.
14) $106,650 AL Eyewash, Machine guarding, seatbelts on forklifts, Lumber Co.
15) $86,900 OH Repeat lockout, guarding. Bottling Company
16) $697,700 FL Willful fatality. Lockout Guarding. Wire mesh mfr.
17) $50,000 AL Fire, Machine guarding, using PVC for compressed air, noise, Trucking company
18) $56,430 CT Repeat Lockout, GHS, and Electrical. Printing co.
19) $91,800 OH Combustible dust, electrical, PPE. Printing company
20) $52,800. MO Fall protection. Roofing co.
21) $279,400 GA Willful lockout, guarding, electrical, combustible dust. Lumber co.
22) $106,000 WI Willful Lockout, Metal Stamping.
23) $163,240 PA Repeat, falls, guarding electrical, slings. Foundry.
24) $77,472 WI Chlorine incident, AL Smelter.
25) $56,700 WI Foot Amputation. Cranes. Rigging. Precast mfr.
26) $138,600 GA Repeat lockout, confined space. Fiber Material.
Large Work Payouts
1) Families awarded $8 million each in the Illinois grain engulfment deaths. http://www.suntimes.com/news/
Summary of the Major News Stories
1) The fifth multiple fatality of 2014 is a cell tower collapse in WV. Three dead. http://m.theet.com/
2) The Construction Safety Council (CSC) in Hillside, Illinois will be moving its operations to a newer, state-of-the-art facility at 4415 W. Harrison Street, Suite 404, in Hillside. The move is scheduled to take place in early March.
3) The sixth multiple fatality was a falling granite slab in CA that killed two workers.
4) The seven multiple fatality in 2014 is an electrocution in CR with a dump truck. http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/
5) The eighth multiple fatality was at a TX oilfield where two workers died when equipment touched a powerline. http://www.myfoxhouston.com/
6) The ninth multiple fatality was a wagon lift collapse that killed two workers in January. Thanks Janet Schulte for the find. http://www.
Public Speeches in 2014
I do not charge for these speeches, but the host may charge..
Monday, March 3, 2014
Hazards of the Green Industry Symposium: 1:30 - 4:30
www.buildsafe .org
Construction Safety Conference
March 4, 2014
Rigging Safety
Waubonsee Safety Days
March 19
Health Hazards for Construction
Sugar Grove Campus
OSHA and Waubonsee Community College will be co-sponsoring an OSHA Safety Day training conference March 19 in Sugar Grove, Ill. An estimated 300 employees and managers are expected to attend the event, representing a broad range of industries in Illinois, including manufacturing, hospitals, retailers and universities. Eight tracks covering safety issues for transportation, machine safeguarding, safety programs, electrical and environmental will be offered. This year's conference also features a track dedicated to occupational safety and health issues in the green industry
The program will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Waubonsee Community College's Sugar Grove Campus. Advance registration is required and space is limited. Please register onlineor contact Elizabeth Hurley at (630) 906-4152 or ehurley@waubonsee.edu for more information.
Forging Industry Association
April 9
Chicago
OSHA Hot buttons
Valley Industrial Association
April 10
Industrial Fall Protection
Contact Sandy Ryan (630) 892-4228
Nebraska Safety Conference
April 29, 2014
OSHA Update
Lincoln Nebraska
Contact Tonya Ford 402-326-3107; or fordtonya@gmail.com
NSC Construction Division Spring Meeting is Thursday May1 and Friday May 2 at NSC HQ Itasca. $100
They have an excellent speaker for Crystalline Silica, Del Kibeldis, Willis, on May 1 right after the OSHA hearings, and also What are the Changes in fall protection equipment over the past five years. (Capitol Safety invited).
May 2 is devoted to adding five chapters to the NSC Supervisor Safety Manual with breakout rooms. They are looking for seed outline and writer for the following 5 chapters: Fall Protection, Aerial Lifts, Hoists and Cranes, (Sub)contractor management and Trucking: loading and unloading.
