This month’s draft powerpoint is Electrical Power Transmission Fall Protection. I am working on covering the new OSHA standard. The fall protection updated the rules from 1970. It doesn’t quite adopt the ANSI Z359 standards either. I need to visit an electrical substation and Powerline stringing operations. So if any electrical companies want to invite me, I will come out at no cost. The ppt is in pdf since the original was over 8 Megs.
http://www.slideshare.net/johnanewquist/1926-power-transmission-fall-issues-2014-35627260
This year, I am tracking the Illinois worker fatalities. I can find six who died in May bringing the total to 28 for 2014.
It was a busier than expected training month with 140 people trained. My goal for 2014 is 2500 people trained. The first five months was 958 people trained total
I am also working on a training ppt for tuckpointing and logging safety so will be glad to come out and help out at no charge.
Here is the news for May
1) Felony charges were filed against the President of a Holland construction company in connection to the death of one of his employees. 38-year-old Brian Tarachanowicz was killed in July of 2012, while working for Black River Builders, owned by Joe Novak. He fell through a weak spot on the roof of the Federal Mogul Building in Sparta. The suit, filed by Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, says they were not using fall protection equipment and were exposed to a 26 foot fall.
http://wwmt.com/shared/news/features/top-stories/stories/wwmt_holland-business-owner-facing-charge-osha-violation-causing-death-20491.shtml#.U2IrtWMU-Uk
2) $7 million available for Harwood grants. https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=25995
3) Bryan Haywood has a good article on Grade D breathing air. http://www.safteng.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3329%3Ado-you-have-good-breathing-air&catid=52%3Aemergency-response&Itemid=296
4) I was teaching confined space safety this month. I was surprised that most of the class missed these five "intermediate" pretest questions. Answers next month.
The people who did the best were the oldest employees despite all having a 90 minute webinar last on confined space.
A.. Confined Space Permits must be retained for ________________ years.
B. The lower limit for Oxygen in a confined space is ______.___ %
C. This respirator would need an escape pack when used. ______________________
D. Rescue system for permit required confined space entry must be practiced every ______ months.
E. __________% of PRCS fatalities are would be rescuers per OSHA.
Can you get the right answers?
5) Federal court sides with OSHA on machine guard standard ‘Perez v. Loren Cook Company, No. 13-1310 (8 th Cir. May 9, 2014)
6) Some Cyanide kits are not being made. Here is was is available. Thanks Janet.
http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/EnforcementActivitiesbyFDA/SelectedEnforcementActionsonUnapprovedDrugs/ucm328808.htm
7) OSHA personnel will advise all complainants who have filed, or attempted to file, an untimely Section 11(c) complaint to also contact the NLRB to inquire about filing a charge alleging unfair labor practices. OSHA personnel must first follow their Region’s policy with respect to discussing the complainant’s rights under Section 11(c) and options with respect to untimely filed complaints (e.g. screen out or docket/dismiss).
Until the NLRB rules, most late filers will be out of luck. I am not sure how this will play out.
http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=ed0b0a82-ab40-40d1-a838-05da680b5beb
8) Good resource for biodiesel facilities. There is a neutralization step involving sulfuric acid that has been mishandled in a number of facilities. The biodiesel process usually involves reacting methanol with the triglycerides (oils) at high pH forming biodiesel esters (transesterification) with glycerol as a byproduct. Lots of folks figuring out new ways to use the glycerol... PennState has an interesting overview on the most common biodiesel process http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/freepubs/pdfs/agrs103.pdf
9) I2P2 (Injury and Illness Prevention Program standard) is dead for now. OSHA took it off the regulatory agenda with no date for next action. http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=201404&RIN=1218-AC48
10) Employees engaged in emergency response and exposed to hazardous substances presenting an inhalation hazard or potential inhalation hazard shall wear positive pressure self-contained breathing apparatus while engaged in emergency response, until such time that the individual in charge of the ICS determines through the use of air monitoring that a decreased level of respiratory protection will not result in hazardous exposures to employees. 1910.120(q)(3)(iv)
OSHA Citations in May
Penalty State Major Issues
1) $49,000 IL Fall Protection, Commercial roofer
2) $210,000 NJ Fail to Abate Noise, lockout., Laboratory
3) $181,000 TX Willful lockout, machine guarding.
4) $196,000 CT Willful wall collapse, Demo Contractor
5) $155,900 OH Repeat fall and machine guarding, Foundry
6) $143,000 DE Willful storage and blocked exits, Retailer
7) $88,900 NY Willful decking fall death, General Contractor
8) $89,000 GA, Willful fall protection, Barn builder
9) $63,000 IL Willful forklift, Industrial machine products
10) $64,400 GA Dust, Fall, electrical, Truck mfr
11) $93,200 ME Repeat lockout, fabric mfr
12) $119,350 MA Willful fatal fall in residential, roofing contractor
13) $180,000 NJ Willful CO and noise. Snack mfr
14) $254,000 IL Willful dust, combustible dust, Feed mfr
15) $159,390 IL Willful residential lead, Painter
16) $139,000 OH Repeat lockout, guarding, Machine mfr
17) $40,921 NE Silica, stone cutter
18) $51,800 WI, MEK, Poder coating dust, Coating mfr
19) $48,300 TX lockout, guarding, Tortilla nfr
20) $168,700 MI Willful fatal, vehicle routes, Marine Terminal
21) $64,400 MA Combustible 3d metal printing dust, Printer.
22) $47,600 NY Blocked exits, Jewelry chain
23) $55,440 TX Spray booth, Noise, silica, Powder Coating
24) $42,300 WI Sulfur Dioxide, PSM, Paper mill
25) $147,000 IL Willful trench, trenching contractor
26) $130,700 TX Willful skid steer, concrete support, Demolition contractor
27) $160,280 NY electrical, combustible dust, flammable storage, Tire Mfr.
Large Work Payouts
1) $3.2 Million for a NJ scaffold fall.
http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2014/05/jury_awards_woodbridge_man_32_million_for_injuries_in_2010_construction_accidenties_suffered_in_cons.html
2) Hyundai will appeal $248 million verdict in Montana crash case
http://www.ktvq.com/news/hyundai-will-appeal-248-million-verdict-in-montana-crash-case/
3) The widow of an Illinois state trooper killed in March, 2013 after a Wisconsin truck driver allegedly fell asleep at the wheel of his semi was awarded a $10.9 million settlement with the driver and the companies he worked for that day, lawyers said Wednesday.
http://www.suntimes.com/27443412-761/widow-gets-109-mil-settlement-after-state-troopers-death.html#.U3Vfc2MU-Ul
4) $1.3 Million in VA crane death settlement. http://www.wric.com/story/25650276/estate-of-va-man-killed-in-crane-accident-settle
Summary of the Major News Stories
1) Both Truck drivers died in a crash in New Baden IL. This is the 12th multiple death in 2014. http://fox2now.com/2014/04/30/i64-wb-shut-down-just-past-new-baden-il/
2) Two workers died in an TX oilfield. This is the 13th multiple death in 2014.
An Artesia man is among the victims of Wednesday morning's fatal oilfield accident near Orla, Texas. The man, who law enforcement officials haven't yet publicly identified, is around 46 years old. The other victim is an El Paso man who was born in 1973, according to the Loving County Sheriff's Department.
http://www.currentargus.com/ci_25664078/eddy-county-sheriffs-department-responding-reports-oil-rig
3) Two IN highway workers killed by motorist. This is the 13th multiple fatality in 2014. http://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2014/05/09/construction-workers-killed-accident/8888181/
4) Two dead in coal mine accident. This is the 14th multiple work fatality in 2014.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/05/13/coal-mine-west-virginia/9027779/
5) Two Bank Employees were killed in a robbery in Cairo, IL. This is the 15th multiple work fatality.
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/cairo-bank-robbed-injuries-reported/article_1378b358-beb9-58cc-a1ec-673f3a98c7ce.html
6) Collazo had become caught in the rotating screws that blend the hummus and struggled to free himself as slowly-winding 9-inch blades kept turning, crushing his arms and part of his head, according to public records.
Lockout or guarding. Always.
Marcy Goldstein-Gelb, executive director of the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health, a workers’ advocacy group, said some employers view the risk of workplace-safety penalties as “just a cost of doing business.”
Tribe’s safety committee had compiled a “to do” list that included “lock out/tag out” training, but the plant had made little progress toward that goal by the time of Collazo’s death, OSHA investigators found. In 2010, Tribe hired a consultant, who warned that if safety improvements were not made quickly, a workplace death was “likely certain” within a year
http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/05/21/worker-death-hummus-maker-willfully-ignored-safety-stands-osha-says/OxFU0kIuBY9R0dBuyF8t0I/story.html
7) SF - 4 deaths in four days draws Cal-OSHA attention.
http://ohsonline.com/articles/2014/05/28/cal-osha-construction-blitz.aspx?admgarea=news
8) 18 years in jail for asbestos crimes in Italy.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/06/03/uk-italy-asbestos-idUKBRE9520UZ20130603
9) Two workers die in crane fall at a bridge in CA. This is the 16th multiple fatality in 2014.
http://www.kcra.com/news/workers-fall-100-feet-from-crane-at-winters-construction-site/26245104#!SFXvA
10) The climbing party, including two guides from Seattle's Alpine Ascents International, set off on Monday for a five-day ascent along the north face of the glacier-streaked mountain. This is the 17th multiple fatality of 2014.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/01/us-usa-washington-hikers-idUSKBN0EB0WD20140601
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2014 Safety Training at Non-Profits
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| CSC 30 Hour | June 10, 12, 2014 | |
| NIU 503 | June 11, 2014 | |
| CSC GHS | June 13, 2014 | |
| CSC Excavation Safety | June 16, 2014 | |
| CSC Fall Protection | June 17, 2014 | |
| CSC Confined Space | June 18, 2014 | |
| CSC Scaffold Safety | June 20, 2014 | |
| OSHA 10 Hour General Industry West Chicago | June 24, 26, 2014 | |
| CSC is the Construction Safety Council in Hillside. Www.Buildsafe.org | | |
| NIU is Northern Illinois University OSHA Education Center | | |
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