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said that in the agency’s 40-year history it hadn’t withdrawn final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.