This month’s draft powerpoint is
trenching safety. I thought I had done one more recently since 2005.
http://www.slideshare.net/johnanewquist/trenching-2014-year-in-review-47703717?utm_source=slideshow&utm_medium=ssemail&utm_campaign=post_upload_view_cta
I want to thank John Gryzwacz
and Bob Lomastro for helping me with last month’s presentation on electrical
safety. They are the best electrical trainers in the country. Both teach the
OSHA 3095 class at the many OSHA Ed Centers. I recommend that all safety
professionals take the three day class because it gets into to depth of the
electrical standard that cannot be covered in 1-2 hours. Many OSHA compliance
officers will take a similar three day class at the OSHA Training Institute.
Bob is at www.safetywizard.com
John is www.oshaprofessor.com
These presentation are always in
continual improvement so I put a date on the draft.
I included a fact sheet AC
Voltage sensors from Fluke who was kind enough to send this to me.
Here is the news for April 2015
1) OSHA is inspecting about 40 percent of the worker
injury or fatality incidents that they learn about through the new federal
reporting
rule, OSHA chief David Michaels
tells a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health. –
BNA
2) ASSE has moved into their new
Headquarters building at 520 N. Northwest Highway, Park Ridge, IL 60068. Their phone number, 847-699-2929, remains the
same.
3) I was interviewed by Safety +
Health magazine on OSHA inspections.
Certain employees may be
selected for a one-on-one interview with the compliance officer. Identify a
private area – a conference room, for example – that can be used for these
interviews. The questions will be simple – covering topics such as the type of
training provided – and employers should tell their workers to answer any questions
truthfully, Newquist said.
Always tell the truth. Jail is
not worth it.
http://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/11995-preparing-for-an-osha-inspection?page=2
4) Final Confined Space in
Construction Rule Clears White House Review
A draft final rule for confined
spaces in construction is back with OSHA, following completion of a review by
the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. The review by
OIRA is typically the final outside regulatory analysis before publication of a
rule, and OSHA expects to release the final rule soon, spokeswoman Lauren North
tells Bloomberg BNA
5) The Occupational Safety and
Health Administration today published a proposed revision to its Eye and Face
Protection Standards that updates personal protective equipment requirements in
the agency's general industry, shipyard employment, longshoring, marine
terminals and construction standards. The proposed revisions will reflect
current national consensus standards and ensure that employers use up-to-date
eye and face protection during hazardous workplace operations.
6) I have push 100% barrier
guarding for lathes. Here is yet another lathe death. This Elk Grove Village.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/arlington-heights/news/ct-elk-grove-industrial-accident-met-20150415-story.html
7) OSHA ranked 113 out of the
315 federal agencies as the best places to work for. Ten years ago, it was in
the bottom quarter.
http://bestplacestowork.org/BPTW/rankings/detail/DLSH
8) Congrats to Erin Denova for
being promoter to WB investigator.
9) CA Safety Director and
managers charged in death of worker. Rodriguez, 63, of Riverside and Florez,
42, of Whittier could face up to three years in prison and fines up to $250,000
if convicted of all charges9 ADD Trench Steel Plate
http://abc7news.com/684362/
10) I am seeing steel plate used
to support trenching. This method is allowed if there is tabulated data to
prove that the protective system will hold. Too often there is no data to back
up this is safe.
11) Congrats to Ken Montgomery
for being promoted to the Cincinnati Area Director replacing Bill Wilkerson who
retired after 38 years in the agency.
OSHA Citations in April
Penalty State Major Issues
Business
1) $63,540 IL Electrical Postal
Facility
2) $77,000 NY Willful trench
death, Landscaper
3) $59,720 IL Asbestos, Metal
service center
4) $45,000 MO Fire
extinguishers, electrical, Postal Facility
5) $46,800 SC Willful cave-in,
Trenching contractor
6) $130,900 OH Willful forklift,
Grocery store
7) $160,200 OH 31 serious,
confined space, machine guarding, Aluminum foundry
8) $72,380 IL Willful fall
protection, HVAC contractor
9) $41,250 TX PSM, Oil gas
Exploration
10) $294,500 MA Willful scaffold
collapse, Roofer
11) $64,250 MO Willful machine
guarding, hex chrome, Metals co.
12) $48,840 AL Willful cave-in
Trenching co.
13) $165,200 TX 32 serious,
Guarding, falls, fire. Foundry
14) $97,200 ND Hot works
fatality, Tank Cleaner
15) $59,400 GA Noise,
Combustible dust, hand injuries Wood crate mfr.
16) $71,100 CT Electrical safe
work practices, Aircraft parts mfr.
17) $52,360 CT Repeat fall,
Homebuilder
18) $80,500 OH 23 serious,
amputation, Forge
19) $73,290 IL Willful Fall, Roofer
20) $171,000 IL Willful machine
guarding amputation, Dryer mfr.
21) $105,200 NY 48 violations,
PSM, Hex Chrome, Resin mfr.
22) $96,300 TX Hydrochloric acid
exposure Chem co. and 5 contractors.
23) $56,980 OH Repeat falls,
Residential builder
24) $55,000 TX Repeat machine
guarding. Metal Fab.
25) 115,000 OH Electrocution,
Safe work practices, Metal Fab.
26) $61,600 OH Repeat lead,
Battery mfr
27) $41,580 MA Lead, falls –
Bridge painter
28) $90,000 FL Willful
substation electrocution, Utility
29) $58,700 MS Willful fatal
fall, Framing contractor
30) $63,700 NH Willful,
Methylene Chloride, Sign mfr
31) $103,000 IL Willful machine
guarding, Siding mfr.
32) $116,200 TX Willful fire
exits, Retailer
33) $115,500 GA Willful machine
guarding, Filter mfr.
34) $199,000 OH Willful fall
death, Water tower Painting contractor
35) $179,388 GA Repeat machine
guarding, forklifts, Ag Post mfr
36) $41,200 AR Noise, Machine
guarding, Metal fab.
37) $76,000 AR Repeat lead,
machine guarding. Wire mfr
38) $490,000 PA 7 Willful
asbestos contractor. Insulation contractor
39) $93,800 CO Willful falls,
Residential roofing
40) $103,800 NY Willful blocked
exits, Soap mfr
41) $49,500 CO Willful cave-in.
Utility installer
42) $79,200 OH Electrical, PPE,
Noise. Window co.
43) $49,075 WI Falls, cranes,
eye wash, Paper mill
44) $124,780 IL Ninth willful
roof fall, Roofer
45) $49,000 OH Amputation, Metal
Stamping
46) $60,900 TX Oil Hydrogen
Sulfide, Gas Well,
Large Work Payouts
1) A Kentucky jury has returned
a $12.8 million verdict against Walmart for installing a mismatched tire on a
truck that ran over a construction worker, rendering him a quadriplegic and
forcing the amputation of one of his legs.
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2015/04/13/man-lost-leg-wins-lawsuit-walmart/25731601/
Major New Stories
1) Four dead in Gulf oil rig
explosion. This is the seventh multiple fatality of 2015
http://abcnews.go.com/International/oil-rig-explosion-kills-gulf-mexico/story?id=30052063&cid=fb_abcn_sf
2) Three Utility workers dead in
crash. This is the eighth multiple fatality of 2015
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/3-utility-workers-dead-crash-fla-driver-92-cops-article-1.2172385
3) Two Dead After Rail Yard
Incident This is the ninth multiple fatality of 2015
http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/One-Hospitalized-In-Extremely-Critical-Condition-After--299727021.html
2015 Safety Training at
Non-Profits
CSC 30 Hour construction May 5, 7, 12, 14,
CSC OSHA 500 upon request
CSC OSHA 510 upon request
CSC Excavation Safety May 27
CSC Incident Investigation/ May 7
NIU 30 Hour Industry upon request
CSC Confined Space upon request
TRMA Scaffold Safety upon request
CSC Crane Signal and Rigging May 6
CSC GHS update upon request
CSC Fall Protection 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.
All presentation are put on slideshare.net for free
downloading within 15 days. I use your feedback to make corrections.
April was an exhausting month of
training and audits. I am up to 1221 people trained in 2015. May should be
lighter and hopefully catch up with my to-do list that is over 100 items.
