September 2016 OSHA News

Hello,

I found that September was a blur and passed by quickly.

I had fun meeting several people at the ASSE conference in Naperville. It is always good to catch up with what everyone is doing. I was surprised that many came for OSHA recordkeeping. I had 23 people take the 4.5 hour session.

I taught Prevention through Design to the NIU industrial engineering students for two hours on September 16, 2016. It is go to see the students can think outside the box and solve difficult problems.

I was glad to teach three days of construction safety for Illinois OSHA. It is good to see them hire some people to protect the public sector. 

This month’s PowerPoint is a popular one that I teach after lunch. I put in 3M 8mm Security Film on my windows of my car. I encourage my clients to do elsewise since Chicago has had so many shot. 

John Newquist

Here is the news for September 2016

1) OSHA awards $10.5M in workplace safety and health training grants to 77 organizations to help protect high-risk workers

https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=33108

2) OSHA Assistant Secretary Dr. David Michaels appointed Dean McKenzie as the new director of the agency's Directorate of Construction. McKenzie has been with OSHA for seven years including serving as deputy director of DOC.

3) OSHA changed the press release threshold to $60,000 per OSHA that I have spoken with to this month. The old $40,000 threshold was triggering too many press releases.

4) OSHA said that they are seeing many employers with machines that they have cited years before in the company history and now it is a source of a complaint or an amputation. Repeat is 5 years. Willful can be forever if the same management is there.

5) I want to thank Mark Lies for keeping up on the drug testing issue. Key date to watch is November 1 2016.

Section 1904.35(b)(1)(iv) of the final rules prohibits an employer from discharging or discriminating against an employee for reporting a work-related injury or illness. OSHA’s Preamble to the Final Rule interprets the regulation broadly to prohibit any “adverse action that could well dissuade a reasonable employee from reporting a work-related injury or illness.” OSHA applies the prohibition to any “blanket post-injury drug testing policies deter proper reporting,” concluding that drug-testing alone constitutes an “adverse employment action.” OSHA instructs employers to “limit post-incident testing to situations in which employee drug use is likely to have contributed to the incident, and for which the drug test can accurately identify impairment caused by drug use.” OSHA explains with examples: it “would likely not be reasonable to drug test an employee who reports a bee sting, a repetitive strain injury, or an injury caused by a lack of machine guarding or a machine or tool malfunction.”

I posted his Management alert at http://www.slideshare.net/johnanewquist/osha-drug-testing?qid=4b574d49-82fe-47f4-a73e-cfafc5892c9e&v=&b=&from_search=2

6) OSHA loses PSM expansion case.

http://www.agri-pulse.com/uploaded/ARAOSHAPSMCase92316.pdf

7) OSHA in IL is swamped with amputations. They are trying to inspect many, but having a response that prevents future occurrences in important.

8) OSHA has a twitter feed at

https://twitter.com/OSHA_DOL

9) Many forklift companies are not allowing people to be lifted despite buying a commercial platform. Use an aerial lift.

10) Conveyors account for over 1200 injuries, amputations and deaths since 2000.

The top five issues are

-           Unguarded Belt and Pulley. https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=26856

-           Caught in shaft or drive roller - http://djournal.com/itawamba/2014/10/14/osha-cites-fines-graham-lumber-april-death/

-           Lockout - http://www.safetynewsalert.com/almost-half-million-dollars-in-fines-for-conveyor-death/

https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=14397

-           Falls http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20160802/NEWS08/160809960

-           Struck by falling object

Sample General Duty Citations

-           Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm in that employees were exposed to: Slips and falls while working/walking on corrugator's exit discharge roller conveyor in the dunnage area. Among other methods, a feasible abatement method to correct this hazard is to comply with The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) B20.1-2009, Safety Standard for Conveyors and Related Equipment. Section 6.11.1, Roller and Wheel Conveyors references installing tread plates between the rollers to provide a stable walking and working surface

-           Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to caught-by hazards: a) Blancher - Employees cleaning the Blancher were exposed to caught-in hazards from a remotely controlled conveyor not furnished with emergency stop pull cords, on or about November 10th, 2015.

OSHA Citations this month

Penalty State Major Issues Business

1) $218,502 NY Electrical, Machine Guarding, Respirators. Auto parts mgr.

2) $139,675 FL Willful residential falls. Nome Builder

3) $152,435 VT 15 Serious Lab Safety std. Laboratory.

4) $128,077 FL Willful rood fall. Roofing contractor.

5) $44,095 OH Residential falls. Homebuilder.

6) $113,486 TX Willful cave in – Trenching contractor.

7) $97,988. MO Will blocked exits. Retailer.

8) $218,244 OH Hand amputation mold machine. Foundry.

9) $113,131 OH Willful falls. Steel Plant

10) $94,064 OH Willful Roofing falls. Exterior contractor.

11) $411,540 NE Willful grain death. Grain Mill.

12) $704,610 GA 12 repeats Lockout, machine guarding, electrical. Auto parts mfg.

13) $256,545 OH Willful confined space. Plating company.

14) $199,107 FL Willful roof fall. Roofer.

15) $193,053 NJ Willful Falls. General Contractor.

16) $317,477 PA Thumb amputation. Mixer. Willful Guarding. Poulty processor.

17) $338,881 IL Willful forklift. Cargo handlers. Airport.

18) $88,632 MS Lockout, Machine guarding. Conveyor amputation. Food processing.

19) $156,772 OH Willful blocked exits. Retailer.

20) $87,297 MO repeat fire extinguishers. Postal.

21) $119,597 MA Willful trench fatal. Heavy construction.

22) $86,225 IL Repeat falls. Meat processor.

23) $143,576  WI Willful lead. Explosives manufacturer

24) $61,731 CO Willful residential roof fall. Roofer.

25) $152,145 FL Willful residential falls. Carpenter,

26) $62,355 MA Tire explosion. Truck Repair.

27) $212,629 FL Willful Falls. Roofer.

28) $155,139 TX Fail to abate machine guarding. Machine rebuilder.

29) $178,134 MA 20 PSM serious. Ammonia., Food mfr.

Large Work Payouts

1) 4 plaintiffs awarded $13.6M in Geismar plant explosion case

http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2016/09/4_plaintiffs_awarded_136m_in_g.html

2) Railroad worker gets $7.5 for work cancer.

http://madisonrecord.com/stories/511013844-madison-county-jury-awards-railroad-worker-who-developed-cancer-7-5m-plaintiff-attorney-called-defense-arguments-dog-and-pony-show

3) $6 million for worker hurt when rear ended.

http://madisonrecord.com/stories/511012066-st-clair-county-jury-awards-construction-worker-6m-second-plaintiff-settled-case-before-closing-arguments-for-less-significant-sum

Major News stories

1) Vietnam vet who fell into kettle of hot tar dies

http://www.kmov.com/story/32843781/vietnam-vet-falls-into-kettle-with-hot-tar-fighting-for-life

2) Lightning strike worker in FL.

http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Worker-Struck-by-Lightning-on-Northwest-Miami-Dade-Building-394171441.html?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_MIBrand

2016 Safety Training at Non-Profits

CSC 30 Hour construction     Oct 24, 6, 11, 13

CSC 10 Hour construction     Upon Request

CSC OSHA 500                     In Nov

CSC OSHA 510                     Oct 3-6

CSC Excavation Safety          Oct 25

CSC Recordkeeping               Upon Request

CSC Incident investigation    Upon Request

CSC Crane Signal Rigging     Upon Request

CSC Confined Space              Oct 27

CSC GHS/Health hazards      Upon Request

CSC Fall Protection                Oct 26

CSC Work Zone MUTCD      Upon Request

CSC Job Hazard Analysis      Upon Request

CSC Machine Guarding         Upon Request

CSC Emergency Planning      Upon Request

CSC Scaffold             Upon Request

CSC Health Hazards              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.   I have taught 2663 people this year. I teach evenings and weekends too   

All presentation are put on slideshare.net for free downloading. I put the presentation on Slideshare at this link.

http://www.slideshare.net/johnanewquist/safety-for-drivers

I use your feedback to make corrections

June 2016 OSHA NEWs

This month’s draft is Construction Tool Safety. I use this quite often in my OSHA 30 hour classes. It is an area that is often forgotten. I am seeing many four inch grinders without guards, drop starting of chainsaws, and compressed air used for cleaning and many more this year. The ppt was 14M so I made a pdf. 

The audits have picked up in the industrial sector and I am booked through Mid-September with training or audits. Ergonomics and Machine guarding are the common issues that I am running into. 

The highlight was teaching industrial safety to Maryland OSHA in June. They have hire many new people so it was good to show them the basic issues that they should know.. 

June had some workers get dizzy from the heat. I recommend a short break to get water and electrolytes in the person's body at least every 30-60 on these hot days. Everyone should be trained to recognized signs of heat illnesses. New workers are very vulnerable in the summer.

Stay cool, Stay safe.

John Newquist  

Here is the news for June 2016

1) OSHA Affirms Willful crane citation at appeal court for broken wires. http://www.bloomberglaw.com/public/desktop/document/Mountain_States_Contractors_LLC_v_Perez_No_153782_2016_BL_176898_?1465480867

2) Good settlement with Ashley Furniture, including a safety management program and a $1.75 million fine. – Dr. Michaels 6/9/2016

http://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/consumers/2016/06/09/ashley-furniture-settles/85621600/

3) NY Construction boss charged with manslaughter for worker death

http://nypost.com/2016/06/06/construction-boss-charged-with-manslaughter-for-worker-death/

4) OSHA: "Their failure to comply cost a man his life."

OH Company cited for trench death. "The company knows cave-in protection is required in a trench more than five feet deep," Cleveland-area OSHA director Howard Eberts said in a news release.

http://www.cleveland.com/mentor/index.ssf/2016/06/osha_cites_utility_company_pro.html

5) The new ANSI standard for first aid kits is creating many questions lately. ANSI/ISEA Z308.1-2015

5.1.1 Class A Kits Class A first aid kits are intended to provide a basic range of products to deal with most common types of injuries encountered in the workplace including: major wounds, minor wounds (cuts and abrasions), minor burns and eye injuries. First aid kits designated as Class A shall contain the assortment of compliant supplies in the quantities specified in Table 1.

5.1.2 Class B Kits Class B kits are intended to provide broader range and quantity of supplies to deal with injuries encountered in more populated, complex and/or “high risk” workplace environments. First aid kits designated as Class B shall contain the assortment of compliant supplies in the quantities specified in Table 1

Anything that is considered to be high risk work whether it is construction, tree trimming or any OSHA Emphasis program area would have to go to the Class B in my opinion. Complex would be chemical plants. More populated is not defined.

6) Court decisions lower bar for OSHA to prove willful violations

The court explained that in the civil context, which includes OSHA violations, “proof of willfulness . . . requires proof only that the [employer] was aware of the risk, knew that it was serious, and knew that [it] could take effective measures to avoid [the risk], but did not.” The court explained that definition “clarifies” the definition of willful. What the court left unsaid was that it also lowers the burden for OSHA.

http://safety.blr.com/workplace-safety-news/safety-administration/OSHA-and-state-safety-compliance-enforcement/Court-decisions-lower-bar-for-OSHA-to-prove-willfu/

7) Illinois worker loses four fingers in a feed machine at power company.

“Employees should never reach into operating machines to conduct service or maintenance. This was a preventable incident that has severely impacted this employee's life and ability to earn a living,” said Aaron Priddy, area director of OSHA's Fairview Heights office. “OSHA's revised guidelines for the reporting of amputation injuries have led to greater intervention to improve safety. This company needs to take immediate action to fix safety issues at its facilities to protect employees from additional injuries.”

Illinois employers reported 173 amputations. Amputation hazards remain among the most frequently cited OSHA violations.

http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article83703922.html

8) A day in the life of an OSHA inspector. Finding hazards.

http://articles.philly.com/2016-06-19/business/73862742_1_silica-trench-dust

9) Osha congressional budget riders.

OSHA would have to meet new congressional mandates before it updates requirements in the agency's process safety management rule for storing solid ammonium nitrate, according to a proposed fiscal year 2017 budget approved June 9 by Senate Appropriations Committee.

Another budget rider passed by the committee requires the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to notify Congress in advance of its next effort to select companies and schools to provide online training courses, such as those needed to earn an OSHA 10-hour safety card.

For either rider to become law, they'll have to be included in a final appropriations agreement approved by the House and Senate and signed by the president.

The ammonium nitrate requirement expands the fiscal year 2016 budget rider prohibiting OSHA from enforcing memorandums and a directive covering process safety management (PSM) that the agency issued in 2015.

The 2015 guidance is intended to toughen the agency's regulation of facilities that manufacture and sell fertilizer products that are potentially explosive if not handled properly. The agency sought the changes in the wake of the fatal 2013 explosion of a fertilizer processor and retailer in West, Texas.

One of the 2015 guidance changes OSHA made ended an exemption to OSHA's process safety management requirements. Facilities qualified for the exemption if they earned more than 50 percent of their revenue from the direct sales of chemicals covered by the safety management standard to end users.

10) OSHA has scheduled an informal stakeholder meeting to discuss the hazards associated with tree care operations, as it considers creating a proposed rule to protect workers in the industry.

The meeting is slated for July 13 in the nation’s capital. Individuals interested in participating must register by July 1. To encourage group interaction, formal presentations by stakeholders will not be permitted. Instead, OSHA says it intends to have conversations about the following: Fatalities and injuries: What are the primary causes, circumstances or factors for incidents in specific organizations and the industry as a whole? What actions do organizations take when a fatality or injury occurs?

New technology in the tree care industry: What types of emerging technology have organizations found effective for controlling hazards and protecting workers?

National consensus and State Plan standards: What provisions and requirements in formal standards have organizations found most effective? Which provisions or requirements should OSHA consider as it looks toward a proposed rule?

Vehicles and mobile equipment: How often do organizations use vehicles and mobile equipment such as bucket trucks, aerial lifts and cranes to perform tree care? What are best practices for using vehicles and mobile equipment while working in the industry?

Information and training: What topics do organizations cover during worker training? How do they ensure temporary workers, non-English speaking workers and workers with limited literacy understand the information?

OSHA has deliberated taking action to protect tree care workers for nearly a decade. In 2008, the agency issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking to collect information about hazards in the industry and possible solutions but later removed it, citing insufficient resources.

11) Serious and other-than-serious violation penalties, now at $7,000, will rise to $12,471

•           Willful and repeat, now at $70,000, will rise to $124,709

 https://ohsonline.com/articles/2016/06/29/osha-civil-penalties-rising-in-august.aspx

12) OSHA's Dr. Michaels said employers will be required to post a new OSHA poster effective Aug. 10, 2016

https://ohsonline.com/Articles/2016/06/29/OSHA-Civil-Penalties-Rising-in-August.aspx?Page=2

 

OSHA Citations in May

Penalty State Major Issues Business

1) $46,900 GA forklift, PPE, GHS, Nursery

2) $105,000 NY Cadmium, nickel, Silica. Rail equipment mfr.

3) $93,000 CT Repeat Scaffold. Stucco co.

4) $119,900 IA Exits, EAP, trip hazards. USPS

5) $66,105 MS 23 serious. Lockout. Electrical, GHS. Boat mfr.

6) $108,500 FL Willful fall. Roofing contractor

7) $51,000 PA 31 serious. Flammables, GHS, Auto repair

8) $40,400 NH Repeat lead. Window reconditioning.

9) $44,800 OH Repeat Trench. Death. Utility co.

10) $78,400 LA Lead, Respirators. Gun Range.

11) $62,370 WI Silica, Respirators. Foundry.

12) $108,500 FL Willful cave-in, Excavation co.

13) $121,600 NJ Willful front end loader. Scrap Recycler.

14) $68,530 RI Willful fall. Roofing co.

15) $40,000 IL Willful fall. Carpenter.

16) $134,000 OH Willful machine guarding. Rubber hose mfr.

17) $45,500 OH Noise. Metal Stamping.

18) $89,000 OH Coil tiler amputation. Emission control co.

19) $285,300 PA Willful machine guarding amputation. Cosmetics mfr.

20) $52,000 NE Cave-in death. Plumber.

21) $92,000 IL Amputation. Willful lockout. Power co.

22) $70,000 WI Willful falls. Roofer.

23) $115,000 NE Fall Protection. Carpenter. General Contractor.

24) $46,970 OH Respirators, Flammables. Sign Company

25) $121,800 GA Scaffold fall death. Warehouse construction.

26) $140,000 NY Repeat lockout. Bakery

27) $75,960 GA Lockout, machine guarding. Pipe fab.

28) $87,520 PA Repeat falls, electrical. Plastics mfr.

29) $57,000 NJ Fall fatal. Siding contractor.

30) $51,920 CO Confined space. Grain elevator.

31) $54,800 MO PSM – Ammonia. Cold Storage.

32) $140,000 MO Repeat amputations. Frozen food mfr.

33) $49,200 NY 21 serious, falls, electrical. General contractor.

34) $99,000 OH Repeat lockout, machine guarding. Trailer mfr.

35) $77,000 TX Amputation. Machine guarding. Brewery.

36) $53,200 TX 13 serious Electrical, PPE Steel Fab.

37) $143,150 OH Machine guarding, Lockout. Foundry

38) $69,300 PA Exits. Retailer.

39) $130,500 GA Willful falls. Mason Contractor.

40) $63,000 TX Respirators, lockout. Woodworker and Temp Agency.

41) $3,426,900 OH Egregious lockout, machine guarding. Two amputations. Auto parts manufacturing.

42) $41,580 WI PSM – sulfur dioxide, Foundry.

43) $52,100. TX Repeat Cave-in hazards. Utility contractor

44) $49,600 TX Repeat lockout. Amputation. Building material bfr.

45) $107,000 NJ Willful Forklift fall death. Warehouse

Large Work Payouts

1) $8.75 million for asbestos.

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2016/06/portland_jury_awards_875_milli.html

Major News stories

1) Two miners buried in mud in MS.

https://www.wunderground.com/news/mississippi-miners-buried-landslide-search-continues#prclt-kUdh12wA

2) "His true love was being in the woods and logging," said Boone, 38, of Findlay, Ohio. Months later, in February 2011, Sherman Holmes of Tustin was dead at 55, hit in the head by a falling, 75-foot tree in Osceola County. He wasn’t wearing a hard hat.

http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/06/25/miosha-penalties-michigan-workers-compensation/84592140/

3) Janitor told to use leaf blower for asbestos in MI.  http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/06/30/asbestos-dearborn-heights-osha/86547762/

 

2016 Safety Training at Non-Profits

CSC 30 Hour construction     July 19, 21, 26, 28

CSC 10 Hour construction     Upon Request

CSC OSHA 500                     July 11-15

CSC OSHA 510                     In August

CSC Excavation Safety          Upon Request

CSC Recordkeeping               Upon Request

CSC Incident investigation    Upon Request

CSC Crane Signal Rigging     July 6

CSC Confined Space              July 14, 20

CSC GHS                               Upon Request

TRMA Fall Protection            Upon Request

CSC Work Zone MUTCD      July 11

CSC Job Hazard Analysis      July 11

CSC Machine Guarding         July 13

CSC Emergency Planning      Aug

CSC Scaffold             July 7

CSC Health Hazards              July 8

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.   I have taught 2179 people this year. I teach evenings and weekends too   

All presentation are put on slideshare.net for free downloading within 15 days. I put the presentation on Slideshare at this location. http://www.slideshare.net/johnanewquist/gi-2016-industrial-rigging-safety

 I use your feedback to make corrections.

"No one should have to sacrifice their life for their livelihood, because a nation built on the dignity of work must provide safe working conditions for its people."

Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez

OSHA news for May 2016

This month’s draft PowerPoint is a short Industrial Rigging one that I use with many hands-on examples of slings for an hour. I am finding this topic to be a weak area in many facilities during audits. The ppt was 32M so I made it a pdf. The slideshare link is at the end of the newsletter.

The first week of May started with five workers dying in preventable cave-in in trenches. These are preventable and education is required and inspections by a competent person. 

Here is the news for May 2016

1) Establishments with 250 or more employees in industries covered by the recordkeeping regulation must submit information from their 2016 Form 300A by July 1, 2017. These same employers will be required to submit information from all 2017 forms (300A, 300, and 301) by July 1, 2018. Beginning in 2019 and every year thereafter, the information must be submitted by March 2.

Establishments with 20-249 employees in certain high-risk industries must submit information from their 2016 Form 300A by July 1, 2017, and their 2017 Form 300A by July 1, 2018. Beginning in 2019 and every year there­after, the information must be submitted by March 2. OSHA lists high-risk industries at the following address: https://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/NAICScodesforelectronicsubmission.pdf.

2) OSHA and EPA on asbestos in MI.

http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/04/30/epa-deq-much-tougher/81862088/

3) OSHA director: Deaths on job can’t be accepted as cost of doing business

This was a double death in the trench

Read more here: http://www.idahostatesman.com/…/reade…/article77065352.html…

4) $4.6M available in Susan Harwood grants to help identify and prevent workplace hazards for high-risk, vulnerable workers

https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osha/osha20160509

5) “There are some employers who will, whatever we do, not need an enforcement program” OSHA’ Jordan Barab.

http://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/14069-fact-vs-fiction-osha-compliance-assistance-and-on-site-consultation

6) Osha to publish new standard for fall protection.

http://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/14160-big-impact-osha-aims-to-issue-final-rule-on-walkingworking-surfaces-in-august

7) I want to congratulate Matthew Fischer and Hector Dones Sr. for passing the CHST in May. Both came to my free two day session in May. It is so nice to see that they passed the exam. The CHST only has a 60% pass rate.

8) OSHA does inspect mental health facilities and issues general duty clause violations.

 Bergen NJ Regional was one of only 15 health facilities in the country that the federal government inspected in the first quarter of 2015. Citations are issued in only 5 percent of the cases.

“With so many incidents, it’s clear that the facility’s workplace violence program is ineffective and should be improved immediately to protect employees and ensure a safe workplace,” Lisa Levy, director of OSHA’s area office in Hasbrouck Heights, said when the hospital was issued the citation.

http://www.northjersey.com/news/bergen-regional-medical-center-a-climate-of-violence-at-hospital-of-last-resort-1.1587807

Here is another one with citations. https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=31608

9) Worker need restroom breaks. It is the law.  In a survey of hundreds of poultry workers in Alabama, nearly four in five said they were not allowed to use the bathroom. And a recent survey of workers in Minnesota found that 86% of respondents said they get only two bathroom breaks in a week.

http://qz.com/681025/big-poultry-workers-are-literally-peeing-their-pants-so-that-americans-can-have-cheap-chicken/

10) I never heard a follow up to the worker death at Northwestern. Was it a heart attack?

http://dailynorthwestern.com/2016/05/27/campus/construction-worker-dies-after-being-found-unconscious-in-shepard-room/

11) There are too many backup deaths. I am pushing companies to get backup cameras for vehicles, use signal persons in addition to a working $20 backup alarm. This Rochelle IL death should have not have happened.

12) Rare case where OSHA wins more than originally cited.

https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=32394

OSHA Citations in May

Penalty State Major Issues Business

1) GA $122,780 arc flash, Utility

2) NJ $45,500 Fall, Gutter construction

3) OH $43,200 lockout, machine guarding, Plastics mfr

4) PA 92,000 lockout, machine guarding, Cement plant

5) VA $120,000 forklifts, Postal Service

6) WI $118,000 PPE, Lockout, cardboard mfr

7) IL $70,000 Amputation. Aluminum extrusion.

8) PA $66,600 Combustible dust, insulation mfr.

9) NE $47,300 Fall, combustible dust. Logistics service.

10) IL $69,300 Willful Cave-in. Egress. Plumbing.

11) NJ $51,040 Willful fall. Siding and roofing contractor

12) NY $105,000 PPE lead, Plumbing fitting mfr

13) GA $54,000 lockout, machine guarding. Plastics mfr.

14) MA $72,000 Ammonia leak. PSM. Food mfr

15) TX $70,000 Willful cave-in. Paving contractor.

16) OH $149,800 PSM, Ethanol mfr

17) GA $58,520 Willful saw amputation. Furniture mfr.

18) WI $42,000 PSM, refrigerated warehouse.

19) TX $41,000 Falls, noises, Cell Tower co.

20) OH $51,590 Lockout, guarding, Pallet company.

21) PA $135,200 Willful lead, noise. Shooting range.

22) WV $46,400 Willful scaffold. General contractor

23) TX $63,000 CO2 Death. Coffee roaster.

24) IL $59,290 Willful cave-in protection. Underground contractor.

25) NJ $112,700 Blocked fire exits, falls, Warehouse.

26) AL $49,974 Machine guarding, confined space. Pallet mfr.,

27) WI $118,320 Amputation, machine guarding. Food mfr.

28) WI $101,420 Blocked exits, Retailers

29) PA $236,000 Willful scaffolds, Stucco contractor

30) PA $47,000 machine guarding, powered metals mfr

31) PA $42,960 workzone, flagger, Plumber.

32) MO $42,000 lockout, confined space. Grain and barge co.

33) FL $53,900 Repeated falls. Residential roofer.

34) MA $46,000 amputations, machine guarding, Candy mfr. Temp agency.

35) OH $70,000. Amputation conveyor. Bearing mfr

36) NY $88,000 Blocked exits, Pharmacy

37) IL $194,400 Lead. Gunshop.

38) CT $422,680 Repeat  machine guarding, hex chrome, respirators. Chute mfr.

39) NJ $63,450 combustible dust, hydrogen sulfide. Flavors mfr

40) NJ $91,000 Falls, tower painter.

41) NJ $51,100 CO, lockout Laundry.

42) ID $273,000 PSM, Potato processor.

43) TX $175,700 Falls. Steel erector.

Large Work Payouts

1) Jury awards $5.5 million in fatal crane accident

http://www.timesdaily.com/news/state/jury-awards-million-in-fatal-crane-accident/article_f9199df8-2365-5bbe-abd7-37354f95e61e.html

2) Jury awards $1.6M to man in supermarket slip-and-fall, including $1M in punitives

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/jury_awards_1.6m_to_man_85_in_supermarket_slip_and_fall_including_1m_in_pun/

3(N.Y. Jury Awards $3.2 Million to Asbestos Plaintiffs in Case Against Valve Manufacturer Jenkins Bros. Co.

http://harrismartin.com/article/20846/ny-jury-awards-32-million-to-asbestos-plaintiffs-in-case-against-valve-manufacturer-jenkins-bros-co/

4) $1.6 million to railroad whistleblower.

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/northwest/fired-bnsf-whistle-blower-awarded-16-million-by-jury/

Major News stories

1) As Construction Deaths Rise, a Mass for Fallen Workers Grows

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/03/nyregion/as-construction-deaths-rise-a-mass-for-fallen-workers-grows.html?_r=1

2) Boise ID - The three workers buried Tuesday when a trench collapsed in Northwest Boise appear to have been digging a path for a sewer line

•           Bert Smith Jr., 36, and Ernesto Saucedo-Zapata, 26, both died of asphyxia due to compression from the incident

•           http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/community/boise/article75681307.html

3) School Bus Company First Student  to pay $11.5 million to settle SF school-bus lawsuit after driver  health and safety whistleblowers sued

http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Firm-to-pay-11-5-million-to-settle-SF-school-bus-7945955.php

4) Here's a story out today from Microwave News, about a National Toxicology Program study showing cell phone radiation is linked to cancers in people. (http://microwavenews.com/news-center/ntp-cancer-results)

2016 Safety Training at Non-Profits

CSC 30 Hour construction     June 14, 16, 21, 23

CSC 10 Hour construction     Upon Request

CSC OSHA 500                     in July

CSC OSHA 510                     June 9-12

CSC Excavation Safety          Upon Request

CSC Recordkeeping               Upon Request

CSC Incident investigation    Upon Request

CSC Crane Signal Rigging     June 12

CSC Confined Space              Upon Request

CSC GHS                               Upon Request

TRMA Crane Signal Rigging June 29

TRMA Fall Protection            Upon Request

CSC Work Zone MUTCD      June 22

CSC Job Hazard Analysis      June 22

CSC Machine Guarding         Upon request

CSC Emergency Planning      June 20

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.   I have taught 1945 people this year.  

All presentation are put on slideshare.net for free downloading within 15 days. I put the presentation on Slideshare at this location. http://www.slideshare.net/johnanewquist/gi-2016-industrial-rigging-safety

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"No one should have to sacrifice their life for their livelihood, because a nation built on the dignity of work must provide safe working conditions for its people."

Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez

December 2015 OSHA News

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This month’s draft powerpoint is an ergonomics one that seems to be popular for an OSHA 10 hour course. This will be re-edited for 2016 to make it flow better. I am still wrestling on what works for the construction sector. The simple task of shoveling can be done be machines, but ergo shovels seem to exist for snow.

The new year brings excitement as I hope to do a free CHST prep classes for the Construction Safety Council 145 Hour class in May. I think the exam reflects what a construction safety professional should know than the other exams. I have been helping a few people prepare for the exam and hope to get more this year.

In 2016, I will be buying industrial hygiene equipment for an eventual three day class. I have had many ask for the OSHA 521 class but I don’t want to do it with all rental equipment. I liked having my own equipment so I could get used to it. I know Matt Stein and John Dimos are active in IH classes. Dr. Ted Hogan teaches it at NIU. Otherwise, I don’t see too many teaching it in Chicagoland.

I finished the year with a record 2741 people trained in 2015. I hope to cut back on 25% of the training and add more activities in the classes.

Top five topics taught in 2015

Confined Space

Fall Protection

Crane Signaling

OSHA 30 Construction

OSHA 10 General Industry.

Stay warm and clean the snow off the window wipers to prevent burnout of the wiper motor.  the

John

Here is the news for December 2015

1) The head of OSHA's Directorate of Construction, Jim Maddux, is retiring at the end of the year. The announcement came Dec. 2 during a meeting of OSHA's Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health. Maddux has overseen construction policies since his appointment in December 2010. He joined the agency in 1990. Prior to overseeing the construction directorate, Maddux led the Office of Physical Hazards in the Directorate of Standards and Guidance and served as acting director of the Office of Engineering Safety. Pete Stafford, chairman of the advisory committee and a union safety official, praised Maddux, who was unable to attend the committee's meeting. “All of us have enjoyed working with Jim. He will be missed,” Stafford said. No one has been named to replace Maddux as an acting or permanent director. Maddux will be the third senior OSHA official to leave the agency in recent months. During the fall, the head of OSHA's training directorate, Henry Payne, retired and Deborah Berkowitz, OSHA one-time chief of staff, accepted a senior fellow position with the National Employment Law Project

2) Former Massey Energy C.E.O. Guilty in Deadly Coal Mine Blast

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/04/us/donald-blankenship-massey-energy-upper-big-branch-mine.html?mwrsm=Facebook&_r=0

3) Congrats to Maureen Huey for retiring as an industrial hygiene at the OSHA Training Institute. I got to go out with her on several inspections and she had the patience to show my how to sample.

4) A panel looking at how OSHA might regulate emergency services providers, such as fire departments and ambulance companies, faces more months of discussions before the proposed rule will be presented to the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH), panel members said Dec. 8.

Up for discussion is a proposal to replace the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's fire brigade rule (29 C.F.R. 1910.156) with the more expansive regulation. The potential rule, tentatively titled the Emergency Responder Preparedness Program Standard, may set requirements for planning, training, worker health and fitness, and vehicle operations.

“We do have a lot of work ahead of us, but we're making good progress,” said panel co-chairman Rick Ingram, a health and safety adviser to BP Plc.

OSHA first broached the idea of creating the panel, a subcommittee of NACOSH, in 2014 and began organizing it in June.

The panel doesn't have a deadline to complete its work, Andrew Levinson, deputy chief of OSHA's Directorate of Standards and Guidance, told Bloomberg BNA Dec. 8.

After the subcommittee has completed its work and delivered the proposed standard to NACOSH, then NACOSH may make revisions before presenting its recommended rule to OSHA, Levinson said. OSHA staff could then continue the rulemaking (RIN: 1218-AC91). The rulemaking effort is part of OSHA's response to the 2013 disaster in West, Texas, where 11 first responders died in an explosion at a fertilizer manufacturing and retail operation.

5) OSHA and Antibiotics Drops. Recordable? This always comes up in the recordkeeping class.

“The case is recordable regardless of whether the medication was given solely as a preventive measure. In the preamble to the final recordkeeping rule, OSHA specifically addressed the use of prescription antibiotics for prophylactic reasons. The agency concluded that all prescription medications should be considered medical treatment because they are powerful substances that can only be prescribed by a licensed health care professional”

https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=INTERPRETATIONS&p_id=27719

6) OSHA budget remains the same. P869 of the pdf

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

 $552,787,000 total

- $100,850,000 grants to States under section 23(g)

- $499,000 per fiscal year of training institute course tuition and fees,

- $10,537,000 shall be available for Susan Harwood training grants.

Riders -

That none of the funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act which is applicable to any person who is engaged in a farming operation which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employees:

http://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20151214/CPRT-114-HPRT-RU00-SAHR2029-AMNT1final.pdf

7) OSHA has withdrawn from review its final rule addressing slip, trip and fall hazards – potentially further delaying the rule’s promulgation after more than two decades in development.

http://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/13494-withdrawn-from-omb-review-oshas-rule-on-slips-trips-and-falls

8) Tales from the front: I asked who trained the forklift drivers at the factory. The parts manager said he did. He doesn't actually know how to drive a forklift. I asked how he got qualified to be a trainer. He said he took an online class.

 Per OSHA " A trainer must have the "knowledge, training, and experience" to train others how to safely operate the powered industrial truck in the employer's workplace. In general, the trainer will only have sufficient "experience" if he has the practical skills and judgment to be able to himself operate the equipment safely under the conditions prevailing in the employer's workplace. "

https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=INTERPRETATIONS&p_id=25021

9) Many OSHA press releases are naming the insurance company in the citations. For example “Anrich Inc.'s workers' compensation insurer is Amerisafe Insurance in DeRidder, Louisiana.”https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=29133

OSHA Citations in December

Penalty State Major Issues Business

1) $44,000 OH Lockout, machine guarding, forklifts. Packaging plant

2) $103,200 PA willful lockout. 6 repeats. Box mfr.

3) $47,000 OH Repeat Machine guarding. Cookie mfr

4) $103,000 IL Willful Residential Fall Protection. Framing contractor

5) $122,000 NJ Willful diacetyl. Flavoring company

6) $43,600 PA Nonproof tested jacks. Trailer manufacturing

7) $44,800 WI Fall through hole. Concrete company.

8) $57,750 PA Willful, repeat trench. Underground construction.

9) $145,600 MA Repeat Electrical, machine guarding. Aerospace parts mfr

10) $133,000 IL Methylene chloride. Equipment repair.

11) $178,640 WI water tower fall injury Painter.

12) $462,000 OH 11 Repeat PSM. Ammonia refrigeration.

13) $47,850 TX Framing fall fatal. Framing Contractor.

14) $76,000 IL Paint overexposure. Metal Fab shop.

15) $53,900 FL Willful trenching. General contractor.

16) $56,000 FL Willful roofing fall. Roofer.

17) $56,85 OH Lead. Electronics Recycler

18) $157,080 IL Cadmium. Plating company.

19) $61,600 NJ Repeat blocked exits. Distribution warehouses.

20) $109,000 TX Crane death. Petroleum unloading facility

21) $116,270 FL Mutilated hand injury. Fiber processing

22) $131,440 OH Falls. Plastering contractor.

23) $101,500 MO Willful material storage. Warehouse.

24) $51,920 OH Willful lockout. Ready mix plant.

25) $43,560 WI Repeat machine guarding. Screen Printing.

26) $69,300 MO Forklift. Low light. Warehouse.

27) $88,200 OH three amputations. Envelope printing

28) $91,000 MA Willful fall. Roofer.

29) $44,600 TX Truss collapse. Carpenter.

30) $65,100 WV Blocked exits Amusement park.

31) $54,650 OH Willful roofing fall. Roofing contractor

32) $70,000 PA Willful falls. Stucco Contractor.

33) $162,000 IL Willful falls. Framing contractor.

34) $74,480 FL Willful falls. Roofer.

35) $40,600 PA Repeat electrical Refractory

36) $93,940 OH Willful trenching. Concrete contractor.

37) $70,000 TX Willful machine guarding. Ductwork mfr.

Large Work Payouts

1) $1.7 million in forklift injury

http://www.dailyreportonline.com/id=1202745623803/Jury-Awards-17M-in-Restaurant-Warehouse-Mishap

Major New Stories

1) BP supervisor Donald Vidrine appeared in court in New Orleans for the change-of-plea hearing

Manslaughter charges have been dropped against a BP supervisor responsible for safety aboard the rig where an explosion killed 11 workers in 2010, as he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of violating the federal Clean Water Act.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/bp-supervisor-pleads-guilty-to-misdemeanor-over-2010-oil-spill-34253913.html

2) 14 public workers killed in Terrorist attack in San Bernardino. Ten were SEIU members in San Bernardino.

http://www.newsweek.com/identities-14-victims-san-bernardino-shooting-emerge-400785

2015 Safety Training at Non-Profits

CSC 30 Hour construction                             Jan 7, 9, 14, 16

CSC OSHA 500                                             Jan 1/11-1/15  

CSC OSHA 510                                             in Feb

CSC Excavation Safety                                  Upon Request

CSC Recordkeeping/                                      Jan 29

CSC Crane Signal Rigging                             Jan 6

CSC Confined Space                                Upon request

CSC GHS                                                       Upon Request

CSC Scaffold safety                                       Jan 26

CSC Fall Protection                                        Upon Request

CSC Work Zone MUTCD                              Upon Request

CSC Job Hazard Analysis                              Jan 22

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.