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
3) NY 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.
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.
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.
8) A day in the life of an OSHA inspector. Finding hazards.
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
12) OSHA's Dr. Michaels said employers will be required to post a new OSHA poster effective Aug. 10, 2016
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.
Major News stories
1) Two miners buried in mud in MS.
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.
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
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