Hello,
March 6-7 is the construction safety conference in Oak Brook Terrace. I am teaching both days free for the council. Monday, I am teaching a CHST prep class. Last year all 8 students passed the exam on the first try. Tuesday, I am teaching lockout for construction.
Paul Satti is covering the new general industry fall standard there too. I plan to teach the new standard at the CSC so look for the schedule if interested.
The new general industry fall protection standard is this month’s ppt. The new standard renumbered all the old industry fall standards. The ppt was 50 Megs so I am using a pdf to send out. Slideshare can download it.
The top 5 topics taught last year were
1) Trenching
2) Rigging
3) OSHA 30
4) Confined Space
5) Crane Signaling
February and March are all booked so I appreciate people working around closed days. I figure we will not have an OSHA head until summer. So expect no new regulations for a while.
John
Here is the news for January 2017
1) Kelly Knighton is the new Regional Administrator of the agency's Dallas regional office. Knighton began her career with OSHA in 1995 as a Compliance Safety and Health Officer in Houston, Texas, where she investigated accidents involving manufacturing, construction, petrochemical, logging, maritime and oil and gas exploration. As a Compliance Assistance Specialist, she was instrumental in collaborating with trade associations, employers, local governments, universities and high schools to create partnerships and alliances.
2) OSHA new beryllium standard. The old exposure limit, established in 1949, was based largely on guesswork and dubbed "the taxicab standard" because a government health official and an industry medical consultant came up with the rule in the back of a taxi.
The new standard will be 0.2 micrograms per cubic meter, much stronger than what OSHA sought in the 1970s. Michaels said the Blade reports were instrumental in sparking OSHA to start work on the new rule as well as in prompting the Energy Department to take similar safety steps for workers at its facilities.
3) IL ROOFER IGNORES OSHA 19 TIMES, GETS $214,782 FINE
4) Final rule to keep OSHA 300,300A, 301 records for five years.
5) PA employer tells worker calling 911 for amputation to hang up. She is fired two days later.
6) Safety training schools and instructors will find few significant changes in OSHA's revised outreach training program guide released Jan. 3.
The guidance is primarily intended for instructors offering Occupational Safety and Health Administration 10- and 30-hour safety and health courses. The new guide, titled Outreach Training Requirements, replaces a document issued in 2013.
7) Tom Bielema has left OSHA as Peoria Director to join the world of Safety consulting.
8) White House officials called the directive a "one in, two out" plan. It requires government agencies requesting a new regulation to identify two regulations they will cut from their own departments. The officials insisted on anonymity in order to detail the directive ahead of Monday's formal announcement.
9) Sleep matters. At a national level, up to 3 per cent of GDP is lost due to lack of sleep, and an increase in sleep could add billions of dollars to a country's economy.
Large Work Payouts
1) A Chicago federal jury on Tuesday awarded more than $5 million to a couple who suffered back injuries after a Freightliner truck crashed into their vehicle on an southern Illinois highway.
Major news stories.
1) Three Dead workers in a restaurant shooting.
2) Hydrogen Sulfide kills three in FL manhole.
OSHA Citations this month
Penalty State Major Issues Business
1) NJ $174,593 Willful lockout death. Medical facility
2) WI $261,890 Willful asbestos. Medical Clinic
3) IL $81,062 Willful lockout amputation. Metal container mfr.
4) IL $214,782 Willful roof fall. Residential Roofer
5) GA $133,443 21 Serious. Lockout. Combustible dust, Plastic recycler.
6) IL $63,494 Repeat falls. Residential roofer.
7) NJ $197,752 Willful cave-in. General contractor
8) SD $40,538 Cave-in accident. Trenching contractor.
9) IL $77,606 Repeat falls. Mason contractor.
10) OK $535,411 Repeat respirators, hydraulic press brake guarding. Truck bed mfr
11) NJ $88,544 Repeat silica. Concrete mfr.
12) OH $235,879 Repeat lockout, machine guarding., Railroad parts mfr.
13) WI $219,242 Will lockout amputations. Insulation mfr.
2016 Safety Training at Non-Profits
CSC 30 Hour construction Feb 14, 16, 21 ,23
CSC 10 Hour construction Upon Request
CSC OSHA 500 in Mar
CSC OSHA 510 Feb 6-9
CSC Excavation Safety Upon Request
CSC Recordkeeping Upon Request
CSC Incident investigation Feb 24
CSC Scaffold Upon Request
CSC Crane Signal Rigging Feb 17
CSC Confined Space Upon Request
CSC GHS/Health hazards Upon Request
CSC Fall Protection Upon Request
CSC Fall Protection Industry Feb 28
CSC Work Zone MUTCD Upon Request
CSC Job Hazard Analysis Upon Request
CSC Machine Guarding Upon Request
CSC Emergency Planning Upon Request
CSC Health Hazards Upon Request
NIU OSHA 510 Upon Request
CSC Small Business Upon Request
OSHA Intro safety mgt csc Upon Request
NIU Bloodborne Feb 10
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 308 people this month. I teach evenings, weekends, early mornings 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/fall-protection-osha-new-general-industry-2017-standard
I use your feedback to make corrections.
