OSHA News for September
Hello,
This month’s PowerPoint is combustible dust. I still audit
places with inches of dust and not thinking much about it. They haven’t had the
fire or explosion and think it will not happen there.
It was good to see people at the Conferences. I always learn
from watching others. January is the
next round of the conferences.
OSHA is spending October writing up all those inspections
they were told to do last month. Everyone is waiting for the new OSHA head, but
no announcements were forthcoming.
This is fire safety month. Check and see if the fire
extinguishers are charged and readily available.
John
OSHA News
1) OSHA revised the 10 hour general industry ppt. I like them.
https://www.osha.gov/dte/outreach/construction_generalindustry/gi_outreach_tp.html
2) Voluntary use of a filtering facepiece respirator does
not require medical evaluation. From 1998 interpretation.
https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=INTERPRETATIONS&p_id=2262
3) 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
4) Builders Get 30-Day Break-In Period for Silica Rule
Construction companies will be able to ease into compliance
with a new federal safety rule requiring limited exposure of workers to a
silica dust that can cause cancer and other fatal diseases.
For 30 days after the rule becomes effective Sept. 23, the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration only will “carefully evaluate”
companies’ good faith efforts to meet the new requirements for airborne
crystalline silica, Thomas Galassi, the agency’s acting deputy assistant
secretary, wrote in a memo to regional administrators Sep. 20. OSHA will only
issue citations if no effort is being made to meet the standard, he said.
The rule, issued in March 2016 after decades of debate, has
already been delayed once by the Trump administration. It also is being
challenged in court by employers who say the rule sets too strict of a
standard. Arguments on that case, in the U.S. Court of Appeals District of
Columbia Circuit, are set to begin Sept. 26.
5) Here are #OSHA's
Top 10 for FY2017
Number 1: Fall Protection – General
Requirements (1926.501), 6,072 violations
Number 2: Hazard Communication
(1910.1200), 4,176 violations.
Number 3: Scaffolding (1926.451),
3,288 violations.
Number 4: Respiratory Protection
(1910.134), 3,097 violations.
Number 5: Lockout/Tagout
(1910.147), 2,877 violations.
Number 6: Ladders (1926.1053),
2,241 violations.
Number 7: Powered Industrial Trucks
(1910.178), 2,162 violations.
Number 8: Machine Guarding
(1910.212), 1,933 violations.
Number 9: Fall Protection –
Training Requirements (1926.503), 1,523 violations
Number 10: Electrical – Wiring
Methods (1910.305), 1,405 violations.
m French
6) Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has signed Assembly Bill 190
that requires the entertainment industry to complete two Occupational Safety
and Health Administration (OSHA) safety courses through a certified instructor.
http://www.nnbw.com/news/entertainment-industry-now-need-to-meet-osha-requirements/
7) In the past five years, 15 workers suffered amputations
at the Chicago plant. OSHA cited BWAY Corporation for five repeated and five
serious safety violations of machine safety procedures, and placed the company
in its Severe Violator Enforcement Program.
http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2017/09/26/465524.htm
8) Dock levelers are
confined spaces.
https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=INTERPRETATIONS&p_id=24386
Other Major News Stories.
1) 3 dead in New Mexico battery tank explosion
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/dead-mexico-battery-tank-explosion-49589785
2) “It’s very rough out there,” Maryland nurse Joanne
Ogaitis told a panel of Occupational Safety and Health Administration
representatives this year when she testified about the daily verbal assaults
and monthly physical assaults she and her colleagues endure.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-nursing-dangerous-osha-0914-story.html
3) $95 million jury award cut to $35 million in tower crane
death in NY.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/payout-2008-nyc-crane-collapse-cut-95m-35m-article-1.3490713
4) 2 workers die when crane topples on dock in Southeast
Texas
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article174548496.html
OSHA Citations last month will return if the OSHA site makes
data available.
Safety Training at Non-Profits
CSC 30 Hour construction
Oct 10 12 17 19
CSC 10 Hour construction
Upon Request
CSC OSHA 500
In Nov
CSC OSHA 510
Oct 2-5
CSC Excavation Safety
Upon Request
Recordkeeping
Upon Request
7505 Incident
investigation Oct 16
TRMA Scaffold Upon Request
CSC Crane Signal Rigging
Oct 9
CSC Confined Space
Upon Request
TRMA Confined Space Upon
Request
CSC GHS/Health hazards Upon
Request
CSC Fall Protection
Oct 23
CSC Fall Protection Industry Upon Request
CSC Work Zone MUTCD
Upon Request
CSC Job Hazard Analysis
Upon Request
CSC Machine Guarding 7100
Upon Request
CSC Emergency Planning UIpon
Request
CSC Health Hazards
Upon Request
CSC OSHA Excavation 3015 Upon
Request
7415 Construction Req. Oct
24-25
NIU OSHA 511
Oct 24-27
NIU OSHA 501
Upon Request
NIU OSHA 503
In Nov
NIU Small Business
Upon Request
OSHA Intro safety mgt csc
Upon Request
NIU Bloodborne
Upon Request
OSHA 7115 Lockout
TBA
OSHA 3115 Fall CSC
2018
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 1995 people this year. I teach evenings, weekends, early mornings
too
All presentations are put on slideshare.net for free
downloading. I put this presentation at this link.
https://www.slideshare.net/secret/MBgcJvd1tLAQq1
I use your feedback to make changes to make corrections.
