OSHA News for February
2018
John
We survived the cold start to February. March 5 starts the Construction Safety
Council annual conference. I will be doing a Construction Health and Safety
Technician (CHST) prep class on March 5 from 8-12. Over 30 have already signed
up. I had four students pass the CHST in the last 6 weeks. Here is the link to register. I volunteer to teach this and do not get paid.
I want to see Chicago have the most CHSTs for any city.
https://myprereg.com/Registration.aspx?key=SAud56LoHLs9n2JYJ8EjBYXULNXTiY4lnatUIbmN83dRYttowi0vtw%3d%3d
This month powerpoint is respirators. The ppt is I am
finding this is requested after silica so this is a shorter version. I am
seeing grade D breathing air compressors that are oil-less and cost $1600.
Some audit findings for February include: no manual for
equipment; wet electric welders; homemade lift material baskets; electrical
tape repair on electrical cords; saws that are burning wood; no proof of aerial
lift training; silica – no written program, training, medical surveillance, and
air sampling; exits blocked; mobile scaffolds – no manuals, over 2 to 1 height
to base ratio; missing confined space signs; ergonomics lifting to much; and
many more.
OSHA News.
1) OSHA’s FY 2019 budget request provides an increase of
$6.1 million for 42 new Compliance Safety and Health Officers; and another $5.1
million for 24 Compliance Assistance Specialists and eight Voluntary Protection
Programs staff to allow the agency to expand its training, outreach, compliance
assistance, and cooperative programs.
2) OSHA budget
FY 2016: $552,787,000
FY 2017: $551,736,000
FY 2018: $543,257,000 Still pending as Labor’s budget has
not passed.
3) CAL-OSHA Approves Hotel Housekeeping Injury Standard. It
will require. Worksite evaluations for identifying and evaluating housekeeping
hazards.
● Specific
Risks Identified – The worksite evaluation must identify and address potential
risks to
● Injury
Investigations
● Corrective
Measures
● Training
● Recordkeeping
https://www.fisherphillips.com/california-employers-blog/cal-osha-approves-hotel-housekeeping-injury-standard
4) Another OSHA multi-employer case. "The subcontractor
was a sole proprietor who derived almost all of his work from the GC."
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/for-osha-purposes-first-circuit-deems-16872/
5) "Accordingly, this case upholds OSHA’s right to
refuse to allow its compliance officers to testify in civil proceedings."
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/district-court-upholds-osha-s-refusal-48794/
6) There are many online vendors offering OSHA official
training. Here is the 10/30 authorized training vendors.
https://www.osha.gov/dte/outreach/training_providers.html
7) OSHA only has the capacity to inspect every workforce
once every 159 years, so the Volks decision rendered the record-keeping rule
“virtually unenforceable” without the 2016 rule, David Michaels, the
longest-serving assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and
health, under the Obama administration, and professor in the Department of
Environmental and Occupational Health at the Milken Institute School of Public
Health at The George Washington University in Washington, testified at a House
subcommittee on workforce protections hearing on Tuesday.
http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20180227/NEWS08/912319496/Former-OSHA-head-criticizes-regulatory-pullbac
8) OSHA requested $549,033,000 and is seeking a change from
2018 funding levels in only five of its ten budget categories: enforcement,
federal compliance assistance, training grants, technical support, and
executive direction. The agency requested the same amount of money and staff
for safety and health standards, whistleblower programs, state programs, state
consultation, and safety and health statistics that those areas received in
2018
https://safety.blr.com/workplace-safety-news/safety-administration/OSHA-Occupational-Safety-and-Health-Administration/OSHA-budget-seeks-more-enforcement-funding-cuts-tr/
9) "After OSHA had left, the company owner found the
officer’s credential card left behind and discovered that the card had expired
several weeks earlier."
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/an-osha-officer-with-expired-31428/
10) OSHA and Waubonsee College have an OSHA day in Sugar
Grove on March 14. I cannot make it this year. It offers many great speakers.
http://www.kendallcountynow.com/2018/02/20/waubonsee-planning-osha-safety-day/azhce0g/
11) OSHA budget request eliminates training grants.
https://www.constructionequipment.com/osha-budget-request-eliminates-training-grants
12) OSHA data shows 23 construction workers were killed in
trench collapses in 2016, exceeding the combined total from 2014 and 2015.
http://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/16730-alarming-rise-in-trench-worker-deaths-prompts-hazard-alert
Other Major News Stories.
1) Three dead at Manitowoc. Not any details.
http://www.echo-pilot.com/news/20180206/crane-accident-at-manitowoc-claims-two-lives
OSHA Citations this month
1) $256,088 GA Fall
Protection, Confined Space. Colorant Manufacturer.
2) $101,800 AL
Combustible Dust, 10 Serious. Pressure Vessel mfr.
3) $74,833 AL
Amputation pipe winding machine. Pipe mfr.
4) $195,144 AL Fatality in plastic recycling machine. Recycler.
5) $281,286 IL Falls.
Residential Roofer.
6) $40,096 FL Fatal
fall. Pool Mfr and installer.
Safety Training at Non-Profits
CHST Prep and CSC annual show Mar 5 Drury Lane
OSHA 500 CSC Mar
5-8
OSHA 7205 Health Hazards CSC Mar
14
OSHA 511 NSC Mar
20-23
OSHA 510 NSC Mar 26-29
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
NSC is National
Safety Council https://www.greatlakesosha.org/sites/national-safety-council/
I usually teach only part of the 30 hour and the 500 series.
I have been teaching many 10.30 hour class for private companies. I have taught 994 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/johnanewquist/respirators-2018
I use your feedback to make changes to make corrections.
