OSHA News for March 2018
April brings the remnants of winter with it. The training
will cool off in the spring and summer. The Train the trainer class classes are
going strong. The new changes take effect today. I did not know the 510/511
expire have 7 years so a trainer who is coming back from 10 years would have to
repeat the whole process.
I am seeing custom made lifting devices on many jobs. Osha
Regs do not allow job made baskets and drums to lift hundreds of pounds. Too
often these containers break apart. There is no capacity on these devices.
1926.251(a)(4) - Special custom design grabs, hooks, clamps,
or other lifting accessories, for such units as modular panels, prefabricated
structures and similar materials, shall be marked to indicate the safe working
loads and shall be proof-tested prior to use to 125 percent of their rated
load.
I was glad to meet many of you at the CSC safety
conference. A record 31 took the CHST
prep class. The CHST has changed with
more management and training questions. One person has passed, I hope success
for the others.
This month’s powerpoint is Coal Power plants
fatalities. This is an industry with
safety programs, but it seems like there are many different types for
fatalities.
OSHA News.
1) Fake OSHA cards on the rise?
http://www.safetyfirstconsulting.com/safety_consulting_safety_consultant_osha_compliance_austin_san_antonio_waco_houston_dallas_ft_worth_texas_blog/post.php?s=fraudulent-osha-certification-a-disturbing-trend
2) Second Circuit Rules OSHA Not Bound By Field Operations
Manual's Look-Back Period for Repeat Violations
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/second-circuit-rules-osha-not-bound-field-operations-manual-s-look-back-period
3) Bravo MA for having public worker OSHA protections.
http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/03/gov_charlie_baker_signs_bill_e.html
4) OSHA makes Trenching the top priority.
https://www.ishn.com/articles/108183-osha-makes-reducing-trenching-deaths-a-top-priority
5) Dr. David Michaels:Worker injuries are evidence of the
absence of operational excellence.
https://hbr.org/2018/03/7-ways-to-improve-operations-without-sacrificing-worker-safety
6) OSHA 2018 budget Highlights. Harwood Grants funded. VPP
gets a budget
For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration,
$552,787,000, including not to exceed
$100,850,000 which shall be the maximum amount available for
grants to States under section 23(g)
Small Farmers still exempt: Provided further, That the
foregoing proviso shall not apply to any person who is engaged in a farming
operation which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 10 or
fewer employees:
Provided further, That $10,537,000 shall be available for
Susan Harwood training grants, of which the Secretary shall reserve not less
than $4,500,000 for Susan Harwood Training Capacity Building Developmental
grants
Provided further, That not less than $3,500,000 shall be for
Voluntary Protection Programs.
http://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20180319/BILLS-115SAHR1625-RCP115-66.pdf
7) At a hearing yesterday in Suffolk Superior Court in
Boston, Assistant District Attorney Lynn Feigenbaum claimed the training
sign-in sheets were “intentionally falsified.”
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2018/03/forged_documents_alleged_in_trench_collapse_trial
8) OSHA provided guidance for citing employers that were
required to electronically submit the injury and illness records but failed to
do so. OSHA has instructed that failure to submit records should be classified
as Other than Serious.
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=88f80652-4b83-47b4-9686-366581d0905b
Other Major News Stories.
1) Three workers killed by shooter in CA Veteran home.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/10/us/california-veterans-home-shooting-victims/index.html
2) Jury Awards $30 Million in Fatal Grinder Machine Accident
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Jury-Awards-30-Million-in-Fatal-Grinder-Machine-Accident-477347743.html
3) TOPEKA, Kan. • A
water park company co-owner accused of making a spur of the moment decision to
build the world's tallest waterslide and rushing it into service, and a
designer accused of shoddy planning, were charged Tuesday in the 2016 death of
a 10-year-old boy who was decapitated on the ride when the raft he was on went
airborne and hit an overhead hoop.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/designer-park-owner-of-deadly-kansas-city-waterslide-charged-with/article_eadaf343-8328-5e7e-8dd1-5fbb7ec512b2.html
OSHA Citations this month
1) FL $271,606
Willful cave-in, Utilities contractor.
2) OH $155,208 Amputation in bag sealing machine. Plastics
company.
3) CO $90,538 Trench collapse. Concrete company.
4) OH $109,939 Amputation clearing a jam. Food company.
5) NY $143,954 Hot milk burns. Milk company.
6) FL $133,604 Falls. Roofing company.
7) MA $299,324 Falls. Roofing contractor.
8) NE $188,464 Dock leveler fatality Lockout. Food company.
Safety Training at Non-Profits
OSHA 510 CSC Apr
2-5
OSHA 7500 Chicago Campus Apr
6
OSHA 511 Dekalb Apr
9-12
OSHA 10 Industry Hoffman Estates Apr
17-18
OSHA Silica, Trenching, Confined space in NE Apr 28 fordtonya@gmail.com is contact
person
This is a free event for USMWF.org
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 1141 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/JohnNewquist/coal-power-plant-fatalities
I use your feedback to make changes to make corrections.
