OSHA June 2018 news

OSHA News for June 2018
I hope the third heat wave of the year is not knocking you down.  Lori Mac and Walt Siegfried mentioned that pickle juice can help prevent heat cramps. This is one of many articles that seems to show its positive benefit.
https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/science-finally-helps-explain-legendary-pickle-juice-massacre-dallas?amp
I met with OSHA on the large Trench stand down this month. Over 200 workers and people attended the event.  OSHA mentioned that trenches and excavations on larger jobs are generally very good. It is the small jobs where they see most of the problems.
The OSHA nominee Scott Mungo is still not at the agency. I am not sure what is the hold up.
This month’s PowerPoint is skin cancer. It is now the most diagnosed cancer. I have had people I know die from the cancer and was surprised how prevalent it is today. The diagnosis and treatment of nonmelanoma skin cancers in the U.S. increased by 77 percent between 1994 and 2014. ... Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common form of skin cancer. An estimated 4.3 million cases of BCC are diagnosed in the U.S. each year resulting in more than 3,000 deaths.
Some sunscreen can help prevent it and well and wearing light clothes. Stay cool and see you a month from now.
 John

OSHA News. 
1) OSHA issues new VPP. Death or willfuls is not automatic termination.
https://www.osha.gov/dcsp/vpp/policy_memo7.html
2)  Representatives Labor/HHS Appropriations Subcommittee has reported out a bill cutting overall OSHA funding from $552.78 million in FY 2018 to $545.25 million for FY 2019, a 1.4% reduction.
https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP07/20180615/108431/BILLS-115-SC-AP-FY2019-LaborHHS-LaborBill.pdf
3) Silica enforcement delayed until July 23, 2018 for Industry
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/osha-announces-30-day-grace-period-enforcement-silica-standard-general-industry
4) Education and Labor department to be merged?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-to-propose-merging-education-labor-departments-1529533148
5)  OSHA 300a due in July.
https://ehsdailyadvisor.blr.com/2018/06/recordkeeping-reminder-get-300as-osha-july-1/
6)   OSHA whistleblower win. Wells Fargo to pay $5.4 million to a former manager who said he was fired in 2010 after reporting to his supervisors and to a bank ethics hotline what he suspected was fraudulent behavior.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/03/business/04-wells-fargo-whistleblower-fired-osha.html
7) OSHA has a new searchable, online database of workplace chemicals http://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/17209-osha-launches-database-for-workplace-chemical-information
8)  OSHA has new trenching safety poster
https://www.osha.gov/Publications/trench/3215_trench_poster_eng.pdf
9)   On June 29, Ann Rosenthal leaves the Department of Labor’s Office of the Solicitor where she has spent 40 years handling worker safety and health cases.
https://news.bloombergenvironment.com/safety/labor-solicitor-wraps-four-decades-of-defending-worker-safety
10) The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration reports that its five most popular videos center on construction safety.
https://www.equipmentworld.com/oshas-5-most-popular-construction-safety-videos-trenches-silicosis-falls-and-heat-illness/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Other Major News Stories.
1) Two workers die on elevator collapse in St. Louis
https://www.ksdk.com/mobile/article/news/local/2-construction-workers-dead-after-safety-cable-snaps-in-elevator-in-downtown-st-louis/63-561295160
2)  Skin cancers kills 50 a year from work exposures in Britain.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3051354/Skin-cancer-work-kills-50-year-250-cases-registered-people-spend-time-outside-jobs-construction-agriculture-leisure.html
3) OSHA has safety and health bulletin out on horizontal directional drilling.
https://www.osha.gov/dts/shib/shib031318.html
4) Two KS deputies died during prison transfer
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kansas-city-theresa-king-second-sheriffs-deputy-dies-following-shooting-2018-06-16/
5) Two dead in NY when slabs fall over on them.
https://www.wkbw.com/news/two-men-killed-in-industrial-accident-in-lockport

OSHA Citations this month
1)  $125,460 NH Conveyor fatality. Lockout. Guarding. Energy company.
2) $64,857 CO confined space, respirators. Chemical manufacturer.
3)  $120,320 WI Willful roof fall. Ladderjacks. Roofer.
4) $202,201 OH Willful trench. Excavation company.
5) $129,336 FL Willful roof. Roofing company.

Safety Training at Non-Profits
OSHA 10 Industry. Rockford July 9-10
OSHA 7200 Bloodborne Rockford July 11
OSHA 500 CSC July 9-12
OSHA 511 NSC July 10-13
OSHA 3015 Trenching Depends on enrollment July 16-18
OSHA 511 Chicago July 23-26


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 1502 people this year. I teach evenings, weekends, early mornings too. I teach in Wisconsin, Central Illinois, Iowa, and Indiana.   

All presentations are put on slideshare.net for free downloading. I put this presentation at this link. https://www.slideshare.net/JohnNewquist/skin-cancer-2018
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OSHA May 2018 News

OSHA News for May 2018

We survived the third hottest May and the wettest May ever here in IL.  80% of the heat deaths were the employee’s first three days per OSHA. Everyone should have heat illness training and know the signs of heat stress.

This month’s presentation is concrete safety. I like teaching it in the OSHA classes. I want to make a day long concrete safety class. I see shoring mistakes and masonry walls over 8 feet that are not braced. The file is 37 megs, so I need a gmail address if you want the powerpoint.

Jake Scott from OSHA was excellent as usual at the ASSE Three Rivers Chapter meeting last month. I summarized some key points in the news below.

I find myself in the summer doing more audits and legal work. No two attorneys prepare cases the same. These injuries cases and lawsuits are good material for training. They show that a third party can go after a company that does not meet the OSHA requirements.

John

OSHA News. 

1) Two CA managers charged in death of untrained forklift driver.

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/2-charged-in-death-of-forklift-operator-at-San-12895421.php

2) Aurora office will be moving to 88 and 59 area in the summer.

3)  Silica Emphasis Program is on hold until compliance directive is finished. This means most will be handled via a phone call.

4) EPA pushes to rescind some Risk Management Program rules.

EPA is proposing to rescind:

•            the requirement that any facility that has a catastrophic release or a near miss conduct a "root cause" investigation into what happened;

•            the requirement that any facility that has a reportable release or incident get a third-party safety audit, or when the agency considers such an audit necessary;

•            the requirement that facilities in certain high-risk categories (such as chemical manufacturing and oil refining) research whether they could use safer alternatives;

•            the requirement that facilities provide, upon request by a member of the public, specific chemical hazard, accident history, and response information;

•            the requirement that facilities hold a public meeting to provide specific information within 90 days after a reportable release/incident.

https://www.epa.gov/rmp/proposed-risk-management-program-rmp-reconsideration-rule

5) OSHA recently published a final rule extending the operator certification compliance date until November 10, 2018, to provide the agency with additional time to complete this rulemaking to address stakeholder concerns related to the Cranes and Derricks in Construction standard.

https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/federalregister/2017-11-09

6) OSHA proposes to amend its recordkeeping regulation to remove the requirement to electronically submit to OSHA information from the OSHA Form 300 (Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses) and OSHA Form 301 (Injury and Illness Incident Report) for establishments with 250 or more employees which are required to routinely keep injury and illness records. Under the proposed rule, these establishments would be required to electronically submit only information from the OSHA Form 300A (Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses).

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/osha-s-revised-improve-tracking-workplace-injuries-and-illnesses-regulation-omb

7) OSHA guidance on lighting. Seek an ENCLOSED building.

https://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3863.pdf

8) Highlights from the OSHA ASSE meetings

For FY17 – OSHA

-             52% construction. Up 3%

-             Average penalty $3645

-             27% incompliance. Up 2%

-             51,273 violations. Down over 5000.

-             27% complaint inspections.

-             32,396 inspections. Up slightly.

Region V 2004-2016 had 449 struck by fatalities, 426 fall fatalities, 393 caught in fatalities, 126 electrocutions;

Region V fatalities went up from 106 CY16 to 127 in CY17. Construction was 40, Manufacturing was 20, and OTHER was 67.

OSHA in Aurora is inspecting nearly 100% of the lockout and machine guarding amputations. Over 400 amputations and hospitalizations were called in. $0% inspected of that total. 

Other Major News Stories.

1) Two workers die on elevator collapse.

"The workers were simply constructing the temporary elevator shaft when, unfortunately, it broke and they fell," said Seth Finman with the Naples Police Department.

http://www.wfla.com/news/florida/2-workers-killed-after-falling-110-feet-in-naples-elevator-shaft/1170202390

2) Two workers die in Powerline contact.

Sampedro and one of his coworkers were killed last week while drilling for soil near the Ray Nixon Power Plant. A part of their truck hit a power line overhead, killing the men almost instantly in a suspected electrocution.

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/coroner-identifies-2-men-electrocuted-near-power-plant/

OSHA Citations this month

1)  $71,137 FL workplace violence, health facility

2) $199,178 FL willful falls, framing contractor

3) $251,108 GA 36 violations, combustible dust, noise, lockout,  mulch mfr

4) $79,004 CO Fatal pipeline fire, Energy and pipeline companies.

5) $222,152 PA Willful cylinders, falls, and floor holes. General contractor.

6) $201,212 PA willful lockout and machine guarding. Box manufacturer

7) $139,684  AL Fatal trench. Sewer contractor and staffing agency.

8) $281,220 NY Flash fire fatal. Willful bonding. Cosmetics company.

9) $147,822 WI Repeat Lead, Battery Company

10) $162,596 FL Steel plate trench fatal. Energy company.

11) $138,927 FL Cave-in protection, Paving company.

12) $191,071 NE Willful falls, Residential roofer

  

Safety Training at Non-Profits

OSHA 511 NIU Hoffman Estates                              June 4-7

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 1435 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/1926-concrete-safety-2018

I use your feedback to make changes to make corrections.