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.
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.
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