OSHA News for
December 2018
It was a busy
month until Christmas. I want to thank all that helped me get better and showed
me new solutions to several hazards.
I trained 2331
people for the year and here is the top five topics taught for 2018.
1. Confined
space,
2. Fall
protection.
3. Silica
4. Safety
Management
5. Trenching
The OSHA 511
class – OSHA General Industry Standards was the most popular class followed the
OSHA 30 for Construction, and the OSHA 10 hour class for industry.
This month’s
powerpoint is CHST Math prep. I have found many want to take the certification
and have trouble with the math section. Over 20 people that I have helped have
passed the certification exams.
I have free study
guides for the CHST. I recommend the SPAN ASP prep books for $275.
John
OSHA News.
1) Iowa OSHA top
Officials fired. A complaint alleging that employees at Iowa's workplace safety
agency used a toy banana to make sexual jokes triggered an investigation that
led to the removal of two top officials, according to a copy obtained by The Associated
Press.
And you wonder
why sexual harassment training is an annual topic at many companies.
https://www.kltv.com/2018/12/04/complaint-about-banana-toy-started-turmoil-iowa-agency/
2) Yet a Center
analysis of Treasury Department data found that only about 12 percent of OSHA
debts have been collected in recent years.
https://publicintegrity.org/workers-rights/even-after-workplace-deaths-companies-avoid-osha-penalties/?fbclid=IwAR2gUhJfPI2K_vo8zar824SoaEqxkMOqE5bScJGVhTZ3k4p7yukofJc_WlA
3) Lockout Discussion:
" Among the features essential to a compliant master key procedure is a
reliable method to ensure that access to the master key will be carefully
controlled by the employer such that only those persons authorized and trained
to use the master key in accordance with the employer's program can gain
access."
https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/standardinterpretations/2000-02-28?fbclid=IwAR2RLqmZzEGArajfsvhJXn3Lb_WRe_Xu5pwVxAqP2Br9iu-tYqgZKDSbyD0
4) BLS fatality
data was published today. 5147 workplace deaths; down 43.
Fatal falls were
at their highest level in the 26-year history of the Census of Fatal
Occupational Injuries (CFOI)
accounting for
887 (17 percent) worker deaths.
Transportation
incidents remained the most frequent fatal event in 2017 with 2,077 (40
percent) occupational fatalities.
Unintentional
overdoses due to nonmedical use of drugs or alcohol while at work increased 25
percent from 217 in 2016 to 272 in 2017.
This was the
fifth consecutive year in which unintentional workplace overdose deaths have
increased by at least 25 percent.
Age 55 and older
was 1930 deaths, highest % ever.
460 were waste
management workers.
Construction was
down but still over 900 deaths. Manufacturing was down and over 200.
Truck drivers
were nearly 600.
Highway deaths
with vehicle drivers were 1299, a multi year high.
Falls at same
surface record high at 151.
Falls to lower
level highest at 713.
Texas has most
deaths at 534.
IL and IA were
only Midwest states to decrease.
https://www.bls.gov/iif/?fbclid=IwAR3AdkY4jzQkmkj1mycso7xEviphESKYIjLxXHvpSNoxmvEjpyP9BBtzr5c#News
5) OSHA
Administrative Law Judge: The Court finds that these provisions of the MUTCD
are not mandatory.
I think the Judge
made a mistake and OSHA will win some on appeal.
https://www.oshrc.gov/assets/1/18/15-1048_Final_Eckman_decision_101918.htm?8180&fbclid=IwAR0ELCMhbJsbBYXWdQAfmZ-02tFg0W-Rp5h6ygYsoqldTJwreuI--iDSSTk
6) Other
categories that saw year-over-year increases in occupational fatalities
included workers aged 65 and over; the mining, quarrying, and oil and gas
extraction industry; fatal injuries involving confined spaces; and fatal
injuries resulting from slips, trips, and falls.
https://ehsdailyadvisor.blr.com/2018/12/osha-comments-on-fatality-decline-in-bls-report/
Other Major News
Stories.
1) Black lung is
killing many miners
https://www.npr.org/2018/12/18/675253856/an-epidemic-is-killing-thousands-of-coal-miners-regulators-could-have-stopped-it?fbclid=IwAR1CkAnW4zriBUdYXO-B0V5yGDDLZyOzPn7Qgz9c5UWNxhc4S-h1snt7cuA
2) Reuters:
J&J knew asbestos was in baby powder for years.
Company says
report is misleading.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/johnsonandjohnson-cancer/?fbclid=IwAR0xBerulYc92ahRPFZJbsEAie_DRSvVUimSTJ8obI03Y17jr1itLzMpBg4
OSHA Citations
this month
FL 1325548.015 Turnkey Construction Planners, Inc. PORT SAINT LUCIE 12/11/2018 $99,592.00 Fall protection
FL 1331064.015 Turnkey Construction Planners, Inc. PORT SAINT LUCIE 12/11/2018 $99,592.00 Fall protection
TX 1358425.015 Thermacor Process, Inc. FORT
WORTH 12/10/2018 $56,910.00 General Duty (providing safe workplace), Occupational noise
exposure, PPE, Respiratory protection, First aid (eye wash station), Machine
guarding, Hazard communication
CA 1325393.015 Caston, Inc. PERRIS 12/07/2018 $41,810.00 [no violations linked]
CT 1341269.015 BST Systems, Inc. PLAINFIELD 12/07/2018 $43,976.00 PPE,
Respiratory protection, Sanitation (lavatories), Air contaminants, Lead,
Cadmium, Hazard communication
CA 1329674.015 Plumbing Concepts, Inc. BREA 12/06/2018 $91,935.00 [no violations linked]
CA 1338230.015 Beacon Property Management, Inc. RIALTO 12/06/2018 $43,500.00 [no violations linked]
OH 1353740.015 Dan the Gutterman, LLC UPPER
ARLINGTON 12/06/2018 $156,497.00 Fall protection systems, Fall protection training
TN 1345894.015 Hankook Tire Manufacturing Tennessee LP CLARKSVILLE 12/06/2018 $106,500.00 [no violations linked]
WV 1352518.015 Industrial Plating & Machine, Inc. PRINCETON 12/06/2018 $41,390.00 Arc welding and cutting, Toxic and Hazardous Substances -
Chromium (VI)
CO 1323059.015 ContractOne, Inc. GRANBY 12/06/2018 $57,463.00Excavations, Safety training, Head
protection, Eye and face protection, Hazard communication
FL 1337312.015 Nupress of Miami, Inc. DORAL 12/06/2018 $54,324.00 General Duty (providing safe
workplace), Fall protection, Lockout/Tagout, Machine guarding
CA 1321741.015 Essendant Co. PERRIS 12/05/2018 $43,200.00 [no violations linked]
CA 1329956.015 D'Arrigo Bros. Co. of California SALINAS 12/04/2018 $75,000.00 [no violations linked]
GA 1321472.015 Parts Authority, LLC NORCROSS 12/04/2018 $133,406.00 General
Duty (providing safe workplace), Exit routes, First aid (eye wash station),
Portable fire extinguishers, Hazard communication, Respiratory protection
KS 1339751.015 Sanderson Pipe Corporation PITTSBURG 12/04/2018 $46,564.00 Lockout/Tagout
KY 1324427.015 Oscar Garcia WEBBS
CROSS ROADS 12/04/2018 $41,500.00 [no violations linked]
CT 1336547.015 Herb Holden Trucking, Inc. BROAD
BROOK 12/03/2018 $43,977.00 Fall protection, Scaffolding, Noise exposure, Respiratory
protection, Lockout/Tagout
NY 1341244.015 Southside Hospital BAY
SHORE 12/03/2018 $46,195.00 Asbestos
PA 1320105.015 Gama Wrecking, Inc. PHILADELPHIA 12/03/2018 $45,656.00 Fall protection, Demolition prep
Safety Training at
Non-Profits
OSHA 7505 NIU
Incident investigation Dekalb Jan
16
OSHA 511 Dekalb
NIU Jan
22-25
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
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 2181 people this year. I teach evenings, weekends, early mornings too. I
teach in Wisconsin, 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/johnanewquist/chst-math
I use your
feedback to make changes to make corrections.
