It was good to see many friends at the Construction Safety Conference. I was teaching respirators and glad to show some of the different ones and how they interact with other OSHA standards.
This month’s powerpoint is the 2018 most cited industry standard. It was great to get a copy. I found the electrical interesting as homemade boxes is commonly found by OSHA. I like putting the most cited in my 10 and 30 Hour classes.
I am not teaching the CHST Prep class this year. Two more people have passed in with my free study guides. I just to help people get certification as it changes their life and makes Chicago the best for the construction safety.
I will slow the training down after teaching over 1000 in the first three months. Ideally I would teach three days a week, audit one day and do everything else on the fifth day.
I have seen many electrical issues. April would be a good month to focus on that.
John
OSHA News.
1) The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission affirmed a citation against a social services employer whose employee was fatally assaulted in another test of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s use of the general duty clause.
2) Data provided by OSHA, a federal agency under the purview of the U.S. Department of Labor, shows that the number of whistleblower complaints filed has increased by 29 percent over the last five years, from 7,408 complaints in 2014 to 9,566 complaints in 2018. In 2018, OSHA opened full investigations into 3,007 of those complaints. While the number of complaints has gone up, the number of OSHA investigators has declined. OSHA had 76 investigators at the end of 2018, down from 100 in 2014.
3) Three lung disease cases and a general duty citation for metal working fluid.
4) Jim Washam passed away. I worked with Jim on several lockout and machine guarding cases. He was always calm and dug to find the solutions.
5) First OSHA LOI for 2019 addresses silica standard (for construction) questions. https://www.osha.gov/laws-
6) 12th citation for Valley Fever by Cal-OSHA.
7) Refinery loses all 12 OSHA violations in court.
At a hearing, an administrative law judge affirmed all 12 violations as serious — but not all repeat, as cited — and assessed a total penalty of $58,000 for them.
8) OSHA Safety Day training conference, to be held June 20, 2019 at Joliet Junior College, in Joliet, Illinois. More details next months.
9) There will be an OSHA Safety Conference in July at Prairie State College.
10) There were 875 OSHA inspectors on board as of Jan. 1, according to the NELP report. That’s down from 952 in 2016. There were more than 1,000 on staff in 2010.
Other Major News Stories.
1) Third IL State Trooper killed in 3 months on the highway.
2) UCLA links some pesticides to autism.
Safety Training at Non-Profits
OSHA 7205 Health Hazards CSC
OSHA 510 CSC
OSHA 10 Industry NIU
OSHA 511 Chicago
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 http://www.nsec.niu.edu/nsec/
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 1066 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/
I use your feedback to make changes to make corrections.
OSHA Citations this month
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