Hello,
July was a fast month. The training was uneven with some classes getting canceled. Onsite training is not as popular as pre-covid. Companies are doing social distancing in the classroom and I wear the mask when teaching.
I testified in Texas as an expert witness for ergonomics. The worker was hurt when he tried to push a 1000 pound wheel-less cart. The case goes to whether it was employee misconduct or not. I was surprised that the defense got the injured employee's ergonomic training from a prior employer.
This month’s PowerPoint is PPE for the general industry. It is required to be taught in an OSHA 10 and 30-hour class.
Keep social distancing and the mask on inside work. See you in September.
John
OSHA News.
1) Corvid citation to Ohio Nursing home.
https://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/region5/07212020
2) FIGG Bridge Engineers suspended from Federal Contracts in Fatal bridge collapse.
https://www.constructiondive.com/news/citing-fiu-bridge-collapse-feds-propose-10-year-debarment-for-figg/582651/#:~:text=Dive%20Brief%3A,went%20into%20effect%20July%2014.
3) Nevada OSHA leads in citing COVID citations.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/safety/nevada-osha-takes-lead-enforcing-worker-virus-protections?fbclid=IwAR3cCKPiTPERfRwys6ja9BOuyq8dNA4ZMo6-6MTXg5NBx_NEmk-OWRQ2Vxg
4) Mechanical Integrity win at the Court of Appeals for OSHA.
https://www.ehslawinsights.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/48/2020/07/epa2020_1288-002.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1vM7CDJ7HANI8rOfrmD5da2NNw1FFtyEfc4vRjp7HLM5xtO-HoH3LHDbI
5) Nice award for OSHA's Leslie Ptak from Madison.
Wisconsin Safety Council – the state’s leading provider of safety training and products – announced on Monday that Leslie Ptak is being honored with the organization’s Lifetime Achievement Award for her dedication, commitment and years of service to the safety industry.
Ptak spent her entire career with the Occupational Health and Safety Administration. She began as a summer intern and was later hired as a full-time industrial hygiene compliance officer at the Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania area office.
Her more than 30-year career also included stops in California, Illinois, and eventually Wisconsin serving in both enforcement and compliance assistance roles. Ptak holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Health Sciences and Industrial Hygiene from Illinois State University and retired from OSHA earlier this year.
“Leslie has been a tremendous partner of Wisconsin Safety Council for a number of years,” said Barb Deans, Wisconsin Safety Council Associate Director. “Her commitment to the safety profession is exemplary.”
Over her career that spanned six presidential administrations, Ptak oversaw the rollout of many vital OSHA standards and was part of the OSHA team that went to the World Trade Center after 9/11 to implement a safety plan for workers who had to enter the site.
Ptak also served on the WSC Conference Planning and Occupational Safety committees for numerous years.
“I can think of no one more deserving of this honor,” added Deans. “We wish Leslie a wonderful, happy and safe retirement.”
Ptak will be presented with the Wisconsin Safety Council Lifetime Achievement Award at the organization's upcoming Annual Conference in Wisconsin Dells from Sept. 1-2.
6) OSHA loses another heat case. No scientific basis for the NWS Heat Index Chart.
https://ogletree.com/insights/judge-finds-no-scientific-basis-for-nws-heat-index-chart-used-by-osha-in-heat-stress-cases/?fbclid=IwAR26DCGIN8NTwTVsQISVJBKGv1-oij55VKK5_FIVhDgNYOFy40Y2I0J3oZw
7) Postal workers are dying in the heat.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/postal-workers-heat-waves-climate-change_n_5efcc1ddc5b6ca9709180c2d?ncid=engmodushpmg00000003&fbclid=IwAR1AesZ8pc6V2ZgJ8OPe-Uyd43O_uNihaTA8kIIlVzQDF_m6twjYaqFufZc
8) Safety + Health Magazine interviewed me and many other safety professionals on COVID-19 and the future.
https://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/19964-the-future-of-safety?fbclid=IwAR32Cnmcu-u0HpjBe5xyEhhNblNU94r6JLXblPLiEEqHkB_zdcF4kGh_9jA
9) OSHA cites $465,000 for Chicago candy maker.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-osha-ferrara-candy-machine-safety-violations-20200707-ro2eeswyw5bqxabj7fpdytosta-story.html?fbclid=IwAR0E9LaHwL22_9jWzmLJDQew90LceYk9lxexylyPV4b7VIPTIHqiXMXXNnQ
10) Smithfield fights OSHA on document requests.
The privacy issues are always kept by OSHA. I do not see the problem of giving OSHA the data.
https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/business-journal/2020/07/02/covid-south-dakota-smithfield-plant-pushing-stop-osha-subpoena/5368116002/?fbclid=IwAR0F4aLHvWek06dMwRuxKR5sZL82scpk1_DxaWMe1da2d6PPKHYVf4tf-3E
11) “Essentially, OSHA is AWOL,” said David Michaels, a former head of OSHA under the Obama administration who now teaches at George Washington University’s school of public health.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article243816822.html?fbclid=IwAR2DcXVxrIQBs-h2riboVISaq9C5N7JOFwNIswbdzZPjWH7LLa08fMzi6wY
Other Major News Stories.
1) COVID-19 deaths ( I did not count the presumptive cases.
Friday July 31, 2020 – 140810 deaths, 4,264, 006 infected
Friday July 24 2020 - 133926 deaths, 4,038,864 infected
Friday July 17 2020 - 128762 deaths, 3,578,593 infected
Friday July 10, 2020 - 121050 deaths, 3,118,168 infected
Friday July 3, 2020 – 117784 deaths, 2,724,640 infected
2) Two dead in AZ trench collapse.
https://www.azfamily.com/news/two-construction-workers-dead-after-trench-collapse-in-west-phoenix/article_40dc3cd0-cd17-11ea-bc3f-4f44456ae05e.html?fbclid=IwAR2Rd_wPpPeJoBdO5IC0CkZHcCakgSEDnYhSGQbJnoCkr0jlaSHecFFL1Bw
3) 11th Arcelor Mittal Death at Burns Harbor in 10 years.
WBBM said that 393 workers have died at the facility from time Inland Steel owned it to present.
https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/worker-dies-at-arcelormittal-indiana-harbor-in-east-chicago/article_98cf15b5-b4b0-5997-b296-0ef375233e63.html?fbclid=IwAR1Qd5BTI5XmOY-t5ZrTZZ1XwXEQ6hg2_21GJqVQfIQZUxj03zYfIwiy4YI
4) Most construction employers are evaluating crane operations and operators for OSHA requirements.
https://www.americancranesandtransport.com/nccco-foundation-polls-employers-on-operator-evaluations/145152.article?fbclid=IwAR2ZByHdHhTpK1ClDqO9-9zFma4elO-82fu0AVYzAmixaycpxkNT-Nc0sq0
5) Squirrel tests positive for bubonic plague.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/squirrel-tests-positive-bubonic-plague-colorado/story?id=71769840&cid=social_fb_abcn&fbclid=IwAR1_YTyUJfwab5rEt70R4Ysz__bNE_Tl9HTV5rrsnAOHZdaOurYbHeMQ064
6) Double fatality in TX due to sewer gases.
https://www.kjas.com/news/local_news/article_833cdbb0-c22d-11ea-8283-fb276d0c2322.html?fbclid=IwAR1G20SO_ba_zsvpHYGjgaCDwkqAoGsmJpgmBQzP5jVahd9zgAZwaREVuwE
7) $4 billion stadium should have no deaths. The second worker died o the job at the Stadium in CA. No details.
https://www.wgmd.com/second-worker-dies-on-construction-site-of-chargers-rams-new-stadium/?fbclid=IwAR3RhSc-JV8lGNFauTSGDWBAR8041jooRh7HfB7A82CFAAomDtdNDfmGOXc
8) 160 dead workers in a landslide in Myanmar
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-osha-ferrara-candy-machine-safety-violations-20200707-ro2eeswyw5bqxabj7fpdytosta-story.html?fbclid=IwAR0E9LaHwL22_9jWzmLJDQew90LceYk9lxexylyPV4b7VIPTIHqiXMXXNnQ
OSHA Citations
TX $497,920 Confined Space Death, Rail car cleaning.
OH $148,430 Residential roof fall willfuls, Roofer.
AL $218,192 Lockout jammed machine death, Lumber facilities.
GA $55,326 Caught in the conveyor. Saw mill.
FL $49,930 Fall, residential roof. Roofer.
GA $58,025 Fatal trench collapse, Telecom company.
Safety Training at Non-Profits (Check Sites for Starting Dates)
CSC 510 Aug 3-8
NIU 7510 Intro to OSHA Napervillle August 5
Machine Guarding Free Live Streaming August 10, 21
7005 Warehouse safety Online NIU Aug 11 week.
511 NIU Hoffman Estate Aug 17-20
7210 Panflu – Covid online Aug 27-28
NIU is Northern Illinois University OSHA Education Center http://www.nsec.niu.edu
FREE machine Guarding https://www.nsec.niu.edu/nsec/course-schedules/free-courses/free-machinery-courses/index.shtml
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 hours and the 500 series. I have been teaching many 10/30 hour classes for private companies. I have taught 1874 people this year. I teach evenings, weekends, early mornings too. I teach in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Indiana.
All presentations are put on slideshare.net for free downloading. I put this presentation at this link. https://www.slideshare.net/JohnNewquist/ppe-safety-237470147
I use your feedback to make changes to make corrections.
--
John
OSHA News.
1) Corvid citation to Ohio Nursing home.
https://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/region5/07212020
2) FIGG Bridge Engineers suspended from Federal Contracts in Fatal bridge collapse.
https://www.constructiondive.com/news/citing-fiu-bridge-collapse-feds-propose-10-year-debarment-for-figg/582651/#:~:text=Dive%20Brief%3A,went%20into%20effect%20July%2014.
3) Nevada OSHA leads in citing COVID citations.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/safety/nevada-osha-takes-lead-enforcing-worker-virus-protections?fbclid=IwAR3cCKPiTPERfRwys6ja9BOuyq8dNA4ZMo6-6MTXg5NBx_NEmk-OWRQ2Vxg
4) Mechanical Integrity win at the Court of Appeals for OSHA.
https://www.ehslawinsights.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/48/2020/07/epa2020_1288-002.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1vM7CDJ7HANI8rOfrmD5da2NNw1FFtyEfc4vRjp7HLM5xtO-HoH3LHDbI
5) Nice award for OSHA's Leslie Ptak from Madison.
Wisconsin Safety Council – the state’s leading provider of safety training and products – announced on Monday that Leslie Ptak is being honored with the organization’s Lifetime Achievement Award for her dedication, commitment and years of service to the safety industry.
Ptak spent her entire career with the Occupational Health and Safety Administration. She began as a summer intern and was later hired as a full-time industrial hygiene compliance officer at the Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania area office.
Her more than 30-year career also included stops in California, Illinois, and eventually Wisconsin serving in both enforcement and compliance assistance roles. Ptak holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Health Sciences and Industrial Hygiene from Illinois State University and retired from OSHA earlier this year.
“Leslie has been a tremendous partner of Wisconsin Safety Council for a number of years,” said Barb Deans, Wisconsin Safety Council Associate Director. “Her commitment to the safety profession is exemplary.”
Over her career that spanned six presidential administrations, Ptak oversaw the rollout of many vital OSHA standards and was part of the OSHA team that went to the World Trade Center after 9/11 to implement a safety plan for workers who had to enter the site.
Ptak also served on the WSC Conference Planning and Occupational Safety committees for numerous years.
“I can think of no one more deserving of this honor,” added Deans. “We wish Leslie a wonderful, happy and safe retirement.”
Ptak will be presented with the Wisconsin Safety Council Lifetime Achievement Award at the organization's upcoming Annual Conference in Wisconsin Dells from Sept. 1-2.
6) OSHA loses another heat case. No scientific basis for the NWS Heat Index Chart.
https://ogletree.com/insights/judge-finds-no-scientific-basis-for-nws-heat-index-chart-used-by-osha-in-heat-stress-cases/?fbclid=IwAR26DCGIN8NTwTVsQISVJBKGv1-oij55VKK5_FIVhDgNYOFy40Y2I0J3oZw
7) Postal workers are dying in the heat.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/postal-workers-heat-waves-climate-change_n_5efcc1ddc5b6ca9709180c2d?ncid=engmodushpmg00000003&fbclid=IwAR1AesZ8pc6V2ZgJ8OPe-Uyd43O_uNihaTA8kIIlVzQDF_m6twjYaqFufZc
8) Safety + Health Magazine interviewed me and many other safety professionals on COVID-19 and the future.
https://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/19964-the-future-of-safety?fbclid=IwAR32Cnmcu-u0HpjBe5xyEhhNblNU94r6JLXblPLiEEqHkB_zdcF4kGh_9jA
9) OSHA cites $465,000 for Chicago candy maker.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-osha-ferrara-candy-machine-safety-violations-20200707-ro2eeswyw5bqxabj7fpdytosta-story.html?fbclid=IwAR0E9LaHwL22_9jWzmLJDQew90LceYk9lxexylyPV4b7VIPTIHqiXMXXNnQ
10) Smithfield fights OSHA on document requests.
The privacy issues are always kept by OSHA. I do not see the problem of giving OSHA the data.
https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/business-journal/2020/07/02/covid-south-dakota-smithfield-plant-pushing-stop-osha-subpoena/5368116002/?fbclid=IwAR0F4aLHvWek06dMwRuxKR5sZL82scpk1_DxaWMe1da2d6PPKHYVf4tf-3E
11) “Essentially, OSHA is AWOL,” said David Michaels, a former head of OSHA under the Obama administration who now teaches at George Washington University’s school of public health.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article243816822.html?fbclid=IwAR2DcXVxrIQBs-h2riboVISaq9C5N7JOFwNIswbdzZPjWH7LLa08fMzi6wY
Other Major News Stories.
1) COVID-19 deaths ( I did not count the presumptive cases.
Friday July 31, 2020 – 140810 deaths, 4,264, 006 infected
Friday July 24 2020 - 133926 deaths, 4,038,864 infected
Friday July 17 2020 - 128762 deaths, 3,578,593 infected
Friday July 10, 2020 - 121050 deaths, 3,118,168 infected
Friday July 3, 2020 – 117784 deaths, 2,724,640 infected
2) Two dead in AZ trench collapse.
https://www.azfamily.com/news/two-construction-workers-dead-after-trench-collapse-in-west-phoenix/article_40dc3cd0-cd17-11ea-bc3f-4f44456ae05e.html?fbclid=IwAR2Rd_wPpPeJoBdO5IC0CkZHcCakgSEDnYhSGQbJnoCkr0jlaSHecFFL1Bw
3) 11th Arcelor Mittal Death at Burns Harbor in 10 years.
WBBM said that 393 workers have died at the facility from time Inland Steel owned it to present.
https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/worker-dies-at-arcelormittal-indiana-harbor-in-east-chicago/article_98cf15b5-b4b0-5997-b296-0ef375233e63.html?fbclid=IwAR1Qd5BTI5XmOY-t5ZrTZZ1XwXEQ6hg2_21GJqVQfIQZUxj03zYfIwiy4YI
4) Most construction employers are evaluating crane operations and operators for OSHA requirements.
https://www.americancranesandtransport.com/nccco-foundation-polls-employers-on-operator-evaluations/145152.article?fbclid=IwAR2ZByHdHhTpK1ClDqO9-9zFma4elO-82fu0AVYzAmixaycpxkNT-Nc0sq0
5) Squirrel tests positive for bubonic plague.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/squirrel-tests-positive-bubonic-plague-colorado/story?id=71769840&cid=social_fb_abcn&fbclid=IwAR1_YTyUJfwab5rEt70R4Ysz__bNE_Tl9HTV5rrsnAOHZdaOurYbHeMQ064
6) Double fatality in TX due to sewer gases.
https://www.kjas.com/news/local_news/article_833cdbb0-c22d-11ea-8283-fb276d0c2322.html?fbclid=IwAR1G20SO_ba_zsvpHYGjgaCDwkqAoGsmJpgmBQzP5jVahd9zgAZwaREVuwE
7) $4 billion stadium should have no deaths. The second worker died o the job at the Stadium in CA. No details.
https://www.wgmd.com/second-worker-dies-on-construction-site-of-chargers-rams-new-stadium/?fbclid=IwAR3RhSc-JV8lGNFauTSGDWBAR8041jooRh7HfB7A82CFAAomDtdNDfmGOXc
8) 160 dead workers in a landslide in Myanmar
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-osha-ferrara-candy-machine-safety-violations-20200707-ro2eeswyw5bqxabj7fpdytosta-story.html?fbclid=IwAR0E9LaHwL22_9jWzmLJDQew90LceYk9lxexylyPV4b7VIPTIHqiXMXXNnQ
OSHA Citations
TX $497,920 Confined Space Death, Rail car cleaning.
OH $148,430 Residential roof fall willfuls, Roofer.
AL $218,192 Lockout jammed machine death, Lumber facilities.
GA $55,326 Caught in the conveyor. Saw mill.
FL $49,930 Fall, residential roof. Roofer.
GA $58,025 Fatal trench collapse, Telecom company.
Safety Training at Non-Profits (Check Sites for Starting Dates)
CSC 510 Aug 3-8
NIU 7510 Intro to OSHA Napervillle August 5
Machine Guarding Free Live Streaming August 10, 21
7005 Warehouse safety Online NIU Aug 11 week.
511 NIU Hoffman Estate Aug 17-20
7210 Panflu – Covid online Aug 27-28
NIU is Northern Illinois University OSHA Education Center http://www.nsec.niu.edu
FREE machine Guarding https://www.nsec.niu.edu/nsec/course-schedules/free-courses/free-machinery-courses/index.shtml
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 hours and the 500 series. I have been teaching many 10/30 hour classes for private companies. I have taught 1874 people this year. I teach evenings, weekends, early mornings too. I teach in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Indiana.
All presentations are put on slideshare.net for free downloading. I put this presentation at this link. https://www.slideshare.net/JohnNewquist/ppe-safety-237470147
I use your feedback to make changes to make corrections.
John Newquist
815-354-6853
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