OSHA sept news 2021

OSHA News for September 2021Hello, This was a month of training. I finishedan ASP CSP prep class last week. There was also an OSHA 511 class and sixtrenching classes. 16 days of training is much. September will bring more legalwork and different training. I am up to 1589 trained this year. This month’s PowerPoint is on industrialhygiene. I use this one in the Initial standards class. It is so hard to decidewhat not to talk about in health for 90 minutes. Illinois went back to masks indoorswith higher positivity rates. I see the fifth wave hitting my county due to alow 48% vaccination rate. Florida is 68% in comparison. The Construction Safety Council islooking for a safety trainer. https://buildsafe.recruitpro.com/jobs/193458-26271.html?fbclid=IwAR1zJhfIyml8CigZbQAOxm6MBRyYVmFjctxhAT83-dn18snKUEtYWWgZBnsI would like to visit a tank car cleaning company to make a PowerPoint on tank car cleaning safety. There is an OSHAemphasis program in Region V. John OSHA News. 1) Georgia-based cabinetmakingfirm FBS Manufacturing Corp. - which operates as Kitchen & Bath Solutions- has been fined $167,933 after a worker was killed on the job. OSHA says forklift operator Leonard Grier fell 15 feet onto aconcrete floor while attempting to move cabinets from storage racks onto hisforklift's pallet. The cabinets also fell, landing on top of him. Grier wassoon discovered by co-workers and taken to a hospital.2) OSHA cited contractor involved in 2deaths in Boston.https://www.wbur.org/news/2021/08/18/osha-report-worker-deaths-boston?fbclid=IwAR2xD4BUJYd37aqAVeFzE2EoNaFVcHSs5-gXcrqbiMcjrCtEnm2Obk7VHEg3) However, an investigation by Drilled News and Southerly foundthat the number of offshore worker deaths is being undercounted by the agency.Inconsistent and missing data, as well as loopholes that allow some fatalitiesto go unreported, make the offshore industry appear safer than it really is.https://www.wwno.org/coastal-desk/2021-08-18/offshore-oil-and-gas-worker-fatalities-are-underreported-by-federal-safety-agency?fbclid=IwAR3og47m8Rrpuw7i6G2-8RIPcLUsLUlOdCY-BKgK7vG5anwWKLnZuhx2vUs4) "Every time OSHA proposes a standard, [the] industryaccuses OSHA of killing jobs and destroying whatever industry is going to beregulated," said Jordan Barab, a former deputy assistant labor secretarywho helped shepherd two chemical-exposure standards through protractedrule-making processes. "That would probably follow with a heat standard."https://www.npr.org/2021/08/17/1026154042/hundreds-of-workers-have-died-from-heat-in-the-last-decade-and-its-getting-worse?fbclid=IwAR3xkdGtu5rL2kmbix0q45coA3SW9-j9L7QqnuGCN_Lm-6Uxm9JkViL0fho5) Not the Safe Way - The U.S. Department of Labor’s OccupationalSafety and Health Administration has proposed $339,379 in penalties forSafeway, Inc. after a worker at a Denver milk packaging plant lost four fingerswhile operating a molding machine that lacked required safeguards.https://kdvr.com/news/local/339379-in-penalties-proposed-by-osha-for-safeway-after-denver-milk-plant-worker-loses-4-fingers/?fbclid=IwAR0brRvEMkrRg3SwnWWfyGpVxt0gDxdtadjHV34ruUNmpe__DEZ1PV_rLu86) Region V OSHA announces tank car emphasis program.https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/enforcement/directives/CPL_04-00-028.pdf?fbclid=IwAR30nO-xGnPFNFM1USXjgzsZ9CS9NMTNZwMw4K_6jtW5b-KziDfUoWrW-tg7) OSHA Region 5 is hiring! Announcements to fill vacant SafetyTechnician positions in five of our Area Offices opened today, August 3, 2021,and will close on August 16. The locations are Appleton, Columbus, ChicagoNorth (Des Plaines), Naperville, and Peoria. Chicago North and Naperville havetwo vacancies, one of which requires Spanish fluency. The positions will befilled at the GS-7 level, with promotion potential to GS-8. Links to bothannouncements are below. Please share them with anyone who may be interested inapplying for the positions. Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you.No language requirement: DE-21-BOS-OSHA-325: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/609577300#Spanish required: DE-21-BOS-OSHA-324: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/609578900 Other Major News Stories. 1) Covid update. Floridaand the third shot. Againanother huge vaccination week for FL. Record 461,038 vaccinated in a week.Cases went up 151,749 with covid. Thevaccinated rate of 66% is much better than in my county of 46%. Dekalbis 37 cases, 81 vaccinated Friday. The third shot is recommended by Pfizer every five months. 2) Worker dies when hit by lightning.  https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/wisconsin/articles/2021-08-25/one-workers-dies-another-hurt-by-lightning-in-dunn-county?src=usn_fb&fbclid=IwAR2dVEQEyYwbd3Ugfuvgrtv1MvEbNX1OmgD5KHB9QHrk4P3EwXxiA_JR7x43) Highly contagious canine parvovirus outbreaknow in Sycamore, still in DeKalb, health officials warnCanine virus is highly contagious, healthofficials say pet owners should seek veterinary care immediately if symptomspresentBy Kelsey Rettke 4) YMCA worker hurt when pouring sulfuric acidin the tank.https://www.wlwt.com/article/ymca-staffer-hospitalized-poured-sulfuric-acid-in-hot-tub-chlorine-tank/37223939?fbclid=IwAR328OSGbJq8Gk_THWlJVSnNCzTd-xl2FEE-ZUn8a7mivmzCTd3JhaOuPXg 5) 70percent of U.S. adults have now received at least one dose of the Covid-19vaccinehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5tfLrYq0ck 6) Always lockout or machine guarding. The coroner says the man climbed into themachine to investigate and it came down on him, killing him instantly. https://www.lex18.com/news/scott-county-coroner-worker-killed-instantly-after-incident-at-georgetown-factory?fbclid=IwAR3mWk0NeJRJGx9yvZl7JTUEhxk3kSt-K_E07FFnbr6VAjfkbLMDV22mvzA7) Three brothers die in a manure pit.https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/3-brothers-die-after-getting-stuck-in-manure-pit/ar-AANdaBF?ocid=msedgntp&fbclid=IwAR30nO-xGnPFNFM1USXjgzsZ9CS9NMTNZwMw4K_6jtW5b-KziDfUoWrW-tg8) Five died in the British Columbia cranecollapse. https://bc.ctvnews.ca/5th-body-recovered-from-site-of-kelowna-b-c-crane-collapse-1.5508667?fbclid=IwAR3og47m8Rrpuw7i6G2-8RIPcLUsLUlOdCY-BKgK7vG5anwWKLnZuhx2vUs9) Chevron pays $160 million to settlelawsuits from fire. https://cen.acs.org/safety/industrial-safety/Chevron-reaches-160-million-settlement/96/web/2018/10?fbclid=IwAR2yCplUuW2bKyxiejGC1tZXxCIaaaLdzYEdlQAjtCNmIOZ8Uq-VW3AiuO4  Recent OSHA CitationsState    InspectionNumber      Employer          City       IssuanceDate              Initial PenaltyIL           1521137.015    West Liberty Foods, LLC           BOLINGBROOK              08/02/2021      $50,907.00RI           1521251.015    Rossy Construction Corp.         NORTH SMITHFIELD     08/02/2021      $42,052.00CA         1524556.015    Pactiv LLC         BAKERSFIELD   08/03/2021              $48,230.00MD       1516379.015    Garcia Carpenter LLC  CHESTER              08/03/2021      $55,900.00MN       1516175.015    Scott Thomes Construction LLC            NISSWA              08/03/2021      $50,700.00OH        1527443.015    Case Farms Processing, Inc.    CANTON              08/04/2021      $102,398.00CA         1486716.015    Oakhurst Industries, Inc.          HAYWARD              08/05/2021      $42,750.00IL           1518016.015    Why Not Iron, Inc.        CHICAGO              08/05/2021      $44,861.00IL           1522382.015    Topflight Grain Cooperative, Inc.         PIERSON STATION           08/05/2021      $303,510.00OK         1517709.015    Blue Bell Creameries, L. P.       BROKEN ARROW              08/05/2021      $107,275.00OK         1517862.015    Blue Bell Creameries, L. P.       BROKEN ARROW              08/05/2021      $54,612.00OK         1517935.015    American Thermal Systems, Inc.          BROKEN ARROW             08/05/2021      $43,690.00WA       1515953.015    AMERICA 1ST ROOFING & BUILDERS INC.              BONNEY LAKE 08/05/2021      $168,039.00 IA          1529168.015    Van Diest Supply Company     WEBSTER CITY              08/06/2021      $45,932.00IL           1532721.015    Shur-Co, LLC    DECATUR          08/06/2021              $62,415.00NV        1522273.015    ERICKSON FRAMING NV LLC   RENO              08/06/2021      $48,277.00PA         1514803.015    Birdsboro Kosher Farms Corporation              BIRDSBORO      08/09/2021      $40,550.00CO         1514885.015    Safeway Inc.    DENVER            08/10/2021              $339,379.00IL           1517887.015    KOCH MEAT CO., INC. DBA KOCH FOODS              CHICAGO          08/10/2021      $136,532.00CT         1525407.015    Spirol International Corporation              DANIELSON      08/11/2021      $93,837.00FL          1516619.015    Condotte America, LLC             DORAL              08/11/2021      $54,065.00NJ          1542145.015    Brilliant Building & Design LLC              BUDD LAKE     08/11/2021      $40,545.00OH        1539328.015    New Day Farms             JOHNSTOWN              08/11/2021      $40,548.00CA         1517744.015    Porter Rents, LLC          NEWARK              08/12/2021      $68,450.00LA          1516768.015    FreedomTrucks of America, LLC           LAKE CHARLES           08/12/2021      $53,831.00NJ          1515139.015    White Cap L.P. NORTH BERGEN              08/12/2021      $81,918.00WI         1528664.015    Drexel Building Supply, Inc.     FITCHBURG              08/12/2021      $70,218.00CO         1515993.015    Key Structures, LLC      PUEBLO              08/13/2021      $204,679.00CO         1515647.015    JBS Foods, Inc. GREELEY            08/17/2021              $174,566.00NC         1515698.015    Griffin Masonry, Inc.   CORNELIUS              08/17/2021      $68,400.00WA       1537424.015    RICHMOND AMERICAN HOMES OF WASHINGTON INC.      ENUMCLAW    08/19/2021      $59,840.00Safety Training at Non-Profits (CheckSites for Starting Dates)OSHA 7500 Safety management                        Sep 21OSHA 7005 Warehouse Safety                            Sep 28OSHA 511 online                                                     Sep13-16Machine Guarding  NIU Online                          Sep 3, 22, 29OSHA 7210 Comb dust                                          Sep 9NIU is Northern Illinois UniversityOSHA Education Center http://www.nsec.niu.eduFREE machine Guardinghttps://www.nsec.niu.edu/nsec/course-schedules/free-courses/free-machinery-courses/index.shtmlCSC is the Construction Safety Councilin Hillside. Www.Buildsafe.orgTRMA is Three Rivers ManufacturersAssociation   www.trma.orgNSC is National Safety Councilhttp://www.nsec.niu.edu/nsec/Global OSHA ishttps://www.globalosha.org/I usually teach only part of the 30hour and the 500 series. I have been teaching many 10/30 hour class for privatecompanies.  I have taught 1598 peoplethis year. I teach evenings, weekends, early mornings too. I teach inWisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Indiana.    All presentations are put onslideshare.net for free downloading. I put this presentation at this link.https://www.slideshare.net/JohnNewquist/industrial-hygiene-2021I use your feedback to make changes tomake corrections.

osha news August 2021

OSHA News for August 2021 Hello, This was a month of audits. I got to go to some large companies and see some good best practices. I am seeing many China Shackles used. One Chinese manufacturer said the shackle was not to be used for personnel safe lifting or lifting safety. This month’s powerpoint is a custom one that I did for a large mechanical contractor. They wanted all employees to learn some lockout and confined space. The workers that would enter a confined space or lockout would take a four hour version. Custom training is the growing area of safety. They said the past lockout was only for machines that they would never lockout. Online training is ending, and classroom training is in demand. The delta variant is causing companies to require vaccination or proof of a negative covid tests. Stay cool in the hot August. . Water should be cool, potable, and near the work area. Encourage workers to hydrate themselves John OSHA News. 1) 10 Months in jail for trench death. https://www.equipmentworld.com/business/article/15066701/contractor-gets-10-months-in-jail-for-trench-death?fbclid=IwAR01uV3MgtvK1cC_Hds4Dp77gEW6tP4LLSmeIHLF8M87QZNZWmBLIuxYVDE 2) OSHA has levied a big batch of fines -- just shy of $1 million -- over the disaster at Foundation Food Group, the Georgia poultry plant where six workers died in January due to a liquid nitrogen leak. Labor Sec Marty Walsh says the disaster was "entirely avoidable." https://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/national/07232021 3) OSHA hiring industrial hygienists https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/608043200?fbclid=IwAR2Wnh0JjNk1PmK-HmwdxRj2MJp-JmVuHA049gO8Wbde1LtWfRy1STenQNU 4) Bonuses tied to injury rates unlawful? https://www.natlawreview.com/article/bonuses-tied-to-low-injury-rates-will-they-be-unacceptable-to-biden-s-osha-video?fbclid=IwAR25Uf9ycV2JvAxAJSyQjTspzITq9cvCr9FP9tx42IPXbK02g1E5mKbcLAg 5) OSHA issues tree trimmer guidance. https://www.osha.gov/memos/2021-06-30/inspection-guidance-for-tree-care-and-tree-removal-operations?fbclid=IwAR0gHhn-AUKtzuT-9Z4fCQkkg9Z7q_m-nXqoOiGpGHIVTErjuKj7m5v8HbY 6) Oregon issues heat guidelines. https://www.kptv.com/news/oregon-osha-establishes-new-temporary-rules-to-protect-workers-in-heat-effective-immediately/article_d72d35dc-e075-11eb-aaae-1be7ec8dafad.html?fbclid=IwAR2Pe9elxYqrcMMzoJjG8kdJ1cLrgIl9IhuQiSdMx7QZ0y2yHGgfo1eTY90 7) Guilty plea in Rail car deaths. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/nebraska-railcar-cleaning-company-and-its-owners-plead-guilty-violating-environmental-and?fbclid=IwAR0gHhn-AUKtzuT-9Z4fCQkkg9Z7q_m-nXqoOiGpGHIVTErjuKj7m5v8HbY 8) OSHA starts COVID emphasis program, https://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/trade/07082021-0?fbclid=IwAR0DJli9mpjOs-BX3e3XVoCUJeW2DlZSBzk9OD606zJcFTlT-fPeT51Ffjo 9) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Region V office in Chicago has announced a Regional Emphasis Program (REP), a targeted outreach and enforcement of OSHA's occupational noise exposure standard (29 CFR 1910.95) at manufacturing facilities throughout Region V (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin). 10) Other Major News Stories. 1) Monthly update #c19 #coronavirus #covid19 Presumptive cases not counted Saturday July 31,2021 596,237 deaths, 34,948,534 cases, one dose 189,954,907, fully vaccinated 163,868,916 The hot spot is FL 600 deaths in 2 weeks. TX is 350, AZ is 224, MO 193. Florida is becoming the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, and just this week, cases jumped 50 percent, with more than 110,000 new cases reported. Case numbers are now back to where they were in January before the vaccine became available. According to the Florida Health Department, the new positivity rate for all of Florida is at 18.1%. In Broward, it’s 14%, Miami-Dade is at 12.1%, and Monroe County is at 16.2%. Florida now has more people hospitalized than any other state Dr. Yvonne Johnson, Chief Medical Officer at Baptist South Miami Hospital, said the number of patients in her COVID ward has quadrupled in the past 3 weeks. “Eighty to eighty-five percent of those people who are hospitalized are unvaccinated. And 100 percent of the people in my IUC are unvaccinated. All those people are suffering unnecessarily.” Other hospitals like Memorial Health Care System say they are overwhelmed “This morning, we had over 420 patients with COVID. And 55 are in the ICU.” “In the ICU, 55 people are fighting for their lives and only one of them is unvaccinated.” “Most of the patients are in their 30s and 40s and it is very sad to have someone die in the ICU by themselves without a touch of someone’s face of seeing loved ones,” said Juana Mejia, a COVID ICU nurse manager. Health officials in Austin, Texas, issued a dire warning on Friday: There are only about 16 staffed ICU beds left for the entire region, an 11-county area that's home to more than two million people. It's the lowest number of ICU beds available in the region since the pandemic began, the city said. Since July 15, hospitalizations in Dallas County have increased from 181 to 397, according to Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins. The number of patients in the ICU has increased from 53 to 120 over the same time period, Jenkins said. The Delaware DOH The two people who died range in age from their 60s to 80s, bringing Delaware’s total number of Covid-related deaths to 1,700, more than the population of the Kent County town of Cheswold. Neither person was vaccinated, both had underlying health conditions. Neither resided in long-term care facility. Nearly all deaths in recent weeks came from individuals who were not fully vaccinated. "The hospitalization and ICU rates are going up like a rocket," said Nebraska Medicine's Dr. James Lawler. Lawler said with the sudden rise of more sick people now in the hospital, there will be grim news come Labor Day. "It takes about a month before you start seeing deaths in your community in a pandemic wave," he said. Alabama now added probable and confirmed COVID deaths as one total. Sunday, June 18, 2021 – 590839 deaths, 34.7 million infections, 161,2 million fully vaccinated, 186.0 million one dose 2) CDC Press Conference on updated mask guidance: CDC confirms that it is recommending everyone wear masks indoors in areas with highly or substantial transmission (Map below); some vaccinated people can spread virus to others, but vast majority of transmission is happening among unvaccinated people; Vaccines are still highly effective against severe disease with delta variant 3) Another forklift death at Menards https://www.fox9.com/news/menards-closes-golden-valley-store-for-night-after-family-protests-workers-death 4) Contractor caused Chemtool accident https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/608043200?fbclid=IwAR2Wnh0JjNk1PmK-HmwdxRj2MJp-JmVuHA049gO8Wbde1LtWfRy1STenQNU 5) 100 treated for chemical at Six Flags. https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/07/17/fire-crews-responding-to-chemical-leak-at-six-flags-hurricane-harbor-in-spring/?fbclid=IwAR01uV3MgtvK1cC_Hds4Dp77gEW6tP4LLSmeIHLF8M87QZNZWmBLIuxYVDE 6) Four dead from CO https://www.wsaz.com/app/2021/07/18/4-michigan-festivalgoers-dead-3-exposed-carbon-monoxide/?fbclid=IwAR2H1E2bfAsPte-PtB-JIhZ6pHSSp9JnyC-pD7iX51GOhNvmksrGHII9Ad0 7) Lockout failure cost teen forearm. https://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20210708/NEWS08/912343087/Supermarket-fined-after-teen%E2%80%99s-arm-amputated?fbclid=IwAR3LBZH9N-jgQvrjCsasNxzvIwsnwuRUdUdaAP8cu_ehLVqM7YwtQqegUg8 8) A medical examiner in Michigan says an autopsy has determined that Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks died of chest trauma from an errant fireworks mortar blast, and not a fall, as authorities previously reported. Police in Novi, Michigan, said the mortar-style firework tilted slightly and started to fire toward people nearby Sunday night. The 24-year-old Kivlenieks was in a hot tub and tried to get clear with several other people, police Lt. Jason Meier said https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/31764017/columbus-blue-jackets-goalie-matiss-kivlenieks-24-dies-tragic-accident?fbclid=IwAR0ZDMaYs6qAz6PQPlOPjmBFifDZ75hloFe_iz88Ik5SHNipUSWVFq-ydm0 Recent OSHA Citations State Inspection Number Employer City Issuance Date Initial Penalty PA 1511056.015 UTCRAS Inc. MORTON 07/21/2021 $116,050.00 CA 1505655.015 California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - California Institution for Women CORONA 07/16/2021 $42,075.00 DE 1509568.015 Allen Harim Foods, LLC HARBESON 07/16/2021 $147,380.00 VA 1517447.015 Daikin Applied Americas Inc. VERONA 07/16/2021 $40,600.00 FL 1511968.015 ARCI LTD TEMPLE TERRACE 07/15/2021 $48,765.00 KS 1533929.015 Budde Enterprises, Inc. NEWTON 07/15/2021 $54,612.00 NJ 1510335.015 U.S. POSTAL SERVICE KEARNY 07/15/2021 $48,765.00 TX 1525244.015 Centurion American Construction Enterprises LLC FORT WORTH 07/15/2021 $42,130.00 TX 1510477.015 D&D Manufacturing, Inc. EL PASO 07/15/2021 $358,138.00 TX 1518231.015 D&D Manufacturing, Inc. EL PASO 07/15/2021 $54,612.00 AL 1510451.015 Weaver Environmental Services, Inc. HUNTSVILLE 07/14/2021 $110,590.00 CO 1522924.015 Dick's Sporting Good, Inc. BROOMFIELD 07/14/2021 $75,095.00 WI 1520270.015 Amerilux International LLC DE PERE 07/14/2021 $64,954.00 GA 1516071.015 THERMO PAC, LLC STONE MOUNTAIN 07/13/2021 $40,959.00 KS 1512451.015 National Beef Packing Co. LLC LIBERAL 07/13/2021 $67,485.00 KS 1521621.015 National Beef Packing Co. LLC LIBERAL 07/13/2021 $94,402.00 TX 1513741.015 CG Plumbing & Underground Utilities HOUSTON 07/13/2021 $151,746.00 VA 1520294.015 S.A. Halac Iron Works, Inc. STERLING 07/13/2021 $53,980.00 VA 1525187.015 S.A. Halac Iron Works, Inc. STERLING 07/13/2021 $56,795.00 WA 1528765.015 INTEGRITY ROOFING & CONSTRUCTION LLC SEABECK 07/13/2021 $45,600.00 DE 1512320.015 CM Beach VIOLA 07/12/2021 $45,056.00 DE 1510408.015 Tidewater Utilities Inc. DOVER 07/12/2021 $71,973.00 MI 1511628.015 Michigan Sugar Company BAY CITY 07/12/2021 $280,000.00 OH 1518620.015 Mondragon Roofing, Siding & Gutters LLC DBA Mondragon Roofing BLUE ASH 07/12/2021 $43,553.00 FL 1522659.015 CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. WINTER HAVEN 07/09/2021 $68,265.00 GA 1510308.015 Novalis US, LLC DALTON 07/09/2021 $59,684.00 IL 1515904.015 Rich Products Corporation CREST HILL 07/09/2021 $43,105.00 MO 1534192.015 SRZ MGMT HOLDINGS LLC MONETT 07/09/2021 $95,570.00 WI 1510042.015 L.H. Krueger and Son, Inc. DELAFIELD 07/08/2021 $58,573.00 WI 1509280.015 Tramont Manufacturing LLC MILWAUKEE 07/08/2021 $173,394.00 WI 1509809.015 Tramont Manufacturing LLC MILWAUKEE 07/08/2021 $42,913.00 CA 1497246.015 MARK'S MOBILE TRUCK SERVICE LLC SIGNAL HILL 07/07/2021 $62,535.00 KY 1523341.015 STRATUS PLASTICS KY LLC PROVO 07/07/2021 $56,525.00 CA 1500845.015 County of Marin SAN RAFAEL 07/02/2021 $41,550.00 CA 1512533.015 Kaiser Foundation Hospitals/Kaiser Permanente-Oakland Medical Center OAKLAND 07/02/2021 $51,560.00 CA 1523238.015 Orange County Fire Authority IRVINE 07/02/2021 $90,500.00 NC 1526928.015 Isometrics, Inc. REIDSVILLE 07/02/2021 $40,100.00 TX 1510521.015 Tejas Tubular Products, Inc. HOUSTON 07/02/2021 $40,376.00 WA 1511491.015 SOL CONSTRUCTION LLC OLYMPIA 07/02/2021 $80,718.00 NE 1520190.015 Ardent Mills OMAHA 07/01/2021 $43,273.00 OH 1527450.015 Springco Metal Coatings Inc. CLEVELAND 07/01/2021 $144,818.00 OH 1526773.015 Physicians Ambulance Service Inc. CLEVELAND 07/01/2021 $49,152.00 OH 1532324.015 Soundwich Inc. CLEVELAND 07/01/2021 $78,097.00 TX 1510428.015 McDowell Packaging & Advertising Co, Inc. PLANO 07/01/2021 $128,340.00 Safety Training at Non-Profits (Check Sites for Starting Dates) CSC 502 Aug 9 at CSC OSHA 511 online August 2-5 Machine Guarding NIU Online August 13 ASP CSP prep Global OSHA Aug 23-27 CSC 2055 cranes Aug 30-Sep1 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/ Global OSHA is https://www.globalosha.org/ 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 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/mechanical-contractor-lockout-confined-space-awareness-ppt-2021 I use your feedback to make changes to make correcti

OSHA NEEW July 2021

OSHA News for July 2021 Hello, This was a fast month. I got to do more audits and training. The newsletter is early since I will take vacation this weekend for a week. This month is the new OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard on Covid. It will apply mostly to healthcare where they are working with Covid patients. I plan to teach it July 8 via nsec.niu.edu. I am seeing some accidents related to the bright sun. Driving slower and wearing sunglasses can help. I had five people pass the CHST and ASP exams. I have been working on studying materials for the exams. ASP is only a 60% pass rate. I have the Covid antibodies. I wanted to get the test since the vaccine didn’t cause much reaction. John OSHA News. 1) Anita Mock passed away on June 30. . She was in the Chicago Regional Office and the person who greeted visitors at the door. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/chicagotribune/name/anita-mock-obituary?id=5902684 2) John Wilhelm passed away July 1, 2021. He was a compliance officer in the Aurora Office. https://www.fitzgeraldfh.com/obituaries/John-W-Wihelm?obId=21598612&fbclid=IwAR3RacWV9knInhTPpO0eBtoWyAuN1Af25JdsFTuwwr1vdZDoHau1QzlisOc#/obituaryInfo Other Major News Stories. 1) #covid update. Less hospitaliztions. Last night: US reported 7,319 cases, 393 deaths, and 12,633 current hospitalizations. Compared to one week ago: 7,856 cases, 219 deaths, and 14,232 current hospitalizations. 53.55% of US population has received one dose of a multi dose vaccine versus 53.46% prior update. 45.35% of US population has been fully vaccinated versus 45.24% prior update. Data source: CDC. Week over week comparisons are used because the volatility in weekend reporting data. Vaccine data is compared to the previous report which is updated every weekday. 2) 120 years ago a firework explosion in Paterson NJ killed several. https://nj1015.com/the-paterson-fireworks-explosion-of-1901/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral&fbclid=IwAR1TLTrLC69eea2405p22_x2KLDP4Qa6B1u1YR3uJz8MGnNuplfP9Rwn5dk 3) Bryon nuclear is closing. I spent many inspections there. https://www.shawlocal.com/sauk-valley/news/government/2021/06/19/exelon-files-to-close-byron-nuclear-plant/?fbclid=IwAR1Am06svm2p_IBqFsB4PtmLZa3qj0t-b4TjkEgyuFu2-IyEFli7roP_VUs 4) Amazon and National Safety Council announced a five-year partnership to invent new ways to prevent the largest category of workplace injuries in the U.S., musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). Amazon and NSC have been working together for months on this first-of-its-kind collaboration. 5) $222 million verdict in steam scalding death. https://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article251828923.html?fbclid=IwAR2HmMIwNiHteQE3Eor1vmsNWpTXyF4v2C9kPUHeO0QiqgDh3_g1jRAEUBQ 6) Recent OSHA Citations State Inspection Number Employer City Issuance Date Initial Penalty NC 1511684.015 H M Woodworking, Inc. NEWTON 06/07/2021 $47,700.00 CA 1505064.015 Monterey Mushrooms, Inc. WATSONVILLE 06/04/2021 $75,000.00 KS 1516900.015 Pyramid Foods COFFEYVILLE 06/04/2021 $40,961.00 CA 1492143.015 Copper Harbor Company, Inc. SAN LEANDRO 06/03/2021 $50,995.00 CA 1505656.015 O'Reilly Auto Enterprises, LLC MORENO VALLEY 06/03/2021 $45,900.00 ID 1514446.015 Tamarack Mill, LLC NEW MEADOWS 06/03/2021 $40,549.00 IL 1515481.015 J. L. Clark, LLC ROCKFORD 06/03/2021 $107,284.00 KY 1505686.015 EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. RUSSELLVILLE 06/03/2021 $84,000.00 MD 1522695.015 Jose Flores ODENTON 06/03/2021 $75,725.00 NJ 1508830.015 Fidelity Paper & Supply Corp. EAST HANOVER 06/03/2021 $40,551.00 NV 1516337.015 Circa Resorts, LLC LAS VEGAS 06/03/2021 $61,440.00 OH 1513536.015 Sygma Network, Inc. COLUMBUS 06/03/2021 $109,224.00 WI 1505481.015 Didion Milling, Inc. CAMBRIA 06/03/2021 $676,808.00 CA 1494585.015 GHC of Pleasanton, LLC PLEASANTON 06/02/2021 $66,875.00 GA 1506061.015 Foundation Food Group, Inc. GAINESVILLE 06/02/2021 $54,612.00 NY 1506710.015 Meloon Foundries, LLC SYRACUSE 06/02/2021 $68,266.00 CA 1483234.015 PLM Operations, LLC MODESTO 06/01/2021 $50,000.00 Safety Training at Non-Profits (Check Sites for Starting Dates) CSC 7115 lockout July 12 at CSC OSHA 511 online July 12-15 Machine Guarding NIU Online July 9, 23 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/ Global OSHA is https://www.globalosha.org/ 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 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/johnanewquist/ I use your feedback to make changes to make corrections.

OSHA NEws June 2021

OSHA News for June 2021 Hello, This was a fast month. I got to do more audits and training. The newsletter is early since I will take vacation this weekend for a week. This month is the new OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard on Covid. It will apply mostly to healthcare where they are working with Covid patients. I plan to teach it July 8 via nsec.niu.edu. I am seeing some accidents related to the bright sun. Driving slower and wearing sunglasses can help. I had five people pass the CHST and ASP exams. I have been working on studying materials for the exams. ASP is only a 60% pass rate. I have the Covid antibodies. I wanted to get the test since the vaccine didn’t cause much reaction. John OSHA News. 1) A Senate committee approved President Joe Biden‘s nominees for three U.S. Labor Department leadership roles, including occupational safety chief, advancing them to the full chamber, the panel announced Wednesday. The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee voted 13-9 for Doug Parker to lead the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; 2) OSHA is hiring. All OSHA jobs via USAjobs. https://www.usajobs.gov 3) OSHA was at Chemtool before the explosion for a complaint inspection. https://wrex.com/2021/06/15/weeks-before-fire-federal-investigators-from-osha-visited-rockton-chemtool-plant/?fbclid=IwAR1XGeerpaex9XlOvFqZ5N9JGajgRgJVuEN3rIEl_785Eg3rRoYFpa4d_SM 4) A link to the OSHA ETS on Covid. https://www.osha.gov/coronavirus/ets?fbclid=IwAR36lRrZ3SGacHMdCam9-DsUh9Ri9-tc_aLaLtbeUEML9qb0_9x-i2aRw3U 5) Recruiting a Hurdle to Biden’s Goal of Doubling OSHA Inspectors Emphasis on finding multi-lingual candidates 155 new field agents proposed for fiscal 2022 BGov, By Bruce Rolfsen and Fatima Hussein | June 7, 2021 1:26PM ET President Joe Biden’s goal of doubling OSHA’s inspection force to roughly 1,500 by 2024 faces daunting challenges—from recruiting and training people with the needed skills to convincing lawmakers to pay for the new positions. The pandemic wreaked havoc on health-care workers and non-English-speaking immigrant workers in the manufacturing, agriculture, and meatpacking industries. The administration’s plans to increase inspectors is driven by frustration with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s inability to respond to an overwhelming number of worker complaints. OSHA will now need to focus on hiring multilingual staff with an array of technical skills and understanding of workplace dynamics, said Rebecca Reindel, director of occupational safety and health for the AFL-CIO. The buildup would also cost tens of millions of dollars annually and require a long-term financial commitment, according to the president’s fiscal 2022 budget proposal. As of April, OSHA had 748 inspectors, officially called compliance safety and health officers, according to the agency. In the field, they’re supervised by about 200 area office directors and assistant directors. At its current staffing level the agency is limited in how many inspections it can do that aren’t in response to immediate reports of injuries or hazards, said Tom Galassi, who retired from OSHA in 2018 as head of its enforcement directorate. “By doubling the number, OSHA will get the capability that they’ve long needed,” Galassi said. https://assets.bwbx.io/.../iIy.../iXU8g2jd.DqQ/v0/620x-1.png OSHA staffing FY 2022 Budget Proposal The proposed $664.4 million appropriation for fiscal 2022 would essentially take OSHA’s peak budget during the Obama administration—$564.8 million in fiscal 2012—and adjust it upward for inflation. The 2022 enforcement budget would grow 10% from fiscal 2021 to $254.6 million. Over the coming fiscal year, OSHA would create 155 new inspector positions and add 52 other jobs, including assistant area directors and technicians. Altogether, OSHA’s enforcement staff would grow to 1,545 positions in 2022, a 15% increase from 2021’s 1,338. Another 85 inspector positions were funded for fiscal 2021 by a Covid-19 relief bill, the American Rescue Plan Act, passed in March. Once the new inspectors are in the field, they’ll likely respond to severe injury and hospitalization reports from employers, while inspectors with three or more years of experience will handle inspections that require more planning, such as checking factories for machine hazards and chemical processing plants, according to OSHA’s spending plan. The increasing ranks of inspector should enable OSHA to boost inspection numbers. In 2022, OSHA projects conducting 36,984 inspections, a 19% boost over the 31,013 projected for 2021. positions approved, about 440 more than at the end of the George W. Bush presidency. Then, spending cuts mandated by Congress took their toll and by 2020 staffing had declined to 1,865 positions. Biden’s nominee to lead the agency, Doug Parker, told senators during his May 27 confirmation hearing that recruiting and training new staff was his “top priority.” “We have to be able to build trust with the communities that are most affected by worker health and safety issues, and most affected by injury, illness, and death,” Parker said. “And then we also have to be able to deliver the goods once those workers have the trust in us to come forward and take the risks that are involved in complaining about a workplace that’s unsafe,” he added. 6) OSHA page in heat stress https://www.osha.gov/heat-exposure?fbclid=IwAR1d5pCOslhugf26VhDjMXrBdcQYRdGK50g7ZPQ6LQLTUI67QN0uOtoiX6A Other Major News Stories. 1) #covid update. Less hospitaliztions. Last night: US reported 7,319 cases, 393 deaths, and 12,633 current hospitalizations. Compared to one week ago: 7,856 cases, 219 deaths, and 14,232 current hospitalizations. 53.55% of US population has received one dose of a multi dose vaccine versus 53.46% prior update. 45.35% of US population has been fully vaccinated versus 45.24% prior update. Data source: CDC. Week over week comparisons are used because the volatility in weekend reporting data. Vaccine data is compared to the previous report which is updated every weekday. 2) 120 years ago a firework explosion in Paterson NJ killed several. https://nj1015.com/the-paterson-fireworks-explosion-of-1901/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral&fbclid=IwAR1TLTrLC69eea2405p22_x2KLDP4Qa6B1u1YR3uJz8MGnNuplfP9Rwn5dk 3) Bryon nuclear is closing. I spent many inspections there. https://www.shawlocal.com/sauk-valley/news/government/2021/06/19/exelon-files-to-close-byron-nuclear-plant/?fbclid=IwAR1Am06svm2p_IBqFsB4PtmLZa3qj0t-b4TjkEgyuFu2-IyEFli7roP_VUs 4) Amazon and National Safety Council announced a five-year partnership to invent new ways to prevent the largest category of workplace injuries in the U.S., musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). Amazon and NSC have been working together for months on this first-of-its-kind collaboration. 5) $222 million verdict in steam scalding death. https://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article251828923.html?fbclid=IwAR2HmMIwNiHteQE3Eor1vmsNWpTXyF4v2C9kPUHeO0QiqgDh3_g1jRAEUBQ 6) Recent OSHA Citations State Inspection Number Employer City Issuance Date Initial Penalty NC 1511684.015 H M Woodworking, Inc. NEWTON 06/07/2021 $47,700.00 CA 1505064.015 Monterey Mushrooms, Inc. WATSONVILLE 06/04/2021 $75,000.00 KS 1516900.015 Pyramid Foods COFFEYVILLE 06/04/2021 $40,961.00 CA 1492143.015 Copper Harbor Company, Inc. SAN LEANDRO 06/03/2021 $50,995.00 CA 1505656.015 O'Reilly Auto Enterprises, LLC MORENO VALLEY 06/03/2021 $45,900.00 ID 1514446.015 Tamarack Mill, LLC NEW MEADOWS 06/03/2021 $40,549.00 IL 1515481.015 J. L. Clark, LLC ROCKFORD 06/03/2021 $107,284.00 KY 1505686.015 EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. RUSSELLVILLE 06/03/2021 $84,000.00 MD 1522695.015 Jose Flores ODENTON 06/03/2021 $75,725.00 NJ 1508830.015 Fidelity Paper & Supply Corp. EAST HANOVER 06/03/2021 $40,551.00 NV 1516337.015 Circa Resorts, LLC LAS VEGAS 06/03/2021 $61,440.00 OH 1513536.015 Sygma Network, Inc. COLUMBUS 06/03/2021 $109,224.00 WI 1505481.015 Didion Milling, Inc. CAMBRIA 06/03/2021 $676,808.00 CA 1494585.015 GHC of Pleasanton, LLC PLEASANTON 06/02/2021 $66,875.00 GA 1506061.015 Foundation Food Group, Inc. GAINESVILLE 06/02/2021 $54,612.00 NY 1506710.015 Meloon Foundries, LLC SYRACUSE 06/02/2021 $68,266.00 CA 1483234.015 PLM Operations, LLC MODESTO 06/01/2021 $50,000.00 Safety Training at Non-Profits (Check Sites for Starting Dates) CSC 7115 lockout July 12 at CSC OSHA 511 online July 12-15 Machine Guarding NIU Online July 9, 23 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/ Global OSHA is https://www.globalosha.org/ 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 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/johnanewquist/ I use your feedback to make changes to make correcti