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.