OSHA December 2021 news

OSHA News for December 2021 Hello, This was a crazy busy month with work everyday. The New OSHA ETS on Vaccinate/test came out. The 5th circuit said no. The 6th circuit will hear the case. The ETS is taught part of the OSHA Harwood grant. www.nsec.edu for free training. I broke the 2000 student taught barrier for the seventh year in a row. December, January and February are all booked. Thanks for all the classes and audits. Registration is Open for 145-Hour Safety Administrator Certificate Course. This is one of the best preparation classes for the CHST. Dozens have passed the CHST on the first try after completion. You will earn many certificates along the way. It starts December 7 – May 12 on Tuesday and Thursday via ZOOM. Classes are 6-9pm. Several instructors including myself will be teaching. https://buildsafe.org/Training/EventId/56/e/145-hour-construction-safety-administrator-certificate-course-17-0-7-dec-2021 I will quit uploading ppts to slideshare.net. They now charge $9.99 to be a scribd member to able to download a free product. This month ppt is the Vax Test ppt on the ETS that came out. Even though it is on hold, OSHA can use general duty as in the examples mentioned. Philadelphia 76er Joel Embiid on having COVID-19: “I really thought I wasn’t going to make it. It was that bad.” John OSHA News. 1) Congrats to Bill Donovan for making Regional Administrator in Chicago. He has worked in the Region 15 years and was great in Enforcement programs and Deputy RA/ 2) The Biden administration is asking the 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals to wipe away an order from another appeals court blocking its Occupational Safety and Health Administration vaccine mandate. Several lawsuits were brought challenging the OSHA mandate, and last week the cases were consolidated in the 6th Circuit, an appeals court that leans right, as 10 of its 16 active judges are Republican appointees. 3) The House passed H.R.5376. This has the $700,000 willful and $70,000 Serious. It could sit in the Senate for months if there are not the votes. https://www.congress.gov/.../117th.../house-bill/5376/text 4) Congrats to Galen Blanton the NEW RA in Boston! Galen worked as auditor in Region V. We had coffee every 9 am. He drank a quad shot of expresso in the coffee while I drank mine with sugar and cream. 5) Congrats to Eric Harbin for becoming Region 6 Dallas RA. I worked with Eric in DC when he was in the Directorate of construction. He moved several times and it is good to see him back home. 6) OSHA ended fiscal 2021 with 750 inspectors 40 less than end of f.y. 2020 and least in agency history 7) Republicans appear poised to win the fight over whether Florida should pull out of OSHA. 8) Smithfield settles OSHA covid general duty clause. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/safety/smithfield-agrees-to-make-infectious-disease-plan-after-outbreak?fbclid=IwAR1sHF04KIAQ1YYwzmpbbQcoXi1aufdiBAa6k61USghjw7_9piOAs9LmQf8 Other Major News Stories. 1) As alarm over a new, possibly more infectious coronavirus variant spread around the world, France, Britain, Japan and Israel began to ban or order quarantines for air passengers arriving from the southern African region. Susan Hopkins, chief medical adviser to Britain’s Health and Security Agency, warned that the new variant found in southern Africa is the “most worrying we’ve seen.” 2) US jobless claims hit 52-year low after seasonal adjustments The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits plummeted last week to the lowest level in more than half a century, another sign that the U.S. job market is rebounding rapidly from last year’s coronavirus recession 3) Procter & Gamble voluntarily recalls certain Old Spice and Secret spray antiperspirant products after detection of benzene. 4) Ivermectin recovery? https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211119/naperville-hospital-covid-19-patient-in-ivermectin-lawsuit-doing-better?fbclid=IwAR3GZr30wO84VJsL3Dv__kcTq7bmM505_kssW24uGPnYZAqrFYzM5Cuauvc 5) Over the five-year period of 2015–2019 as a whole, cooking was the leading cause of home fires and home fire injuries, while smoking was the leading cause of home fire deaths. OSHA Citations for November 2021 CA 1532889.015 Sylvester Roofing Company Inc. POWAY 11/01/2021 $72,250.00 DE 1552080.015 Pearce & Moretto, Inc. MIDDLETOWN 11/01/2021 $47,785.00 DE 1552274.015 Sterling Gutters LLC MIDDLETOWN 11/01/2021 $40,957.00 NJ 1550656.015 Madeira Framing Co. MAHWAH 11/01/2021 $55,782.00 TX 1531135.015 K&N Engineering Inc. GRAND PRAIRIE 11/01/2021 $42,912.00 KS 1554307.015 Public Storage Inc. WICHITA 11/02/2021 $42,911.00 TX 1530699.015 Sesco Terminal Corporation HOUSTON 11/02/2021 $50,204.00 TX 1530829.015 Sesco Terminal Corporation HOUSTON 11/02/2021 $185,368.00 WA 1536163.015 ALLWAYS ROOFING INC. SNOHOMISH 11/02/2021 $424,964.00 WI 1531243.015 Waupaca Foundry, Inc. MARINETTE 11/02/2021 $163,836.00 NY 1531209.015 Ultimate Construction Albany NY, LLC GLOVERSVILLE 11/04/2021 $70,996.00 DE 1531241.015 Hardscapes DE, LLC HARBESON 11/05/2021 $60,077.00 IA 1549549.015 Rees Associates Inc. DES MOINES 11/05/2021 $76,454.00 OH 1535188.015 Superior Dairy, Inc. CANTON 11/05/2021 $47,395.00 OK 1531597.015 AEY, Inc. LOCUST GROVE 11/06/2021 $189,584.00 FL 1522506.015 The Father's Table, L.L.C. SANFORD 11/08/2021 $84,845.00 IA 1554207.015 Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham Marion/Cedar Rapids MARION 11/08/2021 $51,453.00 NY 1528958.015 Mickels Landscape, Inc. MAMARONECK 11/08/2021 $64,988.00 TX 1542746.015 MAB Auto, LLC EL PASO 11/09/2021 $45,055.00 ID 1531773.015 Simplot Western Stockman's B & B Grain Terminal MOUNTAIN HOME 11/10/2021 $48,761.00 NC 1533986.015 Hound Ears Club, Inc. BOONE 11/11/2021 $46,200.00 TX 1539931.015 Ferrie Franzmann Industries, LLC DALLAS 11/11/2021 $110,592.00 FL 1532073.015 Marc Jones Construction LLC NAPLES 11/12/2021 $160,913.00 Safety Training at Non-Profits (Check Sites for Starting Dates) NIU OSHA ETS Dec 14, 16, 17, 20 CSC 7115 lockout Dec 13 onsite OSHA 511 Dec 6-9 online. NIU 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 hour and the 500 series. I have been teaching many 10/30 hour class for private companies. I have taught 2159 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/industry-forklift-and-meterial-handling-2020 I use your feedback to make changes to make corrections.