September 2022 OSHA News

OSHA News for September 2022 Hello, What a busy month. I was glad to see several at the 502 course. I have my card renewed every three years. John Dimos ran another excellent class. It is a mini safety conference with top trainer talking on interesting topics. This month, I am teaching at the ASSP conference in Naperville. I will cover OSHA Emphasis Programs. https://chisafetyconf.org/ to register. I am teaching a Free Infectious Disease class for The National Safety Educational Center on September 28. It is four hours long. Here is the link to the Infectious class in Sept: https://cpeonline.niu.edu/enrol/index.php?id=447 Thanks to all that requested services. I am booked for most of the year. The 145-Hour Construction Safety Administrator Certificate Course begins Tuesday, December 6, 2022 and meets twice weekly on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. until May 18, 2023. Registration is now open at www.buildsafe.org or call (708) 449-8602 for additional information. Please share the attached brochure within your network and to those you think may be a good candidate to participate in this course The Construction Safety Council is hiring. What We Are Looking For: • Bachelor’s degree in a related field, or an Associate’s degree with relevant industry experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. • Minimum 5 years of experience in managing and marketing educational programs; construction industry or safety training experience is preferred. • Ability to handle competing priorities and work effectively in a small office environment. • Comfort level and experience with managing and editing website content. • Knowledge of instructional design, e-learning, and emerging training technologies is a plus. • Ability to think strategically and analytically, as well as be self-directed in daily responsibilities. • Strong customer service and communication skills, both oral and written. • Good knowledge of Microsoft Office; QuickBooks experience also a plus Application: If interested, please submit your resume and cover letter by clicking the link: https://buildsafe.recruitpro.com/jobs/229155-26271.html This month’s ppt is Liquid Nitrogen safety. John DImos pushed my research into the area. It is also at https://www.usmwf.org/powerpoints-and-safety-information.html Let’s use September to review the training in your safety and health program. It looks very bad in deposition when managers admit they never saw the program, read the program, or got any training in the program. John OSHA News. 1) Former OSHA CSHO Jeannine Forner passed away in August. She worked in the Cincinnati and Aurora OSHA offices. 2) Father speaks out of Daughter death in AZ. https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/pinal/2022/08/27/dad-questions-osha-fine-amount-alyssa-hanson-workplace-death-gila-river-indian-community/7905726001/?fbclid=IwAR3R7aXFdrY_fH5Va1oX_J9PjPXhRsUPc61in3x-M1ae270C6fh4lJHSQ4A 3) OSHA investigating heat death in FL on worker’s second day on the job. https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/nation-world/national/article264921249.html?fbclid=IwAR3XOfprfcJYoMu1uJ-87nQK9ptWDbZCnUGqQ-pAY7UvAjtWBK_3F2nDxS4 4) Candle factory cited seven violations in the tornado deaths of its workers. https://www.wlky.com/article/osha-violations-candle-factory-kentucky-tornado-destroyed-outbreak/40969649?fbclid=IwAR0q0PG5MOiuabccH4jXNu7FfrkVIA1P9_gI9iThsrhpq2aP5fMtzmdAlW0 5) Since 2019, OSHA has inspected ALJ Home Improvement six times at multiple work sites in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut region, issuing 21 violations and levying $299,425 in fines, the agency said. https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/rockland/2022/08/23/rockland-contractor-alj-home-improvement-faces-fine-after-worker-death/65415863007/?fbclid=IwAR1wzCs11sbS-3SHXfvrc-oYqwsS3lmC-gOONvqxzWYhOXjaK8YJZ3Nkacw 6) UPS drivers saying heat is killing them. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ups-drivers-brutal-heat-endangering-150020892.html 7) TECO get $500,000 for explosion deaths. https://www.tampabay.com/news/tampa/2022/08/19/teco-gets-500000-fine-probation-in-2017-explosion-that-killed-5-in-tampa-bay/?fbclid=IwAR06VQ9JpEyiYYU1teaNtmZmbIhpItd6CHh_K7fEORay1uBEmdvMEDOYz5c 8) MA workers get public protection under State OSHA. https://jordanbarab.com/confinedspace/2022/08/17/massachusetts-public-employees-gain-osha-protections/?fbclid=IwAR0Xh6Gwb-ARozlYtfBEiyU3XXcnN4fz8YgzABbt07o2VPDocNIQuLoggkI 9) OSHA cited gas station for no workplace violence program. https://www.wafb.com/2022/08/16/osha-fines-br-gas-station-allegedly-not-protecting-workers-violence/?fbclid=IwAR3B6jukTSUVuxy-RHMYKOYnt1dFQF85TSG8o0wOpNguISDJR7Y5yCG3C9Q 10) OSHA wins violence in healthcare at the OSHA review commission. https://www.oshrc.gov/?fbclid=IwAR3R7aXFdrY_fH5Va1oX_J9PjPXhRsUPc61in3x-M1ae270C6fh4lJHSQ4A 11) Dollar General faces 1.3 million in fines https://www.ajc.com/news/3-more-dollar-general-stores-in-georgia-face-fines-for-osha-violations/N4G6RRG22BCKVNTEVUETZD4OFY/?fbclid=IwAR35XKDeqSOWq5fiPg3yNOtl9WzZKKJKSZgZZRtDUD75wAI8o1CG2umV25w 12) Lying to OSHA = Criminal charges. Mauricio Bainese, owner of Contract Framing Builders Inc., is accused of claiming a worker who died in a 2017 accident was employed by a different contractor when he was questioned by the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration in July 2017. The worker died after falling from an unprotected ledge onto a concrete floor and died from a traumatic brain injury, according to OSHA. 13) Amazon faces additional probes. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/02/three-more-amazon-warehouses-part-of-osha-safety-investigation.html?fbclid=IwAR0kAS5O6DuHMm6OgQYNC5E5EQXawxQdRFooXXxq1UoaCYd6ozE-GwsySvQ 14) Family Dollar cited $1.2 million by OSHA https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/01/osha-fines-family-dollar-1point2-million-for-violations-at-2-ohio-stores.html?fbclid=IwAR3OqsJnccgfweOW6YslPodgFdyHhzklO0e1eaaLrTWWWWmRgfP3-WwVg9o Other Major News Stories. 1) $464 million for racial harassment at Southern Cal Edison. https://www.natlawreview.com/article/la-jury-delivers-mother-all-verdicts-464-million-to-two-employees 2) Ford plans to appeal a $1.7 billion verdict against the automaker after a pickup truck crash that claimed the lives of a Georgia couple, a company representative said Sunday. https://www.autoblog.com/2022/08/22/ford-f250-roof-strength-lawsuit-verdict-appeal/?fbclid=IwAR2Hjcy-maxQJ03kJnzX2owjDg9UmNT-46Q0wRfnfQ_O5twDpyf3gKx_rIQ 3) Amazon fixing AC at place worker died. https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/22/23317209/amazon-ac-ewr9-warehouse-worker-death-osha-investigations?fbclid=IwAR3o-GvAfqB3874dwULsX_HqY0dNz_Dh28yP4lFxMzPowZnrxhNa0iE87Fk 4) Postal worker mauls to death by dogs. https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2022/08/23/postal-worker-dies-after-putnam-county-dog-attack/?fbclid=IwAR03sIKIrnuy652upZqnVjj3Sy-DQjMSS3SkG_0mfTuPSPyhQf4inNByNCM 5) Two workers die in manhole in IL https://fox2now.com/news/illinois/2-men-die-at-a-construction-site-in-edwardsville-illinois/?fbclid=IwAR37fvKlX3FGkmPeqnGa-Dnqch66KdaCHOP5ZGWfhHbw8-8hPP5iZZ2UXqo 6) According to the report, workplace homicides peaked at 1,080 in 1994, then declined 58% over a 25-year period to 454 in 2019. https://ehsdailyadvisor.blr.com/2022/08/workplace-homicides-peaked-in1994-bls-doj-niosh-data-shows/?fbclid=IwAR1Y7xxwCy_pehB3Rzh2QdmEH9qftJmQbxRQpSdQsQuXeQWjtZeM9WWro1s OSHA CITATIONS July-August 2022 ME 1585611.015 The Baker Company SANFORD 07/12/2022 $81,203.00 VA 1585949.015 Clinch River Forest Products, Inc. TAZEWELL 07/12/2022 $51,048.00 DC 1573479.015 U.S. Postal Service/Brentwood JCTM WASHINGTON 07/13/2022 $88,876.00 LA 1575813.015 Turner Industries Group, LLC WESTLAKE 07/13/2022 $43,506.00 MD 1589982.015 Len Contractors, Inc. SPARROWS POINT 07/13/2022 $51,200.00 PA 1577410.015 Marine Tech Wire & Cable Inc. YORK 07/13/2022 $44,958.00 TX 1581314.015 Family Dollar Stores of Texas, LLC HOUSTON 07/13/2022 $140,890.00 WV 1576386.015 McIntosh Box and Pallet Company MARTINSBURG 07/13/2022 $41,435.00 OH 1587423.015 Noce Enterprises, Inc. BRUNSWICK 07/14/2022 $134,005.00 PR 1592894.015 Luma Energy, LLC y/o Luma Energy Servco, LLC GUAYANILLA 07/14/2022 $120,000.00 SC 1573885.015 Healthcare CO Ltd. WINNSBORO 07/14/2022 $206,850.00 TX 1592134.015 Rudy's Food Product, Inc. CARROLLTON 07/14/2022 $43,506.00 VA 1602326.015 Frito-Lay, Inc. LYNCHBURG 07/14/2022 $134,333.00 FL 1580722.015 J & L Roofing, Inc. DAVIE 07/15/2022 $74,751.00 KS 1595750.015 U.S. Postal Service GREAT BEND 07/15/2022 $66,298.00 MO 1577782.015 HUTCHENS INDUSTRIES MANSFIELD 07/15/2022 $60,084.00 NJ 1587432.015 AAJ Construction, Inc. EDISON 07/15/2022 $44,667.00 OH 1580683.015 Oldcastle APG Inc. DBA Oldcastle Lawn & Garden SPRINGFIELD 07/15/2022 $159,522.00 PR 1592091.015 LUMA ENERGY SERVCO, LLC y/o Luma Energy, LLC SAN JUAN 07/15/2022 $136,000.00 GA 1573496.015 Pilgrim's Pride Corporation CANTON 07/18/2022 $110,630.00 MA 1591485.015 Cedar's Mediterranean Foods, Inc. HAVERHILL 07/18/2022 $174,024.00 NC 1603155.015 Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. ASHEVILLE 07/18/2022 $44,250.00 NY 1573843.015 Coeymans Landing Marina Inc. COEYMANS 07/18/2022 $49,724.00 PA 1582078.015 Reading Truck Body, LLC READING 07/18/2022 $49,309.00 WI 1576173.015 Stainless Foundry & Engineering, Inc. MILWAUKEE 07/18/2022 $43,910.00 CO 1576127.015 Creative Stone Mfg., Inc. PUEBLO 07/19/2022 $88,880.00 ME 1590120.015 Louth Callan Renewables, LLC UNITY 07/19/2022 $44,751.00 NV 1578959.015 HAVELOCK WOOL, LLC RENO 07/19/2022 $59,116.00 NY 1575610.015 Anchor Glass Container Corporation ELMIRA HEIGHTS 07/19/2022 $51,796.00 OH 1583515.015 ProAmpac Holdings LLC CINCINNATI 07/19/2022 $79,761.00 CO 1576853.015 Young Services LLC ASPEN 07/20/2022 $46,405.00 CO 1576492.015 Brikor Associates, Inc. ASPEN 07/20/2022 $55,835.00 FL 1575061.015 Prime Opportunity LLC TAMPA 07/20/2022 $60,909.00 HI 1590275.015 Disney Vacation Development Inc. KAPOLEI 07/20/2022 $42,265.00 OH 1580163.015 Standard Technologies, LLC FREMONT 07/20/2022 $115,606.00 TX 1576768.015 Woodville Pellets, LLC WOODVILLE 07/20/2022 $136,324.00 TX 1573588.015 WW Peerless, LLC PEARSALL 07/20/2022 $43,507.00 WI 1579647.015 Ahlstrom-Munksjo KAUKAUNA 07/20/2022 $159,529.00 IL 1581579.015 Anixter Inc. ALSIP 07/21/2022 $79,761.00 IL 1584827.015 Artex Construction, Inc. MATTESON 07/21/2022 $50,826.00 MO 1576566.015 ULTRA DEFENSE CORPORATION INC. KINGSVILLE 07/21/2022 $95,712.00 OH 1579375.015 Hokuto USA Inc. GROVE CITY 07/21/2022 $42,056.00 TX 1583258.015 Knight Erosion Control, Inc. FRISCO 07/21/2022 $49,306.00 PA 1580048.015 Ron Smith Inc. VILLANOVA 07/22/2022 $69,613.00 TX 1586239.015 Air Starter Components, Inc. STAFFORD 07/22/2022 $40,604.00 TX 1574991.015 JTM Transport Inc. SAN ANTONIO 07/22/2022 $52,205.00 WI 1580705.015 Lactalis Heritage Dairy, Inc. WAUSAU 07/22/2022 $51,793.00 WI 1595232.015 Lisandro Lucas COMBINED LOCKS 07/22/2022 $49,225.00 CA 1574719.015 Sky High LLC SAN DIEGO 07/25/2022 $50,950.00 CA 1575932.015 Pacific Coast Cleaning Inc. SAN DIEGO 07/25/2022 $65,620.00 CA 1575436.015 Tractel Inc. SAN DIEGO 07/25/2022 $59,620.00 CA 1574729.015 Level 10 Construction LP SAN DIEGO 07/25/2022 $81,560.00 CO 1577112.015 R&A Enterprises of Carbondale Inc. ASPEN 07/25/2022 $50,344.00 IA 1579333.015 Trelleborg Wheel Systems Americas, Inc. CHARLES CITY 07/25/2022 $46,628.00 MI 1592141.015 AJM Packaging Corporation DETROIT 07/25/2022 $71,000.00 MO 1587890.015 CRAFTSMEN INDUSTRIES INC. SAINT CHARLES 07/25/2022 $82,044.00 OH 1594058.015 Edge Adhesives Inc. GROVE CITY 07/25/2022 $56,125.00 WA 1576733.015 ALLWAYS ROOFING INC. MARYSVILLE 07/25/2022 $586,281.00 WA 1592234.015 DARIGOLD INC. SUNNYSIDE 07/25/2022 $63,000.00 WI 1595021.015 Lucio Perez Lopez SHEBOYGAN 07/25/2022 $94,263.00 MA 1584971.015 Kone, Inc. BOSTON 07/26/2022 $180,869.00 MO 1594781.015 FREGALETTE CONSTRUCTION, LLC WENTZVILLE 07/26/2022 $52,207.00 NE 1598343.015 Francisco Esquivel Roofing ELKHORN 07/26/2022 $56,520.00 OH 1593369.015 Ritchies Food Distributor, Inc. PIKETON 07/26/2022 $43,506.00 MI 1575596.015 Mueller Brass Company PORT HURON 07/27/2022 $126,000.00 MO 1583566.015 PROCK OPERATIONS, INC. SAINT JAMES 07/27/2022 $46,491.00 NE 1576915.015 Mid Nebraska Disposal, Inc. GRAND ISLAND 07/27/2022 $337,903.00 NJ 1578043.015 Shree Ji Printing Co. CARLSTADT 07/27/2022 $44,959.00 NJ 1608907.015 Township of Sparta Department of Public Works SPARTA 07/27/2022 $46,800.00 OH 1595005.015 Expert Commercial Roofing LLC NORTH RIDGEVILLE 07/27/2022 $58,008.00 LA 1575966.015 Premier South LLC BATON ROUGE 07/28/2022 $86,142.00 LA 1587496.015 Premier South LLC BATON ROUGE 07/28/2022 $163,181.00 OH 1575351.015 Family Dollar Stores, Inc./ Family Dollar Stores of Ohio, LLC/ Family Dollar Operations, LLC/ Dollar Tree, Inc./ Dollar Tree Management, LLC/ Dollar Tree Stores Inc. MAPLE HEIGHTS 07/28/2022 $685,777.00 IL 1585020.015 Greif, Inc. ALSIP 08/01/2022 $43,506.00 MS 1576366.015 Jefferson County Timber, LLC FAYETTE 08/01/2022 $59,946.00 OH 1577047.015 General Aluminum Mfg. Company WAPAKONETA 08/01/2022 $480,240.00 OK 1576783.015 Harker Meats, Inc. WASHINGTON 08/01/2022 $47,220.00 TX 1579083.015 NCI Group, Inc. HOUSTON 08/01/2022 $94,274.00 VA 1604472.015 United States Pipe & Foundry Company, LLC LYNCHBURG 08/02/2022 $43,250.00 ME 1593831.015 Monro, Inc. LEWISTON 08/03/2022 $54,074.00 MO 1577784.015 AJM PACKAGING CORPORATION JOPLIN 08/03/2022 $79,761.00 TX 1576879.015 M & H Crates, Inc. JACKSONVILLE 08/03/2022 $228,127.00 WI 1579386.015 Olson Fabrication, Inc. ALGOMA 08/03/2022 $66,713.00 IA 1582551.015 Aabaco Holdings, LTD. GRUNDY CENTER 08/04/2022 $49,752.00 IL 1579079.015 Visual Pak Companies dba American Blending & Filling WAUKEGAN 08/04/2022 $72,510.00 IL 1608568.015 Visual Pak Companies dba American Blending & Filling WAUKEGAN 08/04/2022 $41,435.00 OH 1594284.015 Inca Presswood Pallets, LTD DOVER 08/04/2022 $44,667.00 PA 1577036.015 Graphic Packaging International, LLC PHOENIXVILLE 08/04/2022 $43,506.00 CT 1577492.015 Standard Manufacturing Co. LLC NEW BRITAIN 08/05/2022 $72,514.00 KS 1585238.015 Stryten Salina LLC SALINA 08/05/2022 $49,722.00 OH 1579635.015 International Cushioning Company, LLC FREMONT 08/05/2022 $127,624.00 OH 1581135.015 International Cushioning Company, LLC FREMONT 08/05/2022 $50,326.00 WI 1578516.015 Alliance Industries, Inc. WAUPACA 08/05/2022 $46,620.00 WI 1582258.015 Alliance Industries, Inc. WAUPACA 08/05/2022 $50,346.00 TX 1595538.015 PeachyBbies Slime, LLC ROUND ROCK 08/08/2022 $46,408.00 VA 1600898.015 Phoenix Packaging Operations DUBLIN 08/08/2022 $142,790.00 MA 1584752.015 Sunny Acres Nursing Home, Inc. CHELMSFORD 08/09/2022 $58,830.00 NY 1577867.015 F & C Professional Aluminum Railings Corp. BROOKLYN 08/09/2022 $82,665.00 TX 1592254.015 Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. PLAINVIEW 08/09/2022 $70,644.00 TX 1584535.015 Lewis Food Town, Inc. NEW CANEY 08/09/2022 $145,027.00 CO 1585720.015 Opal Foods, LLC ROGGEN 08/10/2022 $79,761.00 NJ 1577871.015 Adoreme Services, LLC SECAUCUS 08/10/2022 $55,938.00 NJ 1589928.015 GR Masonry Work, LLC FAIRFIELD 08/10/2022 $92,527.00 OH 1590814.015 Peach State Roofing, Inc. CANTON 08/10/2022 $61,538.00 GA 1578203.015 Dollar General Corporation PEMBROKE 08/11/2022 $290,054.00 GA 1585315.015 Dollar General Corporation HOGANSVILLE 08/11/2022 $638,101.00 GA 1586442.015 Dollar General Corporation SMYRNA 08/11/2022 $364,628.00 FL 1609339.015 Pamlico Air LAKE WALES 08/12/2022 $43,506.00 GA 1590828.015 Legacy Housing Corporation EATONTON 08/12/2022 $42,277.00 IL 1584816.015 Kamps, Inc. BELVIDERE 08/12/2022 $43,506.00 IL 1578764.015 Emerald Inc. SOUTH BARRINGTON 08/12/2022 $303,105.00 OH 1600870.015 Ed Rike Plumbing, Inc. DAYTON 08/12/2022 $50,755.00 TX 1610152.015 JM Ontiveros Construction LLC FARMERS BRANCH 08/12/2022 $55,937.00 Safety Training at Non-Profits (Check Sites for Starting Dates) Machine Guarding Grant Sep 16, ASSP OSHA Emphasis Programs Sep 19 CSC 30 Hour Sep 20, 22 NIU Infectious Disease September 28 Global OSHA is https://www.globalosha.org/online-training 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 taught 1635 people this year. I teach evenings, weekends, early mornings too. I teach in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Indiana. The powerpoint is posted free at usmwf.org I use your feedback to make changes to make corrections.