September 2013 News

This month powerpoint is on waste water treatment plants. I use it as part of a two day training session on the sector. I find people like reading about accidents in their sector vs. general fatality statistics. Most of these came from news stories and I try to provide the link below. 

Thanks to Eric and the Dupage Forest Preserves, Exceeded my 100 people trained in General industry! I am up to 115 trained in the OSHA 10 hour course for General Industry in 2013.

I am noticing the repeat citations constantly, so I will put that designation on the summary violations. 

Here is the news for September 

1) Congrats to John Bastert for his August 2013 retirement from the IL Consultation program.  John did a lot of work with sanitary treatment plants so the ppt is for him. 

2) Congrats to Larry John for his promote to the Lansing MI Area office. He was recently a supervisor in the Peoria Area Office. 

3) Thanks Matt Stein for “The last MMWR I saw on silica, which was from about 7 years ago, showed rates were reduced by 93% from 1968 to 2002. OSHA, MSHA, and ACGIH are 3 definite reasons reasons for the reduction. Here is the article: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5416a2.htm During 1968--2002, of approximately 74 million death certificates, silicosis was recorded as the underlying or contributing cause of death on 16,305; a total of 15,944 (98%) deaths occurred in male “ 

4) IPAF is sponsoring a webinar, will be holding a live aerial lift safety event in Chicago on Oct. 21-22. View information on this event athttp://www.ipaf.org/en/services/us-convention.

5) Congrats to Anthony Touhy Jr. for being selected as Director of the OSHA Training Institute. 

6) Harwood Grantee offer free OSHA training. For Example, the Construction Safety Council has free classes in Spanish Call 1-888-595-5972. Here are the 2013 awards for next year.  https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=24807 

7) I had student on my class mention there are some trainers telling them they can unhitch the fall arrest in an ANSI A92.5 aerial lifts once they are at a stationary location. That is incorrect. Workers must always have fall arrest worn in these lifts. Many lifts have been hit by equipment/lose hydraulic and catapult workers out of the lift. 

8) ANSI Z359-2007 requires the snaphooks to have 3600 gate strength. There are many old snaphooks out there and they should replace them if there is any chance the gate could be sideloaded in use. 

9) Congrats to all the Fairview OSHA office for being upgraded to an Area Office. 

10) Tree-service owner charged with manslaughter of a child after 14-year-old fell to his death

http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2013-09-23/story/tree-service-owner-charged-manslaughter-child-after-14-year-old-fell-his#ixzz2frEUubC5

Significant OSHA Enforcement Action 

September 2013

Penalty                        State    Major Issues

1) $42,120       GA      combustible dust, wood builder

2) $51,800       MO      Electrical fatality, Steel mfr

3) $53,000       IL        Machine guarding, lockout, hot dog mfr

4) $63,490       OH      Machine guarding, lockout, shower-tub mfr

5) $185,560     WI       Machine guarding, stairs, hazcom, Packaging co.

6) $262,000     IL        PSM, Explosion, paint mfr

7) $42,000       NJ        Work zone safety, Traffic control, 

8) $61,600       OH      Amputation bandsaw, packaging company

9) $62,000       GA      BBP FTA, Medical facility

10) $83,415     MS      Floor hole fall, Oil Mill

11) $48,510     IL        Repeat trenching

12) $53,900     NJ        Repeat falls, Decking contractor

13) $45,100     TX       Repeat Falls, Roofing

14) $75,000     IL        Repeat blocking exits, Shelving Manufacturing

15) $199,500   NY      Repeat blocked exits, fire safety, Drugstore

16) $336,200   MA      Repeat truss bracing violations. Carpentery

17) $67,760     IL        Repeat Trenching, 

18) $137,400   MO      Finger amputation, lockout, glass mfr

19) $75,460     IL        Repeat Trenching

20) 119,000     GA      Lockout, explosion, power plant

21) $59,000     GA      confined space, respirators Marina

22) $69,200     AL       Fall protection, working during storms, Steel Erection

23) $81,000.    OH      Machine guarding winding machines. Plastics mfr

24) $132,800   NE       PSM, cold storage warehouse

25) $45,500     NJ        Repeat Blocked exits, conveyor guarding, distribution center

26) $249,920   NY      Fall Protection, scaffolds, Hirise construction

27) $58,410     NY      Fall, Support beam failure, Construction

28) $83,300     TX       Confined Space, Tank Cleaner

29) $166,000   TX       Lockout, Extruder

30) $61,600     FL       Repeat Lockout, Pallet mfr

31) $41,000     NY      Bloodborne, Nursing home, 

32) $49,500     NJ        Exits, machine guarding, Shirtmaker

33) $128,000   NY      Exits, bandsaw guarding, PPE, supermarket

34) $175,000   AR      Indoor crane, Nuclear plant

35) $88,200     TX       Machine guarding, Tank mfr

36) $49,500     WI       Styrene, Fiberglass mfr