OSHA news for May 2016

This month’s draft PowerPoint is a short Industrial Rigging one that I use with many hands-on examples of slings for an hour. I am finding this topic to be a weak area in many facilities during audits. The ppt was 32M so I made it a pdf. The slideshare link is at the end of the newsletter.

The first week of May started with five workers dying in preventable cave-in in trenches. These are preventable and education is required and inspections by a competent person. 

Here is the news for May 2016

1) Establishments with 250 or more employees in industries covered by the recordkeeping regulation must submit information from their 2016 Form 300A by July 1, 2017. These same employers will be required to submit information from all 2017 forms (300A, 300, and 301) by July 1, 2018. Beginning in 2019 and every year thereafter, the information must be submitted by March 2.

Establishments with 20-249 employees in certain high-risk industries must submit information from their 2016 Form 300A by July 1, 2017, and their 2017 Form 300A by July 1, 2018. Beginning in 2019 and every year there­after, the information must be submitted by March 2. OSHA lists high-risk industries at the following address: https://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/NAICScodesforelectronicsubmission.pdf.

2) OSHA and EPA on asbestos in MI.

http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/04/30/epa-deq-much-tougher/81862088/

3) OSHA director: Deaths on job can’t be accepted as cost of doing business

This was a double death in the trench

Read more here: http://www.idahostatesman.com/…/reade…/article77065352.html…

4) $4.6M available in Susan Harwood grants to help identify and prevent workplace hazards for high-risk, vulnerable workers

https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osha/osha20160509

5) “There are some employers who will, whatever we do, not need an enforcement program” OSHA’ Jordan Barab.

http://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/14069-fact-vs-fiction-osha-compliance-assistance-and-on-site-consultation

6) Osha to publish new standard for fall protection.

http://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/14160-big-impact-osha-aims-to-issue-final-rule-on-walkingworking-surfaces-in-august

7) I want to congratulate Matthew Fischer and Hector Dones Sr. for passing the CHST in May. Both came to my free two day session in May. It is so nice to see that they passed the exam. The CHST only has a 60% pass rate.

8) OSHA does inspect mental health facilities and issues general duty clause violations.

 Bergen NJ Regional was one of only 15 health facilities in the country that the federal government inspected in the first quarter of 2015. Citations are issued in only 5 percent of the cases.

“With so many incidents, it’s clear that the facility’s workplace violence program is ineffective and should be improved immediately to protect employees and ensure a safe workplace,” Lisa Levy, director of OSHA’s area office in Hasbrouck Heights, said when the hospital was issued the citation.

http://www.northjersey.com/news/bergen-regional-medical-center-a-climate-of-violence-at-hospital-of-last-resort-1.1587807

Here is another one with citations. https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=31608

9) Worker need restroom breaks. It is the law.  In a survey of hundreds of poultry workers in Alabama, nearly four in five said they were not allowed to use the bathroom. And a recent survey of workers in Minnesota found that 86% of respondents said they get only two bathroom breaks in a week.

http://qz.com/681025/big-poultry-workers-are-literally-peeing-their-pants-so-that-americans-can-have-cheap-chicken/

10) I never heard a follow up to the worker death at Northwestern. Was it a heart attack?

http://dailynorthwestern.com/2016/05/27/campus/construction-worker-dies-after-being-found-unconscious-in-shepard-room/

11) There are too many backup deaths. I am pushing companies to get backup cameras for vehicles, use signal persons in addition to a working $20 backup alarm. This Rochelle IL death should have not have happened.

12) Rare case where OSHA wins more than originally cited.

https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=32394

OSHA Citations in May

Penalty State Major Issues Business

1) GA $122,780 arc flash, Utility

2) NJ $45,500 Fall, Gutter construction

3) OH $43,200 lockout, machine guarding, Plastics mfr

4) PA 92,000 lockout, machine guarding, Cement plant

5) VA $120,000 forklifts, Postal Service

6) WI $118,000 PPE, Lockout, cardboard mfr

7) IL $70,000 Amputation. Aluminum extrusion.

8) PA $66,600 Combustible dust, insulation mfr.

9) NE $47,300 Fall, combustible dust. Logistics service.

10) IL $69,300 Willful Cave-in. Egress. Plumbing.

11) NJ $51,040 Willful fall. Siding and roofing contractor

12) NY $105,000 PPE lead, Plumbing fitting mfr

13) GA $54,000 lockout, machine guarding. Plastics mfr.

14) MA $72,000 Ammonia leak. PSM. Food mfr

15) TX $70,000 Willful cave-in. Paving contractor.

16) OH $149,800 PSM, Ethanol mfr

17) GA $58,520 Willful saw amputation. Furniture mfr.

18) WI $42,000 PSM, refrigerated warehouse.

19) TX $41,000 Falls, noises, Cell Tower co.

20) OH $51,590 Lockout, guarding, Pallet company.

21) PA $135,200 Willful lead, noise. Shooting range.

22) WV $46,400 Willful scaffold. General contractor

23) TX $63,000 CO2 Death. Coffee roaster.

24) IL $59,290 Willful cave-in protection. Underground contractor.

25) NJ $112,700 Blocked fire exits, falls, Warehouse.

26) AL $49,974 Machine guarding, confined space. Pallet mfr.,

27) WI $118,320 Amputation, machine guarding. Food mfr.

28) WI $101,420 Blocked exits, Retailers

29) PA $236,000 Willful scaffolds, Stucco contractor

30) PA $47,000 machine guarding, powered metals mfr

31) PA $42,960 workzone, flagger, Plumber.

32) MO $42,000 lockout, confined space. Grain and barge co.

33) FL $53,900 Repeated falls. Residential roofer.

34) MA $46,000 amputations, machine guarding, Candy mfr. Temp agency.

35) OH $70,000. Amputation conveyor. Bearing mfr

36) NY $88,000 Blocked exits, Pharmacy

37) IL $194,400 Lead. Gunshop.

38) CT $422,680 Repeat  machine guarding, hex chrome, respirators. Chute mfr.

39) NJ $63,450 combustible dust, hydrogen sulfide. Flavors mfr

40) NJ $91,000 Falls, tower painter.

41) NJ $51,100 CO, lockout Laundry.

42) ID $273,000 PSM, Potato processor.

43) TX $175,700 Falls. Steel erector.

Large Work Payouts

1) Jury awards $5.5 million in fatal crane accident

http://www.timesdaily.com/news/state/jury-awards-million-in-fatal-crane-accident/article_f9199df8-2365-5bbe-abd7-37354f95e61e.html

2) Jury awards $1.6M to man in supermarket slip-and-fall, including $1M in punitives

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/jury_awards_1.6m_to_man_85_in_supermarket_slip_and_fall_including_1m_in_pun/

3(N.Y. Jury Awards $3.2 Million to Asbestos Plaintiffs in Case Against Valve Manufacturer Jenkins Bros. Co.

http://harrismartin.com/article/20846/ny-jury-awards-32-million-to-asbestos-plaintiffs-in-case-against-valve-manufacturer-jenkins-bros-co/

4) $1.6 million to railroad whistleblower.

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/northwest/fired-bnsf-whistle-blower-awarded-16-million-by-jury/

Major News stories

1) As Construction Deaths Rise, a Mass for Fallen Workers Grows

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/03/nyregion/as-construction-deaths-rise-a-mass-for-fallen-workers-grows.html?_r=1

2) Boise ID - The three workers buried Tuesday when a trench collapsed in Northwest Boise appear to have been digging a path for a sewer line

•           Bert Smith Jr., 36, and Ernesto Saucedo-Zapata, 26, both died of asphyxia due to compression from the incident

•           http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/community/boise/article75681307.html

3) School Bus Company First Student  to pay $11.5 million to settle SF school-bus lawsuit after driver  health and safety whistleblowers sued

http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Firm-to-pay-11-5-million-to-settle-SF-school-bus-7945955.php

4) Here's a story out today from Microwave News, about a National Toxicology Program study showing cell phone radiation is linked to cancers in people. (http://microwavenews.com/news-center/ntp-cancer-results)

2016 Safety Training at Non-Profits

CSC 30 Hour construction     June 14, 16, 21, 23

CSC 10 Hour construction     Upon Request

CSC OSHA 500                     in July

CSC OSHA 510                     June 9-12

CSC Excavation Safety          Upon Request

CSC Recordkeeping               Upon Request

CSC Incident investigation    Upon Request

CSC Crane Signal Rigging     June 12

CSC Confined Space              Upon Request

CSC GHS                               Upon Request

TRMA Crane Signal Rigging June 29

TRMA Fall Protection            Upon Request

CSC Work Zone MUTCD      June 22

CSC Job Hazard Analysis      June 22

CSC Machine Guarding         Upon request

CSC Emergency Planning      June 20

NIU is Northern Illinois University OSHA Education Center http://www.nsec.niu.edu/nsec/

CSC is the Construction Safety Council in Hillside. Www.Buildsafe.org

WDCC is the Western Dupage Chamber of Commerce http://www.westerndupagechamber.com/

TRMA is Three Rivers Manufacturers Association    www.trma.org

I usually teach only part of the 30 hour and the 500 series.   I have taught 1945 people this year.  

All presentation are put on slideshare.net for free downloading within 15 days. I put the presentation on Slideshare at this location. http://www.slideshare.net/johnanewquist/gi-2016-industrial-rigging-safety

 I use your feedback to make corrections.

"No one should have to sacrifice their life for their livelihood, because a nation built on the dignity of work must provide safe working conditions for its people."

Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez