OSHA July 2017 news

OSHA News

This month’s PowerPoint is minor servicing exemption in the OSHA lockout standard.  It is machine guarding or lockout. Sticking your hands in a machine exposes you unexpected re-energization, hazards of gravity or it is cycling again. Top 5 issues that I see over and over.

1) No specific procedures to lockout a machine.

2) No tag on a lock to identify who locked it out.

3) Cleaning people in the machine. No lockout or machine guarding. Are the cleaners authorized employees?

4) No lockout audits for authorized employees.

5) No records of the lockout training.  Was it on the job? Class room?

There were 60,000 opioid deaths in 2016. Some were heroin, some were legal pain killers. I have started talking about impairment at work with the companies. Many can be on legal drugs and be impaired. Do you want an impaired person running equipment or machines? Morning stretches with a job brief can pick up this impairment. So, do you train the managers what to do?

I am seeing so many people taking fake OSHA 30 classes and getting certifications in safety that are not really recognized. The CSP and ASP are accredited by the American National Standards Institute, the primary source for internationally recognized standards in U.S. based professional practice. The certifications are accredited through the ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024 standards for personnel certification programs.

National accreditation has become the yardstick for acceptance of a certification by many federal, state, and local agencies. Accreditation standards cover fairness in testing, audited financial disclosure, independence in governance, validated examination content, non-discrimination of candidates, and many other criteria.

BCSP is accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies. The CSP was the first certification in safety, health, environment, and ergonomics accredited by this national organization which evaluates peer-operated certifications.

http://www.bcsp.org/About/Accreditation-Recognition

Thanks to the many people that suggested the new OSHA heat app which gives you the index from your location.

John

Last month’s OSHA News

1) OSHA lost Dorothy Dougherty — on a happier note — to retirement.  Dorothy had too many jobs to name in her 37 years at OSHA and MSHA, but I knew her best as Director of Standards and Guidance, and then as the career Deputy Assistant Secretary for the last several years.

2) The House Appropriations Committee released its FY 2018 Interior and Environment Appropriations budget bill today and it fully funds the Chemical Safety Board

http://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP06/20170712/106242/BILLS-115HR-SC-AP-FY2018-Interior-FY2018InteriorAppropriationsBill-SubcommitteeDraft.pdf

4) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will launch on Aug. 1, 2017, the Injury Tracking Application (ITA). The Web-based form allows employers to electronically submit required injury and illness data from their completed 2016 OSHA Form 300A. The application will be accessible from the ITA webpage.

Last month, OSHA published a notice of proposed rulemaking to extend the deadline for submitting 2016 Form 300A to Dec. 1, 2017, to allow affected entities sufficient time to familiarize themselves with the electronic reporting system, and to provide the new administration an opportunity to review the new electronic reporting requirements prior to their implementation.

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDOL/bulletins/1aa1104

5) $10.5M in Susan Harwood Training grants to fund workplace safety training:

https://t.co/OFW4gbChqh

6) OSHA pulls combustible dust, backup alarms off rulemaking agenda.  Here is what survives.

DOL/OSHA          Prerule Stage     Communication Tower Safety     1218-AC90

DOL/OSHA          Prerule Stage     Mechanical Power Presses Update          1218-AC98

DOL/OSHA          Prerule Stage     Powered Industrial Trucks            1218-AC99

DOL/OSHA          Prerule Stage     Lock-Out/Tag-Out Update           1218-AD00

DOL/OSHA          Prerule Stage     Blood Lead Level for Medical Removal    1218-AD10

DOL/OSHA          Proposed Rule Stage       Occupational Exposure to Beryllium         1218-AB76

DOL/OSHA          Proposed Rule Stage       Quantitative Fit Testing Protocol: Amendment to the Final Rule on Respiratory Protection           1218-AC94

DOL/OSHA          Proposed Rule Stage       Crane Operator Qualification in Construction       1218-AC96

DOL/OSHA          Proposed Rule Stage       Cranes and Derricks in Construction: Exemption Expansions for Railroad Roadway Work  1218-AD07

DOL/OSHA          Proposed Rule Stage       Technical Corrections to 16 OSHA Standards        1218-AD12

DOL/OSHA          Proposed Rule Stage       Puerto Rico State Plan    1218-AD13

DOL/OSHA          Proposed Rule Stage       Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses       1218-AD16

DOL/OSHA          Proposed Rule Stage       Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses         1218-AD17

DOL/OSHA          Long-Term Actions          Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting Requirements--Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD) Column             1218-AC45

DOL/OSHA          Long-Term Actions          Infectious Diseases         1218-AC46

DOL/OSHA          Long-Term Actions          Amendments to the Cranes and Derricks in Construction Standard            1218-AC81

DOL/OSHA          Long-Term Actions          Process Safety Management and Prevention of Major Chemical Accidents                1218-AC82

DOL/OSHA          Long-Term Actions          Shipyard Fall Protection--Scaffolds, Ladders and Other Working Surfaces 1218-AC85

DOL/OSHA          Long-Term Actions          Emergency Response and Preparedness 1218-AC91

DOL/OSHA          Long-Term Actions          Update to the Hazard Communication Standard 1218-AC93

DOL/OSHA          Long-Term Actions          Rules of Agency Practice and Procedure Concerning OSHA Access to Employee Medical Records               1218-AC95

DOL/OSHA          Long-Term Actions          Tree Care Standard         1218-AD04

DOL/OSHA          Long-Term Actions          Prevention of Workplace Violence in Health Care and Social Assistance   1218-AD08

https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaMain?operation=OPERATION_GET_AGENCY_RULE_LIST&currentPub=true&agencyCode=&showStage=active&agencyCd=1200&Image58.x=24&Image58.y=13&Image58=Submit

and https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaMain?operation=OPERATION_GET_AGENCY_RULE_LIST&currentPubId=201704&showStage=longterm&agencyCd=1200&Image58.x=35&Image58.y=9&Image58=Submit

7)  Rare to see million dollar OSHA fines, but one NJ company got one.

http://www.usglassmag.com/2017/07/aluminum-manufacturer-faces-1-9m-in-osha-penalties/

8) Cal-OSHA accept novel settlement in Chevron Fire.

“Those measures include the replacement of all carbon-steel piping used to transport corrosive liquids with chrome-alloy piping, which is more corrosion-resistant, and the development and implementation of procedures to monitor equipment and alert operators when it should be replaced.”

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/07/24/calosha-chevron-reach-settlement-over-2012-refinery-fire/

9) OSHA ordered Wells Fargo to reinstate and pay $577,500 in back wages and damages to a whistleblower who was fired for reporting her co-workers’ allegedly fraudulent activities related to the fake-account scandal that has afflicted the banking giant. 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/07/21/wells-fargo-ordered-reinstate-pay-whistleblower-fake-account-scandal/500996001/

10) $28,000 fine to a lab for exposing chemical to water/air and causing an explosion.

Trimethylindium is an organometallic compound commonly used in the manufacture of semiconductors. Derek Lowe said contact with water or air at a temperature below 130 degrees can cause the compound to ignite.

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/parkland/mc-upper-macungie-cyoptics-osha-report-20170725-story.html

Major News Stories

1) Fifth worker died at Teco Power Plant in FL.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/fifth-worker-from-teco-molten-slag-accident-dies/2331003

2) CANTON, N.Y. -- Three people killed in an Oswego County crash were employees of a north country ambulance company returning from a call in Syracuse, according to news outlets.

http://www.syracuse.com/crime/index.ssf/2017/07/ambulance_workers_returning_from_call_killed_in_i-81_milk_tanker_crash.html

3) Another triple death in a sewer manhole. This in US territory of Saipan. http://www.guampdn.com/story/news/2017/07/08/details-emerge-saipan-sewer-deaths/461576001/

4) 16 die in military plane crash in MS

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/11/mississippi-dead-military-plane-crash-kc130

5) $11.2 million in worker death at movie set.

http://www.ajc.com/news/jury-awards-million-following-georgia-movie-set-fatality/d90avW9ojigUqyYplKK33H/

6) Drug overdose deaths in 2016 most likely exceeded 59,000, the largest annual jump ever recorded in the United States, according to preliminary data compiled by The New York Times.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/05/upshot/opioid-epidemic-drug-overdose-deaths-are-rising-faster-than-ever.html

OSHA Citations last month

TX 1203882.015 Spoetzl Brewery, Inc. SHINER 06/28/2017 $42,063.00 Hazardous Materials, Lockout/Tagout

TX 1203550.015 Sesco Cement, Corp. HOUSTON 06/26/2017 $145,045.00 General Duty (providing safe workplace), Fall Protection, Lockout/Tagout, Guarding of Live Electrical Equipment, Incident Report Forms

TX 1209161.015 Sesco Cement, Corp. HOUSTON 06/26/2017 $74,967.00 Eye and Face Protection, Respiratory Protection, First Aid, Hazard Communication (Safety Data Sheets)

VA 1212000.015 Cuisine Solutions Inc. ALEXANDRIA 06/26/2017 $64,000.00 [no violations linked]

CA 1228779.015 Madera Unified School District MADERA 06/23/2017 $43,170.00 [no violations linked]

CA 1208036.015 Lion Raisins, Inc SELMA 06/22/2017 $60,120.00 [no violations linked]

AR 1199915.015 Texamerican Food Blending, Inc. HOT SPRINGS 06/22/2017 $185,055.00 Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding

IN 1218738.015 LGSTX Distribution Services, Inc. INDIANAPOLIS 06/21/2017 $45,269.00 Lockout/Tagout, Personal Protective Equipment, Incident Report Forms

PA 1199909.015 Real Contractors, LLC PHILADELPHIA 06/20/2017 $53,235.00 Fall Protection

NJ 1204029.015 American Addiction Centers, Inc. LAFAYETTE 06/19/2017 $97,783.00 Asbestos, Bloodborne pathogens, Written Hazard Communication Program, Guarding of Live Electrical Equipment, Fire Exit Routes

CA 1199972.015 Lancaster Burns Construction Inc. BERKELEY 06/19/2017 $46,125.00 [no violations linked]

CA 1224307.015 CJ Foods Manufacturing Corp. FULLERTON 06/19/2017 $95,438.00 [no violations linked]

CT 1232679.015 The Harty Press Inc. NEW HAVEN 06/16/2017 $80,866.00 Lockout/Tagout, Written Hazard Communication Program, Personal Protective Equipment

AR 1211527.015 Defiance Metal Products HEBER SPRINGS 06/16/2017 $42,009.00 Personal Protective Equipment, Record Illnesses, Injuries, and Fatalities

GA 1213111.015 Atha Interior Trim, Inc. LAWRENCEVILLE 06/16/2017 $51,015.00 General Duty (providing safe workplace), Personal Protective Equipment, Fire Exit Routes, Eye and Face Protection, Fall Protection, Machine Guarding, Written Hazard Communication Program

NJ 1238097.015 Township of Byram Department of Public Works STANHOPE 06/15/2017 $43,050.00 Oxygen Storage, Wiring Methods, Incident Report Forms

CA 1213856.015 Harbor Truck Bodies BREA 06/15/2017 $73,675.00 Work-Connected Fatality/Injury Reporting, Servicing Moving Machinery/Equipment, Accident Prevention Program

GA 1218663.015 MDV SpartanNash, LLC MIDLAND 06/15/2017 $48,438.00 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals, Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response

MA 1198458.015 Hans Kissle Company, LLC HAVERHILL 06/15/2017 $54,324.00 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals, Emergency Action Plans, Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response

PA 1202098.015 KC Midstream Solutions, LLC ENDEAVOR 06/15/2017 $86,195.00 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals

TX 1219615.015 DIMENSIONAL MACHINE WORKS LLC HOUSTON 06/15/2017 $145,703.00 Machine Guarding, Compressed Air Used for Cleaning, Written Hazard Communication Program

CA 1198131.015 Kim's Roll Up, Inc. LOS ANGELES 06/14/2017 $59,375.00 Accident Prevention Program

IL 1198798.015 Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. BLOOMINGTON 06/14/2017 $126,749.00 Portable Fire Extinguishers

RI 1236509.015 C&J Construction and Roofing, LLC CRANSTON 06/14/2017 $83,656.00 Fall Protection, Eye and Face Protection, Head Protection, Ladders

MO 1197640.015 Arrow Plumbing LLC BELTON 06/13/2017 $294,059.00 Specific Excavation Requirements, Safety Training and Education, Protective Systems (Excavations)

MO 1204399.015 Arrow Plumbing LLC KANSAS CITY 06/13/2017 $420,083.00 Specific Excavation Requirements, Protective Systems (Excavations), Written Hazard Communication Program

PA 1213053.015 Pittsburgh Lubes Inc. PITTSBURGH 06/12/2017 $49,217.00 Eye and Face Protection, Head Protection, Fall Protection, Use of Portable Electric Equipment, Walking-Working Surfaces, Injury Recording Criteria, Hazard Communication (Labels on Shipped Containers)

CA 1197517.015 RC Power, Inc. SANTA CLARA 06/09/2017 $48,600.00 [no violations linked]

CT 1217898.015 Accutron Inc. WINDSOR 06/09/2017 $83,119.00 Respiratory Protection, Lead, Accident Prevention Signs and Tags

IL 1198510.015 GDB International, Inc. NASHVILLE 06/09/2017 $57,039.00 Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response, Respiratory Protection, Hazard Communication, Use of Portable Electric Equipment

IL 1198515.015 GDB International, Inc. PINCKNEYVILLE 06/09/2017 $48,890.00 Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response, Respiratory Protection, Hazard Communication

IL 1198518.015 GDB International, Inc. NASHVILLE 06/09/2017 $58,672.00 Portable Fire Extinguishers, Machine Guarding, Fall Protection

IL 1209779.015 GDB International, Inc. PINCKNEYVILLE 06/09/2017 $44,004.00 Fire Exit Routes, Portable Fire Extinguishers

IL 1230157.015 Locke's Roofing & Siding, Inc. GALESBURG 06/09/2017 $61,348.00 Head Protection, Eye and Face Protection, Fall Protection

ME 1203884.015 Flemish Master Weavers SANFORD 06/09/2017 $122,223.00 Portable Fire Extinguishers, Walking-Working Surfaces

TX 1205505.015 Frameworks Manufacturing, Inc. HOUSTON 06/09/2017 $41,218.00 Mechanical Power Presses

MN 1200640.015 Rahr Malting Company SHAKOPEE 06/09/2017 $52,800.00 Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Pressure Hoses - Constant Pressure Controls

CA 1198777.015 Gino Rinaldi Inc. SAN FRANCISCO 06/08/2017 $58,050.00 Servicing Moving Machinery/Equipment, Servicing Multi-/Single Piece Wheel Rims

CT 1207520.015 Corbin Russwin, Inc. BERLIN 06/08/2017 $56,950.00 Machine Guarding, Scaffolding, Personal Protective Equipment, Hand Protection, Bloodborne Pathogens, Hazard Communication, Incident Report Forms

IL 1228511.015 PSC Custom LP DBA Jarco SALEM 06/08/2017 $54,324.00 Respiratory Protection, Hazard Communication

NJ 1235582.015 New Jersey Turnpike Authority Interchange 8A MONROE TOWNSHIP 06/08/2017 $67,000.00 Fall Protection, Fire Exit Routes, Emergency Action Plans, Portable Fire Extinguishers, Annual Summary

CA 1217609.015 Vallarta Supermarkets SANTA CLARITA 06/07/2017 $41,000.00 Work-Connected Fatality/Injury Reporting, Servicing Moving Machinery/Equipment

GA 1196140.015 Kumho Tire Georgia, Inc. MACON 06/07/2017 $126,751.00  General Duty (providing safe workplace), Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Slings, Overhead and Gantry Cranes

GA 1216509.015 Kumho Tire Georgia, Inc. MACON 06/07/2017 $52,512.00 Noise Exposure, Confined Spaces, Hazard Communication, Hazardous Locations

NJ 1196012.015 Universal Processing, LLC EAST BRUNSWICK 06/07/2017 $93,240.00 Fire Exit Routes, Confined Spaces, Lockout/Tagout, Written Hazard Communication Program, Portable Fire Extinguishers, Fire Prevention and Protection

GA 1197730.015 FAMA CONSTRUCTION LLC LAWRENCEVILLE 06/06/2017 $159,341.00 Eye and Face Protection, Fall Protection

PA 1199470.015 Electro-Chemical Engineering & Mfg. Co. EMMAUS 06/05/2017 $45,251.00 Personal Protective Equipment, Confined Spaces, Air Contaminants, Methylene Chloride, Hazard Communication

AL 1213173.015 Murphy & Sons, Inc. MONTGOMERY 06/02/2017 $98,864.00 Head Protection, Fall Protection, Protective Systems (Excavations)

FL 1219800.015 R.J. Dougherty Associates LLC EDGEWATER 06/02/2017 $59,754.00 General Duty (providing safe workplace), Noise Exposure, Respiratory Protection, Air Contaminants

OH 1205152.015 Lake Building Products, Inc. MENTOR 06/02/2017$60,840.00 Accident Prevention Program, Fall Protection

FL 1198147.015 DOLGENCORP, LLC DAVENPORT 06/01/2017 $79,674.00 Walking-Working Surfaces, Fire Exit Routes, Portable Fire Extinguishers, Emergency Action Plans

TX 1212766.015 GC Packaging LLC ALLEN 06/01/2017 $85,638.00 Personal Protective Equipment, Eye and Face Protection, Hand Protection, Respiratory Protection, Methylene Chloride, Written Hazard Communication Program

Safety Training at Non-Profits

CSC 30 Hour construction             August 15, 17, 22, 24

CSC 10 Hour construction             Upon Request

CSC OSHA 500                                  In Sep

CSC OSHA 510                                  Aug 7-10

CSC Excavation Safety                    Upon Request

Recordkeeping                                Upon Request

CSC Incident investigation            Upon Request

TRMA Scaffold                                 Upon Request

CSC Crane Signal Rigging               Aug 16

CSC Confined Space                       Aug 30

TRMA Confined Space                   Upon Request

CSC GHS/Health hazards               Upon Request

CSC Fall Protection                         Upon Request

CSC Fall Protection Industry         Upon Request

CSC Work Zone MUTCD                Upon Request

CSC Job Hazard Analysis                Upon Request

CSC Machine Guarding 7100       Aug 28

CSC Emergency Planning              Upon Request

CSC Health Hazards                        Upon Request

CSC OSHA Excavation 3015           Aug 21-23

NIU OSHA 511                                 TBA

NIU OSHA 501                                 Upon Request

NIU OSHA 503                                 Upon Request

NIU Small Business                         Upon Request

OSHA Intro safety mgt csc            Upon Request

NIU Bloodborne                              Upon Request

OSHA 7115 Lockout                       TBA

OSHA 3115 Fall CSC                        2018

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 1769 people this year. I teach evenings, weekends, early mornings too      

All presentations are put on slideshare.net for free downloading. I put this presentation at this link. https://www.slideshare.net/johnanewquist/lockout-minor-servicing-exceptions

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