OSHA News for January 2018
Training was in demand and silica was the hot topic. I
included a construction ppt on silica that I presented at the Chicago Roofing
Contractors Association in January. They had record attendance, and many wanted
to hear about silica. The ppt is 22 megs. I included a pdf. If you want the ppt;
it is on slideshare, or I can try to send.
I see too many workers attaching at their feet exposing
themselves to 12 foot falls. It is clear
that OSHA has specific rules on this. It would take a professional engineer to
allow this excessive fall.
1926.502(d)(16)(iii) Fall arrest systems shall be rigged
such that an employee can neither free fall more than 6 feet (1.8 m), nor
contact any lower level;
I attend the ASSE Three River Chapter meetings on the second
Friday in Lisle. It is well attended and has a speaker each month.
I will be doing a CHST prep class at the Construction Safety
Conference on March 5. I do not get paid and it is free for paid attendees. www.buildsafe.org
Thanks for everyone help make February a sellout month.
John
OSHA News.
1) OSHA penalties for other-than-serious, serious and
failure to abate violations increased by $319 from $12,615 per violation to
$12,934 per violation. The penalty for
willful and repeat violations increased from $126,749 to $129,336, an increase
of $2, 587. The new penalty increase is effective
today and will apply to any citations issued today or through the remainder of
2018.
https://www.oshalawblog.com/2018/01/articles/osha-penalties-up-to-adjust-for-inflation/?utm_source=Jackson+Lewis%2C+P.C.+-+OSHA+Law+Blog&utm_campaign=405bda7527-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fd6a79170f-405bda7527-70486261
2) OSHA inspectors drop 40 in 2017.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/exclusive-number-osha-workplace-safety-inspectors-declines-under-trump-n834806
3) OSHA 10 will have only one hour of Intro of osha.
Effective April.
https://www.osha.gov/dte/outreach/generalindustry/General_Industry_Procedures-2018.pdf
4) WA man charged with Felony in cave-in death.
http://www.khq.com/story/37220262/seattle-construction-company-owner-faces-manslaughter-charges-over-worker-death
5) Covered establishments with 250 or more employees are
only required to provide their 2017 Form 300A summary data. OSHA is not
accepting Form 300 and 301 information at this time. OSHA announced that it
will issue a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to reconsider, revise, or remove
provisions of the "Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and
Illnesses" final rule, including the collection of the Forms 300/301 data.
Covered establishments with 250 or more employees are only
required to provide their 2017 Form 300A summary data. OSHA is not accepting
Form 300 and 301 information at this time. OSHA announced that it will issue a
notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to reconsider, revise, or remove
provisions of the "Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and
Illnesses" final rule, including the collection of the Forms 300/301 data.
https://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/finalrule/index.html
6) Former OSHA head discusses OSHA for 2018.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/sites/nationallawjournal/2018/01/12/former-osha-head-predicts-shift-from-enforcement-to-compliance-assistance/?slreturn=20180013145154
7) OSHA reminds employers of their obligation to post a copy
of OSHA’s Form 300A, which summarizes job-related injuries and illnesses logged
during 2017.
8) Two OSHA regulatory developments bear watching in 2018,
including an advancing potential rule on lockout/tagout requirements and
possible changes to OSHA’s current electronic record-keeping rule, Mr. Conn
said.
http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20180117/NEWS08/912318549/Trump-administration-impact-on-OSHA-minimal-so-far-Experts
9) Workplace Violence, Indoor Heat, Cannabis Regulations on
Cal/OSHA 2018 Schedule
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/workplace-violence-indoor-heat-cannabis-regulations-calosha-2018-schedule
10) OSHA under the Obama administration had promised to
share the data, Sean Sherman, a Washington-based attorney for the Public
Citizen Foundation, which brought the suit, told Bloomberg Environment.
https://www.bna.com/employers-osha-injury-n73014474351/
11) Missouri Court of Appeals Upholds $1.5 Million
Whistleblower Jury Verdict
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/missouri-court-appeals-upholds-15-million-whistleblower-jury-verdict
Other Major News Stories.
1) Postal worker kills 2.
http://www.wpxi.com/news/trending-now/ohio-police-naked-postal-worker-kills-2-supervisors-in-separate-shootings/668323524
2) A NY jury awarded approximately $174,00 to a
whistleblower who was fired for reporting improper asbestos removal practices
at asbestos abatement and demolition company.
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/whistleblower-fired-disclosing-improper-asbestos-removal-wins-trial
3) 5 dead in oil rig explosion in Oklahoma
http://www.tulsaworld.com/homepagelatest/drilling-contractor-in-quinton-explosion-had-osha-violations-in-past/article_c1062dba-160d-5957-9752-3c4c233991ff.html
OSHA Citations this month
1) $91,629 OH Fall
Protection Roofer.
2) $212,396 MA
Foundation collapse Foundation company
3) $199,996 NJ Repeat machine guarding Chainlink fence mfr.
4) $59,864 FL Willful guardrails Concrete company
5) $91,832 IL Machine guarding. Pallet company.
6) $69,058 GA Lockout, Tire mfr.
7) $70,711 CO Fatal
explosion at Tire and gas battery. Petroleum company.
8) $208,977 GA 14 serious. Machine guarding. Poultry
company.
9) $194,006 KS Willful hexchrome Aircraft mfr.
10) $113,073 AL Willful Fall protection Framing company.
Safety Training at Non-Profits
TRMA Crane Signal Rigging Feb
14
CSC Confined Space
Feb 15
OSHA 511 Naperville Feb 5-8
NSC OSHA 501
Feb 20-23
OSHA 6000 NIU Feb
26-Mar 1
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
NSC is National
Safety Council https://www.greatlakesosha.org/sites/national-safety-council/
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 734 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/silica-2017-construction
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