OSHA News for October 2019
October was a fast month. We had 3 inches of
snow on Halloween. It is never too late to teach workers safety in winter and
walking on ice.
I did some rare audits outside the Chicagoland
areas. People like getting benchmark scores for safety. I think many consultants
are like OSHA and only find a few items. They make many clients happy but gives
an illusion of safety. I pass out the audit in the OSHA 511 class to help new
safety professionals benchmark themselves. I like watching the scores improve
in time and some become VPP or world-class.
I am working on the NIU machine guarding
grant. If you know of a pasta company, offset printer, or meat processor that
would be open to discussion injuries and prevention, I would be glad to do a
free visit. We are try to show solutions for guarding.
This month ppt is on Mercury. I remember
buying mercury from Acme Chemical when younger. No warnings. Just a plastic
blue bottle and white cap. My fifth-grade teacher said it was poisonous and
told me to wash my hands. I never brought it back.
John
OSHA News.
1) The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today issued a Request for Information
as the agency considers a new model to administer online classes for the
Outreach Training Program.
OSHA is
requesting information and comment: modifying the current model for online
delivery of Outreach training, scope of online offerings, roles and
responsibilities, validating online curriculum and training content, ensuring
program management and strengthening program oversite.
OSHA seeking comments through Dec. 9
Comments must be submitted on or before 60
days after publication in the Federal Register.
Comments and materials may be submitted electronically at
http://www.regulations.gov, the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal, or by facsimile or
mail. See the Federal Register notice http://www.federalregister.gov, for
submission details.
2)
Amanda Wood Laihow to be a member of the Occupational Safety and Health
Review Commission for a six-year term expiring April 27, 2023.
Laihow currently serves as the chief counsel
to OSHRC Chairman James J. Sullivan Jr., who is currently the only member of
the three-member panel.
Former chair Heather MacDougall left the
commission in March to become Amazon.com Inc.’s vice president of worldwide
employee health and safety.
Previously, Laihow was the director of labor
and employment policy for the National Association of Manufacturers. She also
served as deputy general counsel for the Senate Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs Committee and as assistant general counsel at the General
Services Administration.
Laihow earned her law degree from the
University of Maine School of Law and her bachelor’s in political science from
the University of New Hampshire. She lives in Arlington, Va., with her husband
and two daughters.
3) 340,022 students took online OSHA courses
in FY 2018
4) The President has nominated Cynthia L.
Attwood to serve a third term on the Occupational Safety and Health Review
Commission. Her previous term on the three-member panel expired April 27, 2019.
5) The U.S. Department of Labor has issued
nearly $1.6 million in penalties to a company whose Waukegan plant exploded in
May, killing four employees.
The department’s Occupational Safety and
Health Administration cited AB Specialty Silicones LLC for 12 willful federal
safety violations in the fire and explosion occurring May 3, according to a
news release.
6) Trench Contractor going to jail for killing
two workers.
"The deaths of these two men could have
and should have been prevented," Galen Blanton, the New England regional
administrator for OSHA, said. "Their employer, which previously had been
cited by OSHA for the same hazardous conditions, knew what safeguards were
needed to protect its employees but chose to ignore that responsibility."
7) Dollar Tree blocks more exits. This in MA.
CEO Gary Philbin has never commented on safety. Just increasing shareholder
value. OSHA needs to subpoena him and ask how Dollar tree had four blocked exit
WIllful citations in four months. This worked when I was with OSHA and a
Billion dollar CEO had two explain how you do 1.7 billion in revenue and only
had one safety person.
https://news.bloombergenvironment.com/safety/dollar-tree-fined-nearly-460-000-for-egress-storage-hazards?fbclid=IwAR0IEfjTpp755MbIP9OT16iWOeIv-uj5bHYnOEYFiKGT_KhyG-OZRCLk3NU
Georgia
https://allongeorgia.com/georgia-business/ga-dollar-tree-faces-125k-in-penalties-for-osha-violations/?fbclid=IwAR2VGewm0dIL-0Swt73rIEOLZVKcP8FDB08MnFXH5jZ0Wz_CUN8lq9d3yCs
New York. -
https://www.mytwintiers.com/local-news-3/local-dollar-tree-cited-for-osha-violations/?fbclid=IwAR1fA7B9X9OPbbwWFvG0jq1ZlRvJgbtmB9qxNkCpvEPmXnKZ7PeimWytpew
8) Op-ed OSHA’s on the case in N.J., but is it
effective?
The penalties stem in part from a gory
incident four years ago, when a worker lost two fingers in a machine that
presented significant safety hazards. According to a press release from OSHA’s
Evesham Township office, the machine wasn’t fixed during a follow-up visit in
2017 and, in an April 2019 inspection, Aruvil still was not in compliance.
During the 2019 visit, inspectors allegedly found several violations, including
four that they termed as “willful.”
The NJ website failed to mention that the
employer contested in court and eventually had to guard the machines. But he
did not develop lockout programs.
How hard is it for a paper to call the
employer and ask why he cannot spend an hour and write some procedures and
install light curtains. Below is a weaving machine with light curtains. I show
students in the classes all the time how to comply. Most can write procedures
in 15 minutes
Citations for lockout, lighting and machine
guarding.
https://www.osha.gov/…/citat…/AruvilInternational1393384.pdf
9) OSHA ends with 752 inspectors in the field.
https://news.bloombergenvironment.com/safety/federal-workplace-safety-inspector-numbers-stay-flat-in-fy-2019?fbclid=IwAR2WmmwAZtMQ3rQ7vV9cWE3ClLJNgTVNv5HivpHaOr95aR35QSiRAtFc-QY
10) 10 easy ways to get your safety program
started
https://www.osha.gov/shpguidelines/ten-easy-things.html?fbclid=IwAR2T9dv0C_1mJKL9tdY_JMjgdkA8slYb4HvI4qso3S_JFrN0xFsrGWZRpSE
Other Major News Stories.
1) How Do Police Officers Determine Marijuana
Impairment in Drivers?
https://reason.org/commentary/how-do-police-officers-determine-marijuana-impairment-in-drivers/
2) Kiewit and supervisors to face trial for
worker death in Canada.
3) $300 guardrails would have saved her life.
Pennsdale, Pa. – A wholesale meat processing
facility in Lycoming County has received penalties of $49,062 for OSHA
violations found after an employee died last April when she fell or was pulled
into a commercial meat grinder.
What a horrible death.
Two violations listed in the OSHA report were
related to the April 22 incident. The report mentioned the mixer/grinder was
operated with the lid open, which exposed the operator to the rotating mixer
paddles. The lid of the grinder also had a 10-by-24-inch opening that exposed
employees to hazards, according to the report.
4) Odessa Tx. A $600 gas detector installed
would have saved husband and wife.
ODESSA, Texas — A 44-year-old Texas oil
company worker died after being overcome by poisonous gas at a pump house, and
his 37-year-old wife also was killed by the fumes when she went to check on
him.
The Ector County Sheriff's Office says Jacob
and Natalee Dean died Saturday night after inhaling hydrogen sulfide gas at an
Aghorn Energy pump house in Odessa. Deputies say the company dispatched the
husband to check on the facility. When he didn't return as expected, his wife
tried to reach him by phone but got no answer.
She drove with their two children, ages 6 and
9, to the pump house and was overcome by the colorless, highly corrosive gas
when she entered the building. The children were left in the car and weren't
harmed.
5) Moorseville IN. A $10 lock, training, and
procedures would have saved him. A 22-year-old worker died Tuesday morning as a
result of an accident at the PacMoore Process Technologies plant.
The victim, identified as Sean Merrell of
Mooresville, died of blunt force trauma to the head, chest, and abdomen after
being trapped in a machine he was cleaning, according to the coroner's office.
The machine restarted while Merrell was still in it.
99% of the cleaners are not given locks in my
experience.
https://www.powderbulksolids.com/news/Worker-Dies-in-Food-Processing-Plant-Accident-10-28-2019?fbclid=IwAR1KT_6J6l_HHhvdpS8nyZlSFYaDTy7uPF7nA-GN6gMd96zL27V5U34IQT4
6) Film crew member falls to his death at
Starved Rock Park in IL.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/platform/amp/news/2019/10/19/20922359/person-falls-starved-rock-state-park?__twitter_impression=true&fbclid=IwAR28KaMqftmLLBH_Dsnpk_kfmeQmB-5tw-7Jxk3L-rsWu2qQ6zM1m4FGIhk
7) Four dead in hot tub due to Legionnaires
https://people.com/health/4-people-now-dead-from-legionnaires-outbreak-linked-to-hot-tub-display-at-a-state-fair/?fbclid=IwAR0VKa_aSdgAM8dxLuafSP8WSS7GjjXvlndC5c4O1o5v53gWL2JqLOGkXSQ
8) Two workers died in one week at the Hanford
site.
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/hanford/article236333933.html?fbclid=IwAR3yhxJpl1j_fvEeAUHE4-yvFdiazcamBoSjBvBp5fj5Lf-mjftVfj9Z9J8
9) Hard Rock hotel collapses. 3 dead.
https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/local/orleans/hard-rock-hotel-collapses-on-canal-street/289-930d2437-69fa-4993-a41e-0bd480274f44?fbclid=IwAR0zsC-eL3fX2MogGxWsvjcrcjFbXXY-rJOkfenp8a7T3ZBMPMLUfSpltxc
10) BP contract worker died from a fall at the
Indiana refinery.
All falls are preventable.
https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/construction-worker-dies-in-accident-at-bp-whiting-refinery/article_79ce0dd7-6498-5640-86ee-ca42a5ab3a2d.amp.html?__twitter_impression=true&fbclid=IwAR3C6I3W10Lw4fCW6-wgC2RkEkYeC5K-6_9PeBapW5VSaZshEBBsgPsKPs0
Safety Training at Non-Profits
OSHA 511 Chicago Downtown Nov
4-7
OSHA 7500 Safety Mgt Dekalb Nov
14
OSHA 7845 Recordkeeping Dekalb Nov 18
NIU is Northern Illinois University OSHA
Education Center http://www.nsec.niu.edu
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 been teaching many 10/30 hour class for private
companies. I have taught 1874 people
this year. I teach evenings, weekends, early mornings too. I teach in
Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, and Indiana.
All presentations are put on slideshare.net
for free downloading. I put this presentation at this link. https://www.slideshare.net/JohnNewquist/mad-hatter-disease
I use your feedback to make changes to make
corrections.
OSHA Citations
OH 1392239.015 Envelope 1, Inc. COLUMBIANA 09/27/2019 $55,427.00 [no violations linked]
OH 1407843.015 Envelope 1, Inc. COLUMBIANA 09/27/2019 $132,598.00 [no violations linked]
MO 1393573.015 Kerry, Inc. GREENVILLE 09/26/2019 $223,525.00 [no violations linked]
NM 1391330.015 Santa Fe, City of SANTA FE 09/26/2019 $183,375.00 [no violations linked]
HI 1419141.015 AOUO Symphony Honolulu HONOLULU 09/25/2019 $106,080.00 [no violations linked]
NJ 1392221.015 Rich Products Corporation VINELAND 09/25/2019 $291,735.00 [no violations linked]
NJ 1392282.015 Rich Products Corporation VINELAND 09/25/2019 $79,184.00 [no violations linked]
NY 1389876.015 Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. ELMIRA 09/25/2019 $208,368.00 [no violations linked]
OH 1416092.015 Ferry Industries, Inc. STOW 09/24/2019 $41,106.00 [no violations linked]
TX 1393309.015 BMC - Building Materials &
Construction Solutions EL
PASO 09/24/2019 $47,926.00 [no violations linked]
KY 1393443.015 Phillips Brothers Construction, LLC FORT KNOX 09/23/2019 $102,856.00 [no violations linked]
OH 1428741.015 Diamond Products, Limited ELYRIA 09/23/2019 $49,252.00 [no violations linked]
NH 1409425.015 Chinburg Builders, Inc. SOMERSWORTH 09/20/2019 $78,766.00 Lead, Respiratory protection, Respirable crystalline silica
VA 1409078.015 Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Virginia, LLC SALEM 09/20/2019 $41,976.00 [no violations linked]
IA 1388268.015 Hull Trailers, Inc. BRADDYVILLE 09/19/2019 $45,065.00 [no violations linked]
OH 1430266.015 Trademark Exteriors, LLC HUDSON 09/19/2019 $55,692.00 [no violations linked]
GA 1396199.015 Parts Authority Georgia, LLC NORCROSS 09/18/2019 $108,356.00 PPE Hazard Assessment, Foot protection, Respiratory
protection, Stable and secure storage of material, Lead, Labeling of hazardous
chemicals, Eye wash stations, Forms
NJ 1387011.015 Amerinox Processing, Inc. CAMDEN 09/16/2019 $43,299.00 Walking-working surfaces (access and
egress), Protection from fall hazards, Machine guarding, Annual summary,
Sanitation, Oxygen storage.
TX 1386420.015 Intercontinental Terminals Company LLC LA PORTE 09/16/2019 $53,040.00 Process safety management of highly
hazardous chemicals
CA 1396505.015 Mission Linen Supply NEWARK 09/13/2019 $76,770.00 [no violations linked]
IA 1421180.015 Department of Human Services, State of
Iowa INDEPENDENCE 09/13/2019 $72,770.00 [no violations linked]
ID 1391372.015 Dollar Tree Stores Inc. BOISE 09/13/2019 $229,218.00 Exit routes (clear and unobstructed), Stable and secure
storage of material
ID 1391524.015 Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. CALDWELL 09/13/2019 $288,700.00 Exit routes (clear and unobstructed), Sufficient access and
working space around electrical equipment, Stable and secure storage of
material
ID 1391852.015 Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. NAMPA 09/13/2019 $151,546.00 Ladders, Protection from fall hazards, Stable and secure
storage of material
ID 1392581.015 Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. MERIDIAN 09/13/2019 $229,218.00 Exit routes (clear and unobstructed), Stable and secure
storage of material
KY 1387862.015 BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC PADUCAH 09/13/2019 $49,000.00 [no violations linked]
MS 1385578.015 HOWARD INDUSTRIES INC. LAUREL 09/13/2019 $53,040.00 General Duty (providing safe workplace), Protection from
fall hazards, Lockout / Tagout
NH 1398405.015 Ocean State Job Lot STRATHAM 09/13/2019 $154,199.00 Respiratory protection, Sanitation, Vermin control
NY 1390472.015 KTC Design Group, Inc. BROOKLYN 09/13/2019 $44,180.00 Accident prevention responsibilities, Housekeeping,
Grounding path, Worn or frayed electrical cords or cables, Daily inspections of
excavations, Protective systems for excavations, Engineering survey prior to
beginning demolition operations
TX 1419839.015 Protech Roofing Systems LLC. EL PASO 09/13/2019 $100,644.00 Aerial lifts, Fall protection, Fall hazard training
MA 1416526.015 James Roberts FLORENCE 09/12/2019 $59,384.00 Fall hazard training (with certification), Duty to have fall
protection
OH 1407810.015 Superior Dairy, Inc. CANTON 09/12/2019 $65,637.00 Lockout / Tagout
PA 1421626.015 AVI Foodsystems, Inc. CALIFORNIA 09/11/2019 $51,145.00 Eye wash stations, Safety data sheets, Hazard information
and training, PPE (hazard assessment), Eye and face protection, Hand protection
TX 1426676.015 Bodycote Thermal Processing, Inc. HOUSTON 09/11/2019 $50,011.00 Duty to have fall protection and
falling object protection, PPE, Lockout / Tagout, Work rests, Machine guarding.
WI 1401653.015 Wood Sewer & Excavation, Inc. FOX POINT 09/11/2019 $65,921.00 Excavations: means of egress, inspections, protective
systems.
MN 1397387.015 Brentwood Motor Inn LP dba Brentwood Inn -
Suites ROCHESTER 09/10/2019 $50,375.00 [no violations linked]
OH 1413216.015 Windsor Realty & Management, Inc. KENT 09/09/2019 $64,028.00 Accident prevention responsibilities, Safety training,
Scaffolds, Fall protection, Fall protection training, Ladders, Recording
criteria, Report in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to
OSHA within 24 hours.
WA 1387932.015 EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE THE OLYMPIA 09/09/2019 $135,600.00 [no violations linked]
FL 1416242.015 Domingos 54 Construction, Inc. RUSKIN 09/06/2019 $43,757.00 [no violations linked]
GA 1384550.015 Hyundai Transys Georgia Powertrain, Inc. WEST POINT 09/06/2019 $68,194.00 Scaffolding (fall protection / falling
object protection), Hearing conservation program, Lockout / Tagout
KS 1404598.015 Shamrock Tire & Auto Service, Inc. WICHITA 09/06/2019 $104,754.00 Portable wood ladders, Scaffolding (fall
protection / falling object protection), Flammable and combustible liquids,
Servicing multi-piece and single piece rim wheels, Powered industrial trucks,
Machine guarding, Work rests, Guarding pulleys, Examination of electric
equipment, Visual inspection of portable electric equipment, Written hazard
communication program, Hazardous chemical training, Report in-patient
hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours.
NY 1409528.015 Grand Rehabilitation & Nursing in
Batavia BATAVIA 09/06/2019 $45,464.00 Exit
routes, Automatic sprinkler systems, Asbestos, Bloodborne Pathogens (Exposure
Control Plan, Training program, Training records).
TX 1387139.015 Jupiter Metal Roofing CARROLLTON 09/06/2019 $62,132.00 Fall hazard training, Fall protection, Reporting the
fatality of any employee as a result of a work-related incident to OSHA and US
Dept of Labor within 8 hours.
TX 1387186.015 VALLEY RIDGE ROOFING AND CONSTRUCTION LLC CARROLLTON 09/06/2019 $102,101.00 Fall hazard training, Fall protection
CA 1383554.015 Batth Farms, Inc. CARUTHERS 09/05/2019 $58,350.00 [no violations linked]
IL 1387243.015 Graham Welding, Inc. DECATUR 09/05/2019 $40,628.00 Portable wooden ladders, Hearing conservation program, PPE,
Eye and face protection, Eye wash stations, Machine guarding, Flexible cords
and cables (visual inspection and removal of defective or damaged parts),
Inorganic arsenic (monitoring, PPE), Lead (PPE, hazard communication), Safety
data sheets, Written hazard communication program, Hazardous chemical training,
Respiratory protection, Cadmium (exposure monitoring).
IL 1386770.015 Polo Masonry Builders, Inc. CHICAGO 09/05/2019 $252,136.00 Scaffolds (fall protection), Walking-working surface (fall
protection), Guarding protruding steel to eliminate hazard of impalement, Forms
for recordable injuries and illnesses, Written certification of training
NJ 1397879.015 EG Munoz Construction, LLC NEWARK 09/05/2019 $116,688.00 Safety training, Lead, Respiratory protection, Asbestos
SC 1384093.015 Cedar Fair Southwest Inc dba Carowinds FORT MILL 09/05/2019 $42,000.00 [no violations linked]
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