OSHA NEws June 2024

OSHA News for June 2024 Hello, We survived the heat dome. It was 12 days in the 90’s here. It looks like many got hydrated and took breaks to combat the heat. Fans work wonders. I did 11 site audits this month. Many companies want to see how they are doing for safety. The best sites have full time safety professionals with OSHA 510/511 and some certification. This month ppt is fatigue management. I see many making mistakes when tired or getting not enough sleep. The Trench injury case probably settled for seven figures. The defense hired the most expensive and best safety defense expert witness in the USA, who is $5000+ retainer and ~$400/hour. I saw our chances of winning 95%+. If in a jury trial, I figured the plaintiff would get $20-30 million. Big cities, big awards. Keys to the multi-employer case. - My nice Plaintiff attorney caught the president in a big lie under oath. - The Fire department had case-winning photos. (hint OSHA) - No documentation of training with no sign-in sheets. Gary Anderson, former Area Director of Chicago South and North passed away in June. I cannot find any information. He was one the nicest professionals in OSHA. John OSHA News. 1. OSHA ANNOUNCES SUSAN HARWOOD TRAINING GRANT PROGRAM FOR FY2024 On June 26, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced in the Federal Register the availability of funds and funding opportunities for the Susan Harwood Grant Training Program. There are three separate funding opportunities/announcements that are available: specifically (1) targeted topic training grants, (2) training and education material development grants, and (3) new capacity building grants. The complete Susan Harwood Training Grant Program funding opportunities/announcements and all information needed to apply are available at www.grants.gov. Applications for these different grants must be received electronically by the grants.gov system no later than 11:59 PM Eastern time on July 26, 2027. Questions regarding the funding opportunities’ announcement should be emailed to Donna Robertson at harwoodgrant@DOL.gov or directly to OSHA via telephone at 847–725–7805. 2. The Supreme Court on Friday overturned a landmark 40-year-old decision that gave federal agencies broad regulatory power, upending their authority to issue regulations unless Congress has spoken clearly. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/supreme-court-curtails-federal-agencies-power-in-major-ruling/ar-BB1p4dPD?ocid=BingNewsSerp&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0VExOwLbPhmAJcjpflL-aPtFmEPUyL66YMsF2t4DmbvORWASdFiD0km_M_aem_LxESX2Pc2A8bmULYvaPZDQ 3. A 13 year old found working at Hyundai in AL. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/a-13-year-old-girl-worked-60-hours-a-week-making-car-parts-for-hyundai-in-alabama-labor-department-says-94c2932d?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3hTrRIvyItwQHVkTY_Ud-OamHP5Q9-fZsKD822FFJ_745vfV5tcZxTnNM_aem__Ri7Qyf-Pqj80PshCt7Cog 4. Hazard alert. Freezers and coolers are not a standard in OSHA, but OSHA has used the 5a1 in several of the deaths where the plunger does not work in case the latch breaks or will not work. Osha is citing these under confined space also. I've had two deaths in the last 5 years with them and there's another one in Rosemont with a guest that got trapped in a cooler. Freezers that have a pull cord have to have specific training because workers will not know to pull a cord in lieu of a plunger. I have not seen a food company in the last 5 years have all their freezers and coolers in compliance. I can make a case for OSHA to look hard for this hazard in the food industry. 5. The NFPA 660 for combustible dust standard is coming out in 2025. I have already started training on it. This is the most challenging subject for clients so far since it merged several PSM elements into the document. (PSSR, MOC, operating procedures, incident investigation, periodic audits, employee involvement, contractors, hot works) . It would be nice if the NFPA provided some samples of good DHA, just as NFPA 51B provided a new Hot Work Permit. OTHER NEWS 1. Lawsuit in Chicago fall death. https://abc7chicago.com/post/family-david-odonnell-files-lawsuit-after-worker-killed/14981603/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1lWbo3kurLKbeZjwBlLr6QdQMkivFF1vGmU1KxNsieD8HjcAHI8LQ3nxA_aem_ZrMsP6F3LagrvhFdsM_OIg 2. Worker dies in fire at Mapleton foundry. https://www.25newsnow.com/2024/06/06/person-dies-fire-caterpillars-mapleton-foundry/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3m2HcydmuW6kSGCg86fPFnYzS5vQ556Bh9IXjetJCXizfckaTPZYAzHik_aem_cmTrmAODkBzQvjad7NNL1g 3. Fleetio has a good forklift inspection app for drivers. They use the pad to inspect and the electronic record is sent to safety and maintenance. Anyone like another program? OSHA CITATIONS May 7 2024 Safety Training at Non-Profits (Check Sites for Starting Dates) CSC 500 July 15-18 CSC 502 June 3-5 CSC 7115 June 27 NIU Mental Health July 11, 19, 26 NIU is Northern Illinois University OSHA Education Center http://www.nsec.niu.edu FREE machine Guarding https://www.nsec.niu.edu/nsec/course-schedules/free-courses/free-machinery-courses/index.shtml 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 10-hour and the 500 series. I have taught 2374 people this year. I teach evenings, weekends, and early mornings too. I teach in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, and Indiana. The PowerPoint is posted free at usmwf.org. https://www.usmwf.org/powerpoints-and-safety-information.html I use your feedback to make changes to make corrections.