May 2014 OSHA News

This month’s draft powerpoint is Electrical Power Transmission Fall Protection. I am working on covering the new OSHA standard. The fall protection updated the rules from 1970. It doesn’t quite adopt the ANSI Z359 standards either. I need to visit an electrical substation and Powerline stringing operations. So if any electrical companies want to invite me, I will come out at no cost. The ppt is in pdf since the original was over 8 Megs.

http://www.slideshare.net/johnanewquist/1926-power-transmission-fall-issues-2014-35627260
 
This year, I am tracking the Illinois worker fatalities. I can find six who died in May bringing the total to 28 for 2014. 
 
It was a busier than expected training month with 140 people trained. My goal for 2014 is 2500 people trained. The first five months was 958 people trained total
 
I am also working on a training ppt for tuckpointing and logging safety so will be glad to come out and help out at no charge.
 
Here is the news for May
 
1) Felony charges were filed against the President of a Holland construction company in connection to the death of one of his employees. 38-year-old Brian Tarachanowicz was killed in July of 2012, while working for Black River Builders, owned by Joe Novak. He fell through a weak spot on the roof of the Federal Mogul Building in Sparta. The suit, filed by Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, says they were not using fall protection equipment and were exposed to a 26 foot fall.
 
http://wwmt.com/shared/news/features/top-stories/stories/wwmt_holland-business-owner-facing-charge-osha-violation-causing-death-20491.shtml#.U2IrtWMU-Uk
 
2) $7 million available for Harwood grants. https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=25995
 
3) Bryan Haywood has a good article on Grade D breathing air. http://www.safteng.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3329%3Ado-you-have-good-breathing-air&catid=52%3Aemergency-response&Itemid=296
 
4) I was teaching confined space safety this month. I was surprised that most of the class missed these five "intermediate" pretest questions. Answers next month.
The people who did the best were the oldest employees despite all having a 90 minute webinar last on confined space.
 
A.. Confined Space Permits must be retained for ________________ years.
 
B. The lower limit for Oxygen in a confined space is ______.___ %
 
C. This respirator would need an escape pack when used. ______________________
 
D. Rescue system for permit required confined space entry must be practiced every ______ months.
 
E. __________% of PRCS fatalities are would be rescuers per OSHA.
 
Can you get the right answers?
 
5) Federal court sides with OSHA on machine guard standard  ‘Perez v. Loren Cook Company, No. 13-1310  (8 th Cir. May 9, 2014)
 
6) Some Cyanide kits are not being made. Here is was is available. Thanks Janet.
http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/EnforcementActivitiesbyFDA/SelectedEnforcementActionsonUnapprovedDrugs/ucm328808.htm
 
7) OSHA personnel will advise all complainants who have filed, or attempted to file, an untimely Section 11(c) complaint to also contact the NLRB to inquire about filing a charge alleging unfair labor practices. OSHA personnel must first follow their Region’s policy with respect to discussing the complainant’s rights under Section 11(c) and options with respect to untimely filed complaints (e.g. screen out or docket/dismiss).
Until the NLRB rules, most late filers will be out of luck. I am not sure how this will play out.
http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=ed0b0a82-ab40-40d1-a838-05da680b5beb
 
8) Good resource for biodiesel facilities. There is a neutralization step involving sulfuric acid that has been mishandled in a number of facilities. The biodiesel process usually involves reacting methanol with the triglycerides (oils) at high pH forming biodiesel esters (transesterification) with glycerol as a byproduct. Lots of folks figuring out new ways to use the glycerol... PennState has an interesting overview on the most common biodiesel process http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/freepubs/pdfs/agrs103.pdf
 
9) I2P2 (Injury and Illness Prevention Program standard) is dead for now. OSHA took it off the regulatory agenda with no date for next action. http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=201404&RIN=1218-AC48
 
10) Employees engaged in emergency response and exposed to hazardous substances presenting an inhalation hazard or potential inhalation hazard shall wear positive pressure self-contained breathing apparatus while engaged in emergency response, until such time that the individual in charge of the ICS determines through the use of air monitoring that a decreased level of respiratory protection will not result in hazardous exposures to employees. 1910.120(q)(3)(iv)
 
 
 
OSHA Citations in May
Penalty State Major Issues
 
1) $49,000 IL Fall Protection, Commercial roofer
2) $210,000 NJ Fail to Abate Noise, lockout., Laboratory
3) $181,000 TX Willful lockout, machine guarding.
4) $196,000 CT Willful wall collapse, Demo Contractor
5) $155,900 OH Repeat fall and machine guarding, Foundry
6) $143,000 DE Willful storage and blocked exits, Retailer
7) $88,900 NY Willful decking fall death, General Contractor
8) $89,000 GA, Willful fall protection, Barn builder
9) $63,000 IL Willful forklift, Industrial machine products
10) $64,400 GA Dust, Fall, electrical, Truck mfr
11) $93,200 ME Repeat lockout, fabric mfr
12) $119,350 MA Willful fatal fall in residential, roofing contractor
13) $180,000 NJ Willful CO and noise. Snack mfr
14) $254,000 IL Willful dust, combustible dust, Feed mfr
15) $159,390 IL Willful residential lead, Painter
16) $139,000 OH Repeat lockout, guarding, Machine mfr
17) $40,921 NE Silica, stone cutter
18) $51,800 WI, MEK, Poder coating dust, Coating mfr
19) $48,300 TX lockout, guarding, Tortilla nfr
20) $168,700 MI Willful fatal, vehicle routes, Marine Terminal
21) $64,400 MA Combustible 3d metal printing dust, Printer.
22) $47,600 NY Blocked exits, Jewelry chain
23) $55,440 TX Spray booth, Noise, silica, Powder Coating
24) $42,300 WI Sulfur Dioxide, PSM, Paper mill
25) $147,000 IL Willful trench, trenching contractor
26) $130,700 TX Willful skid steer, concrete support, Demolition contractor
27) $160,280 NY electrical, combustible dust, flammable storage, Tire Mfr.
 
 
 
Large Work Payouts
 
1) $3.2 Million for a NJ scaffold fall.
http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2014/05/jury_awards_woodbridge_man_32_million_for_injuries_in_2010_construction_accidenties_suffered_in_cons.html
 
2) Hyundai will appeal $248 million verdict in Montana crash case
http://www.ktvq.com/news/hyundai-will-appeal-248-million-verdict-in-montana-crash-case/
 
3) The widow of an Illinois state trooper killed in March, 2013 after a Wisconsin truck driver allegedly fell asleep at the wheel of his semi was awarded a $10.9 million settlement with the driver and the companies he worked for that day, lawyers said Wednesday.
 
http://www.suntimes.com/27443412-761/widow-gets-109-mil-settlement-after-state-troopers-death.html#.U3Vfc2MU-Ul
 
 
4) $1.3 Million in VA crane death settlement. http://www.wric.com/story/25650276/estate-of-va-man-killed-in-crane-accident-settle
 
 
Summary of the Major News Stories
 
1)  Both Truck drivers died in a crash in New Baden IL. This is the 12th multiple death in 2014. http://fox2now.com/2014/04/30/i64-wb-shut-down-just-past-new-baden-il/
 
2)   Two workers died in an TX oilfield. This is the 13th multiple death in 2014.
An Artesia man is among the victims of Wednesday morning's fatal oilfield accident near Orla, Texas. The man, who law enforcement officials haven't yet publicly identified, is around 46 years old. The other victim is an El Paso man who was born in 1973, according to the Loving County Sheriff's Department.
http://www.currentargus.com/ci_25664078/eddy-county-sheriffs-department-responding-reports-oil-rig
 
3) Two IN highway workers killed by motorist. This is the 13th multiple fatality in 2014. http://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2014/05/09/construction-workers-killed-accident/8888181/
 
4) Two dead in coal mine accident. This is the 14th multiple work fatality in 2014.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/05/13/coal-mine-west-virginia/9027779/
 
5) Two Bank Employees were killed in a robbery in Cairo, IL. This is the 15th multiple work fatality.
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/cairo-bank-robbed-injuries-reported/article_1378b358-beb9-58cc-a1ec-673f3a98c7ce.html
 
6) Collazo had become caught in the rotating screws that blend the hummus and struggled to free himself as slowly-winding 9-inch blades kept turning, crushing his arms and part of his head, according to public records.
Lockout or guarding. Always.
Marcy Goldstein-Gelb, executive director of the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health, a workers’ advocacy group, said some employers view the risk of workplace-safety penalties as “just a cost of doing business.”
Tribe’s safety committee had compiled a “to do” list that included “lock out/tag out” training, but the plant had made little progress toward that goal by the time of Collazo’s death, OSHA investigators found. In 2010, Tribe hired a consultant, who warned that if safety improvements were not made quickly, a workplace death was “likely certain” within a year
http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/05/21/worker-death-hummus-maker-willfully-ignored-safety-stands-osha-says/OxFU0kIuBY9R0dBuyF8t0I/story.html
 
7) SF - 4 deaths in four days draws Cal-OSHA attention.
http://ohsonline.com/articles/2014/05/28/cal-osha-construction-blitz.aspx?admgarea=news
 
8) 18 years in jail for asbestos crimes in Italy.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/06/03/uk-italy-asbestos-idUKBRE9520UZ20130603
 
9) Two workers die in crane fall at a bridge in CA. This is the 16th multiple fatality in 2014.
http://www.kcra.com/news/workers-fall-100-feet-from-crane-at-winters-construction-site/26245104#!SFXvA
 
10) The climbing party, including two guides from Seattle's Alpine Ascents International, set off on Monday for a five-day ascent along the north face of the glacier-streaked mountain. This is the 17th multiple fatality of 2014.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/01/us-usa-washington-hikers-idUSKBN0EB0WD20140601
 
 
 
 

2014  Safety Training at Non-Profits
CSC 30 Hour	June 10, 12, 2014
NIU 503	June 11, 2014
CSC GHS	June 13, 2014
CSC Excavation Safety	June 16, 2014
CSC Fall Protection	June 17, 2014
CSC Confined Space	June 18, 2014
CSC Scaffold Safety	June 20, 2014
OSHA 10 Hour General Industry West Chicago	June 24, 26, 2014
CSC is the Construction Safety Council in Hillside. Www.Buildsafe.org
NIU is Northern Illinois University OSHA Education Center

 
 
             

April OSHA News

This month’s draft powerpoint is Supported Scaffold Safety. I use this in teaching the OSHA 30 hour class. It covers only the highlights of the standard. OSHA consistently has cited 1926.454 for scaffold training in the top 20 violations so the users should have more training than one hour. I am still running into several workers that do not realize scaffold rules from OSHA existed for over 40 years with the last changes made in 1995. 

 

This year, I am tracking the Illinois worker fatalities. I can find four who died in April bringing the total to 19 for 2014. 

 

It was a slower training month with more audits. I took advantage of several professional seminars in the areas. I conducted some free training for associations and Worker Memorial Day. My goal for 2014 is 2500 people trained. The first four months was 818 people trained total. I expect it to go down during the summer and pick up in the fall.

 

I am working on a training ppt for the new Power Transmission standard and will be glad to visit any site where you are entering a substation or erecting power lines.

 

Here is the news for April

 

1) Accident Prevention Programs. There is not a specific rule for written programs under 1926.20(b)(1). The OSHA Review Commission usually says it is not effective if not in writing. It this case OSHA ask for the program and was not given a copy.

 

For example http://www.oshrc.gov/decisions/pdf_2007/06-1551.pdf.

 

2) OSHA today announced that it would be issuing a final rule* to improve workplace safety and health for workers performing electric power generation, transmission and distribution work. 1600 pages to final rule. 18 chapters to the regs.

 

https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=25806

 

3) Does OSHA require Construction to develop a Hearing Conservation Program?

Yes. 1926.52(d)(1)

 

“In all cases where the sound levels exceed the values shown herein, a continuing, effective hearing conservation program shall be administered.”

 

4) The OSHA Reg agenda includes movement on combustible dust, I2P2 (NPRM Sep 2014), beryllium (NPRM Apr 2014), and recordkeeping NAICS update (NPRM April 2014).

 

http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaMain?operation=OPERATION_GET_AGENCY_RULE_LIST&currentPub=true&agencyCode=&showStage=active&agencyCd=1200

 

5) A fixed ladders requires a ladder safety device in the ANSI A14.3 – 2008 standard when it is above the 24 feet level. OSHA has fall triggers at 20 feet.

 

1910.27(d)(1)(ii)

Cages or wells (except as provided in subparagraph (5) of this paragraph) conforming to the dimensions shown in figures D-7, D-8, and D-9 shall be provided on ladders of more than 20 feet to a maximum unbroken length of 30 feet.

 

Many companies are requiring ladder safety devices at 6 feet because it is feasible. Ladder falls are the top killer cause for fall deaths.

 

6) Jail time for two that exposed CA high school students to asbestos.

 

http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2014/03/31/3578027/two-men-sentenced-in-firm-build.html?sp=/99/215/167/

 

7) A question came up whether antibiotic drops for prevention is OSHA recordable.

 

“If the antibiotic was a prescription medication, the case is recordable regardless of whether the medication was given solely as a preventive measure. In the preamble to the final recordkeeping rule, OSHA specifically addressed the use of prescription antibiotics for prophylactic reasons. The agency concluded that all prescription medications should be considered medical treatment because they are powerful substances that can only be prescribed by a licensed health care professional.”

https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=INTERPRETATIONS&p_id=25233

 

 

8) First Aid, CPR, AED training required? I have several workers that are not familiar with the NFPA 70E.

 

NFPA 70E, section 111.2(C) Emergency Procedures. Employees exposed to shock hazards and those employees responsible for taking action in case of emergency shall be trained in methods of release of victims from contact with exposed energized electrical conductors or circuit parts. Employees shall be regularly instructed in methods of first aid and emergency procedures, such as approved methods of resuscitation, if their duties warrant such training. Training of employees in approved methods of resuscitation, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automatic external defibrillator (AED) use, shall be certified by the employer annually.

 

9) State and local government workers made up 14.6 percent of the employees covered in the BLS’s 2011 survey data, but accounted for 21.6 percent of the injury and illness cases that year.

 

http://safety.blr.com/workplace-safety-news/safety-administration/safety-general/BLS-releases-report-on-state-and-local-government-/

 

10) High winds are defined in 1926.958

 

High wind. A wind of such velocity that one or more of the following hazards would be present:

(1) The wind could blow an employee from an elevated location,

(2) The wind could cause an employee or equipment handling material to lose control of the material, or

(3) The wind would expose an employee to other hazards not controlled by the standard involved.

Note to the definition of “high wind”: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration normally considers winds exceeding 64.4 kilometers per hour (40 miles per hour), or 48.3 kilometers per hour (30 miles per hour) if the work involves material handling, as meeting this criteria, unless the employer takes precautions to protect employees from the hazardous effects of the wind.

 

11) Also the appendix to the power transmission standard has safe distance requirements.  

 

“Installations energized at 50 to 300 volts. The hazards posed by installations energized at 50 to 300 volts are the same as those found in many other workplaces. That is not to say that there is no hazard, but the complexity of electrical protection required does not compare to that required for high-voltage systems. The employee must avoid contact with the exposed parts, and the protective equipment used (such as rubber insulating gloves) must provide insulation for the voltages involved.”

 

12) BLS revised the 2012 fatalities upward. 4,628 workers died in 2012.

 

http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/cfoi_revised12.pdf

 

13) New bulletin to help clarify employer responsibilities for Temp Workers

 

https://www.osha.gov/temp_workers/OSHA_TWI_Bulletin.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

OSHA Citations in April

Penalty State Major Issues

 

1)         $51,800 NY Combustible Dust, Methylene Chloride, Cabinet maker

2)         $2,300,000 NY 45 Willful asbestos, construction mgr.

3)         $185,400 NJ Repeat machine guarding, amputation, Fabric mfr.

4)         $298,100 NY Repeat falls, eyewash, electrical, and machine guarding, Paper mfr

5)         $71,700 IL Complaint, AMPUTATE, machine guarding, rack mfr

6)         $90,600 OK Repeat Residential fall protection, Developer.

7)         $64,400 TX Falls, guarding, Recycler

8)         $46,000 TX Lockout, cranes, Tank Parts mfr.

9)         $45,780 AL Guarding, lockout, Lumber Co.

10)       $61,286 PA Repeat lockout, respirators, GHS, Concrete mfr.

11)       $70,000 TX Willful fall, Commercial Construction Co.

12)       $46,200 ND Willful Trench cave-in, Underground contractor

13)       $72,800 OH Machine guarding, lockout, RV parts mfr

14)       $211,000 MT Repeat confine space. Grain Handling facility

15)       $44,660 IL Willful Fall protection, Roofing contractor

16)       $124,000 TX Fail to Abate Machine guarding, PPE, cylinders. Metal Fab.

17)       $106,100 FL Hexchrome, Temp agency and Tank mfr.

18)       $166,000 WI Wilfull PPE and hazmat training during acid spill, Power Supply co.

 

 

 

Large Work Payouts

 

1)         Plaintiffs Awarded $7.25 Million in Asbestos Lawsuit

 

http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/asbestos_mesothelioma/asbestos-lawsuit-mesothelioma-25-19655.html#.Uz6ZvLCPKUk

 

2)         $6.3 million in NY scaffold fall.

 

http://usa.greekreporter.com/2014/04/08/greek-american-construction-worker-gets-6-3m-settlement-after-accident/

 

3)         $1.3 million for comic injury in Vegas.

 

http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/celebrities/254425111.html

 

4)         $7.8 million for a jockey

 

http://pennrecord.com/news/13417-phila-jury-awards-7-8-million-to-family-of-jockey-killed-on-racetrack-after-horse-was-spooked-by-loose-chickens

 

5) $3 million award to family in fracking case.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/25/justice/texas-family-wins-fracking-lawsuit

 

 

Summary of the Major News Stories

 

1)         Both Fedex Driver and School Bus driver among ten dead in fiery crash. This is the 10th multiple fatality this year.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/9-dead-fiery-crash-california-highway-article-1.1752947

 

2)         Two workers died in an aerial lift incident in Bourne MA. This is the 11th Multiple fatality.

 

http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2014/04/two_men_die_after_crane_topples_in_bourne

 

 

 

 

Public Speeches in 2014

I do not charge for these speeches, but the host may charge or require membership.

 

Welding safety

Underground Contractors Association

May 1

Stoney Creek Inn, 101 Mariners Way | East Peoria, IL 61611

Michael Wiedmaier Executive Director

P: 630.467.1919

michael@uca.org

 

 

 

 

 

Safety Training at Non-Profits

 

5/2 Scaffold Awareness 4 hours

Construction Safety Council, Hillside, IL

www.buildsafe.org

708-449-8600 (new!)

 

 

5/6 & 5/7

OSHA 10 hour for construction

www.buildsafe.org

 

5/8 & 5/9

OSHA 10 hour for construction, Effingham IL

http://ilchamber.org/event/osha-construction-industry-10-hour-training/

 

OSHA 500

Monday, May 12 through Friday, May 16, 2014 I have the last day.

7:30 am to 4:00 pm

Construction Safety Council

www.buildsafe.org

 

5/13 & 5/15 Day 3 & 4 for the OSHA 30 hour class.

Construction Safety Council

www.buildsafe.org

 

OSHA 10 Hour for General Industry

May 19th & 20th, 2014

8am – 2pm

Location:

2601 W 63rd St

Chicago, IL 60629

Contact Liz at l.martinez@greatersouthwest.org

 

 

5/23

Crane Signaling and Rigging Awareness

Three Rivers Mfr Assoc.

1615 W Jefferson St, Joliet.

www.trma.org

815-744-3884

 

5/28

Excavation Safety

Three Rivers Mfr Assoc.

1615 W Jefferson St, Joliet.

www.trma.org

815-744-3884

 

 

5/30

Crane Signaling and Rigging Awareness

Construction Safety Council

March OSHA NEWS

This month’s draft powerpoint is welding safety. I teach it in the 30 hour classes and it has the most cited welding standards from 2013. I will probably make several revisions in the next two years. I need to add the MSHA alert on welding also.
Find it here at http://www.slideshare.net/johnanewquist/1926-welding-2014-draft-ppt


This year, I am tracking the Illinois worker fatalities. I can find five who died in February bringing the total to 15n for 2014. 
It was a busy training month for me with 198 people trained. My goal for 2014 is 2500 people trained. The first quarter was a solid 714 people trained total.
Here is the news for March
1)  Federal investigators issue ‘scathing’ report on Indiana OSHA. 
http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2014/03/05/federal-investigators-issue-scathing-report-on-indiana-osha-/6086867/
2) OSHA plans to hire 27 more people in 2015. http://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/10016-proposed-osha-budget-would-see-increase-in-whistleblower-protections
3) Houston Chronicle is noting that companies that are having deaths are not OSHA’s worst violator list. http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/special-reports/article/Texas-companies-with-fatalities-not-on-violator-5281494.php?t=ced6789448b2e7d3f0#/0
4) Good mold fact sheets.
• The AFT fact sheets at http://www.aft.org/issues/healthsafety/workplace/factsheets.cfm;
• CCOHS's fact sheet: http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/biol_hazards/iaq_mold.html; and
• Canadians for a Safe Learning Environment (CASLE), which has done amazing things in Nova Scotia schools and public buildings: http://www.casle.ca/SearchResults/tabid/37/Default.aspx?xsq=mold+OR+mould.
5) Thanks John R. “I  taught an OSHA 2045 Machine Guarding class last week and refreshed my memory of what I think is one of OSHA's very good eTools.  Take a look if you get time. Have a safe day.”

OSHA Machine Guarding eTool is good.

https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/machineguarding/index.html
5) MD passes a workplace violence rule for healthcare. I see other states following their lead. 
http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bs-md-healthcare-violence-20140311,0,3038879.story
6) Six years ago. Tammy Miser testified in front of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor about the death of her brother.  We need to get some combustible dust rule out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IPUIgqAzmI
7) OSHA citation policy for workzones that came out in 2012 is the one used. For example “Work on the Traveled Way. When no advance warning signs are used at points of hazard to indicate work on the traveled way, cite § 1926.200(g)(1).  Reference Section 6G-2b(4)/6G.03 of the MUTCD” https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=DIRECTIVES&p_id=5544
8) Congrats to Sukhvir Kaur for her promotion to Chicago North Team Leader.
Congrats to Brian Bothast for his promotion to Team Leader in Peoria.
Congrats to Darnell Crenshaw for becoming CSP ARA.
9) The actual Seaworld complaint to OSHA.
http://www.baynews9.com/content/dam/news/static/cfnews13/documents/2014/02/seaworld-osha-complaint.pdf
10) New 3/13/2014 recordkeeping guidance for recording temp worker injuries. https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=25737
11) OSHA announces National Fall Prevention stand-down. During the stand-down, employers and workers are asked to pause their workday to talk about fall prevention in construction, and discuss topics like ladder safety, scaffolding safety and roofing work safety. http://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDOL/bulletins/abf043#.UynwPgLmkVc.facebook
12) Fed OSHA rejects AZ increased fall heights in Residential. http://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/2014/03/20/feds-reject-arizonas-fall-protection-guidelines/6666893/
13) I am teaching fall protection and many are not aware that a Y-lanyard exists. It can provide 100% fall protection for transition issues. Here is an example. http://www.dbifallprotection.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&product_ID=94&ParentCat=19
14) The hot issue in the IL area is a proposal to allow outside safety consultants to be sued. http://smithamundseninfo.com/rv/ff00166c7b680d4a91daab9eee4180d21ff6b87d
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=85&GA=98&DocTypeId=SB&DocNum=3287&GAID=12&LegID=80445&SpecSess=&SessionHere is the amendment



OSHA Citations in March
Penalty State Major Issues
1) $81,450 OH Willful electrical, pressed wood mfr
2) $55,000 FL Repeat fall, Residential roofer
3) $51,800 OH GHS, PPE, Plastic mfr
4) $66,400 NJ Repeat falls, Stucco construction
5) $46,900 IL Lead, bridge painting.
6) $112,000 OH Willful machine guarding
7) $81,400 CO Willful trenching
8) $264,360 GA PSM Ammonia, Food mfr plus Temp agencies
9) $57,000 GA Willful falls, Death scaffold
10) $117,000 OH Repeat Falls, Machine Guarding, Flour Mill
11) $77,770 LA Repeat lockout, roofing material mfr
12) $119,000 OH Willful fall, bridge painting
13) $63,360 FL Lockout, Confined space, asphalt company
14) $73,500 NJ PSM, Coating company
15) $50,600 WI Repeat Silica, Foundry
16) $58,520 NJ Repeat Scaffold


Large Work Payouts
1) $22 Million in trucking incident
http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/22-million-settlement-brooklyn-personal-injury-case-2014-03-03-133000
2) $32 million against Dominoes in TX for road accident http://setexasrecord.com/news/295144-jefferson-county-jurys-32m-judgment-against-dominos-makes-list-of-top-verdicts
Summary of the Major News Stories
1) Mobile Crane Hits and Kills Pedestrian (Thanks Craig)
http://www.cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_13750.shtml
2) The ninth multiple fatality was a wagon lift collapse that killed two workers in January. Thanks Janet Schulte for the find. http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20140111/NEWS01/301110027/Suit-filed-over-Outer-Loop-worker-s-death?nclick_check=1
3) Over 900 workers have died building the world cup stadium. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/over-900-workers-have-already-died-building-qatars-world-cup-facilities-180950088/
3) The 10th multiple fatality was the Seattle helicopter crash. http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2023160044_komocrashxml.html
4) The 11th multiple worker death was two firefighters in Boston that died. http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/25081088/firefight
5) 2 workers died in a cell tower collapse in KS. This is the 12th multiple fatality in 2014. OSHA needs to bring back the COMTOWER NEP
 http://kansasfirstnews.com/2014/03/25/pottawatomie-county-mishap-kills-one/
6) SIEU tags along on OSHA inspections at open shop http://www.nationalreview.com/article/374082/seiu-uses-federal-inspections-target-houston-small-business-jillian-kay-melchior/page/0/1


Public Speeches in 2014
I do not charge for these speeches, but the host may charge..
Forging Industry Association
April 9
Chicago
OSHA Hot buttons
www.forging.org
Over 65 going!
Nebraska Safety Conference
April 29, 2014
OSHA Update
Lincoln Nebraska
Contact Tonya Ford 402-326-3107; or fordtonya@gmail.com


Safety Training at Non-Profits
4/17 & 4/25 Scaffold Safety
Construction Safety Council
www.buildsafe.org
708-449-8600 (new!)
4/21 Confined Space
Construction Safety Council
www.buildsafe.org