August 2019 OSHA News

OSHA News for August 2019

September is the annual ASSP conference at NIU Naperville. I will teach Recordkeeping on Monday and hope to see some of you there. http://cshc.us/ is the website for this year’s conference.

August was audit month and companies are getting better on lockout and confined space once that they have had previous review.  I finished a 48-page audit report where the authorized employees had to demonstrate the proper lockout on equipment. Keeping track of authorized employee is hard in any company. Having software that cannot retrieve the data makes it all the harder.

This month’s ppt is a worker compensation for Illinois ppt. Too many safety professionals are weak on the IL law. I worked with a law firm to develop this and hope to add more as the year ends.

If you look at the citations at the end, Texas has more large citations than anytime that I can remember.

John

OSHA News. 

1) OSHA wins a debt collection case. All fines go to the Treasury.

The Secretary of Labor filed a Petition for Civil Contempt against Altor and its President, Vasilios Saites. The court acknowledged that the company and Mr. Saites could defend against a contempt finding by showing that he and the company were unable to comply with the Payment Order. Beyond merely stating that they could not pay, the court required that they must show that they made good faith efforts to comply with the Order.

After considering all of the evidence, the court ultimately relied on Altor’s bank records, which reflected that the company ended each month during a two-year period after the violations with a positive bank balance. Thus, the court determined that Altor could have made “at least relatively modest” payments and emphasized that the company never attempted to negotiate a reduced sum or a payment plan.

https://cases.justia.com/federal/appellate-courts/ca3/13-2621/13-2621-2019-07-25.pdf?ts=1564084809

2) Guilty in the death of a worker.

Owner James Coon, of Akron, has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter after a worker lacking safety equipment fell to his death from the roof of a three-story apartment complex.

https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2019/08/05/534929.htm

3) Plant safety coordinator tried to obstruct OSHA investigation into worker death.

An Ohio aluminum plant safety coordinator pleaded guilty to a criminal charge of trying to obstruct a federal investigation into workplace hazards that killed one employee and injured another.

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Aug. 7 allowed Paul Love to change his plea from “not guilty” to “guilty.” Love admittedly tried to interfere with an Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigation at Extrudex Aluminum Inc.'s plant in North Jackson, Ohio.

Love and former plant general manager Brian Carder both pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice relating to a federal investigation into a 2012 incident in which 4,000 to 5,000 pounds of hot metal racks tipped over onto two employees.

The two allegedly exchanged emails before the accident describing the racks as unsafe, and one message said the company is “going to wait until someone gets seriously injured or possibly killed when a rack falls on them,” according to the indictment. The DOJ alleged that after the accident, Carder and Love provided false statements and asked employees to recant their own statements.

Both defendants are set for sentencing in October.

The case is U.S. v. Carder, N.D. Ohio, No. 4:18-cr-628, order8/7/19.

http://src.bna.com/KvY

4) With the recent retirement of #OSHA Region V Administrator Ken Atha, over half of high level OSHA positions are now vacant. Not one Senior Executive Service (SES) position has been filled at OSHA during the entire administration. – Jordan Barab.

5) Can an employee request a manager to be their representative in an OSHA inspection?

Per the OSHA Field Operations Manual

Employer Interference.

Where entry has been allowed but the employer interferes with or limits any

important aspect of the inspection, the CSHO shall determine whether or not to

consider this action as a refusal. See §1903.7(b).

Examples of interference are employer refusals to permit:

·       the walkaround;

·       the examination of records essential to the inspection;

·       the taking of essential photographs and/or videotapes;

·       the inspection of a particular part of the premises;

·       private employee interviews; or

·       the attachment of sampling devices.

This is a very rare occurrence where an employee requests a manager as his rep. This was maybe 5 times in my 29 years. The union members usually would have a union steward be there. A nonunion member is allowed a representative, but I would take the employee interview under deposition. I would probe to why this employee wants a manager present. Is there criminal coercion like I saw in the Abbott Contractors case? Is there criminal falsification of documents like the Stickle case? Both cases resulted in criminal charges against the managers. We saw last month two managers plead guilty to federal charges of lying to OSHA in the Extrudex case out of Ohio. We have seen criminal charges in Kansas City for consultants obstructing the OSHA investigation a couple of years ago.

6) Criminal charges for trench death in Colorado.

A contractor has been arrested on a manslaughter charge after his employee died in a trench collapse in Granby last year, authorities announced this week.

Bryan D. Johnson's company, ContractOne, was working a job at a construction site on June 14, 2018, when a trench collapsed on top of the employee, Rosario Martinez-Lopez.

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/colorado-boss-arrested-in-employees-2018-trench-collapse-death?fbclid=IwAR0DVYZKgu8tnUTZyO1ufdavFXq8KiJJ2Yi1V-f52Z8SwhGo7BUeU-EidlA

7) OSHA is hosting a temporary employee safety forum in Joliet on October 24.

• Responsibility and liability for temporary workers’ safety

• Workers compensation and the temporary worker

• The Illinois Temporary Labor Services Act

• Requirements for day-to-day supervision of temporary workers

To register, visit www.trainingupdate.org or call (815) 280-1555.

8) OSHA orders TVA to rehire a whistleblower.

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2019/aug/26/osha-orders-tva-rehire-nuclear-worker-fired-after-raising-safety-concerns/502071/?utm_source=dlvr.it via @timesfreepress

9) Oregon OSHA exempts employers from programmatic inspections if they have OHSAS 18001 standards (Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems), or the ISO 45001 (Management systems for Occupational Safety) standards.

https://osha.oregon.gov/OSHARules/div1/437-001-0053-0099.pdf

10) Fuyao's ethics are certainly questionable. In the middle of an OSHA inspection, our inspector just disappeared. Fuyao had hired him! We had to threaten to go to the IG to get his notes. Needless to say, we found many safety hazards. – Dr. David Michaels.

They were cited $729,380 https://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/region5/07292019

Other Major News Stories.

1) Safety Risks Increasing for Road Construction Workers

Two-thirds of 392 highway construction firms said in a survey they experienced crashes into their highway work zones in 2018, up from 46 percent in 2014. Of those reporting crashes in the annual survey by the Association of General Contractors, 28% said workers were injured in the incidents and 8% said workers were killed.

Work zone crashes that resulted in any deaths—of drivers, passengers, or workers—rose to 710 in 2017, from 536 in 2013, according to federal highway..

https://news.bloombergenvironment.com/safety/safety-risks-increasing-for-road-construction-workers

2) Two CT utility workers were electrocuted.

https://www.recordonline.com/news/20190819/two-utility-workers-die-by-electrocution-in-warwick?fbclid=IwAR3bA6ATAQR689eIfUCVBkknctpMa29z-S0PkwQDg-HnHaSvvAzgxHLu7FQv

3) New York Tree Service Owner Arrested Over Employee Electrocution

 https://news.bloomberglaw.com/safety/new-york-tree-service-owner-arrested-over-employee-electrocution

Safety Training at Non-Profits

OSHA 511 NSC                                                                           Sep 9-12

OSHA 4 hour Free NIU Machine guarding                            Sep 20, Sep 26

ASSE Conference                                                                      Sep 16-19

CSC 2005 Crane                                                                        Sep 17-19

CSC 3015 Excavation                                                                Sep 24-26

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 1679 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/workers-compensation-benefits-in-illinois use your feedback to make changes to make corrections.

OSHA Citations

NY         1381007.015      Tripifoods, Inc.  BUFFALO            07/23/2019              $40,918.00         Fall protection (scaffolding), Lockout / Tagout, Annual summary

FL           1375118.015      LINDHOLM CONSTRUCTION INC SUMMERLAND KEY              07/22/2019        $49,592.00         Safety training, Housekeeping, Personal fall arrest systems, Fall protection training, Duty to have fall protection

OH         1392188.015      VAUGHN INDUSTRIES, INC.         SULLIVAN              07/19/2019        $53,040.00         Accident prevention program, Traffic control devices, Flaggers

OH         1401083.015      Barrett Paving Materials, Inc.     CINCINNATI              07/19/2019        $44,327.00         Means of egress (excavation), Protective systems in excavations

FL           1376363.015      The TJX Companies, Inc. JACKSONVILLE              07/18/2019        $83,347.00         Exit routes

PA          1375949.015      Scot Christopher Rule LLC            EASTON              07/18/2019        $102,512.00       Respiratory protection, Lead, Written hazard communication, Safety Data Sheets, Hazardous chemical training

GA         1374715.015      TRANSDEV SERVICES, INC.           NORCROSS              07/17/2019        $114,615.00       Eye wash station, Hazardous chemical labeling, Hazardous chemical training

GA         1374717.015      TRANSDEV SERVICES, INC.           NORCROSS              07/17/2019        $74,099.00         Powered industrial trucks, Portable fire extinguishers

GA         1392147.015      Thompson Trucking Acquisitions, LLC      DORAVILLE              07/17/2019        $86,190.00         Fall protection, PPE

WI         1374648.015      Pukall Lumber Company, Inc.     ARBOR VITAE              07/17/2019        $348,467.00       Fall protection, Floor maintenance, Lockout / Tagout, Machine guarding, Oxygen cylinder storage, Flash-back protection, Grounding electrical equipment, Exit routes, Permit-required confined spaces, Hazardous chemical labeling

MN        1381292.015      Greatbatch Ltd dba Greatbatch Medical              MINNEAPOLIS   07/16/2019        $60,000.00         [no violations linked].

NY         1374748.015      U.S. Nonwovens Corp.   HAUPPAUGE              07/16/2019        $287,212.00       Exit routes, Lockout / Tagout, Powered industrial trucks, General Duty (providing safe workplace), Secure storage of materials, Report employee hospitalization within 24 hours, Providing records to government representatives

KS          1372015.015      John Canning Co              MANHATTAN              07/15/2019        $67,437.00         Lead, Respiratory protection     

TX          1408480.015      RWN Contractors, LLC    SPRINGTOWN              07/15/2019        $41,107.00         Overhead gantry crane inspection, Slings, Machine Guarding, Written hazard communication program, Recordkeeping forms, Portable fire extinguishers

IA           1407698.015      Larson Construction Company, Inc.         CEDAR RAPIDS 07/12/2019        $66,512.00         [no violations linked]

NJ          1377304.015      Rafael Holdings, Inc.       NEWARK              07/12/2019        $127,294.00       Exit routes, Lockout / Tagout, Safety training, PPE

TX          1375209.015      Graphic Packaging International, LLC       QUEEN CITY      07/12/2019        $159,118.00       PPE, Eye and face protection, Hand protection, Lockout / Tagout

TX          1382181.015      Graphic Packaging International, LLC       QUEEN CITY      07/12/2019        $52,282.00         Process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals

TX          1391948.015      LMMM San Antonio #3, LTD       SAN ANTONIO              07/12/2019        $132,600.00       Machine guarding

FL           1378700.015      Jimmie Crowder Excavating & Land Clearing, Inc.              TALLAHASSEE    07/11/2019        $81,833.00         Walking-working surfaces, Ladders, Fall protection, Lockout / Tagout, Machine guarding

FL           1412113.015      MILLER GLASS & GLAZING, INC.  DAVIE              07/11/2019        $43,757.00         Aerial lifts, Guarding protruding reinforcing steel, Fall protection

IL           1385973.015      Ataraxia LLC       ALBION 07/11/2019        $56,261.00              Fall protection, Eye and face protection, Sanitation, Toilet facilities, Eye wash station, Written hazard communication program, Hazardous chemical labeling, Safety Data Sheets, Hazardous chemical training, Annual summary

IL           1404168.015      Chicago American Manufacturing, LLC    CHICAGO              07/11/2019        $48,758.00         Lockout / Tagout, Grounding electrical equipment

NY         1406004.015      Rennoldson's Market Management, Inc. NAPLES              07/11/2019        $43,758.00         Walking-working surface maximum loads, Stairs, Exit routes, Eye and face protection, Hand protection, Eye wash station, Lockout / Tagout, Portable fire extinguishers, Guarding live electrical equipment, Written hazard communication program, Safety Data Sheets, Hazardous chemical training

WI         1384208.015      Maynard Steel Casting Company              MILWAUKEE      07/11/2019        $48,758.00         Powered industrial trucks: nameplates and markings, inspection, repairs, no alterations

CA         1396619.015      K & M Press, Inc.             EL CENTRO              07/10/2019        $63,505.00         [no violations linked]

NJ          1397872.015      Pumma Construction, Inc.           LAKEWOOD              07/10/2019        $49,177.00         Accident prevention programs, Fall protection training, Head protection, Duty to have fall protection

OH         1372698.015      Independence Excavating, Inc.   CLEVELAND              07/10/2019        $79,560.00         Survey before demolition, Continuing inspections during demolition

OH         1380980.015      Starfire Corporation       TOLEDO              07/10/2019        $47,736.00         General Duty (providing safe workplace), PPE

TX          1414219.015      WCS Construction Services          FORT WORTH              07/10/2019        $50,010.00         Scaffolds

OH         1402938.015      Cosam Contracting, Inc. NEVADA              07/09/2019        $65,846.00         Head protection, Fall hazard training, Duty to have fall protection

TX          1383463.015      Texas Medical Industries, Inc.     ROYSE CITY              07/09/2019        $43,193.00         Hearing conservation program, Lockout/Tagout, Eye and face protection, Machine guarding, Point of operation guards, Oxygen cylinder storage, Written hazard communication program, Hazardous chemical labeling, Safety Data Sheets, Hazardous chemical training, Providing records to government representatives

IL           1395045.015      Micaela Construction, Inc.           VERNON HILLS              07/08/2019        $42,925.00         PPE, Disposal of waste materials, Ladders, Fall protection, Fall hazard training

MO        1371030.015      R.V. Wagner, Inc.            SAINT LOUIS              07/08/2019        $212,158.00       Head protection, Protection from loose rock or soil, Exposure to falling loads, Means of egress (excavation), Daily inspections of excavations, Protective systems in excavations

VA         1397104.015      U-Haul  NORFOLK            07/08/2019        $46,640.00              Exit routes, Electrical safety, Wiring methods, components, and equipment

CA         1398413.015      Socal Framing Inc            FONTANA              07/05/2019        $44,900.00         Accident Prevention Program

TX          1386521.015      Champion Home Builders, Inc.   ATHENS              07/05/2019        $127,317.00       Walking-working surfaces, Fall protection (holes), Ladders, Flexible cords and cables, Hand-fed crosscut table saws, Report employee hospitalization within 24 hours

CA         1369742.015      Reyco Ag, Inc.    CANTUA CREEK 07/03/2019              $43,200.00         Servicing Moving Machinery/Equipment, Servicing Multi-/Single Piece Wheel Rims

FATALITY: Employee Is Struck And Killed By Falling Almond Shaker Arm

At 11:30 a.m. on January 5, 2019, Employee #1 and #2 were attempting to repair hydraulic lines. When Employee #2 loosed the hydraulic line that operates the cylinder that moves the shaker arm up and down, the arm fell on both employees. Employee #1 was crushed and killed.

OH         1372643.015      Faurecia Emissions Control Systems NA, LLC              FRANKLIN           07/03/2019        $313,882.00       Respiratory protection (re-training), Chromium VI, Hazard communication (training), Safety Data Sheets

OH         1396182.015      Taylor Lumber WorldWide, Inc   MC DERMOTT              07/03/2019        $51,050.00         Lockout/Tagout, Marking electrical components

TX          1378304.015      Renegade Construction LLC         EL PASO              07/03/2019        $42,964.00         Safety training, Means of egress (excavation), Hazardous atmosphere testing (excavation), Protective systems in excavations

OH         1392568.015      Miller's Construction & Roofing LLC         GRANVILLE              07/02/2019        $70,013.00         Ladders, Eye and face protection, Fall protection

MA        1372094.015      Minichiello Bros, Inc.      EVERETT              07/01/2019        $41,106.00         Walking-working surfaces, Portable fire extinguishers, Powered industrial trucks - operator training, Machine guarding, Electric equipment - examination

TN         1370195.015      BAE Systems Ordinance Systems Inc.              KINGSPORT        07/01/2019        $71,984.00         Process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals, Hazardous waste operations and emergency response

TX          1369662.015      Sunland Construction, Inc.          HOUSTON              07/01/2019        $53,040.00         General Duty (providing safe workplace), Safety training, Welding - fire prevention

July 2019 OSHA news

OSHA News for July 2019

We survived the record heat this month. Most companies were prepared and gave employees extra breaks and ice for water and cooling. Many workers wore attachments that kept the heat off the face and neck.

Lockout continues to be the hardest program for large companies to comply with. Too many are missing annual audits, authorized person training, and clear written procedures for a machine.

Many sling manufacturers are not allowing a single choker sling to lift loads where it can slip or slide. Check the new labels on rigging.

I saw the 3M Earfit demonstration that calculates a quantitative analysis of an ear plugs. The user puts in the plugs and this will measure how effective the user is hearing with the plugs in.  Many ised can get NRR actual rating of over 30 dbA.

This months ppt is on Brewery Safety. As the industry grows, there is a need for many areas of safety to be addressed. I am a fan of Brewery tours and always interested in seeing more. Cheers to a safer August.

John

OSHA News. 

1)           Ken Atha retired in July. He was the Regional Administrator in Region V for the last few years. 

2)           Ron McCann passed away July 29, 2019.  He was Area Director for Cincinnati, Iowa, Chicago North, and Calumet City.

3)           But to mount a successful defense against an OSHA citation using employees’ lack of compliance as the basis, employers need to make sure they’ve incorporated four distinct elements into their safety policies, said Edwin G. Foulke Jr., a partner in the Atlanta and Washington, D.C, offices of law firm Fisher Phillips and former assistant secretary of labor for OSHA under President George W. Bush. 

https://www.constructiondive.com/news/employer-or-employee-whos-to-blame-for-osha-violations/559198/

4)           The Prairie State College OSHA day was successful. I got to see many old friends and over 100 companies attended the event. Active shooter was a popular topic.

 5)           Seven confined space deaths in the last two weeks. 4 were grain silos. 2 were in tanker trucks. 1 in the loading dock. 

https://www.click2houston.com/news/2-found-dead-in-tank-truck-at-high-school-track-field-hfd-says?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar&fbclid=IwAR2y_1Bx1cTpu5sYT4QZz1wjyFEHpVxXE6daBaWCYYv8wH9cVsqr7ScVuA0

https://www.wtol.com/article/news/local/investigators-release-identities-of-2-men-who-died-after-being-trapped-in-grain-silo-in-toledo/512-2bac5b7f-6086-4859-bdf7-2a7537abbb3b

 6)           Safety professional: Shinnston, WV, city employee death highlights OSHA gap

https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/safety-professional-shinnston-wv-city-employee-death-highlights-osha-gap/article_d0dfcdd4-a6f1-5fb6-8492-1780e28c4b55.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share&fbclid=IwAR3_W7ThaTSdQaUD_WDFX2oRXKCXjFCnnwdPjrMwLTJ-r6kAWndjUEIM-v4

7)           OSHA made a follow-up inspection of the tire manufacturer because the agency never received abatement documents from a June 2017 inspection.

OSHA will always get abatement. They do not forget about serious violations. This so stupid to draw them back in for a tougher inspection.

https://ehsdailyadvisor.blr.com/2019/07/tire-maker-put-on-oshas-severe-violators-list/?fbclid=IwAR2yvt40zVxkNOMRuwYuFvBWvyrcD8qMDmAci7s6X2UUYchdra6_QXj3nS4

 8)           Deaths at work hit a 10 year high. This is the wrong direction. OSHA says deaths went up 12.7%

https://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/18666-osha-says-fatality-investigations-up-overall-investigations-down-in-fy-2018?fbclid=IwAR2uY2JqGxNgFK_FFWt3-pM2zhBnWZt37u6a-IFMVkrkNE9TK0qVg2ySbXo

 9)           Scalia picked for Labor Secretary.

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/trumps-labor-chief-pick-scalia-no-stranger-to-the-job?fbclid=IwAR1DHIYz9YCEers2813Db-VVXuvDiqKykm3Ey-5a7n_tpbZBatXRyat3J_4

 10)         The RRI letter is an investigative tool that OSHA uses to help OSHA understand the root cause of the incident and what the employer has done to correct it. Under the RRI program, the employer will receive an RRI request letter, which directs the employer to conduct an accident investigation, document the findings and corrective actions, post a copy of this letter where employees can review it, and submit the findings and corrective actions to OSHA. Good discussion of this aspect of OSHA investigation of an injury. https://oshadefensereport.com/2019/07/11/responding-to-11c-safety-retaliation-whistleblower-charges-and-employee-safety-complaints/?fbclid=IwAR3lJ3970nMEBeze2OiaBQLf5ZT1oLIxTxUwZtr78oMAlo0p53NSicWlzd4

 Other Major News Stories.

1)           Death in Aurora for a teenage worker.

When officers arrived on the scene, they found the man, who has not yet been identified, pinned underneath a large woodpile. In what's believed to be an accident, investigators have preliminarily determined the man was removing the large wood panels from a railcar when they fell on him.

http://www.wspynews.com/news/local/year-old-killed-in-fatal-industrial-accident-in-aurora-officials/article_33b5cb32-b492-11e9-8951-4785bd5cc284.html?fbclid=IwAR1QJdUDradhTHSs1HqtNaBBxQk2yiEzepclW5ADywWnGwdZ3IYu5JXK0cQ

 2)           Workers hurt during collapse when pouring concrete in Texas.

https://abc13.com/workers-hurt-in-partial-building-collapse-in-n-houston/5427346/?fbclid=IwAR2vaoNqXL9qbyGw7N2JtqDsKvvwtgpqMF-IpYZQ_oZLMlwQALhXlIkHax8

 3)           Mother wants justice in death of her Stunt man son.

https://deadline.com/2018/01/john-bernecker-the-walking-dead-stuntman-death-osha-susan-bernecker-mother-1202237147/?fbclid=IwAR1rNrrnwHPonv-rtpIdJ9gUpCSV14tA7LwacNrQcohTe4hSsQQ7Z8jqZsk

 4)           Chicago worker dies in a fall.

Misael Garcia, an employee of Drywall Pros Inc., was pulling an insulation hose into a building through a 4th-story window when he fell two stories onto a scaffolding deck, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2019/7/23/20707607/misael-garcia-construction-worker-fall-dies-west-town-bosworth?fbclid=IwAR3WAavRjqgg2mxxFgBd30POFFpicAqA9AQEVpp2yCJkpvyqtENvbkv3z5I

 5)           IL golf course worker death.

https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/suntimes/golf-course-employee-crushed-death-lawn-care-equipment-westchester?fbclid=IwAR0W3qsF1tzOSJsr9QGdpi1D-r1LRRqq-khNcyUYl1bhwrOgiaMIldtfLn4

 6)           Home Depot forklift death. An official with the Cottleville Fire Protection District told News 4 the employee was operating forklift carrying drywall. When he got off the forklift to lift the drywall, the machinery fell on him. Usually, the worker is thrown from the lift and it falls on the driver. This appears to be it toppled on him.

https://www.kmov.com/news/employee-killed-in-forklift-accident-at-cottleville-home-depot/article_a47e6346-ad6d-11e9-87b7-6f96ae85ef5f.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share&fbclid=IwAR1YxYMhcwSq6alojNdOlJCdi3wfdE8y2eLUpLT31kgARBl6u_w3XHEC6_g

 7)           In 2017, a worker in Texas died on the job every 16 hours. The death toll exceeded the number of murders in Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth and Austin combined. 2016 and 2017 were among the deadliest years for workers in the state in two decades. Every year since 2009, Texas has registered more deaths on the job than any other state. Texas also had the highest worker death rate per capita in 2017 among the nation’s 10 most populous states.

https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-workers-are-dying-on-the-job-at-alarming-rates/?fbclid=IwAR3lcY8p1-wZmMouY93A142I7ofPMbcwHq3sU6Wg4FHIJgNpmV2MeoBzAAw

8)           Chemical burns in cement are hurting workers and DIY homeowners.

https://www.inquirer.com/health/cement-burns-chemical-wounds-skin-20190712.html?fbclid=IwAR397OiD4oC3Sube-PPTtPNGZScnBvNFUuLyu008KInOKzWdJgzjiAEaKGU

9)           Chicago. Worker at car wash died from entanglement in equipment.

https://wgntv.com/2019/07/11/employee-fatally-crushed-in-accident-at-northwest-side-car-wash/?fbclid=IwAR3oxuP5sCQf_JBA24BvETPBDRuyYL19-sHJLICgRFq-ONHjPvxtRY6CKIo

10)         A worker died in an accident at an under-construction Amazon fulfillment center in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, on Wednesday.

Oak Creek police released a statement saying the victim was "operating a piece of equipment on an upper floor" when they "drove the equipment out of an open window area."

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-fulfillment-center-oak-creek-construction-worker-death-2019-7?fbclid=IwAR1wXpwfXo8oFArI7M-S23iLOwcRVOdmYznYYsqUrGTB6CIRbIU8PZr1gqo

  

 Safety Training at Non-Profits

OSHA 510 CSC                                                                           Aug 12-15

OSHA 4 hour Free NIU Machine guarding                            Aug 6, Aug 21

Fall protection TRMA                                                               Aug 28

OSHA 511 NSC Itasca                                                               Aug 12-15

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 1575 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/brewery-safety   I use your feedback to make changes to make corrections.

OSHA Citations

KS          1368748.015      Best One Tire     WICHITA            06/13/2019              $80,135.00         Guardrail systems, Energy control procedure (Lockout/Tagout), Training - safely servicing rim wheels, Refresher training / evaluation in operating powered industrial trucks, Machine guarding, Space around electric equipment, Written hazard communication, Safety data sheets, Hazardous chemical training

 FATALITY: At 3:00 p.m. on December 24, 2018, an employee was removing a spare tire from under a van when it was struck by another car. The employee was crushed and killed.

ME        1366396.015      Shawn D. Purvis PORTLAND         06/11/2019              $1,116,476.00                  Scaffolding near power lines, Fall hazard training, Fall protection, Ladders

 FATALITY: At 11:53 a.m. on December 13, 2018, an employee was climbing down off of a roof onto a ladder jack scaffolding plank. The employee lost his footing and fell 20 feet to the ground. The employee was not wearing any fall protection. The employee was killed.

ME        1368053.015      Shawn D. Purvis OLD ORCHARD BEACH              06/11/2019        $676,250.00       Eye and face protection, Fall protection

OH         1373801.015      Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation              NAPOLEON        06/11/2019        $106,080.00       Lockout/Tagout, Machine guarding

TX          1366399.015      Brown Excavation & Utilities, LLC             SAN ANTONIO           06/10/2019        $49,440.00         Accident prevention - lock down / remove defective equipment, Walking-working surfaces, Excavation protective systems, Shield systems

TX          1368099.015      Southern Tire Mart, LLC FORT WORTH              06/10/2019        $341,195.00       General Duty (providing safe workplace), Storage and handling of liquefied petroleum gases - fire protection, Energy control procedure, Lockout/Tagout - training, Tire servicing equipment, Tire inflation, Powered industrial trucks, Hazardous chemical training, Exit route - signs, Record injury/illness within 7 days, Provide records to government representatives within 4 business hours

 2 INJURIES, 1 FATALITY: At 1:30 p.m. on December 18, 2018, two employees were changing a tire onto a rim and over-pressurized the tire when setting it onto the tire bead. Employee #1 was struck by the tire and rim in the face and was killed. Employee #2 was hospitalized with injuries. [A third employee was injured but not hospitalized.]

WA        1365999.015      T&M Restoration, LLC    VALLEY 06/10/2019              $52,500.00         [no violations linked]

CA         1365423.015      Resource Environmental, Inc.     SAN RAFAEL              06/07/2019        $49,500.00         [no violations linked]

 FATALITY: At 3:30 p.m. on December 10, 2018, an employee was in the process of performing demolition on an 80 year old stone rock wall which was part of the main house that was being demolished. The employee was using a jack hammer to chip out the bottom portion of the approximately 10 foot high wall that weighed approximately 24,000 pounds. As he got about halfway through the length of the wall from the bottom, the top of the wall collapsed onto him. The employee was was crushed to death by the weight of the wall.

CA         1369551.015      Faro Services, Inc.           NORWALK              06/07/2019        $47,670.00         [no violations linked]

CA         1395501.015      Horizon Personnel Services, Inc. SANTA FE SPRINGS              06/07/2019        $51,960.00         [no violations linked]

FL           1380516.015      Campany Roof Maintenance Roofing Division, LLC              BONITA SPRINGS             06/07/2019        $51,051.00         Fall protection - steep roofs

TX          1382167.015      H-E-B, LP             MISSION             06/07/2019              $85,244.00         Machine guarding, Reporting hospitalization for injury within 24 hours

CO         1397690.015      Walker Manufacturing Company             FORT COLLINS              06/06/2019        $45,263.00         General Duty (providing safe workplace), Lockout/Tagout, Machine guarding, Fire extinguishers, Fire watchers, Electrical PPE, Installation of electrical equipment

MO        1372602.015      Franklin County Construction, LLC            SAINT PETERS 06/06/2019        $96,265.00         Safety inspections, Safety and health training program, Aerial lifts - personal fall arrest system, Fall protection training and certification, Duty to have fall protection

NY         1369441.015      DGC Capital Contracting Corp.    MOUNT VERNON              06/06/2019        $59,672.00         Respiratory protection, Installation of electrical equipment, Wiring methods, Fall protection, Asbestos

KS          1364908.015      MFA Enterprises, Inc.     EMPORIA              06/06/2019        $54,560.00         Guardrail systems, Unlocked exit door, Exit door swinging outward, Electrical equipment, Wiring methods, Illuminated exit signs

NE         1366830.015      Family Dollar Store         OMAHA              06/06/2019        $302,147.00       Unlocked exit door, Wiring methods, Unobstructed exit routes, Compressed gases handling and storage, Installation of electrical equipment

PA          1367347.015      MW Logistics Services, LLC          WASHINGTON              06/06/2019        $47,360.00         Process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals, Periodic inspection of energy control procedure (Lockout/Tagout)

3 INJURIES, 1 FATALITY: At 6:00 p.m. on December 13, 2018, four employees were off-loading a vacuum tanker truck of waste material from Stabilizer Tower T511 into a Frac Tank. During the offloading, the gas monitors worn by the employees sounded and all equipment was turned off, vented, and repositioned before restarting the offloading once again. Vapors escaped the Frac Tank through an opened manhole cover and the pump of the vacuum tanker truck. The vapors contacted one or more ignition sources causing a fire. All of the employees were hospitalized from the burns received from the fires and one of the employees died five days later.

KS          1365308.015      Crossland Heavy Contractors, Inc.            FREDONIA              06/05/2019        $60,618.00         Rigging equipment - inspection, Documentation of crane / wire rope inspections

NY         1365467.015      Northridge Construction Corp.   EAST PATCHOGUE              06/05/2019        $224,620.00       Head protection, Ladders (“The top or top step of a stepladder shall not be used as a step”), Fall protection

FATALITY: At 1:45 p.m. on December 8, 2018, an employee was building a shed. The employee fell from a ladder onto a concrete floor and was killed due to injuries to the head.

KS          1393599.015      Delta Design, LTD            TOPEKA 06/04/2019              $58,344.00         Respiratory protection, Powered industrial truck operator evaluation, Written hazard communication, Hazardous chemical information and training

OH         1389341.015      U.S. Cotton, LLC CLEVELAND        06/04/2019              $159,118.00       Lockout/Tagout, Machine guarding

MA        1374461.015      PCI Synthesis     NEWBURYPORT 06/04/2019              $86,266.00         Process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals

NY         1398654.015      James Renovations, Inc. BEDFORD HILLS              06/04/2019        $62,702.00         Safety training and education, Scaffold training, Fall hazard training, Ground-fault protection, Ladders, Personal fall arrest system, Fall protection

WA        1378192.015      Victoria Enterprises, Inc.              SEATTLE              06/04/2019        $42,000.00         [no violations linked]

AR         1386717.015      Planters Cotton Oil Mill, Inc.       PINE BLUFF              06/03/2019        $42,300.00         Walking-working surfaces, Portable fire extinguishers, Guarding horizontal shafting, Lockout / Tagout