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
Monday, April 14, 2014
Monday, March 10, 2014
February OSHA News
This month’s draft powerpoint is ladder safety. Ladder safety training is the #2 cited standard in construction. this is the first time ever in the top ten standards cited. OSHA is clearly asking for employers for proof of ladder training for their workers. Ladders are the #1 source of fall fatalities and I can find over a 1000+ ladder deaths since 2000. Everyone should get a basic ladder safety training before they use them. Everyone. I am running over 95% of employees with no training in ladder safety. I think everyone figures that someone else did the training or the hazards are instinctive for workers. 1926.1060 has the OSHA ladder training requirements. https://www.osha.gov/pls/
This year, I am tracking the Illinois worker fatalities. I can find three who died in February bringing the total to ten for 2014.
It was a record training month for me with 323 people trained. Thank you for all that I met this month!
John
Here is the news for February
1) Congrats to Bob Murphy for his promotion to the OTI as the new Director of Health Training. Bob was the supervisor in the Aurora Area Office before that.
2) Thirteen cell tower deaths occurred in 2013, more than in the previous two years combined, OSHA is taking action
3) Self Retracting Lifelines had a cut resistant designation to comply with the ANSI Z359 standards. These are used where the cable might go over a sharp corner such as a steel beam or metal decking.
4) Oxygen and fuel gas must be separated 20 feet apart or by a five feet high wall with a 30 minute fire rating barrier. Plain plate steel will not have a 30 minutes fire rating. There are fire rated devices for welding carts such as shown in https://www.osha.gov/pls/
5) The 2012 NFPA 70E Requires electricians to get First Aid, CPR, AED Training.
“…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, shall be certified by the employer annually.”
6) Ladders Last. That is what one large OSHA VPP construction company is starting in 2014. They went through the last couple years of losses and counted $62 million in ladder related losses. They need to gross over $500-700 million to pay for the costs. We went over several processes that were high risk and have risk controls for many of them.
Ladders are the #1 source of fall deaths. Many of these deaths involve working from ladders.
They will use stair towers vs. ladders. They will use lift pods vs. ladders. they will aerial lifts with 100% fall arrest including scissor lifts.
Times are-a-changing.
7) ANSI Z359 requires carbineers to be marked with
Year of manufacture,
Manufacturer’s identification,
Part number,
Load rating for the major axis of the connector stamped or otherwise permanently marked on the device
Load rating for gate stamped or otherwise permanently marked on the gate mechanism
Markings for connectors shall be sufficient to provide traceability
I mention this as I am seeing many old carbineers used in fall protection.
8) OSHA “said the agency is considering adding manufacturers' exposure limits to the list of more protective limits, which currently includes those developed by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, NIOSH and the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists.
“I know of no suggestion that any of the OSHA [permissible exposure limits] are too stringent, so there are many opportunities for a variety of reduced ones” to be added to the online list,” Michaels said.
9) In a recent meeting last week. An association head said Jerry Yankus had passed away. I could not find an obituary, but I saw Jerry last year and he said he had a terminal illness. Jerry was one of the consultants that I met in the in the 1980’s. He was always professional and always studied the rules to see if I was correct in any citations that he might have been involved in. He was active in many associations and did numerous training sessions for contractors.
10) Joe Dear passed away this week at the age of 62. He was in charge of OSHA in the mid 1990s. He oversaw several new OSHA standards on fall protection, ladders and scaffolds. We went through re-invention under his guidance. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/
11) The Construction Safety Council is moving on March 6th.
All classes will be held at our new location.
Effective March 6, 2014 our new address will be:
4415 W. Harrison St., Suite 404
Hillside, IL 60162
708-449-8600 (new!)
12) Site Specific Targeting (SST) change… “To qualify for inspections in 2014, a manufacturing establishment must have reported for 2011 a days away, restricted or transferred (DART) rate of 5.0 or higher for every 100 full-time-equivalent employees, or a days away from work injury and illness (DAFWII) case rate of 4.0 or more. Only one of the two criteria must be met.”
OSHA Citations in February
Penalty State Major Issues
1) $187,000 TX Repeat machine guarding, iron oxide, PNOR, electrical. Trailer mfg.
2) $109,340 CT Repeat PPE, Fire extinguishers, electrical, Wire mfr
3) $207,100 GA Repeat machine Guarding, Automotive parts manufacturer and Temp agency.
4) $61,600 OH Repeat Lead, grinders, electrical. Metal co.
5) $75,483 PA Repeat Electrical, bandsaw guarding, eyewash. Pasta mfr
6) $112,500 KS 17 PSM violations, Film mfr,
7) $46,900 TX Guarding, electrical, ladders, Oil well driller
8) $290,000 FL Underwater diving fatal. Maritime.
9) $77,000 OH 12 PSM violations. Chemical company.
10) $155,430 IL Repeat Machine Guard, electrical, wet floors. Plating company.
11) $144,400 MA Willful cave-in, ladder access. Trenching contractor.
12) $91,000 LA Methylene chloride, flammable liquids, Chemical company
13) $45,020 NY Confined Space. Wastewater Treatment.
14) $106,650 AL Eyewash, Machine guarding, seatbelts on forklifts, Lumber Co.
15) $86,900 OH Repeat lockout, guarding. Bottling Company
16) $697,700 FL Willful fatality. Lockout Guarding. Wire mesh mfr.
17) $50,000 AL Fire, Machine guarding, using PVC for compressed air, noise, Trucking company
18) $56,430 CT Repeat Lockout, GHS, and Electrical. Printing co.
19) $91,800 OH Combustible dust, electrical, PPE. Printing company
20) $52,800. MO Fall protection. Roofing co.
21) $279,400 GA Willful lockout, guarding, electrical, combustible dust. Lumber co.
22) $106,000 WI Willful Lockout, Metal Stamping.
23) $163,240 PA Repeat, falls, guarding electrical, slings. Foundry.
24) $77,472 WI Chlorine incident, AL Smelter.
25) $56,700 WI Foot Amputation. Cranes. Rigging. Precast mfr.
26) $138,600 GA Repeat lockout, confined space. Fiber Material.
Large Work Payouts
1) Families awarded $8 million each in the Illinois grain engulfment deaths. http://www.suntimes.com/news/
Summary of the Major News Stories
1) The fifth multiple fatality of 2014 is a cell tower collapse in WV. Three dead. http://m.theet.com/
2) The Construction Safety Council (CSC) in Hillside, Illinois will be moving its operations to a newer, state-of-the-art facility at 4415 W. Harrison Street, Suite 404, in Hillside. The move is scheduled to take place in early March.
3) The sixth multiple fatality was a falling granite slab in CA that killed two workers.
4) The seven multiple fatality in 2014 is an electrocution in CR with a dump truck. http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/
5) The eighth multiple fatality was at a TX oilfield where two workers died when equipment touched a powerline. http://www.myfoxhouston.com/
6) The ninth multiple fatality was a wagon lift collapse that killed two workers in January. Thanks Janet Schulte for the find. http://www.
Public Speeches in 2014
I do not charge for these speeches, but the host may charge..
Monday, March 3, 2014
Hazards of the Green Industry Symposium: 1:30 - 4:30
www.buildsafe .org
Construction Safety Conference
March 4, 2014
Rigging Safety
Waubonsee Safety Days
March 19
Health Hazards for Construction
Sugar Grove Campus
OSHA and Waubonsee Community College will be co-sponsoring an OSHA Safety Day training conference March 19 in Sugar Grove, Ill. An estimated 300 employees and managers are expected to attend the event, representing a broad range of industries in Illinois, including manufacturing, hospitals, retailers and universities. Eight tracks covering safety issues for transportation, machine safeguarding, safety programs, electrical and environmental will be offered. This year's conference also features a track dedicated to occupational safety and health issues in the green industry
The program will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Waubonsee Community College's Sugar Grove Campus. Advance registration is required and space is limited. Please register onlineor contact Elizabeth Hurley at (630) 906-4152 or ehurley@waubonsee.edu for more information.
Forging Industry Association
April 9
Chicago
OSHA Hot buttons
Valley Industrial Association
April 10
Industrial Fall Protection
Contact Sandy Ryan (630) 892-4228
Nebraska Safety Conference
April 29, 2014
OSHA Update
Lincoln Nebraska
Contact Tonya Ford 402-326-3107; or fordtonya@gmail.com
NSC Construction Division Spring Meeting is Thursday May1 and Friday May 2 at NSC HQ Itasca. $100
They have an excellent speaker for Crystalline Silica, Del Kibeldis, Willis, on May 1 right after the OSHA hearings, and also What are the Changes in fall protection equipment over the past five years. (Capitol Safety invited).
May 2 is devoted to adding five chapters to the NSC Supervisor Safety Manual with breakout rooms. They are looking for seed outline and writer for the following 5 chapters: Fall Protection, Aerial Lifts, Hoists and Cranes, (Sub)contractor management and Trucking: loading and unloading.
Thursday, February 13, 2014
January 2014 OSHA news
This month’s powerpoint is the
most frequently cited construction standards. I didn’t see anything new for the
top ten this year. I am still surprised residential is number one.
This year, I am tracking the
Illinois worker fatalities. I can find seven who died in January.
It was a busy training month for
me with 193 people trained.
Here is the news for January
1) Looks like the Electric Power
Transmission standard will be the new OSHA standard for 2014.
http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/pending-regs/193916-white-house-readies-rules-for-power-line-workers
2) OSHA wins a lockout case
decided by an Administrative Law Judge. Good discussion on affected employees,
audits, and willful. http://www.oshrc.gov/decisions/html_2013/12-0725.htm
3) Safety + Health Magazine has
a good article on the State of Safety. I also was interviewed as part of the
article.
http://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/9677-state-of-safety
4) OSHA combustible dust GHS
interp out. Absent direct knowledge, the memo provides three other approaches
that shippers can use to classify combustible dust hazards: laboratory tests,
published results and particle size.
http://www.bna.com/osha-issues-guidance-n17179881234/
5) In its most recent regulatory
update, OSHA said it anticipates a notice of proposed rulemaking on I2P2s by
September 2014.
6) Congrats to Kathy Webb
replacing Gary Anderson in Cal City.
Aaron Priddy for the first Area
Director in Fairview Heights.
Angie Loftus for being selected
as Area Director in Chicago North.
Jacob Scott for accepting the
Aurora AD position.
7) OSHA loses a general duty
clause violation on hydrostatic pipe testing accident. I think OSHA had the
right way to prevent the accident but could not should industry knowledge.
http://www.oshrc.gov/decisions/html_2013/08-1225.htm
8) OSHA budget for FY 2014 is
$552,247,000. page 870
This is down $12 million from
2012.
Susan Harwood Grants are $10.6
Million.
http://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20140113/CPRT-113-HPRT-RU00-h3547-hamdt2samdt_xml.pdf
9) What is too cold to work?
Workers at Walmart warehouse protest subzero temps. I sure would like to see
the PPE hazard analysis. OSHA hasn't cited too cold work places to my
knowledge.
http://www.salon.com/2014/01/13/freezing_for_wal_mart_sub_zero_warehouse_temperatures_spur_indiana_work_stoppage/
10) Thanks Linda Reinstein. Here
is the new OSHA Asbestos fact sheet.
https://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3507.pdf
11) Thanks Mary. CPWR has three
short videos on preventing a fatality.
No New Year – trench collapse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFahlN0ueTI
Look Up and Live – electrocution
from overhead power lines
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvUxBKDomcU
A Simple Task – ladder fall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXit0ziMIAA
12) Rita Mosely passed away at
the age of 68 after a battle with lung cancer. I worked with Rita in several
speeches and safety days. She was intenvice, funny and a wealth of training
information. http://fitzgeraldfuneralhome.tributes.com/obituary/read/Rita-M.-Mosley-98789899
13) The construction safety
council will moving across I290 to the other side of Hillside having sold their
building. I am excited for getting three training rooms.
14) The Supreme Court says
steelworkers do not have to be paid for time they spend putting on and taking
off protective gear they wear on the job. The court was unanimous.
http://www.king5.com/news/business/242220201.html
15) Congrats to Dorothy
Dougherty for filling the Vacant Assistant Deputy of OSHA left by Rich Fairfax
last May. Previously, she was the Director of Standards. Bill Perry will be
acting until that position is filled.
16) OSHA plans on 37,600
inspections for the FY. The shutdown and budget cuts is the main reason for the
lower numbers.
OSHA Citations in January
Penalty State Major Issues
1) $40,810 TX Repeat machine
guarding, electrical. Bedding mfr
2) $236,500 NY Repeat blocked
exits Retailer.
3) $44,800 TX lockout, machine
guarding, Plastic Bag mfr,
4) $71,600 PA Willful roofing
fatal, Roofer
5) $89,000 TX Willful Trench
incident, Excavation contractor
6) $75,000 CO Arc Flash
incident, Energy company
7) $144,000 IL Conveyor jam
clearing, lockout, Postal facility,
8) $55,300 CT Vinyl Acetate, PSM,
Chemical mfr
9) $195,470 IL Willful lockout,
fall protection, Mineral company
10) $43,400 TX EPA referral PSM,
Refinery
11) $63,000, TX Willful
trenching incident. Excavator
12) $91,000 MO Willful manlift
fall at feed mill.
13) $42,000 TX PSM, frozen food
mfr
14) $42,300 Samoa Fatal
Powerline, Construction contractor
15) $66,000 MA Repeat Lockout,
machine guarding, Packaging company
16) $69,000 OH Willful fatal on
spindle winder, Glass mfg
17) $303,900 IL Fatal confined
space, precast plant
18) $228,600 FL Willful machine
guarding, adult job training
19) $64,040 GA Repeat
Electrical, air filter mfr
20) $63,000 OH 20 serious,
machine guarding, presses, electrical, Stamping mfr
21) $53,900 FL Willful fall
protection on roff, Roofer
22) $47,160 IL Willful exits,
Cold Storage
23) $47,700 WI Willful confined
space, Casting company
24) $52,250 OH Wilfful roof fall
protection, eye protection, Roofer
25) $103,800 OH Repeat GHS,
Electrical, machine guarding, Machine Lapping finisher
26) $40,500 NY Fatal heat death,
falls, Recycler
Large Work Payouts
1) $910,000 to boy injured by
construction.
http://madisonrecord.com/issues/366-personal-injury/262368-plaintiff-seeks-3-3-million-for-injuries-in-case-against-plocher
Summary of the Major News
Stories
1) Rockton man buried in grain
gets rescued by 12 mutual aid departments. Good job. Most end in death.
Hundreds of workers have died in these situations.
Wearing a harness to an
anchorage would have prevented this engulfment. Cost $150.
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/news/grain-bin-rescue/article_b5ca37a0-8aec-11e3-9e38-001a4bcf887a.html
2) 3 oilfield workers killed in
a collision after a graveyard shift.
http://www.drillingahead.com/page/south-texas-three-oilfield-workers-killed-in-collision-with-schoo?xgs=1&xg_source=msg_share_page
3) One dead in PA Explosion. Not
much information.
Thanks USMWF.
http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/5e8a7258821044c9bc3e2aafd14580a3/PA--Mersen-Fatal-Industrial-Accident
4) Fatal Accidents illustrate
weak safety laws.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/27/chemical-spills-federal-laws/4794647/
5) One dead in Hot work incident
last week. OSHA investigating. "Using a propane torch, workers had been
loosening ball values on the back of the tanker truck at the time, according to
a released statement."
http://5newsonline.com/2014/01/24/explosion-at-a-plant-in-johnson-county/
6) Airport Worker killed.
Nothing for his family.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/airport-worker-killed-job-children-left-family-article-1.1591586
Public Speeches in 2014
I do not charge for these
speeches, but the host may charge..
Feb 25
UCA meeting – Confined space for
trenching
Contact Michael Wiedmaier
Executive Director
Underground Contractors
Association of IL
P: 630.467.1919 | F:
630.773.4873 | C: 630-297-6078
500 Park Blvd. | Suite 154C |
Itasca, IL 60143|
www.uca.org
michael@uca.org
Monday, March 3, 2014
Hazards of the Green Industry
Symposium: 1:30 - 4:30
www.buildsafe .org
Construction Safety Conference
March 4, 2014
Rigging Safety
www.buildsafe.org
Waubonsee Safety Days
March 19,
Health Hazards for Construction
Sugar Grove Campus
Forging Industry Association
April 9
Chicago
OSHA Hot buttons
www.forging.org
Valley Industrial Association
April 10
Industrial Fall Protection
Contact Sandy Ryan (630)
892-4228
Nebraska Safety Conference
April 29, 2014
OSHA Update
Lincoln Nebraska
NSC Construction Division Spring Meeting is Thursday May1 and Friday May 2 at NSC HQ Itasca. $100
They have an
excellent speaker for Crystalline Silica, Del Kibeldis, Willis, on May
1 right after the OSHA hearings, and also What are the Changes in fall
protection equipment over the past five years. (Capitol Safety invited).
May 2 is
devoted to adding five chapters to the NSC Supervisor Safety Manual with
breakout rooms. They are looking for seed outline and writer for the following
5 chapters:
Fall
Protection, Aerial Lifts, Hoists and Cranes, (Sub)contractor management and
Trucking: loading and unloading.
Safety Training at NonProfits
2/4/2014 GHS at Construction
Safety Council
www.buildsafe.org
2/10 &13/2014 OSHA 10 Hour
for General Industry
Western Dupage Chamber of
Commerce
http://warrenvillechamber.chambermaster.com/Events/details/2014-osha-10-hour-safety-training-4673
2/11&12/2014 OSHA 10 hour
for construction
www.buildsafe.org
2/17/2014 GHS
NIU - Dekalb
Contact Missy Gilles
missy@niu.edu
2/18 & 20/2014 Day 3 & 4
for the OSHA 30 hour class.
Construction Safety Council
www.buildsafe.org
2/27/2014 Scaffolding
Three Rivers Manufacturing
Association
(815) 744-3884
2/28/2014 Crane
Signaling/rigging Awareness
Construction Safety Council
www.buildsafe.org
Thursday, January 9, 2014
December 2013 OSHA News
This month’s powerpoint is the
most frequently cited General Industry standards. I was surprised to see the
citations for electrical equipment not used per listing crack the top 10.
Usually missing ground prongs and strain relief citations would normally be
higher.
I also included a Pure Power
citation on arc flash since OSHA cited some standards that many in industry
often forget.
I am glad to see some OSHA
offices make contractors take an OSHA 10 hour class to settle citations. Many
of the companies have not even started on GHS training which was in effect Dec.
1 2013. That is disappointing.
Here is the news for December
1) I am seeing several forklifts
be modified with extension bars. These bars allow the forklift to reach object
further away. Too many are not tested, not meet ANSI B30.20 and have no
capacities. The center of gravity is affected and the forklift will lift less
than it was designed for. Only use manufacture’s authorized equipment.
2) Thanks John. Good set of
videos for workers and supervisors. Ontario Requires Health and Safety
Awareness Training for Workers and Supervisors
A new regulation will require
health and safety awareness training for every worker and supervisor under
Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA). The regulation comes into
force July 1, 2014, allowing workplace parties time to prepare.
http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/hs/training/index.php
3) Top areas for OSHA willful
violations was surprising. Lead was #3.
http://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/blogs/1-washington-wire/post/9613-oshas-top-10-willful-violations-for-fy-2013
4) Study Finds Federal Contracts
Given to Flagrant Violators of Labor Laws
“Overall, the 49 federal
contractors responsible for large violations of federal labor laws were cited
for 1,776 separate violations of these laws and paid $196 million in penalties
and assessments,” the report said. “In fiscal year 2012, these same companies
were awarded $81 billion in taxpayer dollars.”
http://www.harkin.senate.gov/documents/pdf/52a876b0e4d63.pdf
5) A great Dr. Michaels speech
on protecting temp workers this month.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6HQzbQ5QtBo
6) Propublica did a great
article on hazards of temp workers. I expect OSHA to increase focus in this
area. http://www.propublica.org/article/temporary-work-lasting-harm
7) After 38 years as head of the
Calumet City Area Office, Gary Anderson will retire Feb. 1, 2014. Gary was
always the master of meetings and could get sides to agree on many issues. He
pushed GHS, Lead safety and industrial hygiene. He will be missed.
8) Jordan Barab comments on the
small farm appropriations. http://m.theindependent.com/news/ag_news/osha-official-disputes-johanns-claim-of-regulatory-burdens/article_283f76fc-6f3f-11e3-afbe-0019bb2963f4.html?mode=jqm#.UsGYFhjZLYo.facebook
9) 100 years ago in Chicago, at
least 605 people died in the worst theater fire in the US. The exits were
locked. Always make sure you can find two ways out of any venue, concert hall,
and restaurants.
10) Apparently the lower
injuries rates and fewer deaths are affecting the PI lawyers too. One said they
use to never go to trial because of the case load, now they are picking juries
every month instead of once a year. The lawyers for the companies like it
because it more billable hours.
11) Federal health investigators
have confirmed 50 cases of bladder cancer among Goodyear employees through
2007, nearly three times the number that would have been expected in the
general population of New York State. The unofficial tally to date, compiled by
a lawyer for some of the cancer victims, is 58 cases.
http://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/12/16/13972/high-bladder-cancer-rate-shrouds-new-york-plant-exposing-chemical-hazards-workplace
12) It has been a while since I
saw a plant manager take safety training with the rest of the workers. Times
are a changin'
13) It is so nice to go to a
company that has a safety committee that works and gets continual training. The
safety committee does most of the audits, reports and investigations. The site
just celebrated a third year without an injury. They passed the corporate audit
with the highest ratings of all the global plants.
We did the audit and only a
couple small issues came up. I am pushing for safety harnesses to be worn in
scissor lifts because it is a risk that has killed over hundred workers.
Several companies have moved in that direction and the aerial lifts have
designed anchorages. I am pushing lift pods vs. using step ladders since I see
over 100 ladder deaths a year.
14) OSHA has a smaller staff
than some police departments.
http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/20131123-osha-no-match-for-workplace-dangers-that-kill-thousands.ece
OSHA Citations in December
Penalty State Major Issues
1) $460,350 NY Willful Fall
Protection, Stucco Contractor.
2) $110,500 IL Lead, Railroad,
3) $48,300 NJ Guarding, PSM,
Respirator, Pyrotechnics.
4) $131,600 NY Fail to Abate
Machine guarding, lockout, Optical Mfr
5) $50,400 LA Willful fall
fatality, Cell Tower
6) $117,000 IL Machine guarding respirators,
cranes, electrical Metal Coil mfr.
7) $133,000 KS Willful confined
Space, Rail Car mfr.
8) $41,000 MS, Fall protection,
machine guarding, Recreational Vehicle mfr
9) $49,200 NJ PSM, Fire safety,
Acetylene mfr
10) $42,350 FL Willful fall
protection, Roofer
11) $99,000 LA Willful PSM,
Olefin mfr
12) $59,400 CT Repeat
Electrical, Forge
13) $105,490 CT Willful PSM, foam core mfr
14) $199,800 TX Repeat punch
presses, lockout. Pipe mfr
15) $154,000, GA Willful fall
fatality, Roofer
16) $90,090 OH Blindness from
scissor lift accident, Metal mfr
17) $151,030 GA Machine
guarding, food mfr
18) $165,550 CT Fail to abate Welding
screens, fire extinguishers, GHS, welding company
19) $52,500 OH amputation tube
bender
20) $147,000. KS Willful
amputation lockout, machine guarding Food mfr
21) $66,440 GA Repeat
scaffolding, Drywall construction
22) $119,000 KS Lead, arsenic,
cadmium, sporting good mfr
23) $68,530 AL Repeat trenching
24) $55,000 IL Repeat forklifts,
warehouse
25) $63,700 GA Asbestos,
skidsteer, Demolition Contractor
26) $83,200 NY Repeat fall
protection, retail store
27) $40,500 TX steel truss
collapse, Steel Erector
28) $66,550 GA Noise, machine
guarding, Fence mfr
29) $119,000 WI Willful arc
flash incident, Electrician
30) $293,700 OH Willful lockout,
forklift, fall protection, Aluminum die caster
31) $44,000 GA Lead cleanup gun
range, Environmental cleaner
32) $103,000 IL Repeat roofing,
ladder safety, Roofer
33) $550,000 AZ Firefighter
deaths in forest fires
Large Work Payouts
1) $281 Million for family of
man killed in drilling accident.
http://www.drillingahead.com/page/family-of-man-killed-in-texas-oilfield-truck-accident-wins-281-mi?xgs=1&xg_source=msg_share_page
Summary of the Major News
Stories
1) Thanks John for the extensive
database resources at EPA. EPA’s EXPOsure toolBOX (EPA-Expo-Box) is a toolbox
created to assist individuals from within government, industry, academia, and
the general public with assessing exposure. It is a compendium of exposure
assessment tools that links to guidance documents, databases, models, reference
materials, and other related resources. Exposure assessment resources are
organized into 6 Tool Sets, each containing a series of modules that you can
access from the table below. In addition, links to resources on other
over-arching topics can be accessed from the Quick Finder menu at the top of
the homepage. Searching the toolbox (click the link to the right) allows you to
quickly identify relevant resources by key words or topics.
http://www.epa.gov/risk/expobox/
2) DIOSH is in Peoria on March
5, 2014. www.diosh.com. $110. Featured speakers Is OSHA’s Regional
Administrator Nick Walters. Mark Knezovich will present combustible dust
issues. Bob Lomastro will have another great session on NFPA 70 and electrical
safety. Mike Williamson from Caterpillar will discuss perception surveys. I
have seen these presenters speak and it is an all star line-up.
3) Arizona's workplace safety
agency recommended Wednesday that the state Forestry Division pay a nearly
$560,000 fine in the deaths of 19 firefighters, saying officials placed the
protection of non-defensible structures and pastureland ahead of firefighter
safety.
http://news.yahoo.com/arizona-agency-seeks-fine-firefighters-39-deaths-201413009.html;_ylt=A2KLOzEAtZ9SCH4Ag5_QtDMD
Public Speeches in 2014
I do these free for nonprofit
organizations.
Jan 10
ASSE Naperville chapter speech,
GHS
OSHA 10 Hour General Industry
Feb 10 and Feb 14.
West Chicago Chamber of Commerce
Monday, March 3, 2014
Hazards of the Green Industry
Symposium: 1:30 - 4:30
www.buildsafe .org
Construction Safety Conference
March 4, 2014
Rigging Safety
www.buildsafe.org
Grain Safety Symposium
March 18, 2014
Bloomington, IL
Waubonsee Safety Days
March 19,
Sugar Grove Campus
Valley Industrial Association
April 10
NFPA 70E
Nebraska Safety Conference
April 29, 2014
Lincoln Nebraska
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
"That OSHA guy snuck up and caught us out of the trench box for all of 30 seconds."
I said "people die going out of the trench box". I have no sympathy for going out the box and getting caught by OSHA. I investigated a fatality in in South Beloit in 1985 where the foremen went out of the box for 30 seconds and it caved in on him and he died. 100% preventable.
Case after case, OSHA has shown the trench collapses are unpredictable. In fact OSHA inspectors got out the workers in several instances before it collapse and killed the workers. See https://www.osha.gov/doc/quickaction.html
Even though he had been in the trenching business for 20 years, he had zero training on the OSHA rules in trenching. He had to take a trenching safety class as part on informal settlement agreement from a recent inspection. He had been cited repeats for $12,000. I said he got off cheap. I showed him an example of a contractor called Witt Plumbing. .
Witt Plumbing in NE got cited $70,000 each for no ladder access and no cave-in protection. They paid half the penalty. See
https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=24279
One of the students said "do you want a $70,000 ladder citation" and laughed. You could have bought a cadillac for that price.
We went over the recent criminal indictments and said this could be you. People deserve a safe place to work and people send photos in to OSHA. You need to dig the trench safely, not only because it is the OSHA rule, but it is the right thing to do.
One of the students went on to tell us that he lost his dad in a 1982 bridge collapse in a preventable incident. Now he is a safety professional for a large nationwide underground contractor.
There are hundreds of contractors doing the right and safe methods every year when digging a trench. In IL, we went from a death a week on a trench collapse when I started in 1983 to the point maybe, one person dies in a cave-in a year. That is progress. If OSHA was not out inspecting these trenches, we would have lost over 1000 workers form trench collapses in the last 30 years. There is no excuse and no sympathy for those that want to cheat these minimum safety rules.
Case after case, OSHA has shown the trench collapses are unpredictable. In fact OSHA inspectors got out the workers in several instances before it collapse and killed the workers. See https://www.osha.gov/doc/quickaction.html
Even though he had been in the trenching business for 20 years, he had zero training on the OSHA rules in trenching. He had to take a trenching safety class as part on informal settlement agreement from a recent inspection. He had been cited repeats for $12,000. I said he got off cheap. I showed him an example of a contractor called Witt Plumbing. .
Witt Plumbing in NE got cited $70,000 each for no ladder access and no cave-in protection. They paid half the penalty. See
https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=24279
One of the students said "do you want a $70,000 ladder citation" and laughed. You could have bought a cadillac for that price.
We went over the recent criminal indictments and said this could be you. People deserve a safe place to work and people send photos in to OSHA. You need to dig the trench safely, not only because it is the OSHA rule, but it is the right thing to do.
One of the students went on to tell us that he lost his dad in a 1982 bridge collapse in a preventable incident. Now he is a safety professional for a large nationwide underground contractor.
There are hundreds of contractors doing the right and safe methods every year when digging a trench. In IL, we went from a death a week on a trench collapse when I started in 1983 to the point maybe, one person dies in a cave-in a year. That is progress. If OSHA was not out inspecting these trenches, we would have lost over 1000 workers form trench collapses in the last 30 years. There is no excuse and no sympathy for those that want to cheat these minimum safety rules.
Thursday, December 12, 2013
November 2013 OSHA News
This month’s powerpoint is dock safety. 11 fatalities at larger companies show that this problem has not gone away. This draft ppt is a good start to some issues. If you improve on it, please send me a copy.
Several good articles in safety are at the end. December is the worst month for CO issues. Take preventive action and get some CO detectors. Relax and enjoy the holidays.
Here is the news for November
1) Good interpretation on responsibilities of Temp agencies and host employers. https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=INTERPRETATIONS&p_id=28598
2) OSHA changed the rules on signs. https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=FEDERAL_REGISTER&p_id=23990
Sec. 1926.200 Accident prevention signs and tags.
* * * * *
(b) Danger signs. (1) Danger signs shall be used only where an
immediate hazard exists, and shall follow the specifications
illustrated in Figure 1 of ANSI Z35.1-1968 or in Figures 1 to 13 of
ANSI Z535.2-2011, incorporated by reference in Sec. 1926.6.
* * * * *
(c) Caution signs. (1) Caution signs shall be used only to warn
against potential hazards or to caution against unsafe practices, and
shall follow the specifications illustrated in Figure 4 of ANSI Z35.1-
1968 or in Figures 1 to 13 of ANSI Z535.2-2011, incorporated by
reference in Sec. 1926.6.
3) OSHA has eliminated the weekly inspections on punch presses if no one objects. OSHA will align the existing standard's maintenance and repair
provisions to the American National Standards Institute standard for safety requirements for mechanical power presses. This standard would explicitly state that maintenance and repair must be completed before the mechanical power press is operated and, in keeping with the ANSI standard, employers would certify maintenance and repair for the entire machine rather than for certain parts of the power press.
See Federal Register notice at
https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2013/11/20/2013-27695/record-requirements-in-the-mechanical-power-presses-standard for more details.
4) 54 people died in the roof collapse this month in Latvia. Roof collapses are preventable.
Many roofs have a design loading so snow, AC units, gardens can all push the roof beyond the rated load.
Substandard construction has caused several collapses. Annual inspections of the supports can reveal cracks, broken truss welds, exterior corrosion, and bowing due to weight.
Workers on the roof need fall protection. Skylights are the worse fall hazard and should be covered. If at the edge, fall arrest should be worn if there are no guardrails. Never get on the roof without 100% fall arrest if the roof is rusty and leaking. Too many people are going through rotten decking.
5) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has scheduled a public meeting to allow interested parties to comment on the proposed rule to improve tracking of workplace injuries and illnesses. OSHA's proposed rule amends its current recordkeeping regulations to add requirements for the electronic submission of injury and illness information employers are already required to keep under existing standards, Part 1904.
The meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, at the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, D.C. Requests to attend or speak at the meeting may be submitted electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, the Federal eRulemaking Portal or by mail or facsimile. The deadline to request to attend the meeting as a speaker or observer is Friday, Dec. 13, 2013.
6) About 80% of the medium size companies did the GHS training on time. Many used a quiz to test the knowledge which will help when some forget.
7) OSHA has been citing blocked exits. Often storage is tight and it gets tempting to put a pallet of material by the exit. Regular checks need to be perform to catch this issue.
8) A construction employee fell 35 feet at O’Hare airport on November 21. I have not seen much on the details of the accident.
9) A $40 Carbon Monoxide detector with digital readout can alert you to unsafe levels. Any industry with CO should have them.
10) Thanks to all the people who helped out for the people affected by the tornadoes in IL. The devastation was extensive. Early warning helped save many lives.
OSHA Citations in November
Penalty State Major Issues
1) $66,220 CT Repeat GHS, Grinders, eyewash, Metal finisher
2) $70,000 NE Fatal roof fall, roofer
3) $82,000 WI Repeat Respirators, Recycler
4) $97,200 TX Fatal forklift, Plastic mfr
5) $55,400 GA Fail-to-Abate GHS, Logistic company
6) $156,240 WI Willful lockout death, shingle mfr
7) $147,000 NY Willful powerline death, Telecom Utility
8) $60,900 RN Willful crane inspection death, Highway contractor
9) $77,000 FL Willful fall death, Masonry
10) $177,100 MS Repeat fall protection, electrical, machine guarding, Boat mfr
11) $58,100 TX Guarding, Electrical, Methylene Chloride, Foam mfr
12) $313,000 PA Demolition death
13) $84,000 PA Demolition Death
14) $89,760 PA Willful Fall Protection, stucco contractor
15) $169,000 NY Willful, Blocked exits, retailer,
16) $77,000 AR Willful, Not using listed label equipment, Pipe Manufacturer
17) $70,070 WI Repeat ladder access, competent person, cave-in protection trenching citations,
18) $121,720 NY arc flash, machine guarding, fall protection, Food mfr
19) $158,015 IL Will fall protection, Roofer,.
20) $51,100 MT Flash fire bonding and grounding fatality, Auto Repair
21) $51,800 NJ SST, fire exits, respirator, noise, Pipe mfr
22) $108,080 NY Fail to Abate GHS, Falls, Exits, Refrigeration mfr
23) $165,200 CT Crane collapse, Marina Construction contractor
24) $108,000 American Samoa Willful fall protection fatality, General construction
25) $55,800 OH Flyash engulfment fatality, Concrete company
26) $77,000 OH Willful guarding rotary digester, Pul and Paper mfr
27) $42,300 NJ Heat, GHS, BBP, ep B vaccinations, Nursing Home
28) $82,080 MA Repeat exits, table saw guarding, fencing mfr
29) $49,700 TX PPE, Chromium, cranes, Plating company
Large Work Payouts
None
Summary of the Major News Stories
1) Thanks Craig. US Supreme court to rule on compensation for wearing PPE. http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/court-asked-to-define-clothes/2013/11/04/42cbcc90-4588-11e3-a196-3544a03c2351_story.html?hpid=z3
2) Shoddy work by two electricians led to the death of a man at a west Houston hotel swimming pool, police said. Jason Joseph Gorczyca, 35, and James Ray Pyle, 34, were charged on Friday with criminally negligent homicide. Officials said the electricians' work on a pool at the Hilton Houston Westchase was done in a "substandard fashion" and led to the death of Raul Hernandez. http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Electricians-charged-in-electrocution-of-man-at-4968736.php?cmpid=houtexhcat
3) David Michaels, an US assistant secretary of labor, says Campbell and Benschop “sacrificed worker and public safety through the deliberate neglect of demolition safety fundamentals. This tragic incident,” he adds, “could and should have been prevented.” Murder Charges detailed. http://articles.philly.com/2013-11-27/news/44490135_1_building-collapse-stb-investments-corp-murder-charges
4) The U.S. Chemical Safety & Hazard Investigation Board last week released its report ona 2009 explosion at a quartz crystal manufacturing plant in Illinois operated by NDK America. CSB determined that a corrosive environment led to cracks in a pressure vessel’s steel walls, resulting in its failure. The blast blew a piece of steel 650 feet to a nearby gas station, where it fatally injured one truck driver.
When they were in operation, the six 50-foot tall crystallization vessels at the plant were loaded with raw mined quartz, 800 gallons of 4% sodium hydroxide in water, a “small amount” of lithium nitrate, and seed crystals of pure quartz, the CSB report says. Once sealed, they were heated to 370 °C and pressurized to 29,000 psig for 100 to 150 days.
The vessels’ steel walls were eight inches thick. Sodium hydroxide and silica will react with iron in steel to produce a layer of sodium iron silicate, or acmite. ADK believed that the acmite layer would prevent corrosion of the steel, but neither the company nor the state ever inspected the vessels’ interiors. In 2007, one of the vessels leaked through a connection in its lid. A consultant hired by NDK determined that the leak was caused by stress corrosion cracking and found cracks in three other lids. The company continued to operate the remaining vessels without inspections, the CSB report says.
For more detail and for CSB’s recommendations to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the National Board of Boiler & Pressure Vessel Inspectors, the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal, and NDK, see CSB’s report. The agency also produced its usual excellent summary video:
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