Tuesday, October 7, 2014
September OSHA News and Incident Investigation ppt
It is Fire Prevention Month so make sure you cover some fire safety
this month with employees. Remember to bond and ground the flammables
when dispensing. Also no welding on containers container flammables.
Every place with combustible dust needs to ensure that contractors do
not weld on dust containers.
I got to teach Incident Investigation at the Chicago ASSE conference
in Naperville. It was good to see many of you there getting great
training and CEUs.This month’s draft powerpoint is Incident
Investigation. This is what I used for the three hour session at
ASSE..
http://www.slideshare.net/johnanewquist/incident-investigation-asse-2014
This year, I am tracking the Illinois worker fatalities. I can find 1
who died in June bringing the total to 53 for 2014.
It was record month of training 224 people trained. My goal for 2014
is 2500 people trained. The first seven months was 1546 people trained
total. I think I will try to get 2000 trained.
I am also working on a training ppts for tuckpointing, power
transmission, tree trimming and logging safety so will be glad to come
out and help out at no cost.
John
Here is the news for September
1) The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against
Texas-based Austin Industrial Specialty Services’ in its appeal of
Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) citations over
circumstances that led to the death of a worker. Although Austin
employees wore hydrogen sulfide monitors while cleaning, the company
did not conduct any other air-quality tests in the environment,
according to the underlying complaint.
http://louisianarecord.com/news/262983-osha-citations-over-practices-at-company-that-led-to-employee-death-upheld-on-appeal
2) If you haven't visited OSHA's Temporary Workers webpage recently,
there are a couple of new items including a policy directive and joint
OSHA-NIOSH recommendations document posted
https://www.osha.gov/temp_workers/
3) OMB finished its review this week of OSHA's final rule which would
change employers' reporting requirements for in-patient
hospitalizations and amputation incidents. The proposal set out to
require employers to report to OSHA within 8 hours all work-related
in-patient hospitalizations. Currently employers are only required to
report if 3 or more employees have in-patient hospitalizations. OSHA
also proposed to require employers to report within 24 hours all
work-related amputations (which are not currently incidents that
require reporting to OSHA.
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-06-22/pdf/2011-15277.pdf#page=1
4) Several workers were hurt in construction collapse in September due
to high winds. They should have stopped work. Here is the OSHA
definition of high winds.
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.
https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=STANDARDS&p_id=841
5) I am seeing hard hat manufacturers recommend the suspension lining
be changed every year now and the hat replaced in 5 years.
6) OSHA Harwood grant winners are here.
https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=26640
7) Congrats to OSHA's Bill Perry for becoming Director of Standards.
http://ehstoday.com/osha/osha-taps-bill-perry-head-agency-s-directorate-standards-and-guidance
8) "Frederick Prinz, 38, of Marmora, N.J., pleaded guilty before U.S.
District Judge Joseph H. Rodriguez in Camden federal court to an
information charging him with making and selling fraudulent
construction industry certification forms, known as “OSHA 30” cards.
Sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 10."
http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2014/09/10/south-jersey-osha-instructor-admits-to-selling.html
9) Important: The final rule becomes effective January 1, 2015.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health
Administration today announced a final rule requiring employers to
notify OSHA when an employee is killed on the job or suffers a
work-related hospitalization, amputation or loss of an eye. The rule,
which also updates the list of employers partially exempt from OSHA
record-keeping requirements, will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2015, for
workplaces under federal OSHA jurisdiction.
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/osha/OSHA20141697.htm
10) Wow, Initial count of 2013 fatalities dropped. A preliminary total
of 4,405 fatal work injuries were recorded in the United States in
2013, lower than the revised count of 4,628 fatal work injuries in
2012.
It may be revised upwards as in the past, but looks better.
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cfoi.nr0.htm
11) I am seeing a few hot works dust explosions. For example, Four
hurt in grain dust explosion in AZ during hot works.
Flames from welding equipment touched off a grain-dust explosion at a
Nestlé Purina plant on Sunday, severely burning two workers and
injuring two others, authorities said. The four contractors were
welding about 5 p.m. on the fifth floor of the complex's seven-story
grain elevator when their torches sparked grain dust and set off the
blast, Flagstaff Fire Department Capt. Bill Morse said
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/14/explosion-at-nestle-plant/15648861/
12) Can you take an Online 40 hour HAZWHOPPER class to meet 1910.120?
The latest LOI states that "some" of the course may be obtained on
line, but a lot of the Tech and Operations Level course MUST contain
hands on training which of course can not be done on-line. "use of
computer-based training by itself would not be sufficient to meet the
intent of the standard's various training requirements. OSHA urges
employers to be wary of relying solely on generic "packaged" training
programs in meeting their training requirements since training
required under HAZWOPER includes site-specific elements which need to
be tailored to the individual worker's assigned duties."
https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=INTERPRETATIONS&p_id=24985
13) Here is a video on how to fill propane tanks on forklifts. , it
does NOT mention no sources of ignition within 35 feet. Because
propane is heavier, it always should be done outside as
they show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGsCihYLO0c
14) Cal-OSHA proposed many new PSM changes.
http://www.natlawreview.com/article/california-proposes-major-changes-to-refinery-process-safety-management-psm-standard
15) The Army Corps of Engineers require contractors on their sites to
have a Fatigue Management Plan. It offers good guidelines if a company
wanted to develop a program.
http://www.usace.army.mil/Portals/2/docs/Safety/EM385-1-1%20Section%201FINAL.pdf
16) Frank Winingham retired from the OSHA Training Institute September
26, 2014. Frank was the Eau Claire Area Director and one of the best
Violence in the Workplace instructors that I have seen. I wish him the
best and a relaxing afterlife.
17) I found the angle indicator on the NIOSH Ladder App for your
smart phone to be great in rigging also.
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/updates/upd-06-17-13.html
OSHA Citations in September
Penalty State Major Issues Business
1) $76,340 IL Willful cave-in, Trenching contractor
2) $84,000 NE Willful fal fatal, Grain elevator
3) $92,851 GA Fail to Abate noise, Parts mfr
4) $497,000 IL 7 Willful, conveyor death, Metal recycler,
5) $341,550 TX Repeat hex chrome, Plating company
6) $186,340 FL 3 Willful, Residential contractor
7) $79,200 TX Repeat falls. Stucco contractor.
8) $73,500 AL 23 serious Falls Machine guarding, Lumber mill
9) $66,700 IL 11 Serious Machine guarding, Tower mfr
10) $94,000 OH Fatality crushing. Steel Mill
11) $77,000 OH Repeat trench cave-in. Blacktop company
12) $294,000 CT Willfull roofing falls. Roofer
13) $274,700 NY 6 Repeat PSM. Ice maker
14) $70,000 WI Willful amputation. Paper mfr
15) $108,020 IL Willful fall, Truck terminal
16) $234,960 AL Fail to Abate Falls, forklifts, Machine guarding.
Condiment producer
17) $61,600 OH $61,600 Rubber Mfr
18) $85,080 WV Willful fire extinguisher Lumber company
19) $234,900 TX Willful noise, machine guarding, Cut Stone mfr
20) $48,928 IL Willful noise and respirators, Foundry
21) $235,700 PA Willful falls, Stucco company
22) $120,120 SD Willful engulfment death, Grain elevator
23) $126,700 OH Willful punch press, Coil steel mfr
24) $58,000 MA Fire fatality, Ironworks
25) $133,900 NE Willful confined space, Railcar
26) $51,000 GA Willful electrical. Electrical contractor.
27) $45,540 NJ Machine guarding, electrical. Glass company
28) $48,400 IL Willful falls. Residential roofer
29) $67,500 AL Falls, electrical Auto parts mfr
30) $68,838 GA Repeat cranes, forklift, GHS. Iron metal mfr
31) $130,200 OH Willful machine guarding Aluminum company
32) $168,000 MA Willful fatality crane violations. Electrical company
33) $134,400 WV Willful fatal cell tower collapse, Cell tower company
34) $84,500 GA Machine Guarding, temp employees
35) $49,280 NJ Fall hazards, Residential construction
36) $66,400 IL Repeat GHS, Garage
37) $46,000 IL Willful asbestos, Restoration contractor
38) $162,000 FL Willful fall protection, residential contractor
Large Work Payouts
1) Appeals courts voids most of the $180 million judgment against
Conagra in IL grain explosion.
http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2014/D09-09/C:13-1505:J:Easterbrook:aut:T:fnOp:N:1414852:S:0
2) American Apparel Inc. has agreed to pay $1 million to settle a
civil suit over a worker's death.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-american-apparel-civil-suit-worker-death-20140909-story.html
Major New Stories
1) Another double fatality in a confined space in less than 2 weeks.
This in Idaho. Jody Taylor says his son, 19-year-old Bo Taylor, and a
co-worker, 46-year-old Trent Sorensen both died. Jody says it was a
toxic combination of fumes inside a manhole that caused his son to
pass out, then drown in the water below. This is the 25th multiple
fatality in 2014.
http://www.ktvb.com/story/news/local/2014/09/01/workers-died-construction-blackfoot/14943949/
2) Two FL workers killed when forklift tips over. This is the 26th
multiple fatality in 2014
http://kfor.com/2014/09/19/update-2-workers-dead-1-injured-after-lift-accident-in-edmond/
3) Three dead in a UPS Alabama shooting.
http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2014/09/birmingham_police_on_scene_of.html
4) Second steelworker has died from that Explosion in Alabama earlier
this week. This is the 28th multiple fatality in 2014
http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2014/09/24/second-worker-dies-from-u-s-steel-explosion-osha.html
5) How hazardous is agriculture for workers? Quite a bit.
The agriculture sector accounted for 479 deaths in 2013. With a
fatality rate of 22.2 for every 100,000 full-time workers, agriculture
recorded the highest fatality rate of any industry sector.
Additionally, more than 49,000 injuries were recorded in 2012, the
last year for which statistics were available from the Bureau of Labor
Statistics. Agriculture employs more than 2 million people in the
United States.
http://www.theprairiestar.com/news/people_and_industry/osha-and-agriculture-community-come-together-during-national-farm-safety/article_c6b0a436-44d3-11e4-b2d4-5bb96783c2d4.html
2014 Safety Training at Non-Profits
CSC 10 Hour for Construction Oct 7-8, 2014
CSC 30 Hour construction Oct 7, 9 14, 16, 2014
TRMA 30 Hour Industry Oct 20, 22, 27, 29
SIOSH Conference Oct 30
CSC OSHA 500 upon request
CSC Excavation Safety upon request
CSC Fall Protection upon request
CSC Confined Space upon request
TRMA Scaffold Safety upon request
TRMA Crane Signal and Rigging upon request
TRMA is Three Rivers Manufacturers Association www.trma.org
NIU is Northern Illinois University OSHA Education Center
http://www.nsec.niu.edu/nsec/
CSC is the Construction Safety Council in Hillside. Www.Buildsafe.org
WDCC is the Western Dupage Chamber of Commerce
http://www.westerndupagechamber.com/
SIOSH conference is at
http://www.imec.org/blog/2014/07/siosh-oct-30th/#.VCmsaWN0yUk
I usually teach only part of the 30 hour and the 500 series.
Saturday, September 6, 2014
August OSHA News
It was good to see many of you at the Colloquium on August 28. I plan
to be at the Chicago ASSE Safety days in Naperville at the end of the
month so stop and say hello. August was a news filled month.
This month’s draft powerpoint is General Industry PPE. I use this in
the General Industry 10 Hour class and bring plenty of PPE to show.
Some trainer just bring a huge duffle bag of all the types of PPE for
the hour.
http://www.slideshare.net/johnanewquist/general-industry-ppe-2014
This year, I am tracking the Illinois worker fatalities. I can find 1
who died in June bringing the total to 50 for 2014.
It was another good training month with 121 people trained. My goal
for 2014 is 2500 people trained. The first seven months was 1322
people trained total
I am also working on a training ppts for tuckpointing, power
transmission, tree trimming and logging safety so will be glad to come
out and help out at no cost.
John
Here is the news for August
1) Fall Protection works. Two rescue in aerial lift when hydraulics
fail. Thanks Mike Tuman for this.
http://www.firefighternation.com/slideshow/illinois-bucket-rescue
2) OSHA successful in citing lower PEL. “We are pleased that Fiberdome
agreed to adopt the industry recognized 50-ppm (parts per million)
limit and believe that all responsible and safety conscious employers
who use styrene should consider doing the same thing
http://www.dailyunion.com/news/article_e8750704-199c-11e4-93bf-0017a43b2370.html
3) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new data on
heat deaths among U.S. workers, underscoring the relatively simple and
low-cost preventive actions
https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=26502
4) Tales from the front: Construction GC are seeing more clinics give
work restrictions for workers visiting it for pain until the follow
up. The restriction means it goes from a medical treatment to an OSHA
recordable injury. A recordable affects the low DART rate for
construction. Right now the National DART for construction is 2.0
which is lower than manufacturing. The competitive nature of the
construction business, means explaining to the boss that their company
might have a higher DART rate than the nation average. The boss wants
to brag how safe their company is when bidding job. You can imagine
the pressure for construction safety directors to fudge the DART rate
lower.
Perhaps it is time that OSHA looks at a couple of large construction
employer under the recordkeeping NEP to see that they are actually
recording these restricted injuries.
If indeed construction is less hazardous for injuries than
manufacturing, then maybe more resources toward manufacturing
inspections should be conducted. Right now OSHA does about 55% of all
its inspections in construction. Shouldn't it be 55% in manufacturing?
5) “In a well-designed workplace, the worker has the opportunity to
choose from among a variety of well-balanced working positions and to
change between them frequently.” Good article
http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/ergonomics/standing/standing_basic.html
6) I am seeing propane buffers come back. You can die in 30 minutes if
the area is not ventilate.
http://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/facevalue-janitor-using-propane-buffer-killed-by-carbon-monoxide-2
7) April article on Temp worker deaths. Texas posted the most fatal
injuries of contractors in 2012 with 119, up from 56 in 2011.
California followed with 54 occupational injuries involving
contractors in 2012, up from 42 in 2011. Florida was third with 50 in
2012, down from 51 in 2011.
http://www.staffingindustry.com/Research-Publications/Publications/CWS-3.0/April-30-2014/Avoid-Workplace-Fatalities.-Keep-Your-Temps-Safe
8) I am seeing problems with mast climbing scaffolds. Elcosh has a
good primer on it
http://www.elcosh.org/document/2085/d001100/White%2BPaper%253A%2BReaching%2BHigher%2B-%2BRecommendations%2Bfor%2Bthe%2BSafe%2BUse%2Bof%2BMast%2BClimbing%2BWork%2BPlatforms.html?show_text=1
9) OR OSHA – How to dig your own grave.
http://www.orosha.org/construction-depot/2014/08/How-to-dig-your-own-grave.html#.U-50m2Mg-Uk
10) Is a dust mask used required to have annual medical exam? Yes.
https://www.osha.gov/qna.pdf
11) A questions came up on using powered winches for confined space
rescue. An older interp says “mechanical device used for emergency
rescue must be designed and rated for human use. The standard
specifies in paragraph 1910.146(k)(3)(ii) that the retrieval equipment
must be designed for personnel. The performance-oriented nature of the
standard allows flexibility as to the design specifications of the
retrieval equipment itself. OSHA accepts certification by
manufacturers as well as listing (as being tested) by Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). An employer may design,
manufacture, test, and certify (for example by a registered
professional engineer) mechanical devices used for retrieval of
personnel from a vertical space”
https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=INTERPRETATIONS&p_id=21190
12) California contractor indicted for trench cavein.
http://www.forconstructionpros.com/news/12001040/california-contractor-indicted-for-manslaughter-in-trench-collapse-death
13) Tree trimmer facing 6 ½ years in prison for the death of his worker.
http://www.cbs8.com/story/26374735/business-owner-charged-for-tree-trimmers-death
14) OSHA releases state plan monitoring reports.
http://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/11002-osha-releases-annual-state-plan-evaluations
15) Another fall through the roof. this in Maine. The OSHA rules are very clear.
1926.501(a)(2):The employer shall determine if the walking/working
surfaces on which its employees are to work have the strength and
structural integrity to support employees safely. Employees shall be
allowed to work on those surfaces only when the surfaces have the
requisite strength and structural integrity.
The use of a portable anchorage such as a raptor system has saved
lives and should be used on a rotten roof.
https://bangordailynews.com/2014/08/28/news/penobscot/worker-falls-through-roof-at-schenck-high-school-during-construction-job/
16) OSHA has a long and consistent history of interpreting its
standards and other requirements to require employers to present
information in a manner that their employees can understand.
https://www.osha.gov/dep/standards-policy-statement-memo-04-28-10.html
17) Congrats to Alan Crnich for becoming the Assistant Area Director
in Chicago North. He was an industrial Hygienist for 11 years.
18) This NY Times piece will remind some employers they are required
to provide safe work environments to temporary employees, to0 OSHA’s
David Michaels
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/01/upshot/the-changing-face-of-temporary-employment.html?rref=upshot&abt=0002&abg=1&_r=0
OSHA Citations in August
Penalty State Major Issues Business
1) $72,553 GA 28 violations Falls, Amputation, Peanut processor
2) $57,750 TX 7 Repeat violations Machine Guarding, Hazcom, Machine Shop
3) $184,800 OK 5 Repeat violations Falls, Electrical Refinery.
4) $55,000 IL Repeat fall protection, Residential Roofer
5) $92,400 OH Two Repeat Ammonia PSM violations, Brewery
6) $59,700 IL Repeat machine guarding, Hair products mfr
7) $44,100 FL 12 Serious falls, drowning hazards, Seawall Installer
8) $52,500 OH Repeat forklift retraining, Warehouse
9) $188,500 GA 33 Serious, Falls, Electrical, machine guarding, Paint mfr
10) $174,240 TX 6 Repeat violations, lockout, machine guarding, fire
extinguishers, Plastic Mfr
11) $71,000 NY Willful violence, Prison contractor
12) $78,000 NY Willful violence, Medical facility
13) $134,400 IL Willful safe handling of chemicals, Chemical company,
14) $74,900 GA Willful fatality, failure to develop a railroad safety
plan, Film crew
15) $58,800 OH Willful lockout injury, Paper box mfr
16) $85,800 IL Willful fall protection, residential roofer
17) $53,130 OH Four repeat hazcom, Chemical company
18) $43,000 IL Nice Serious, Lockout, Machine guarding Vehicle mfr
19) $56,400 NY Willful scaffold, Home Improvement comp.
20) $54,120 AL Repeat Scaffold, Stucco contractor
21) $51,840 RI 10 Serious, Lead, Fall, Preservation company
22) $45,500 OH Repeat press violation, Telecom tower mfr
23) $50,085 AL 13 Serious, Lockout, machine guarding, noise, Lumber yard
24) $44,660 IL Willful cavein protection, Trenching contractor.
25) $93,300 FL Willful crane and machine guarding, Biomass comp.
26) $48,400 IL 2 Willful fall violations, Roofer,
27) $90,300 NJ Willful machine guarding, Metal Extrusion
28) $52,470 NJ Repeat fall protection, Concrete company
29) $81,000 CO Four repeat asbestos, Roofing company
30) $66,789 CT 24 serious violation Falls, machine guarding,
electrical Plastic mfr.
Large Work or Jury Cases
1) $1 million for UPS Vehicle crash
http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf/2014/08/jury_awards_man_1_million_verd.html
2) $37 million in FL asbestos case
http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/tampa-jury-awards-nearly-37-million-in-asbestos-case/2195372
3) A rural coastal Georgia jury awarded $1.3 million to a young mother
who claimed a permanent and painful back injury from a fall in a
Walmart store.
The trial before Liberty County State Court Judge Leon Braun Jr.
lasted four days. The jury returned a verdict after four hours of
deliberation at 6 p.m. on Aug. 18, awarding $1,286,000 to Allyson
Rorro for a back injury sustained when she fell in the Hinesville
Walmart store, plus $100,000 to her husband, Curtis Rorro, for his
loss of consortium claim.
http://www.dailyreportonline.com/id=1202667807447/Coastal-Jury-Awards-13M-in-Walmart-SlipFall-Case-
Read more: http://www.dailyreportonline.com/id=1202667807447/Coastal-Jury-Awards-13M-in-Walmart-SlipFall-Case-#ixzz3BtCfgtqG
Major New Stories
1) OSHA cites willful violations in Midnight Rider film worker death.
http://variety.com/2014/film/news/midnight-rider-death-osha-violation-1201283204/
2) The right to cheat and maim.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/20/opinion/the-right-to-cheat-and-maim.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&_r=2
3) IL Roofer fined five times in 3 years. $85,000.
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/story/d/story/another-roofing-contractor-fined-by-osha/40770/BaGBKYNwRUW-paoXOlubtQ
4) From 2008 to 2012, our Chemical Safety Board documented, 50
combustible dust accidents that led to 29 fatalities and 161 injuries.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/23/opinion/the-danger-of-combustible-dust.html?_r=0
5) 2 dead in IL recycling explosion. CBS says a mortar from ammunition
recycling went off. This is the 23nd multiple fatality of 2014
http://www.kmov.com/news/mobile/2-killed-at-Granite-City-recycling-plant-272557081.
6) Gun range instructor died after a 9 year old girl accidentally shoots him
http://www.azfamily.com/news/Instructor-dies-after-girl-fires-Uzi-at-Ariz-shooting-range-272748841.html
7) Film crew member on the TV show COPS killed by police in a shooting.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2735460/Cops-TV-crew-member-shot-armed-robber-killed-gun-fight-took-place-filming-police-Nebraska.html
8) In August, ironworker Drozd strapped a GoPro camera to his head as
he prepped the Hancock's west antenna to be partially dismantled.
After climbing two sets of ladders about 350 feet above the roof of
the city's fourth-tallest building, he started recording the
vertigo-inducing point-of-view footage. After posting it on YouTube,
the video has been watched more than 90,000 times.
Read more at http://www.redeyechicago.com/news/local/redeye-hancock-tower-gopro-20140813,0,6015604.story#bpmM0ilSSLgFQI0Z.99
9) Two men died in AZ sewer from H2S. This is the 24th multiple
fatality of 2014
http://www.azfamily.com/news/2-men-dead-inside-shopping-center-sewer-272642121.html
10) A coal miner who falsified safety records at a mine in Ohio County
was sentenced in federal court Monday.
http://www.wtrf.com/story/26366822/coal-miner-sentenced-for-falsifying-records-at-ohio-county-mine
11) Meteorologist shows off new eye after 2014 fireworks incident.
http://www.wxyz.com/weather/weather-blogs/dave-rexroth/dave-dexroth-reveals-prosthetic-eye-wxyz-detroit-photos
2014 Safety Training at Non-Profits
CSC 10 Hour for Construction Sep 9-10, 2014
TRMA Excavation Safety upon request
CSC Fall Protection Sep 12, 2014
CSC Confined Space Sep 17, 2014
TRMA Scaffold Safety upon request
TRMA Crane Signal and Rigging Sep 3, 24 2014
CSC 30 Hour construction Sep 9, 11, 16, 18, 2014
CSC OSHA 500 Sep 15-19
ASSE Incident Investigation Sep 25, 2014
MA Conference OSHA Hot buttons Sep 30, 2014
TRMA is Three Rivers Manufacturers Association www.trma.org
NIU is Northern Illinois University OSHA Education Center
http://www.nsec.niu.edu/nsec/
CSC is the Construction Safety Council in Hillside. Www.Buildsafe.org
WDCC is the Western Dupage Chamber of Commerce
http://www.westerndupagechamber.com/
ASSE conference is at http://chisafetyconf.org/
MA Conference is at
http://www.hrsource.org/training-and-development/program-catalog/human-resources/2014-employment-law-conference/9302014.aspx
I usually teach only part of the 30 hour and the 500 series.
to be at the Chicago ASSE Safety days in Naperville at the end of the
month so stop and say hello. August was a news filled month.
This month’s draft powerpoint is General Industry PPE. I use this in
the General Industry 10 Hour class and bring plenty of PPE to show.
Some trainer just bring a huge duffle bag of all the types of PPE for
the hour.
http://www.slideshare.net/johnanewquist/general-industry-ppe-2014
This year, I am tracking the Illinois worker fatalities. I can find 1
who died in June bringing the total to 50 for 2014.
It was another good training month with 121 people trained. My goal
for 2014 is 2500 people trained. The first seven months was 1322
people trained total
I am also working on a training ppts for tuckpointing, power
transmission, tree trimming and logging safety so will be glad to come
out and help out at no cost.
John
Here is the news for August
1) Fall Protection works. Two rescue in aerial lift when hydraulics
fail. Thanks Mike Tuman for this.
http://www.firefighternation.com/slideshow/illinois-bucket-rescue
2) OSHA successful in citing lower PEL. “We are pleased that Fiberdome
agreed to adopt the industry recognized 50-ppm (parts per million)
limit and believe that all responsible and safety conscious employers
who use styrene should consider doing the same thing
http://www.dailyunion.com/news/article_e8750704-199c-11e4-93bf-0017a43b2370.html
3) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new data on
heat deaths among U.S. workers, underscoring the relatively simple and
low-cost preventive actions
https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=26502
4) Tales from the front: Construction GC are seeing more clinics give
work restrictions for workers visiting it for pain until the follow
up. The restriction means it goes from a medical treatment to an OSHA
recordable injury. A recordable affects the low DART rate for
construction. Right now the National DART for construction is 2.0
which is lower than manufacturing. The competitive nature of the
construction business, means explaining to the boss that their company
might have a higher DART rate than the nation average. The boss wants
to brag how safe their company is when bidding job. You can imagine
the pressure for construction safety directors to fudge the DART rate
lower.
Perhaps it is time that OSHA looks at a couple of large construction
employer under the recordkeeping NEP to see that they are actually
recording these restricted injuries.
If indeed construction is less hazardous for injuries than
manufacturing, then maybe more resources toward manufacturing
inspections should be conducted. Right now OSHA does about 55% of all
its inspections in construction. Shouldn't it be 55% in manufacturing?
5) “In a well-designed workplace, the worker has the opportunity to
choose from among a variety of well-balanced working positions and to
change between them frequently.” Good article
http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/ergonomics/standing/standing_basic.html
6) I am seeing propane buffers come back. You can die in 30 minutes if
the area is not ventilate.
http://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/facevalue-janitor-using-propane-buffer-killed-by-carbon-monoxide-2
7) April article on Temp worker deaths. Texas posted the most fatal
injuries of contractors in 2012 with 119, up from 56 in 2011.
California followed with 54 occupational injuries involving
contractors in 2012, up from 42 in 2011. Florida was third with 50 in
2012, down from 51 in 2011.
http://www.staffingindustry.com/Research-Publications/Publications/CWS-3.0/April-30-2014/Avoid-Workplace-Fatalities.-Keep-Your-Temps-Safe
8) I am seeing problems with mast climbing scaffolds. Elcosh has a
good primer on it
http://www.elcosh.org/document/2085/d001100/White%2BPaper%253A%2BReaching%2BHigher%2B-%2BRecommendations%2Bfor%2Bthe%2BSafe%2BUse%2Bof%2BMast%2BClimbing%2BWork%2BPlatforms.html?show_text=1
9) OR OSHA – How to dig your own grave.
http://www.orosha.org/construction-depot/2014/08/How-to-dig-your-own-grave.html#.U-50m2Mg-Uk
10) Is a dust mask used required to have annual medical exam? Yes.
https://www.osha.gov/qna.pdf
11) A questions came up on using powered winches for confined space
rescue. An older interp says “mechanical device used for emergency
rescue must be designed and rated for human use. The standard
specifies in paragraph 1910.146(k)(3)(ii) that the retrieval equipment
must be designed for personnel. The performance-oriented nature of the
standard allows flexibility as to the design specifications of the
retrieval equipment itself. OSHA accepts certification by
manufacturers as well as listing (as being tested) by Nationally
Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). An employer may design,
manufacture, test, and certify (for example by a registered
professional engineer) mechanical devices used for retrieval of
personnel from a vertical space”
https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=INTERPRETATIONS&p_id=21190
12) California contractor indicted for trench cavein.
http://www.forconstructionpros.com/news/12001040/california-contractor-indicted-for-manslaughter-in-trench-collapse-death
13) Tree trimmer facing 6 ½ years in prison for the death of his worker.
http://www.cbs8.com/story/26374735/business-owner-charged-for-tree-trimmers-death
14) OSHA releases state plan monitoring reports.
http://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/11002-osha-releases-annual-state-plan-evaluations
15) Another fall through the roof. this in Maine. The OSHA rules are very clear.
1926.501(a)(2):The employer shall determine if the walking/working
surfaces on which its employees are to work have the strength and
structural integrity to support employees safely. Employees shall be
allowed to work on those surfaces only when the surfaces have the
requisite strength and structural integrity.
The use of a portable anchorage such as a raptor system has saved
lives and should be used on a rotten roof.
https://bangordailynews.com/2014/08/28/news/penobscot/worker-falls-through-roof-at-schenck-high-school-during-construction-job/
16) OSHA has a long and consistent history of interpreting its
standards and other requirements to require employers to present
information in a manner that their employees can understand.
https://www.osha.gov/dep/standards-policy-statement-memo-04-28-10.html
17) Congrats to Alan Crnich for becoming the Assistant Area Director
in Chicago North. He was an industrial Hygienist for 11 years.
18) This NY Times piece will remind some employers they are required
to provide safe work environments to temporary employees, to0 OSHA’s
David Michaels
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/01/upshot/the-changing-face-of-temporary-employment.html?rref=upshot&abt=0002&abg=1&_r=0
OSHA Citations in August
Penalty State Major Issues Business
1) $72,553 GA 28 violations Falls, Amputation, Peanut processor
2) $57,750 TX 7 Repeat violations Machine Guarding, Hazcom, Machine Shop
3) $184,800 OK 5 Repeat violations Falls, Electrical Refinery.
4) $55,000 IL Repeat fall protection, Residential Roofer
5) $92,400 OH Two Repeat Ammonia PSM violations, Brewery
6) $59,700 IL Repeat machine guarding, Hair products mfr
7) $44,100 FL 12 Serious falls, drowning hazards, Seawall Installer
8) $52,500 OH Repeat forklift retraining, Warehouse
9) $188,500 GA 33 Serious, Falls, Electrical, machine guarding, Paint mfr
10) $174,240 TX 6 Repeat violations, lockout, machine guarding, fire
extinguishers, Plastic Mfr
11) $71,000 NY Willful violence, Prison contractor
12) $78,000 NY Willful violence, Medical facility
13) $134,400 IL Willful safe handling of chemicals, Chemical company,
14) $74,900 GA Willful fatality, failure to develop a railroad safety
plan, Film crew
15) $58,800 OH Willful lockout injury, Paper box mfr
16) $85,800 IL Willful fall protection, residential roofer
17) $53,130 OH Four repeat hazcom, Chemical company
18) $43,000 IL Nice Serious, Lockout, Machine guarding Vehicle mfr
19) $56,400 NY Willful scaffold, Home Improvement comp.
20) $54,120 AL Repeat Scaffold, Stucco contractor
21) $51,840 RI 10 Serious, Lead, Fall, Preservation company
22) $45,500 OH Repeat press violation, Telecom tower mfr
23) $50,085 AL 13 Serious, Lockout, machine guarding, noise, Lumber yard
24) $44,660 IL Willful cavein protection, Trenching contractor.
25) $93,300 FL Willful crane and machine guarding, Biomass comp.
26) $48,400 IL 2 Willful fall violations, Roofer,
27) $90,300 NJ Willful machine guarding, Metal Extrusion
28) $52,470 NJ Repeat fall protection, Concrete company
29) $81,000 CO Four repeat asbestos, Roofing company
30) $66,789 CT 24 serious violation Falls, machine guarding,
electrical Plastic mfr.
Large Work or Jury Cases
1) $1 million for UPS Vehicle crash
http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf/2014/08/jury_awards_man_1_million_verd.html
2) $37 million in FL asbestos case
http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/tampa-jury-awards-nearly-37-million-in-asbestos-case/2195372
3) A rural coastal Georgia jury awarded $1.3 million to a young mother
who claimed a permanent and painful back injury from a fall in a
Walmart store.
The trial before Liberty County State Court Judge Leon Braun Jr.
lasted four days. The jury returned a verdict after four hours of
deliberation at 6 p.m. on Aug. 18, awarding $1,286,000 to Allyson
Rorro for a back injury sustained when she fell in the Hinesville
Walmart store, plus $100,000 to her husband, Curtis Rorro, for his
loss of consortium claim.
http://www.dailyreportonline.com/id=1202667807447/Coastal-Jury-Awards-13M-in-Walmart-SlipFall-Case-
Read more: http://www.dailyreportonline.com/id=1202667807447/Coastal-Jury-Awards-13M-in-Walmart-SlipFall-Case-#ixzz3BtCfgtqG
Major New Stories
1) OSHA cites willful violations in Midnight Rider film worker death.
http://variety.com/2014/film/news/midnight-rider-death-osha-violation-1201283204/
2) The right to cheat and maim.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/20/opinion/the-right-to-cheat-and-maim.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&_r=2
3) IL Roofer fined five times in 3 years. $85,000.
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/story/d/story/another-roofing-contractor-fined-by-osha/40770/BaGBKYNwRUW-paoXOlubtQ
4) From 2008 to 2012, our Chemical Safety Board documented, 50
combustible dust accidents that led to 29 fatalities and 161 injuries.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/23/opinion/the-danger-of-combustible-dust.html?_r=0
5) 2 dead in IL recycling explosion. CBS says a mortar from ammunition
recycling went off. This is the 23nd multiple fatality of 2014
http://www.kmov.com/news/mobile/2-killed-at-Granite-City-recycling-plant-272557081.
6) Gun range instructor died after a 9 year old girl accidentally shoots him
http://www.azfamily.com/news/Instructor-dies-after-girl-fires-Uzi-at-Ariz-shooting-range-272748841.html
7) Film crew member on the TV show COPS killed by police in a shooting.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2735460/Cops-TV-crew-member-shot-armed-robber-killed-gun-fight-took-place-filming-police-Nebraska.html
8) In August, ironworker Drozd strapped a GoPro camera to his head as
he prepped the Hancock's west antenna to be partially dismantled.
After climbing two sets of ladders about 350 feet above the roof of
the city's fourth-tallest building, he started recording the
vertigo-inducing point-of-view footage. After posting it on YouTube,
the video has been watched more than 90,000 times.
Read more at http://www.redeyechicago.com/news/local/redeye-hancock-tower-gopro-20140813,0,6015604.story#bpmM0ilSSLgFQI0Z.99
9) Two men died in AZ sewer from H2S. This is the 24th multiple
fatality of 2014
http://www.azfamily.com/news/2-men-dead-inside-shopping-center-sewer-272642121.html
10) A coal miner who falsified safety records at a mine in Ohio County
was sentenced in federal court Monday.
http://www.wtrf.com/story/26366822/coal-miner-sentenced-for-falsifying-records-at-ohio-county-mine
11) Meteorologist shows off new eye after 2014 fireworks incident.
http://www.wxyz.com/weather/weather-blogs/dave-rexroth/dave-dexroth-reveals-prosthetic-eye-wxyz-detroit-photos
2014 Safety Training at Non-Profits
CSC 10 Hour for Construction Sep 9-10, 2014
TRMA Excavation Safety upon request
CSC Fall Protection Sep 12, 2014
CSC Confined Space Sep 17, 2014
TRMA Scaffold Safety upon request
TRMA Crane Signal and Rigging Sep 3, 24 2014
CSC 30 Hour construction Sep 9, 11, 16, 18, 2014
CSC OSHA 500 Sep 15-19
ASSE Incident Investigation Sep 25, 2014
MA Conference OSHA Hot buttons Sep 30, 2014
TRMA is Three Rivers Manufacturers Association www.trma.org
NIU is Northern Illinois University OSHA Education Center
http://www.nsec.niu.edu/nsec/
CSC is the Construction Safety Council in Hillside. Www.Buildsafe.org
WDCC is the Western Dupage Chamber of Commerce
http://www.westerndupagechamber.com/
ASSE conference is at http://chisafetyconf.org/
MA Conference is at
http://www.hrsource.org/training-and-development/program-catalog/human-resources/2014-employment-law-conference/9302014.aspx
I usually teach only part of the 30 hour and the 500 series.
Sunday, August 3, 2014
July OSHA News
This month’s draft powerpoint is
falls in construction. I use this in the OSHA 10 Hour class for 75 minutes to 2
hours. I like using the CWPR ladder video as an exercise to focus on ladder
training. It can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXit0ziMIAA
This year, I am tracking the
Illinois worker fatalities. I can find 1 who died in June bringing the total to
45 for 2014.
It was a good training month
with 129 people trained. My goal for 2014 is 2500 people trained. The first
seven months was 1201 people trained total
I am also working on a training
ppts for tuckpointing, power transmission, tree trimming and logging safety so
will be glad to come out and help out at no cost.
Here is the news for July
1) Thanks to Terry Krug, the
confined expert, that caught that I didn’t use 19.5% for the lower acceptable
limit for oxygen in the monthly quiz. Terry has taught confined space for years
and is an excellent trainer. He can be reached at (630) 736-2063.
2) Midnight Rider director
Randall Miller has been indicted of involuntary manslaughter and criminal
trespass in the death of their worker Sarah Jones.
3) Glenn Florczak has passed
away this month at home in Chetek, WI following complications after recent
cardiac bypass surgery. I worked with
Glenn when at the OSHA training institute and setting up the new fall
protection standard training. He was always a digger in facts and had so much
experience.
4) Thanks Matt Stein. OSHA has
released an updated version of their directive on respiratory protection. https://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/Directive_pdf/CPL_02-00-158.pdf
The biggest change is how
respiratory protection is affected by the new hazard communication standard.
OSHA is now requiring hazard assessments for all Category 1 and 2 acutely
hazardous chemicals (including ammonia among others) and all sensitizers (such
as paints that contain isocyanates).
5) If you have an OSHA 10 hour
card, this is what is needed for a 30 hour card. It's called 10+20.
Per the Feb 2013 OSHA Outreach
Training Program Requirements:
"Outreach Trainers may
provide 20 additional hours to 10-hour students and receive 30-hour cards under
the following conditions:
a. The same outreach trainer must do all of the
outreach training.
b. All of the outreach training must be
completed from the start of the 10-hour class to the end of the 30-hour class
within 6 months.
c. The 10-hour card must be returned to receive
the 30-hour card."
6) This month’s featured
question. Where does it say low voltage
does not need lockout?
If the voltage is unless 50
volts as some detection circuit are, then
there is no hazard to require
lockout.
1910.333(a)(1)
"Deenergized parts."
Live parts that operate at less than 50 volts to
ground need not be deenergized
if there will be no increased exposure
to electrical burns or to
explosion due to electric arcs.
7) We can do much better.
Illness and injury are preventable” OSHA’s Dr. Michaels
8) This 2010 article on
"complacency" is how some companies actually think.
I see it as "blame the
worker". The example of the bicyclist not looking is too simple. It is
"he wasn't paying attention" and pulled out in front of the truck.
Therefore the employer is
brainwashed to believe that unguarded machines wouldn't hurt some worker if
they weren't complacent.
The worker in the confined space
should have been paying attention when that invisible toxic gas came in the
space using this nonsense.
It seems I go into a workplace
every month where the culture is focused on complacency. EVERY one of them has
numerous serious hazards that will hurt a worker and are OSHA violations. I
think the recognition of hazards is diminished with this training. After all,
the worker causes the accidents per these BBS specialists.
The best workplaces are where
the workers participate in audits and in job hazards analysis, workers take
several training classes, safety committee is active and works, and management
is committed to safety. Over 100 of these places that I have worked with have
no injuries for the year. Very few have BBS mindset. If you see one management
system that works, it is not six sigma, but the Lean 5S+safety (6S).
A good intro to 6S is at EPA.
9) The CSB has been urging OSHA
to write a combustible dust rule since 2006, when the board issued a landmark
report that detailed 281 such incidents between 1980 and 2005 that resulted in
119 deaths and 718 injuries. Between 2008 and 2013, the CSB has found 50 more
incidents involving 29 deaths and 161 injuries.
10) OSHA: Auburn OH company
facing $816,500 fine after faking abatement data. “Formed Fiber Technologies
apparently decided that production was more important than ensuring its workers’
safety. They provided false abatement documentation to OSHA. They knew how
hazardous these machines were without proper safeguards and also knew exactly
how to fix those hazards,” Dr. David Michaels
This should be criminal like the
Walter Cardin case of 2013.
11) I am seeing many falling
through the roof in 2014. Here some good tips from the UK on this issue.
12) OSHA has new policy memo on
temp workers and their employers.
13) OSHA updates communication
tower directive. The first requirement will knock out lifting people by a
hoist.
“Engineered Hoist Systems: Have
a registered professional engineer approve/stamp the engineered hoist system
design. Engineered system specifications are to include the size and type of
rope to be used, the ratio of rope diameter to sheave size, and inspection and
maintenance procedures and schedules.”
14) It sure looks like OSHA will
keep citing residential fall protection issues #1. Thanks Tom. Data from CPWR
Data briefs June 2014.
• Among self-employed
construction workers, the number of fatalities increased 27.8% from 2011 to
2012 while the increase among wage-and-salary workers was 4.4%.
• There were 199 fatalities in
residential construction in 2012 — an annual increase of 37.2% compared to just
a 3.0% increase in nonresidential construction.
• Fall fatalities in all
construction increased 9.3% from 269 to 294 between 2011 and 2012, but jumped
81.5% in residential building construction from 27 to 49 deaths.
• In 2012, 222 Hispanic
construction workers died on the job — a 12.7% increase from 2011, compared to
an 8.7% increase for the overall construction industry.
15) OR OSHA is revising their
confined space standard. I want to see the new sample permits.
16) The highest heat-related
death rates were in cities and very rural areas; the most isolated areas also
had the highest rates related to the cold and to storms, floods and lightning.
Low-income counties had higher weather-related death rates than high-income
counties. That could be due to people in poor rural or urban places lacking
heating, air conditioning or help during blizzards or heat waves, the
researchers said
I was surprised to see cold
kills the most.
OSHA Citations in July
Penalty State Major Issues
Business
1) $194,000 WY Fall protection,
eye wash
2) $42,240 GA fall protection,
Siding contractor
3) $85,146 CT falls, electrical,
spray booth, aircraft parts mfr
4) $177,800 MA Storage, electrical,
exits, Retail chain
5) $228,690 FL Willful fall
protection, Residential contractor
6) $54,500 AL Willful, Fatal
bridge fall, Bridge contractor
7) $49,000 AL Machine guarding,
falls, noise. Mfr and temp agency.
8) $102.000 FL Trench cave-in.
Trenching contractor
9) $50,051 OH Engulfment in
grain bin. Grain elevator.
10) $45,200 NY Demolition
collapse death. Demo contractor.
11) $214,200 TX Repeat Falls,
Machine guarding, noise, Barge mfr
12) $52,500 OH Willful free
climbing comtower
13) $53,480 TX Fatal fall condo
construction.
14) $47,520 IL Repeat machine
guarding, Rack mfr
15) $50,820 OH Repeat noise,
respirators. Metal polisher.
16) $62,101 NE Ammonia incident,
Grain coop
17) $816,500 OH False abatement
to OSHA,
18) $57,140 OH Repeat Silica,
Foundry
19) $47,600 MA Lead, silica,
respirator, Rehab contractor.
20) $53,240. OH Repeat
electrical, flammables, respirator, Retail chain
21) $158,000 NJ Repeat
electrical, storage, Retail chain.
22) $101,300 NJ Repeat
electrical, aisle marking, machine guarding, Airlines.
23) $53,000 NY Noise, PPE,
Aluminum foundry
24) $70,290 MA Powerlines,
Trench contractor
25) $83,930 GA Repeat fall
protection, Roofing contractor.
26) $110,700 IL Repeat
Forklifts, Retail Stores
27) $111,650 OH Repeat lockout,
machine guardings and forklift, Packaging machinery
28) $161,100 NY Coke plant
explosion
29) $120,560 NE Structural
collapse at feed mill
Large Work Payouts
1) $2 million in damages to
three plaintiffs who sued after they were injured in a 2007 elevator accident
at the Louisiana Superdome.
2) $9.3 million to an asbestos
plaintiff
3) $7.6 million for a scaffold
accident. Cortes, who was working on a "construction and asbestos
removal" project at leased warehouse space, fell when he was dismantling a
scaffold, court documents show.
4) TX jury awards families of
McDonald workers $27 Million. “This was a dangerous location, and McDonald’s
knew it,” Chris Hamilton, an attorney for the Crisp and Ward families, said,
according to Bloomberg, adding: “Yet they did nothing to prevent their
senseless deaths.”
http://www.ibtimes.com/mcdonalds-loses-texas-teenagers-death-case-jury-awards-27m-plaintiffs-1644382
Major New Stories
1) OSHA Focusing on Protecting
Temporary Workers
2) Workers died needlessly in
the heat. Good map.
3) Selma AL workers are getting
sick at their plant.
4) “A life so full of
possibilities was lost and the fine for multiple serious violations was
negotiated to less than the price of a junky used car”
5) "Burgos Construction has
been cited seven times in the past two years for not providing fall protection
for its employees engaged in residential construction.” That is a lot of times
for one issue.
6) Tales from the front: VPP
site kicked out contractor for not knowing the crane signals.
The safety director saw a
contractor using non-standard crane signals at the facility. She asked the
workers about some of the 19 crane signals. No one had crane signal training.
They were told not to come back until they had taken an independent training class.
So the large contractor wanted the four hour class today. You would think a
large construction firm of 1500 employees would have had this training, but it
goes to show that many are still behind a rule that came out four years ago.
2014 Safety Training at
Non-Profits
CSC 10 Hour for Construction August 5-6, 2014
NIU 501 General Industry August 11-14, 2014
CSC GHS August 27, 2014
TRMA Excavation Safety August
21, 2014
TRMA Fall Protection August
28, 2014
CSC Confined Space upon
request
TRMA Scaffold Safety August
20, 2014
CSC Crane Signal and Rigging upon request
CSC 30 Hour construction August
5, 7, 12, 14, 2014
WDCC OSHA 10 Hour Industry August 7-8
TRMA is Three Rivers
Manufacturers Association www.trma.org
NIU is Northern Illinois
University OSHA Education Center http://www.nsec.niu.edu/nsec/
CSC is the Construction Safety
Council in Hillside. Www.Buildsafe.org
WDCC is the Western Dupage
Chamber of Commerce http://www.westerndupagechamber.com/
I usually teach only part of the
30 hour and the 500 series.
Monday, July 14, 2014
June 2014 OSHA News
This month’s draft powerpoint is Introduction to Safety. I made a ppt
with mostly an IL slant. I use parts in the OSHA 10 hour classes and
have numerous requests for the ppt. I find it hard to only talk two
hours on OSHA in these classes.
http://www.slideshare.net/johnanewquist/gi2013-introduction-to-safety-36974511
This year, I am tracking the Illinois worker fatalities. I can find 13
who died in June bringing the total to 41 for 2014.
It was a good training month with 114 people trained. My goal for 2014
is 2500 people trained. The first six months was 1072 people trained
total
I am also working on a training ppts for tuck-pointing, power
transmission and logging safety so will be glad to come out and help
out at no cost.
Here is the news for June
1) Dr, Gary Erisman passed away May 29, 2014. He taught a generation
of safety at ISU. http://www.haenselfuneralhome.com/obit.php?id=219
2) The construction safety Council is looking for energetic,
charismatic OSHA outreach instructors to join the CSC team! Candidates
must be capable of teaching a variety of OSHA topics and have a
current OSHA 500/502 outreach trainer card. American Heart
Association, first aid/CPR/AED instructor also a plus. All classes are
taught during the day, Monday through Saturday at the CSC location in
Hillside, Illinois and/or other contracted sites within the greater
Chicagoland area.
Please send resumes to psatti@buildsafe.org.
3) Can you guess a safety or training programs that the author missed?
Answers next month.
http://safety.blr.com/workplace-safety-news/safety-administration/safety-plans/OSHA-Requires-18-Safety-Plans-Do-You-Have-Yours/
4) I am seeing many scaffolds violate this provision. 1926.451(e)(6)(vi)
Have a maximum spacing between rungs of 16 3/4 inches (43 cm).
Non-uniform rung spacing caused by joining end frames together is
allowed, provided the resulting spacing does not exceed 16 3/4 inches
(43 cm).
5) $90,000 in worker compensation for losing one's dominant arm is
nothing compared to losses for future earnings. - Elizabeth Govaerts
This quote reminds of an IL worker who was let go after losing his
hand. The company said they "had no jobs for one arm man".
I estimate about 15,000 work related amputations a year. I think this
number is remaining constant for the last 10 years. Too many companies
do not know what is required for machine guarding.
The OSHA standards are 43 year old and well behind the thinking of the
ANSi B series for machines.
The OSHA etool is old and really needing to be updated.
OSHA could help by listing the photos of before and after for guarding
machines from actual case files.
VPP/SHARP sites should be required to show one machine guarded at the
their facility. This will help in so many ways. Companies can figure
how to guard machines often by seeing what others have done.
We are not sharing the painful lessons of one million workers losing
body parts since OSHA started. We see the OSHA Amputate program go
through thousands of inspections, but what lessons are transmitted to
the public to prevent a similar occurrence?
It is time to address an area not commonly discussed in safety circles.
6) The OSHA CPL that describle exemptions for farms is at
https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=DIRECTIVES&p_id=1519
7) OSHA delays enforcement of the new power transmission standard.
OSHA will also delay enforcement of paragraph (b) of revised 29 CFR
1910.137 and paragraph (b) of 29 CFR 1926.97 until October 31, 2014.
https://www.osha.gov/dep/enforcement/subpartV-enforcement-memo.html?utm_source=BREAKING+NEWS%3A+OSHA+issues+a+stay+on+citations+for+1910.269+&utm_campaign=1910.269+Breaking+News&utm_medium=email
8) The bill includes federal health and safety protections for state
workers, delivering on Executive Order No. 511 issued by Governor
Patrick in 2009. That Executive Order established the Massachusetts
Employee Safety and Health Advisory Committee to study ways to
implement prevention standards in order to reduce the costs state
agencies pay for worker injuries and illnesses.
http://burlington.wickedlocal.com/article/20140626/NEWS/140627354/?Start=2
9) In 2012, 243 workers nationwide died while involved in tree
trimming and clearing activities.
“Tree trimming and clearing can be hazardous work that results in
worker fatalities,” said MaryAnn Garrahan, OSHA regional
administrator. “It is vital that employers take the necessary steps to
protect workers engaged in these activities.” –
http://www.charlestondailymail.com/article/20140622/DM05/140629841/1280
OSHA Citations in June
Penalty State Major Issues Business
1) $91,300 TX Willful saw guarding Timber mfr
2) $72,450 MA Repeat crane fall pro, flexible cords, Bridge mfr
3) $286,200 TX Repeat lockout, machine guarding, Mixer mfr
4) $77,000 TX Fatality machine guarding, Conveyer manufacturing.
5) $66,600 NY residential fall hazards, General Contractor
6) $217,000 MT blocked exits, clear space around electrical. Retailer.
7) $59,500 IL Willful trench cave-in protection. Excavator
8) $89,500 OH Willful guarding and lockout. Roll former.
9) $45,000 FL Repeat fall protection and machine guarding. Recycler
10) $110,400 MO Willful trench cavein protection. Excavator
11) $449,680 WI Willful PSM Chemical company
12) $101,200 NE Willful lockout, machine guarding Food Supplement mfr.
13) $102,600 TX Willful lockout, Air bag mfr
14) $58,100 NJ Lockout, exits. Furniture mfr.
15) $145,200 WI Willful hearing conservation, eye protection, lockout,
Lumber mfr
16) $76,300 FL Willful cave-in, Excavator
17) $125,282 TX Fail to abate machine guarding Sawmill
18) $72,380 LA Carbon dioxide, Food mfr.
19) $101,970 NJ Repeat machine guarding. Temp agency and bottling plant.
20) 40,600 GA Falls, noise. Cereal mfr,
21) $53,020 FL fall protection. Framing contractor.
22) $72,000 FL Fatality crushed by panel, Demolition contractor
23) $59,400 PA Repeat machine guarding electrical, lockout Poultry processor.
24) $82,390 MO Repeat Lockout and Machine Guarding. Trailer mfr.
25) $41,800 AL Repeat failing to provide workers exposed to
gamma-aminopropyltriethoxysilane with an eyewash station and a shower.
Insulation mfr.
26) $58,300 CO safafety blocks and locks for automotive lifts.
27) $135,200 TC Repeat electrical space clearance and access to fire
extinguishers. Temp agency and food processor.
Large Work Payouts
1) $1 million asbestos award in PA.
http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/asbestos_mesothelioma/asbestos-lawsuit-mesothelioma-27-19845.html#.U5Cu_2MU-Uk
2) $25 million for asbestos
http://washingtonexaminer.com/n.y.-jury-awards-two-plaintiffs-25m-in-asbestos-trial/article/feed/2144091
Major New Stories
1) A blown tire caused a logging truck to lose control and spill its
cargo onto a group of construction workers, killing two and injuring
19,
This is the 18th multiple fatality of 2014.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/killed-19-hurt-arkansas-logging-truck-wreck-23970193
2) Two police officers killed in Vegas. This is the 19th multiple
fatality of 2014.
http://fox40.com/2014/06/08/gunmen-kill-2-police-officers-another-person-and-themselves-in-las-vegas/
3) A second person has died in the TX Corrigan plant explosion. This
is the 20th multiple fatality of 2014.
http://www.ketknbc.com/news/second-person-dies-in-corrigan-plant-explosion
4) Two ambulance workers killed in fiery crash in MS. This is the 21st
multiple fatality of 2014.
5) A specially trained Pekin Fire Department rescue team, which
arrived within several minutes of the accident report about noon,
entered the tanker with oxygen tanks and masks to pull the victims out
by winch and rope. This is the 22nd multiple fatality of 2014
Read more: http://www.pjstar.com/article/20140625/News/140629498#ixzz35i6xyL6H
http://www.wdam.com/story/25859942/ambulance-crew-killed-in-fiery-greene-county-crash
6) The dark side of the Texas miracle
http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/06/29/5935932/the-dark-side-of-the-texas-miracle.html
2014 Safety Training at Non-Profits
CSC 10 Hour for Construction July 1-2, 2014
NIU 30 hour general Industry July 8-11, 2014
CSC GHS July 11, 2014
CSC Excavation Safety request
CSC Fall Protection July 21, 2014
CSC Confined Space request
CSC Scaffold Safety July 9 and 23, 2014
CSC Crane Signal and Rigging July 25, 2014
CSC 30 Hour construction July 8-15 2014
CSC OSHA 500 July 14-18
TRMA is Three Rivers Manufacturers Association
www.trma.org
NIU is Northern Illinois University OSHA Education Center
http://www.nsec.niu.edu/nsec/
CSC is the Construction Safety Council in Hillside.
Www.Buildsafe.org
Answers from last month.
A.. Confined Space Permits must be retained for ____1____________ years.
B. The lower limit for Oxygen in a confined space is __19.5___ %
C. This respirator would need an escape pack when used.
_airline_____________________
D. Rescue system for permit required confined space entry must be
practiced every _12_____ months.
E. ___60_______% of PRCS fatalities are would be rescuers per OSHA
with mostly an IL slant. I use parts in the OSHA 10 hour classes and
have numerous requests for the ppt. I find it hard to only talk two
hours on OSHA in these classes.
http://www.slideshare.net/johnanewquist/gi2013-introduction-to-safety-36974511
This year, I am tracking the Illinois worker fatalities. I can find 13
who died in June bringing the total to 41 for 2014.
It was a good training month with 114 people trained. My goal for 2014
is 2500 people trained. The first six months was 1072 people trained
total
I am also working on a training ppts for tuck-pointing, power
transmission and logging safety so will be glad to come out and help
out at no cost.
Here is the news for June
1) Dr, Gary Erisman passed away May 29, 2014. He taught a generation
of safety at ISU. http://www.haenselfuneralhome.com/obit.php?id=219
2) The construction safety Council is looking for energetic,
charismatic OSHA outreach instructors to join the CSC team! Candidates
must be capable of teaching a variety of OSHA topics and have a
current OSHA 500/502 outreach trainer card. American Heart
Association, first aid/CPR/AED instructor also a plus. All classes are
taught during the day, Monday through Saturday at the CSC location in
Hillside, Illinois and/or other contracted sites within the greater
Chicagoland area.
Please send resumes to psatti@buildsafe.org.
3) Can you guess a safety or training programs that the author missed?
Answers next month.
http://safety.blr.com/workplace-safety-news/safety-administration/safety-plans/OSHA-Requires-18-Safety-Plans-Do-You-Have-Yours/
4) I am seeing many scaffolds violate this provision. 1926.451(e)(6)(vi)
Have a maximum spacing between rungs of 16 3/4 inches (43 cm).
Non-uniform rung spacing caused by joining end frames together is
allowed, provided the resulting spacing does not exceed 16 3/4 inches
(43 cm).
5) $90,000 in worker compensation for losing one's dominant arm is
nothing compared to losses for future earnings. - Elizabeth Govaerts
This quote reminds of an IL worker who was let go after losing his
hand. The company said they "had no jobs for one arm man".
I estimate about 15,000 work related amputations a year. I think this
number is remaining constant for the last 10 years. Too many companies
do not know what is required for machine guarding.
The OSHA standards are 43 year old and well behind the thinking of the
ANSi B series for machines.
The OSHA etool is old and really needing to be updated.
OSHA could help by listing the photos of before and after for guarding
machines from actual case files.
VPP/SHARP sites should be required to show one machine guarded at the
their facility. This will help in so many ways. Companies can figure
how to guard machines often by seeing what others have done.
We are not sharing the painful lessons of one million workers losing
body parts since OSHA started. We see the OSHA Amputate program go
through thousands of inspections, but what lessons are transmitted to
the public to prevent a similar occurrence?
It is time to address an area not commonly discussed in safety circles.
6) The OSHA CPL that describle exemptions for farms is at
https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=DIRECTIVES&p_id=1519
7) OSHA delays enforcement of the new power transmission standard.
OSHA will also delay enforcement of paragraph (b) of revised 29 CFR
1910.137 and paragraph (b) of 29 CFR 1926.97 until October 31, 2014.
https://www.osha.gov/dep/enforcement/subpartV-enforcement-memo.html?utm_source=BREAKING+NEWS%3A+OSHA+issues+a+stay+on+citations+for+1910.269+&utm_campaign=1910.269+Breaking+News&utm_medium=email
8) The bill includes federal health and safety protections for state
workers, delivering on Executive Order No. 511 issued by Governor
Patrick in 2009. That Executive Order established the Massachusetts
Employee Safety and Health Advisory Committee to study ways to
implement prevention standards in order to reduce the costs state
agencies pay for worker injuries and illnesses.
http://burlington.wickedlocal.com/article/20140626/NEWS/140627354/?Start=2
9) In 2012, 243 workers nationwide died while involved in tree
trimming and clearing activities.
“Tree trimming and clearing can be hazardous work that results in
worker fatalities,” said MaryAnn Garrahan, OSHA regional
administrator. “It is vital that employers take the necessary steps to
protect workers engaged in these activities.” –
http://www.charlestondailymail.com/article/20140622/DM05/140629841/1280
OSHA Citations in June
Penalty State Major Issues Business
1) $91,300 TX Willful saw guarding Timber mfr
2) $72,450 MA Repeat crane fall pro, flexible cords, Bridge mfr
3) $286,200 TX Repeat lockout, machine guarding, Mixer mfr
4) $77,000 TX Fatality machine guarding, Conveyer manufacturing.
5) $66,600 NY residential fall hazards, General Contractor
6) $217,000 MT blocked exits, clear space around electrical. Retailer.
7) $59,500 IL Willful trench cave-in protection. Excavator
8) $89,500 OH Willful guarding and lockout. Roll former.
9) $45,000 FL Repeat fall protection and machine guarding. Recycler
10) $110,400 MO Willful trench cavein protection. Excavator
11) $449,680 WI Willful PSM Chemical company
12) $101,200 NE Willful lockout, machine guarding Food Supplement mfr.
13) $102,600 TX Willful lockout, Air bag mfr
14) $58,100 NJ Lockout, exits. Furniture mfr.
15) $145,200 WI Willful hearing conservation, eye protection, lockout,
Lumber mfr
16) $76,300 FL Willful cave-in, Excavator
17) $125,282 TX Fail to abate machine guarding Sawmill
18) $72,380 LA Carbon dioxide, Food mfr.
19) $101,970 NJ Repeat machine guarding. Temp agency and bottling plant.
20) 40,600 GA Falls, noise. Cereal mfr,
21) $53,020 FL fall protection. Framing contractor.
22) $72,000 FL Fatality crushed by panel, Demolition contractor
23) $59,400 PA Repeat machine guarding electrical, lockout Poultry processor.
24) $82,390 MO Repeat Lockout and Machine Guarding. Trailer mfr.
25) $41,800 AL Repeat failing to provide workers exposed to
gamma-aminopropyltriethoxysilane with an eyewash station and a shower.
Insulation mfr.
26) $58,300 CO safafety blocks and locks for automotive lifts.
27) $135,200 TC Repeat electrical space clearance and access to fire
extinguishers. Temp agency and food processor.
Large Work Payouts
1) $1 million asbestos award in PA.
http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/asbestos_mesothelioma/asbestos-lawsuit-mesothelioma-27-19845.html#.U5Cu_2MU-Uk
2) $25 million for asbestos
http://washingtonexaminer.com/n.y.-jury-awards-two-plaintiffs-25m-in-asbestos-trial/article/feed/2144091
Major New Stories
1) A blown tire caused a logging truck to lose control and spill its
cargo onto a group of construction workers, killing two and injuring
19,
This is the 18th multiple fatality of 2014.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/killed-19-hurt-arkansas-logging-truck-wreck-23970193
2) Two police officers killed in Vegas. This is the 19th multiple
fatality of 2014.
http://fox40.com/2014/06/08/gunmen-kill-2-police-officers-another-person-and-themselves-in-las-vegas/
3) A second person has died in the TX Corrigan plant explosion. This
is the 20th multiple fatality of 2014.
http://www.ketknbc.com/news/second-person-dies-in-corrigan-plant-explosion
4) Two ambulance workers killed in fiery crash in MS. This is the 21st
multiple fatality of 2014.
5) A specially trained Pekin Fire Department rescue team, which
arrived within several minutes of the accident report about noon,
entered the tanker with oxygen tanks and masks to pull the victims out
by winch and rope. This is the 22nd multiple fatality of 2014
Read more: http://www.pjstar.com/article/20140625/News/140629498#ixzz35i6xyL6H
http://www.wdam.com/story/25859942/ambulance-crew-killed-in-fiery-greene-county-crash
6) The dark side of the Texas miracle
http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/06/29/5935932/the-dark-side-of-the-texas-miracle.html
2014 Safety Training at Non-Profits
CSC 10 Hour for Construction July 1-2, 2014
NIU 30 hour general Industry July 8-11, 2014
CSC GHS July 11, 2014
CSC Excavation Safety request
CSC Fall Protection July 21, 2014
CSC Confined Space request
CSC Scaffold Safety July 9 and 23, 2014
CSC Crane Signal and Rigging July 25, 2014
CSC 30 Hour construction July 8-15 2014
CSC OSHA 500 July 14-18
TRMA is Three Rivers Manufacturers Association
www.trma.org
NIU is Northern Illinois University OSHA Education Center
http://www.nsec.niu.edu/nsec/
CSC is the Construction Safety Council in Hillside.
Www.Buildsafe.org
Answers from last month.
A.. Confined Space Permits must be retained for ____1____________ years.
B. The lower limit for Oxygen in a confined space is __19.5___ %
C. This respirator would need an escape pack when used.
_airline_____________________
D. Rescue system for permit required confined space entry must be
practiced every _12_____ months.
E. ___60_______% of PRCS fatalities are would be rescuers per OSHA
Sunday, June 8, 2014
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
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2014 Safety Training at Non-Profits
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| 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 | | |
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