January 2017 OSHA Update

Hello,

March 6-7 is the construction safety conference in Oak Brook Terrace. I am teaching both days free for the council. Monday, I am teaching a CHST prep class. Last year all 8 students passed the exam on the first try. Tuesday, I am teaching lockout for construction.

Paul Satti is covering the new general industry fall standard there too. I plan to teach the new standard at the CSC so look for the schedule if interested. 

The new general industry fall protection standard is this month’s ppt. The new standard renumbered all the old industry fall standards. The ppt was 50 Megs so I am using a pdf to send out. Slideshare can download it.

The top 5 topics taught last year were

1) Trenching

2) Rigging

3) OSHA 30

4) Confined Space

5) Crane Signaling

February and March are all booked so I appreciate people working around closed days. I figure we will not have an OSHA head until summer. So expect no new regulations for a while.

John

Here is the news for January 2017

1) Kelly Knighton is the new Regional Administrator of the agency's Dallas regional office. Knighton began her career with OSHA in 1995 as a Compliance Safety and Health Officer in Houston, Texas, where she investigated accidents involving manufacturing, construction, petrochemical, logging, maritime and oil and gas exploration. As a Compliance Assistance Specialist, she was instrumental in collaborating with trade associations, employers, local governments, universities and high schools to create partnerships and alliances.

2) OSHA new beryllium standard. The old exposure limit, established in 1949, was based largely on guesswork and dubbed "the taxicab standard" because a government health official and an industry medical consultant came up with the rule in the back of a taxi.

The new standard will be 0.2 micrograms per cubic meter, much stronger than what OSHA sought in the 1970s. Michaels said the Blade reports were instrumental in sparking OSHA to start work on the new rule as well as in prompting the Energy Department to take similar safety steps for workers at its facilities.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/ct-beryllium-osha-met-20170106-story.html

3) IL ROOFER IGNORES OSHA 19 TIMES, GETS $214,782 FINE

http://www.constructionequipment.com/roofer-ignores-osha-19-times-gets-214782-fine

4) Final rule to keep OSHA 300,300A, 301 records for five years.

https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=33561

5) PA employer tells worker calling 911 for amputation to hang up. She is fired two days later.

HTTPS://WWW.OSHA.GOV/PLS/OSHAWEB/OWADISP.SHOW_DOCUMENT?P_TABLE=NEWS_RELEASES&P_ID=33618

6) Safety training schools and instructors will find few significant changes in OSHA's revised outreach training program guide released Jan. 3.

The guidance is primarily intended for instructors offering Occupational Safety and Health Administration 10- and 30-hour safety and health courses. The new guide, titled Outreach Training Requirements, replaces a document issued in 2013.

https://gallery.mailchimp.com/3974b4b2443fd1de1bca58f23/files/Outreach_Training_Program_Changes_01.01.2017.pdf?utm_source=NSEC+trainers&utm_campaign=c8e532f229-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_01_24&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a5e8ea76e9-c8e532f229-199436273

7) Tom Bielema has left OSHA as Peoria Director to join the world of Safety consulting.

8) White House officials called the directive a "one in, two out" plan. It requires government agencies requesting a new regulation to identify two regulations they will cut from their own departments. The officials insisted on anonymity in order to detail the directive ahead of Monday's formal announcement.

http://www.wcvb.com/article/trump-signs-executive-order-cutting-regulations/8653948

9) Sleep matters. At a national level, up to 3 per cent of GDP is lost due to lack of sleep, and an increase in sleep could add billions of dollars to a country's economy.

http://www.rand.org/randeurope/research/projects/the-value-of-the-sleep-economy.html

Large Work Payouts

1) A Chicago federal jury on Tuesday awarded more than $5 million to a couple who suffered back injuries after a Freightliner truck crashed into their vehicle on an southern Illinois highway.

Major news stories.

1) Three Dead workers in a restaurant shooting.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/30/3rd-worker-dies-after-at-bowie-restaurant-shooting/

2) Hydrogen Sulfide kills three in FL manhole.

http://ehstoday.com/industrial-hygiene/poisonous-fumes-confined-space-lead-three-worker-deaths

OSHA Citations this month

Penalty State Major Issues Business

1) NJ $174,593 Willful lockout death. Medical facility

2) WI $261,890 Willful asbestos. Medical Clinic

3) IL $81,062 Willful lockout amputation. Metal container mfr.

4) IL $214,782  Willful roof fall. Residential Roofer

5) GA $133,443 21 Serious. Lockout. Combustible dust, Plastic recycler.

6) IL $63,494 Repeat falls. Residential roofer.

7) NJ $197,752 Willful cave-in. General contractor

8) SD $40,538 Cave-in accident. Trenching contractor.

9) IL $77,606  Repeat falls. Mason contractor.

10) OK $535,411 Repeat respirators, hydraulic press brake guarding. Truck bed mfr

11) NJ $88,544 Repeat silica. Concrete mfr.

12) OH $235,879 Repeat lockout, machine guarding., Railroad parts mfr.

13) WI $219,242 Will lockout amputations. Insulation mfr. 

2016 Safety Training at Non-Profits

CSC 30 Hour construction      Feb 14, 16, 21 ,23

CSC 10 Hour construction      Upon Request

CSC OSHA 500                      in Mar

CSC OSHA 510                      Feb 6-9

CSC Excavation Safety          Upon Request

CSC Recordkeeping               Upon Request

CSC Incident investigation     Feb 24

CSC Scaffold              Upon Request

CSC Crane Signal Rigging     Feb 17

CSC Confined Space              Upon Request

CSC GHS/Health hazards       Upon Request

CSC Fall Protection                Upon Request

CSC Fall Protection Industry Feb 28

CSC Work Zone MUTCD      Upon Request

CSC Job Hazard Analysis       Upon Request

CSC Machine Guarding         Upon Request

CSC Emergency Planning      Upon Request

CSC Health Hazards               Upon Request

NIU OSHA 510                      Upon Request

CSC Small Business               Upon Request

OSHA Intro safety mgt csc     Upon Request

NIU Bloodborne                     Feb 10

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/

TRMA is Three Rivers Manufacturers Association   www.trma.org

I usually teach only part of the 30 hour and the 500 series. I have taught 308 people this month. I teach evenings, weekends, early mornings too       

All presentation are put on slideshare.net for free downloading. I put the presentation on Slideshare at this link. http://www.slideshare.net/johnanewquist/fall-protection-osha-new-general-industry-2017-standard

I use your feedback to make corrections.

September 2016 OSHA News

Hello,

I found that September was a blur and passed by quickly.

I had fun meeting several people at the ASSE conference in Naperville. It is always good to catch up with what everyone is doing. I was surprised that many came for OSHA recordkeeping. I had 23 people take the 4.5 hour session.

I taught Prevention through Design to the NIU industrial engineering students for two hours on September 16, 2016. It is go to see the students can think outside the box and solve difficult problems.

I was glad to teach three days of construction safety for Illinois OSHA. It is good to see them hire some people to protect the public sector. 

This month’s PowerPoint is a popular one that I teach after lunch. I put in 3M 8mm Security Film on my windows of my car. I encourage my clients to do elsewise since Chicago has had so many shot. 

John Newquist

Here is the news for September 2016

1) OSHA awards $10.5M in workplace safety and health training grants to 77 organizations to help protect high-risk workers

https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=33108

2) OSHA Assistant Secretary Dr. David Michaels appointed Dean McKenzie as the new director of the agency's Directorate of Construction. McKenzie has been with OSHA for seven years including serving as deputy director of DOC.

3) OSHA changed the press release threshold to $60,000 per OSHA that I have spoken with to this month. The old $40,000 threshold was triggering too many press releases.

4) OSHA said that they are seeing many employers with machines that they have cited years before in the company history and now it is a source of a complaint or an amputation. Repeat is 5 years. Willful can be forever if the same management is there.

5) I want to thank Mark Lies for keeping up on the drug testing issue. Key date to watch is November 1 2016.

Section 1904.35(b)(1)(iv) of the final rules prohibits an employer from discharging or discriminating against an employee for reporting a work-related injury or illness. OSHA’s Preamble to the Final Rule interprets the regulation broadly to prohibit any “adverse action that could well dissuade a reasonable employee from reporting a work-related injury or illness.” OSHA applies the prohibition to any “blanket post-injury drug testing policies deter proper reporting,” concluding that drug-testing alone constitutes an “adverse employment action.” OSHA instructs employers to “limit post-incident testing to situations in which employee drug use is likely to have contributed to the incident, and for which the drug test can accurately identify impairment caused by drug use.” OSHA explains with examples: it “would likely not be reasonable to drug test an employee who reports a bee sting, a repetitive strain injury, or an injury caused by a lack of machine guarding or a machine or tool malfunction.”

I posted his Management alert at http://www.slideshare.net/johnanewquist/osha-drug-testing?qid=4b574d49-82fe-47f4-a73e-cfafc5892c9e&v=&b=&from_search=2

6) OSHA loses PSM expansion case.

http://www.agri-pulse.com/uploaded/ARAOSHAPSMCase92316.pdf

7) OSHA in IL is swamped with amputations. They are trying to inspect many, but having a response that prevents future occurrences in important.

8) OSHA has a twitter feed at

https://twitter.com/OSHA_DOL

9) Many forklift companies are not allowing people to be lifted despite buying a commercial platform. Use an aerial lift.

10) Conveyors account for over 1200 injuries, amputations and deaths since 2000.

The top five issues are

-           Unguarded Belt and Pulley. https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=26856

-           Caught in shaft or drive roller - http://djournal.com/itawamba/2014/10/14/osha-cites-fines-graham-lumber-april-death/

-           Lockout - http://www.safetynewsalert.com/almost-half-million-dollars-in-fines-for-conveyor-death/

https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=14397

-           Falls http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20160802/NEWS08/160809960

-           Struck by falling object

Sample General Duty Citations

-           Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm in that employees were exposed to: Slips and falls while working/walking on corrugator's exit discharge roller conveyor in the dunnage area. Among other methods, a feasible abatement method to correct this hazard is to comply with The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) B20.1-2009, Safety Standard for Conveyors and Related Equipment. Section 6.11.1, Roller and Wheel Conveyors references installing tread plates between the rollers to provide a stable walking and working surface

-           Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to caught-by hazards: a) Blancher - Employees cleaning the Blancher were exposed to caught-in hazards from a remotely controlled conveyor not furnished with emergency stop pull cords, on or about November 10th, 2015.

OSHA Citations this month

Penalty State Major Issues Business

1) $218,502 NY Electrical, Machine Guarding, Respirators. Auto parts mgr.

2) $139,675 FL Willful residential falls. Nome Builder

3) $152,435 VT 15 Serious Lab Safety std. Laboratory.

4) $128,077 FL Willful rood fall. Roofing contractor.

5) $44,095 OH Residential falls. Homebuilder.

6) $113,486 TX Willful cave in – Trenching contractor.

7) $97,988. MO Will blocked exits. Retailer.

8) $218,244 OH Hand amputation mold machine. Foundry.

9) $113,131 OH Willful falls. Steel Plant

10) $94,064 OH Willful Roofing falls. Exterior contractor.

11) $411,540 NE Willful grain death. Grain Mill.

12) $704,610 GA 12 repeats Lockout, machine guarding, electrical. Auto parts mfg.

13) $256,545 OH Willful confined space. Plating company.

14) $199,107 FL Willful roof fall. Roofer.

15) $193,053 NJ Willful Falls. General Contractor.

16) $317,477 PA Thumb amputation. Mixer. Willful Guarding. Poulty processor.

17) $338,881 IL Willful forklift. Cargo handlers. Airport.

18) $88,632 MS Lockout, Machine guarding. Conveyor amputation. Food processing.

19) $156,772 OH Willful blocked exits. Retailer.

20) $87,297 MO repeat fire extinguishers. Postal.

21) $119,597 MA Willful trench fatal. Heavy construction.

22) $86,225 IL Repeat falls. Meat processor.

23) $143,576  WI Willful lead. Explosives manufacturer

24) $61,731 CO Willful residential roof fall. Roofer.

25) $152,145 FL Willful residential falls. Carpenter,

26) $62,355 MA Tire explosion. Truck Repair.

27) $212,629 FL Willful Falls. Roofer.

28) $155,139 TX Fail to abate machine guarding. Machine rebuilder.

29) $178,134 MA 20 PSM serious. Ammonia., Food mfr.

Large Work Payouts

1) 4 plaintiffs awarded $13.6M in Geismar plant explosion case

http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2016/09/4_plaintiffs_awarded_136m_in_g.html

2) Railroad worker gets $7.5 for work cancer.

http://madisonrecord.com/stories/511013844-madison-county-jury-awards-railroad-worker-who-developed-cancer-7-5m-plaintiff-attorney-called-defense-arguments-dog-and-pony-show

3) $6 million for worker hurt when rear ended.

http://madisonrecord.com/stories/511012066-st-clair-county-jury-awards-construction-worker-6m-second-plaintiff-settled-case-before-closing-arguments-for-less-significant-sum

Major News stories

1) Vietnam vet who fell into kettle of hot tar dies

http://www.kmov.com/story/32843781/vietnam-vet-falls-into-kettle-with-hot-tar-fighting-for-life

2) Lightning strike worker in FL.

http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Worker-Struck-by-Lightning-on-Northwest-Miami-Dade-Building-394171441.html?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_MIBrand

2016 Safety Training at Non-Profits

CSC 30 Hour construction     Oct 24, 6, 11, 13

CSC 10 Hour construction     Upon Request

CSC OSHA 500                     In Nov

CSC OSHA 510                     Oct 3-6

CSC Excavation Safety          Oct 25

CSC Recordkeeping               Upon Request

CSC Incident investigation    Upon Request

CSC Crane Signal Rigging     Upon Request

CSC Confined Space              Oct 27

CSC GHS/Health hazards      Upon Request

CSC Fall Protection                Oct 26

CSC Work Zone MUTCD      Upon Request

CSC Job Hazard Analysis      Upon Request

CSC Machine Guarding         Upon Request

CSC Emergency Planning      Upon Request

CSC Scaffold             Upon Request

CSC Health Hazards              Upon Request

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/

TRMA is Three Rivers Manufacturers Association    www.trma.org

I usually teach only part of the 30 hour and the 500 series.   I have taught 2663 people this year. I teach evenings and weekends too   

All presentation are put on slideshare.net for free downloading. I put the presentation on Slideshare at this link.

http://www.slideshare.net/johnanewquist/safety-for-drivers

I use your feedback to make corrections

June 2016 OSHA NEWs

This month’s draft is Construction Tool Safety. I use this quite often in my OSHA 30 hour classes. It is an area that is often forgotten. I am seeing many four inch grinders without guards, drop starting of chainsaws, and compressed air used for cleaning and many more this year. The ppt was 14M so I made a pdf. 

The audits have picked up in the industrial sector and I am booked through Mid-September with training or audits. Ergonomics and Machine guarding are the common issues that I am running into. 

The highlight was teaching industrial safety to Maryland OSHA in June. They have hire many new people so it was good to show them the basic issues that they should know.. 

June had some workers get dizzy from the heat. I recommend a short break to get water and electrolytes in the person's body at least every 30-60 on these hot days. Everyone should be trained to recognized signs of heat illnesses. New workers are very vulnerable in the summer.

Stay cool, Stay safe.

John Newquist  

Here is the news for June 2016

1) OSHA Affirms Willful crane citation at appeal court for broken wires. http://www.bloomberglaw.com/public/desktop/document/Mountain_States_Contractors_LLC_v_Perez_No_153782_2016_BL_176898_?1465480867

2) Good settlement with Ashley Furniture, including a safety management program and a $1.75 million fine. – Dr. Michaels 6/9/2016

http://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/consumers/2016/06/09/ashley-furniture-settles/85621600/

3) NY Construction boss charged with manslaughter for worker death

http://nypost.com/2016/06/06/construction-boss-charged-with-manslaughter-for-worker-death/

4) OSHA: "Their failure to comply cost a man his life."

OH Company cited for trench death. "The company knows cave-in protection is required in a trench more than five feet deep," Cleveland-area OSHA director Howard Eberts said in a news release.

http://www.cleveland.com/mentor/index.ssf/2016/06/osha_cites_utility_company_pro.html

5) The new ANSI standard for first aid kits is creating many questions lately. ANSI/ISEA Z308.1-2015

5.1.1 Class A Kits Class A first aid kits are intended to provide a basic range of products to deal with most common types of injuries encountered in the workplace including: major wounds, minor wounds (cuts and abrasions), minor burns and eye injuries. First aid kits designated as Class A shall contain the assortment of compliant supplies in the quantities specified in Table 1.

5.1.2 Class B Kits Class B kits are intended to provide broader range and quantity of supplies to deal with injuries encountered in more populated, complex and/or “high risk” workplace environments. First aid kits designated as Class B shall contain the assortment of compliant supplies in the quantities specified in Table 1

Anything that is considered to be high risk work whether it is construction, tree trimming or any OSHA Emphasis program area would have to go to the Class B in my opinion. Complex would be chemical plants. More populated is not defined.

6) Court decisions lower bar for OSHA to prove willful violations

The court explained that in the civil context, which includes OSHA violations, “proof of willfulness . . . requires proof only that the [employer] was aware of the risk, knew that it was serious, and knew that [it] could take effective measures to avoid [the risk], but did not.” The court explained that definition “clarifies” the definition of willful. What the court left unsaid was that it also lowers the burden for OSHA.

http://safety.blr.com/workplace-safety-news/safety-administration/OSHA-and-state-safety-compliance-enforcement/Court-decisions-lower-bar-for-OSHA-to-prove-willfu/

7) Illinois worker loses four fingers in a feed machine at power company.

“Employees should never reach into operating machines to conduct service or maintenance. This was a preventable incident that has severely impacted this employee's life and ability to earn a living,” said Aaron Priddy, area director of OSHA's Fairview Heights office. “OSHA's revised guidelines for the reporting of amputation injuries have led to greater intervention to improve safety. This company needs to take immediate action to fix safety issues at its facilities to protect employees from additional injuries.”

Illinois employers reported 173 amputations. Amputation hazards remain among the most frequently cited OSHA violations.

http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article83703922.html

8) A day in the life of an OSHA inspector. Finding hazards.

http://articles.philly.com/2016-06-19/business/73862742_1_silica-trench-dust

9) Osha congressional budget riders.

OSHA would have to meet new congressional mandates before it updates requirements in the agency's process safety management rule for storing solid ammonium nitrate, according to a proposed fiscal year 2017 budget approved June 9 by Senate Appropriations Committee.

Another budget rider passed by the committee requires the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to notify Congress in advance of its next effort to select companies and schools to provide online training courses, such as those needed to earn an OSHA 10-hour safety card.

For either rider to become law, they'll have to be included in a final appropriations agreement approved by the House and Senate and signed by the president.

The ammonium nitrate requirement expands the fiscal year 2016 budget rider prohibiting OSHA from enforcing memorandums and a directive covering process safety management (PSM) that the agency issued in 2015.

The 2015 guidance is intended to toughen the agency's regulation of facilities that manufacture and sell fertilizer products that are potentially explosive if not handled properly. The agency sought the changes in the wake of the fatal 2013 explosion of a fertilizer processor and retailer in West, Texas.

One of the 2015 guidance changes OSHA made ended an exemption to OSHA's process safety management requirements. Facilities qualified for the exemption if they earned more than 50 percent of their revenue from the direct sales of chemicals covered by the safety management standard to end users.

10) OSHA has scheduled an informal stakeholder meeting to discuss the hazards associated with tree care operations, as it considers creating a proposed rule to protect workers in the industry.

The meeting is slated for July 13 in the nation’s capital. Individuals interested in participating must register by July 1. To encourage group interaction, formal presentations by stakeholders will not be permitted. Instead, OSHA says it intends to have conversations about the following: Fatalities and injuries: What are the primary causes, circumstances or factors for incidents in specific organizations and the industry as a whole? What actions do organizations take when a fatality or injury occurs?

New technology in the tree care industry: What types of emerging technology have organizations found effective for controlling hazards and protecting workers?

National consensus and State Plan standards: What provisions and requirements in formal standards have organizations found most effective? Which provisions or requirements should OSHA consider as it looks toward a proposed rule?

Vehicles and mobile equipment: How often do organizations use vehicles and mobile equipment such as bucket trucks, aerial lifts and cranes to perform tree care? What are best practices for using vehicles and mobile equipment while working in the industry?

Information and training: What topics do organizations cover during worker training? How do they ensure temporary workers, non-English speaking workers and workers with limited literacy understand the information?

OSHA has deliberated taking action to protect tree care workers for nearly a decade. In 2008, the agency issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking to collect information about hazards in the industry and possible solutions but later removed it, citing insufficient resources.

11) Serious and other-than-serious violation penalties, now at $7,000, will rise to $12,471

•           Willful and repeat, now at $70,000, will rise to $124,709

 https://ohsonline.com/articles/2016/06/29/osha-civil-penalties-rising-in-august.aspx

12) OSHA's Dr. Michaels said employers will be required to post a new OSHA poster effective Aug. 10, 2016

https://ohsonline.com/Articles/2016/06/29/OSHA-Civil-Penalties-Rising-in-August.aspx?Page=2

 

OSHA Citations in May

Penalty State Major Issues Business

1) $46,900 GA forklift, PPE, GHS, Nursery

2) $105,000 NY Cadmium, nickel, Silica. Rail equipment mfr.

3) $93,000 CT Repeat Scaffold. Stucco co.

4) $119,900 IA Exits, EAP, trip hazards. USPS

5) $66,105 MS 23 serious. Lockout. Electrical, GHS. Boat mfr.

6) $108,500 FL Willful fall. Roofing contractor

7) $51,000 PA 31 serious. Flammables, GHS, Auto repair

8) $40,400 NH Repeat lead. Window reconditioning.

9) $44,800 OH Repeat Trench. Death. Utility co.

10) $78,400 LA Lead, Respirators. Gun Range.

11) $62,370 WI Silica, Respirators. Foundry.

12) $108,500 FL Willful cave-in, Excavation co.

13) $121,600 NJ Willful front end loader. Scrap Recycler.

14) $68,530 RI Willful fall. Roofing co.

15) $40,000 IL Willful fall. Carpenter.

16) $134,000 OH Willful machine guarding. Rubber hose mfr.

17) $45,500 OH Noise. Metal Stamping.

18) $89,000 OH Coil tiler amputation. Emission control co.

19) $285,300 PA Willful machine guarding amputation. Cosmetics mfr.

20) $52,000 NE Cave-in death. Plumber.

21) $92,000 IL Amputation. Willful lockout. Power co.

22) $70,000 WI Willful falls. Roofer.

23) $115,000 NE Fall Protection. Carpenter. General Contractor.

24) $46,970 OH Respirators, Flammables. Sign Company

25) $121,800 GA Scaffold fall death. Warehouse construction.

26) $140,000 NY Repeat lockout. Bakery

27) $75,960 GA Lockout, machine guarding. Pipe fab.

28) $87,520 PA Repeat falls, electrical. Plastics mfr.

29) $57,000 NJ Fall fatal. Siding contractor.

30) $51,920 CO Confined space. Grain elevator.

31) $54,800 MO PSM – Ammonia. Cold Storage.

32) $140,000 MO Repeat amputations. Frozen food mfr.

33) $49,200 NY 21 serious, falls, electrical. General contractor.

34) $99,000 OH Repeat lockout, machine guarding. Trailer mfr.

35) $77,000 TX Amputation. Machine guarding. Brewery.

36) $53,200 TX 13 serious Electrical, PPE Steel Fab.

37) $143,150 OH Machine guarding, Lockout. Foundry

38) $69,300 PA Exits. Retailer.

39) $130,500 GA Willful falls. Mason Contractor.

40) $63,000 TX Respirators, lockout. Woodworker and Temp Agency.

41) $3,426,900 OH Egregious lockout, machine guarding. Two amputations. Auto parts manufacturing.

42) $41,580 WI PSM – sulfur dioxide, Foundry.

43) $52,100. TX Repeat Cave-in hazards. Utility contractor

44) $49,600 TX Repeat lockout. Amputation. Building material bfr.

45) $107,000 NJ Willful Forklift fall death. Warehouse

Large Work Payouts

1) $8.75 million for asbestos.

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2016/06/portland_jury_awards_875_milli.html

Major News stories

1) Two miners buried in mud in MS.

https://www.wunderground.com/news/mississippi-miners-buried-landslide-search-continues#prclt-kUdh12wA

2) "His true love was being in the woods and logging," said Boone, 38, of Findlay, Ohio. Months later, in February 2011, Sherman Holmes of Tustin was dead at 55, hit in the head by a falling, 75-foot tree in Osceola County. He wasn’t wearing a hard hat.

http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/06/25/miosha-penalties-michigan-workers-compensation/84592140/

3) Janitor told to use leaf blower for asbestos in MI.  http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/06/30/asbestos-dearborn-heights-osha/86547762/

 

2016 Safety Training at Non-Profits

CSC 30 Hour construction     July 19, 21, 26, 28

CSC 10 Hour construction     Upon Request

CSC OSHA 500                     July 11-15

CSC OSHA 510                     In August

CSC Excavation Safety          Upon Request

CSC Recordkeeping               Upon Request

CSC Incident investigation    Upon Request

CSC Crane Signal Rigging     July 6

CSC Confined Space              July 14, 20

CSC GHS                               Upon Request

TRMA Fall Protection            Upon Request

CSC Work Zone MUTCD      July 11

CSC Job Hazard Analysis      July 11

CSC Machine Guarding         July 13

CSC Emergency Planning      Aug

CSC Scaffold             July 7

CSC Health Hazards              July 8

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/

TRMA is Three Rivers Manufacturers Association    www.trma.org

I usually teach only part of the 30 hour and the 500 series.   I have taught 2179 people this year. I teach evenings and weekends too   

All presentation are put on slideshare.net for free downloading within 15 days. I put the presentation on Slideshare at this location. http://www.slideshare.net/johnanewquist/gi-2016-industrial-rigging-safety

 I use your feedback to make corrections.

"No one should have to sacrifice their life for their livelihood, because a nation built on the dignity of work must provide safe working conditions for its people."

Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez