OSHA December 2017

OSHA News for December 2017

Hello,

Are we frozen yet? It has not been above freezing since December 24. I hope you dress in layers and have good warm gloves.

This month’s PowerPoint is a short Laboratory Safety ppt. I see many hazards in laboratory besides bloodborne. Ventilation in the hoods is rarely adequate. Training in mixing of chemicals and PPE is necessary to prevent explosions and deaths.

I ended the year with 2399 trained which is more relaxing than last year. I was glad to take the weekends off to prepare instead of teaching.

I will be speaking at the Blackhawk College Safety Summit January 10, 2018 in Moline IL. I will be covering 20 frequently missed serious hazards in manufacturing. Call 309-796-5718 to register. OSHA’s Brian Bohast will speak on the 2017 Fall Protection standard for industry. John Deere’s Ergonomist Janelle Haines will speak on ergo. Nick Walters, Tom Bielema and Angela Moore are the other speakers.

My most frequently taught subjects in 2017

1. Fall Protection.

2. OSHA 30

3. Trenching

4. OSHA 500

5. Confined space

OSHA News. 

1) OSHA issued a long interpretation on qualifications of fall protection trainers. I could not find it on the OSHA site so I included the pdf.

2) Scott Mungo passed through confirmation hearings to be head of OSHA.

http://www.durabilityanddesign.com/news/?fuseaction=view&id=17806

3) OSHA wins silica appeal.

https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-employment-osha/oshas-rule-for-silica-dust-survives-industry-challenge-dc-circuit-idUSL1N1OQ17G

4) OSHA offers snow removal tips.

http://triblive.com/local/regional/13117389-74/osha-offers-tips-to-guard-against-snow-removal-hazards

5) Worker fatalities jumped 300+. According to BLS, 5,190 fatal work injuries died on the job in 2016, a 7-percent increase from the 4,836 fatal injuries reported in 2015 and the third year in a row the number has increased.

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cfoi.nr0.htm

6) “The Department of Labor will work with public and private stakeholders to help eradicate the opioid crisis as a deadly and growing workplace issue.”

https://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/trade/12192017

7) The stopgap extends federal funding through Jan. 19.  This means OSHA is on frugal spending until the final budget.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/after-passing-tax-overhaul-gop-returns-to-infighting-as-shutdown-deadline-looms/2017/12/21/dfad1890-e659-11e7-ab50-621fe0588340_story.html?utm_term=.8f997d676ca1

8) Under the settlement agreement, Bartlett is required to review its safety and health management system and consult with industry experts to conduct a detailed audit of the system’s effectiveness. As well, the employer will give its internal safety manager authority to:

•            Stop unsafe operations;

•            Obtain a qualified third party to review new installations or material modifications to certain equipment;

•            Update housekeeping and preventive maintenance programs;

•            Enhance training procedures; and

•            Report to OSHA on a quarterly basis throughout the term of the agreement.

Six worker died in the explosion.

https://safety.blr.com/workplace-safety-news/equipment-and-process-safety/agriculture/OSHA-grain-company-settle-citations-20-sites-affec/

9)  Rather, the EPA rule requires that workers be evacuated to a distance 100 feet from the spray equipment until the equipment has moved on.  For pesticides where respirators are required to be used by the applicator, the Oregon OSHA proposal would require evacuation to 150 feet — 50 feet more than the EPA rule. And it would require that evacuation last at least 15 minutes after the spray equipment moved on, rather than end immediately, as is the case with the EPA rule.

http://registerguard.com/rg/opinion/36228897-78/proposed-pesticide-drift-rule-would-exceed-epas.html.csp#

10) Cal/OSHA Issues Advisory on Respiratory Protection for Harmful Exposure to Wildfire Smoke. When outdoor workers are exposed to air quality that is designated "Unhealthy", "Very Unhealthy" or "Hazardous" by local air quality management districts, employers are required to provide filtering respirators such as masks labeled N95 and certified by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

https://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/prnewswire/press_releases/California/2017/12/19/DC73882

Other Major News Stories.

1) Postal worker kills 2.

http://www.wpxi.com/news/trending-now/ohio-police-naked-postal-worker-kills-2-supervisors-in-separate-shootings/668323524

2) A NY jury awarded approximately $174,00 to a whistleblower who was fired for reporting improper asbestos removal practices at asbestos abatement and demolition company.

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/whistleblower-fired-disclosing-improper-asbestos-removal-wins-trial

OSHA Citations this month

1)  FL $160,972 5 dead in coal slag blockage removal.

2) Saipan $59,576 3 dead in sewer manhole

3) IL $220,497 Lead at Chicago Post Office

4) OH $514,236 Amputation. Lockout. Machine guarding. Vinyl Floor Manufacturer.

5) GA $148,845 Repeat Trench cave-in.

6) GA $130,552 Trench cave-in hazards.

7) AL $152,099. Triple fatal flash fire in auto pit.

8) WV $86,916 Roof fall injury. Demolition. 

9) NH $329,548 Mercury. Demolition of a boiler.

Safety Training at Non-Profits

CSC 30 Hour construction            Dec 5 7 12 14

CSC 10 Hour construction            Upon Request

NIU 10 Hour Industry                   Jan 3-4 Hoffman Estates   

CSC OSHA 500                                January 8-11

OSHA 510                                        January 29-1 NSC

CSC Excavation Safety                   Upon Request

Recordkeeping                               Upon Request

7125 Combustible Dust                Jan 5 Hoffman Estates

7205 Health Hazards                    Jan 17

7145 Lockout                                 Upon Request

7505  Incident investigation        Jan 22 NSC

7400 Noise                                     January 18

TRMA Scaffold                               Upon Request

CSC Crane Signal Rigging              Dec 13

CSC Confined Space                      Upon Request

TRMA Confined Space                  Upon Request

CSC GHS/Health hazards              Upon Request

CSC Fall Protection                        Jan 24

CSC Fall Protection Industry        Upon Request

CSC Work Zone MUTCD               Upon Request

CSC Job Hazard Analysis               Upon Request

CSC Machine Guarding 7100       Upon Request

CSC Emergency Planning              UIpon Request

CSC Health Hazards                       Upon Request

CSC OSHA Excavation 3015          Upon Request

7415 Construction Req.               Upon Request

OSHA 501                                        Upon Request

OSHA 503                                        January 23-25 NSC

NIU Small Business                        Upon Request

OSHA Intro safety mgt csc           Upon Request

NIU Bloodborne                             Upon Request

OSHA 7115 Lockout                      TBA

OSHA 3115 Fall CSC                       2018

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

 NSC is National Safety Council https://www.greatlakesosha.org/sites/national-safety-council/

I usually teach only part of the 30 hour and the 500 series. I have taught 2399 people this year. I teach evenings, weekends, early mornings too      

All presentations are put on slideshare.net for free downloading. I put this presentation at this link. https://www.slideshare.net/JohnNewquist/laboratory-safety-2017

I use your feedback to make changes to make corrections.

OSHA Ovtober 2017 news

OSHA News for October 2017

Hello,

This month’s PowerPoint is robot safety.  I keep seeing people go into a robot area to get material that the robot dropped. The robot must be locked out if possible.

November is colder and slower month. It is a good time to work on those job hazard analysis. I am seeing over and over that having these reviewed before work helped everyone focus on the task for today.  One company that did 350 JHA’s had no lost days in 2016. None in 2017. Not bad for a place over 300 employees.

Quote of the month: “I need you to teach a certification class for employees in fall protection, lockout, confined space, and respirators. This will include a respirator fit test. You need to provide certificates for each module to the employees. And you need to drop your price 70%.”

 John

OSHA News

1)           I regretfully announce the resignation of Callie Cordoba, CSC Training Manager, effective November 17, 2017. It is disappointing to lose such a talented and dedicated contributor to our team.  Our only consolation is that Callie is comfortable with her decision and considers it a step forward in her career. By Bob Lahey. I will miss working with Callie. She was not afraid to try to new classes and worked hard to coordinate the CSC training.

2)           Scott Mungo of FedEx is nominated to lead OSHA.

http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20171031/NEWS08/912316928/White-House-nominates-Scott-Mugno-head-OSHA

3)           Massachusetts close to having public workers protected with OSHA oversight.

http://wwlp.com/2017/10/27/state-lawmakers-looking-to-extend-osha-to-protect-workers/

4)           OSHA investigating confined space death in a sewer in Streamwood IL.

http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171026/gurnee-man-killed-in-streamwood-sewer-a-rugby-athlete-called-string-bean

5)           The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (OSHSB) unanimously voted to adopt the Iron Workers International's (IW) comprehensive safety standard updates for reinforcing steel and post-tensioning activities. California is the first state-approved OSHA plan to work with the IW to reform existing safety standards. The IW Safety and Health Department has been working with the IW Department of Reinforcing Steel and industry stakeholders such as the Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute, (CRSI), National Association of Reinforcing Steel Contractors (NARSC), Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI) and the Western Steel Council (WSC) to reform existing standards since 2010. (No link)

6)           OSHA still has not updated the total 2017 inspections.

7)           A memo issued Oct. 19 from Patrick J. Kapust, acting director of OSHA’s Directorate of Enforcement Programs, explains that the agency is now fully enforcing its construction silica standard. It says as of Oct. 23, 2017, the agency is fully enforcing "all appropriate provisions" of the standard.

https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=INTERPRETATIONS&p_id=31349

8)           Robotic Institute announces an OSHA Alliance.

http://www.scmr.com/article/robotic_industries_association_announces_new_alliance_with_osha_niosh/education

9)           Qualitative fit tests have limitations for full face respirators.  http://www.tsi.com/uploadedFiles/_Site_Root/Products/Literature/Application_Notes/ITI-032.pdf

10)         The GHS hazard communication standards does not actually require a pictogram on the Safety Data Sheet. 

Other Major News Stories.

1)           Third Amazon worker died in the last eight weeks. This in Monee IL. http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-amazon-monee-fatality-st-1025-20171024-story.html

2)           Father of 3 falls off roof.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/10/20/father-three-falls-30-feet-to-his-death-while-working-on-school-roof.html

3)           Trench Rescue in Elgin.

http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171020/firefighters-rescue-two-injured-workers-from-elgin-trench?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

4)           One model of IKEA dresser has killed 8.

http://www.wcvb.com/article/report-8th-child-killed-by-recalled-ikea-dresser/13056647?utm_campaign=WCVB&utm_content=59ea40ae04d3012ab57b5f3b&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content

OSHA Citations last month will return if the OSHA site makes data available.

Safety Training at Non-Profits

CSC 30 Hour construction            Nov 7, 9 , 14, 16

CSC 10 Hour construction            Upon Request

CSC OSHA 500                                Upon Request

CSC OSHA 510                                Upon Request

CSC Excavation Safety                   Nov 20

Recordkeeping                               Upon Request

7505  Incident investigation        Upon Request

TRMA Scaffold                               Upon Request

TRMA OSHA 10 Industry              Nov 16-17

CSC Crane Signal Rigging              Nov 8

CSC Confined Space                      Upon Request

TRMA Confined Space                  Upon Request

CSC GHS/Health hazards              Upon Request

CSC Fall Protection                        Upon Request

CSC Fall Protection Industry        Upon Request

CSC Work Zone MUTCD               Upon Request

CSC Job Hazard Analysis               Upon Request

CSC Machine Guarding 7100       Upon Request

CSC Emergency Planning              UIpon Request

CSC Health Hazards                       Upon Request

CSC OSHA Excavation 3015          Upon Request

7415 Construction Req.               Upon Request

NIU OSHA 511                                Upon Request

NIU OSHA 501                                Upon Request

NIU OSHA 503                                In Nov

NIU OSHA 10                                  Nov 1-2

NIU Small Business                        Upon Request

OSHA Intro safety mgt csc           Upon Request

NIU Bloodborne                             Upon Request

OSHA 7115 Lockout                      TBA

OSHA 3115 Fall CSC                       2018

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 2138  people this year. I teach evenings, weekends, early mornings too      

All presentations are put on slideshare.net for free downloading. I put this presentation at this link. https://www.slideshare.net/JohnNewquist/robot-safety

I use your feedback to make changes to make corrections.

OSHA November 2017 news

Hello,

This month’s PowerPoint is Safety and Health Training. I get asked for common training citations on audits. I revised an old ppt from ten years ago.  I use these programs for OSHA audits. There are many more, but these are the common ones.

The week off was a good break to relax and read. December and January are booked. There are only a few days left in February. I am see more training in General Industry than ever before.

November OSHA News. 

1) Interesting OSHA interpretation on prescription inhalers.  “There is no need for the abnormal condition to include objective signs to be considered an injury or illness.”

https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=INTERPRETATIONS&p_id=31409

2) OSHA delayed the deadline for crane operator certification for one year from November 10, 2017, to November 10, 2018. The extension and delay will allow OSHA to complete a related rulemaking to address issues with its existing Cranes and Derricks in Construction standard (29 CFR part 1926, subpart CC).

https://www.constructionequipment.com/osha-extends-crane-operator-certification-deadline-2018

3)  OSHA extends Recordkeeping online reporting to Dec 15, 2017. https://www.natlawreview.com/article/osha-delays-deadline-to-electronically-submit-300a-data

4) $249,516 for underground duct fire in MT.

https://www.constructionequipment.com/montana-contractor-fined-250k-confined-space-injury

5) OSHA did about 36,118 inspections in FY17. This was an increase from the year before.

6) Scott Mungo’s confirmation hearing is December 5.  People can watch the hearing live  at 10 EST

https://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/department-of-education-and-department-of-labor-nominations

7) OSHA released a more detailed Top 10 Violation list. The Top five areas are the same.  There are standard number mistakes in hazard communication and lockout.

http://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/16362-oshas-top-10-most-cited-violations-for-2017

8) Indiana OSHA issues one of their largest fines ever. Loose clothing cited for machine hazards! Melissa Stephens, 44, died after an incident with a machine at the plant on Saturday, Oct. 21, according to a previous News and Tribune report. The preliminary cause of her death was ruled multiple blunt force trauma.

http://www.newsandtribune.com/news/autoneum-fined-k-by-indiana-osha-after-worker-fatality/article_35295ee6-d3c2-11e7-a3f1-af2fe07f0af5.html

9) Secondary containers are missing any GHS labels in my audits. “NFPA Diamonds and HMIS can still be used. “Employers may continue to use rating systems such as National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) diamonds or HMIS requirements for workplace labels as long as they are consistent with the requirements of the Hazard Communication Standard and the employees have immediate access to the specific hazard information as discussed above. An employer using NFPA or HMIS labeling must, through training, ensure that its employees are fully aware of the hazards of the chemicals”

https://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3636.pdf

10) CAL-OSHA issues $240,000 Valley fever citation.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/calosha-cites-six-employers-over-240000-for-exposing-workers-to-valley-fever-658885603.html

Other Major News Stories.

1)           Fourth NC prison worker dies.

http://wavy.com/2017/11/02/fourth-prison-worker-dies-three-weeks-after-violent-attack/

2)           Two tree trimmers die in Ohio.

http://www.cleveland.com/akron/index.ssf/2017/11/second_tree_trimmer_injured_in.html

OSHA Citations this month

1)  ID $106,000 Trenching. Sewer contractor

2) MS $220,544 Machine guarding, electrical, falls. Fiber company.

3) GA $308,906 Punch press amputation. Auto Parts Mfr.

4) MT $249,516 Employee burned in a duct. Confined Space. General and sub.

5) NE $122,625 Repeat guarding, electrical, falls. Bakery

6) NE $373,911 Confined space entrapment. Grain Handling.

7) NY $505,929  Blocked exits. Supermarket

8) MA $267,081 Five hit by SUV. Auto Auction.

9) FL $43,458 Ammonia release. Electric company.

10) PA $333,756 Willful confined space. Environmental company.

11) WI $1,800,000 Willful combustible dust. Grain mill.

12) IN $224,000 Machine guarding and lockout. Auto parts company.

13) CA $240,000 Valley fever. Contractors.

Safety Training at Non-Profits

CSC 30 Hour construction            Dec 5 7 12 14

CSC 10 Hour construction            Upon Request

CSC OSHA 500                                In Jan

CSC OSHA 510                                Dec 4-7

CSC Excavation Safety                   Upon Request

Recordkeeping                               Upon Request

7145 Lockout                                 Dec 8 in NIU Chicago

7505  Incident investigation        Upon Request

TRMA Scaffold                               Upon Request

CSC Crane Signal Rigging              Dec 13

CSC Confined Space                      Upon Request

TRMA Confined Space                  Upon Request

CSC GHS/Health hazards              Upon Request

CSC Fall Protection                        Upon Request

CSC Fall Protection Industry        Upon Request

CSC Work Zone MUTCD               Upon Request

CSC Job Hazard Analysis               Upon Request

CSC Machine Guarding 7100       Upon Request

CSC Emergency Planning              UIpon Request

CSC Health Hazards                       Upon Request

CSC OSHA Excavation 3015          Upon Request

7415 Construction Req.               Dec 18-21

NIU OSHA 501                                Upon Request

NIU OSHA 503                                Upon Request

NIU Small Business                        Upon Request

OSHA Intro safety mgt csc           Upon Request

NIU Bloodborne                             Upon Request

OSHA 7115 Lockout                      TBA

OSHA 3115 Fall CSC                       2018

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 2295 people this year. I teach evenings, weekends, early mornings too      

All presentations are put on slideshare.net for free downloading. I put this presentation at this link. https://www.slideshare.net/johnanewquist/safety-and-health-training

I use your feedback to make changes to make corrections.

OSHA September 2017 News

OSHA News for September

Hello,

This month’s PowerPoint is combustible dust. I still audit places with inches of dust and not thinking much about it. They haven’t had the fire or explosion and think it will not happen there.

It was good to see people at the Conferences. I always learn from watching others.  January is the next round of the conferences.

OSHA is spending October writing up all those inspections they were told to do last month. Everyone is waiting for the new OSHA head, but no announcements were forthcoming. 

This is fire safety month. Check and see if the fire extinguishers are charged and readily available.

John

OSHA News

1) OSHA revised the 10 hour general industry ppt.  I like them.

https://www.osha.gov/dte/outreach/construction_generalindustry/gi_outreach_tp.html

2) Voluntary use of a filtering facepiece respirator does not require medical evaluation. From 1998 interpretation.

https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=INTERPRETATIONS&p_id=2262

3)  In general, the trainer will only have sufficient "experience" if he has the practical skills and judgment to be able to himself operate the equipment safely under the conditions prevailing in the employer's workplace.

https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=INTERPRETATIONS&p_id=25021

4) Builders Get 30-Day Break-In Period for Silica Rule

Construction companies will be able to ease into compliance with a new federal safety rule requiring limited exposure of workers to a silica dust that can cause cancer and other fatal diseases.

For 30 days after the rule becomes effective Sept. 23, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration only will “carefully evaluate” companies’ good faith efforts to meet the new requirements for airborne crystalline silica, Thomas Galassi, the agency’s acting deputy assistant secretary, wrote in a memo to regional administrators Sep. 20. OSHA will only issue citations if no effort is being made to meet the standard, he said.

The rule, issued in March 2016 after decades of debate, has already been delayed once by the Trump administration. It also is being challenged in court by employers who say the rule sets too strict of a standard. Arguments on that case, in the U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, are set to begin Sept. 26.

5) Here are  #OSHA's Top 10 for FY2017

Number 1: Fall Protection – General Requirements (1926.501), 6,072 violations

Number 2: Hazard Communication (1910.1200), 4,176 violations.

Number 3: Scaffolding (1926.451), 3,288 violations.

Number 4: Respiratory Protection (1910.134), 3,097 violations.

Number 5: Lockout/Tagout (1910.147), 2,877 violations.

Number 6: Ladders (1926.1053), 2,241 violations.

Number 7: Powered Industrial Trucks (1910.178), 2,162 violations.

Number 8: Machine Guarding (1910.212), 1,933 violations.

Number 9: Fall Protection – Training Requirements (1926.503), 1,523 violations

Number 10: Electrical – Wiring Methods (1910.305), 1,405 violations.

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6) Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has signed Assembly Bill 190 that requires the entertainment industry to complete two Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) safety courses through a certified instructor.

http://www.nnbw.com/news/entertainment-industry-now-need-to-meet-osha-requirements/

7) In the past five years, 15 workers suffered amputations at the Chicago plant. OSHA cited BWAY Corporation for five repeated and five serious safety violations of machine safety procedures, and placed the company in its Severe Violator Enforcement Program.

http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2017/09/26/465524.htm

8)  Dock levelers are confined spaces.

https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=INTERPRETATIONS&p_id=24386

Other Major News Stories.

1) 3 dead in New Mexico battery tank explosion

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/dead-mexico-battery-tank-explosion-49589785

2) “It’s very rough out there,” Maryland nurse Joanne Ogaitis told a panel of Occupational Safety and Health Administration representatives this year when she testified about the daily verbal assaults and monthly physical assaults she and her colleagues endure.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-nursing-dangerous-osha-0914-story.html

3) $95 million jury award cut to $35 million in tower crane death in NY.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/payout-2008-nyc-crane-collapse-cut-95m-35m-article-1.3490713

4) 2 workers die when crane topples on dock in Southeast Texas

http://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article174548496.html

OSHA Citations last month will return if the OSHA site makes data available.

Safety Training at Non-Profits

CSC 30 Hour construction             Oct 10 12 17 19

CSC 10 Hour construction             Upon Request

CSC OSHA 500                                  In Nov

CSC OSHA 510                                  Oct 2-5

CSC Excavation Safety                    Upon Request

Recordkeeping                                Upon Request

7505  Incident investigation        Oct 16

TRMA Scaffold                                 Upon Request

CSC Crane Signal Rigging               Oct 9

CSC Confined Space                       Upon Request

TRMA Confined Space                   Upon Request

CSC GHS/Health hazards               Upon Request

CSC Fall Protection                         Oct 23

CSC Fall Protection Industry         Upon Request

CSC Work Zone MUTCD                Upon Request

CSC Job Hazard Analysis                Upon Request

CSC Machine Guarding 7100       Upon Request

CSC Emergency Planning              UIpon Request

CSC Health Hazards                        Upon Request

CSC OSHA Excavation 3015           Upon Request

7415 Construction Req.                 Oct 24-25

NIU OSHA 511                                 Oct 24-27

NIU OSHA 501                                 Upon Request

NIU OSHA 503                                 In Nov

NIU Small Business                         Upon Request

OSHA Intro safety mgt csc            Upon Request

NIU Bloodborne                              Upon Request

OSHA 7115 Lockout                       TBA

OSHA 3115 Fall CSC                        2018

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 1995 people this year. I teach evenings, weekends, early mornings too      

All presentations are put on slideshare.net for free downloading. I put this presentation at this link. https://www.slideshare.net/secret/MBgcJvd1tLAQq1

I use your feedback to make changes to make corrections.

OSHA August News

OSHA News for August

This month’s PowerPoint is Bridge Safety. Several standards apply, but not many look at the issues that come up in building bridges. I have had a chance to inspect many in the last three years.

30% worker workers are afraid to report a safety issue. This is troubling and seems high in my experiences. What works to break the barriers? Reward reporting of issues. I see many companies get issues brought up by asking the workers and managers.  Opportunities for Improvement, Find and Fix action cards, Safety reporting boards work. Suggestion boxes do not work. Top places get 50% suggestions. Average places 10%.

http://www.nsc.org/MembershipDocuments/Methodology-Employee-Perceptions-Workplace-Safety-Survey.pdf

I will be teaching OSHA recordkeeping and Bloodborne at the Chicagoland Safety Health and Environmental Conference is being held September 18-22, 2017 at the Naperville campus of Northern Illinois University.  This once a year premier training event provides timely and expert training for OSHA/EPA compliance, general safety, industrial hygiene, environmental management and professional development.  Each year since 1988, hundreds of people attend the conference.  The 2016 conference drew over 400 people from 17 states and 89 Illinois communities.  Register NOW at the website www.chisafetyconf.org

September will be a busy month with every day booked but one.

Enjoy the Labor Day!

John

OSHA News

1) OSHA revised the new online whistle blower form

The updated form, available in English and Spanish, prompts individuals through a series of questions, such as:

Have you suffered an “adverse action”?

When did you suffer the most-recent adverse action?

Why do you believe you suffered the adverse action(s)?

Each question leads users to another question, until the form is complete. OSHA said that one new feature of its reporting system is the addition of pop-up boxes to the complaint form with information about various agencies for individuals who respond that they engaged in protected activity that may be addressed by an agency other than OSHA.

https://www.osha.gov/whistleblower/WBComplaint.html

2) The proposed organizational name change to the American Society of Safety Professionals passed by membership vote.  After verifying ballots, 4,918 votes were received out of 35,138 eligible for a return rate of 14%. 74% (3,651) of votes are in favor, 26% (1,267) opposed.

3) OSHA Review Commission appointed new members.

https://www.bna.com/senate-confirms-worker-n73014462830/

4) Security breach shuts down OSHA electronic reporting application

http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20170816/NEWS08/912315224/Security-breach-shuts-down-OSHA-electronic-reporting-application

5)   Loren Sweatt was appointed as the new Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration(OSHA). For the past 15 years, she served in the U.S. House of Representatives as a Senior Policy Advisor on the Committee on Education and the Workforce, where she worked with OSHA and the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) on workplace safety issues.

Sweatt holds a BA in Political Science from Texas Christian University and an MBA from Marymount University.

http://www.aggman.com/loren-sweatt-osha-deputy-assistant-secretary-of-labor/

6)  OSHA removes deaths on home page.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/25/osha-worker-deaths-website-242034

7) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to extend the employer's responsibility to ensure crane operator competency and enforcement for crane operator certification to Nov. 10, 2018.

https://www.constructionequipment.com/osha-extend-crane-certification-deadline

8) Retired Columbus OH OSHA inspection Rick Burns passed away Saturday after a long illness. Visitation will be Wednesday, September 6 at 2-4 and 6-8. Funeral is Thursday at 11. All will take place at Eagle Rock Church 6810 Blacklick-Eastern Rd NW, Pickerington, OH 43147

Other Major News Stories.

1) Mom, help me,” he begged, steam hissing in the background. “Mom, I’m burning.”

Reporters then spoke with 11 power plant experts and operators from across the country, all of whom said working at the bottom of a slag tank with the boiler online is dangerous. Some plants ban the practice, they said.

http://www.tampabay.com/projects/2017/investigations/tampa-electric/big-bend-hellfire-from-above/

2) Overall positivity in urine drug testing among the combined U.S. workforce in 2016 was 4.2 percent, a five percent relative increase over last year’s rate of 4.0 percent, and the highest annual positivity rate since 2004 (4.5%).

http://www.questdiagnostics.com/home/physicians/health-trends/drug-testing

3) Intuition and safety? "the study concluded that while confidence in your own intuition may have some bearing on how your gut instincts kick in, “the predictive validity is likely low and may lead to frequent misjudgements."

http://wtop.com/education/2017/07/intuition-study-research/

4) KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Two police officers were killed and two wounded in nighttime shootings in two Florida cities where the officers were responding to suspected drug activity and reports of a suicide attempt, police said Saturday.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2-police-officers-killed-4-others-injured-in-3-shootings-in-florida-and-pennsylvania/

5) . The pilot of the Bell 407 helicopter, Lt. H. Jay Cullen, 48, of Midlothian, and Trooper-Pilot Berke M.M. Bates, 40, of Quinton, died at the scene of the crash southwest of Charlottesville

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/2-virginia-officers-killed-helicopter-crash-near-charlottesville-are-mourned-n792146

6) MINNEAPOLIS, MN — An 81-year-old janitor has been confirmed as the second victim killed after a school building collapsed in an explosion Wednesday, an incident that injured several others.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/minneapolis-grade-school-explosion-leaves-two-missing-n788916

7) 10 sailors missing in Navy Ship crash.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/uss-john-mccain-collides-merchant-ship-singapore-search/story?id=49327836&cid=share_facebook_widget

8) 2 PA workers killed by gas at power plant.

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2017/08/30/worker-killed-at-bruce-mansfield-power-station/

9) Teen kills two librarians in NM.

http://www.easternnewmexiconews.com/story/2017/08/28/news/shooter-reported-at-clovis-library/153711.html

10) The widow of a Boeing Co. worker who died after falling from an elevated platform at the company's 787 campus in North Charleston has been awarded $8.8 million in a wrongful death trial held in federal court in Charleston. A jury on Thursday found Georgia-based SAR Automation was liable in the March 18, 2013, death of 38-year-old Summerville resident David Priester Jr., who fell from a mobile platform while working at the Dreamliner assembly plant.

http://www.postandcourier.com/business/federal-jury-awards-million-in-wrongful-death-of-boeing-co/article_e2491fd0-89b2-11e7-9970-772e6e7f68f2.html

OSHA Citations last month

TX 1204690.015 A-1 Electric Ltd AMARILLO 07/19/2017 $63,375.00 General Duty (providing safe workplace), Personal protective equipment, Electric circuit safeguards

MO 1207003.015 KAW SERVICES PLEASANT VALLEY 07/17/2017 $84,927.00 Respiratory protection, Confined spaces, Electrical equipment

PA 1213130.015 Professional Building Systems, Incorporated MIDDLEBURG 07/17/2017 $43,458.00 Scaffolding, Fall protection

GA 1204760.015 Pilgrim's Pride Corporation CARROLLTON 07/14/2017 $83,110.00 Walking-working surfaces, Fire exit routes, HIghly hazardous chemicals

LA 1211276.015 Forterra Pipe & Precast, LLC NEW ORLEANS 07/14/2017 $50,700.00 Fall protection, Confined spaces, Lockout/Tagout

TX 1203878.015 Eddy Packing Co., Inc. YOAKUM 07/14/2017 $128,562.00 Highly hazardous chemicals, Fall protection, Scaffolding, Personal protective equipment, Respiratory protection, First aid

KS 1209600.015 Fuller Industries LLC. GREAT BEND 07/13/2017 $68,448.00 Highly hazardous chemicals, Process hazard analysis

TX 1211911.015 Cherry Crushed Concrete, Inc. FRESNO 07/13/2017 $62,740.00 Lockout/Tagout

TX 1231350.015 Tower Extrusions, LTD WYLIE 07/13/2017 $52,511.00 Lockout/Tagout, Machine guarding, Ladders

OH 1223334.015 MAUMEE ASSEMBLY & STAMPING, LLC MAUMEE 07/12/2017 $166,225.00 Machine guarding, Mechanical power presses

CT 1222632.015 RegalCare at Torrington TORRINGTON 07/10/2017 $65,190.00 Bloodborne pathogens, Annual summary of injuries and illnesses

CA 1204558.015 Crenshaw Manufacturing, Inc. HUNTINGTON BEACH 07/10/2017 $142,715.00 [no violations linked]

FL 1202728.015 MAXON GROUPE, LLC MIAMI 07/10/2017 $60,840.00 General Duty (providing safe workplace), Dive team training, First aid kit, Dive equipment inspection, Dive procedures, Life jackets, Protective systems for excavations

IL 1208317.015 Pentair Flow Technologies, LLC* NORTH AURORA 07/10/2017 $52,512.00 Lockout/Tagout, Machine guarding, Electrical equipment safeguarding, Personal protective equipment

CA 1202885.015 Gonsalves & Santucci Inc BENICIA 07/07/2017 $61,045.00 Accident prevention program, Servicing moving machinery/equipment

CA 1214348.015 Rio Farms, LLC KING CITY 07/07/2017 $44,500.00 Servicing Multi-/Single Piece Wheel Rims

AL 1216704.015 WKW ERBSLOEH NORTH AMERICA, LLC PELL CITY 07/06/2017 $58,342.00 Lockout/Tagout, Hand protection, Confined spaces

ID 1224732.015 Miracle Tire and Total Car Care, Inc. BOISE 07/06/2017 $48,168.00 General Duty (providing safe workplace), Lockout/Tagout, Eye and face protection, Flammable liquids, Written hazard communication program

KS 1205857.015 K B Complete Plumbing Heating and Cooling SHAWNEE 07/06/2017 $43,095.00 Written hazard communication program, Protective systems for excavations, Specific excavation requirements

MA 1202160.015 Apmar USA, Inc. SPRINGFIELD 07/06/2017 $207,741.00 Occupational noise exposure, Air contaminants, Respiratory protection

MA 1205922.015 Apmar USA, Inc. SPRINGFIELD 07/06/2017 $54,380.00 Lockout/Tagout, Machine guarding

AL 1205246.015 Inzi Controls Alabama, Inc. ELBA 07/05/2017 $84,255.00 Lockout/Tagout, Machine guarding, Scaffolds

CA 1223158.015 Uni-Caps, LLC BREA 07/05/2017 $64,365.00 Work-connected fatality/injury reporting, Accident prevention program, Servicing moving machinery/equipment

HI 1235352.015 Aloha Stadium AIEA 07/05/2017 $47,000.00 Machine guarding, Eye and face protection, First aid, Walking-working surfaces

IL 1231938.015 Dealer Installations Services, Inc.  MORTON 07/05/2017 $104,572.00 Eye and face protection, Fall protection, Ladders

PA 1201133.015 Dollar General Corporation WATERFORD 07/05/2017 $59,752.00 Fire exit routes

OH 1219244.015 Ali Industries, Inc. FAIRBORN 07/03/2017 $57,040.00 Lockout/Tagout, Machine guarding

OH 1220532.015 William Pittman CINCINNATI 07/03/2017 $63,375.00 Fall protection, Ladders, Fall protection training

Safety Training at Non-Profits

CSC 30 Hour construction             Upon Request

CSC 10 Hour construction             Upon Request

CSC OSHA 500                                  Sep 11-14

CSC OSHA 510                                  in Oct

CSC Excavation Safety                    Upon Request

Recordkeeping                                Sep 18

CSC Incident investigation            Upon Request

TRMA Scaffold                                 Sep 20

CSC Crane Signal Rigging               Upon Request

CSC Confined Space                       Sep 27

TRMA Confined Space                   Upon Request

CSC GHS/Health hazards               Upon Request

CSC Fall Protection                         Upon Request

CSC Fall Protection Industry         Upon Request

CSC Work Zone MUTCD                Upon Request

CSC Job Hazard Analysis                Upon Request

CSC Machine Guarding 7100       Upon Request

CSC Emergency Planning              Sep 22

CSC Health Hazards                        Upon Request

CSC OSHA Excavation 3015           Upon Request

NIU OSHA 511                                 TBA

NIU OSHA 501                                 Upon Request

NIU OSHA 503                                 Sep 5-7, Dekalb

NIU Small Business                         Upon Request

OSHA Intro safety mgt csc            Upon Request

NIU Bloodborne                              Upon Request

OSHA 7115 Lockout                       TBA

OSHA 3115 Fall CSC                        2018

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 1868 people this year. I teach evenings, weekends, early mornings too      

All presentations are put on slideshare.net for free downloading. I put this presentation at this link. https://www.slideshare.net/johnanewquist/bridge-safety-2017

I use your feedback to make corrections.