Read all about the OSHA update to be provided in September and the July meeting on the topic of distracted driving.

1. Oklahoma Field Federal Safety and Health Council
Volume 2, Issue 3
August 26, 2013
OFFSHC Newsletter
Next Meeting: September 12, 2013
OFFSHC 2013
SCHEDULE
September 12
OSHA Update
November 14
Safety
Management
Systems
2013 OFFSHC
Officers
Chairperson:
Stephanie
Schroeder
(FAA)
Vice-Chairperson:
Barbara Kiespert
(USPS)
Secretary:
Adam Cline
(OKANG)
OFFHSC Blog
www.offshc.
wordpress.com
The September OFFSHC topic will be the 2013 OSHA update.
Jorge Delucca, OSHA CAS will provide the presentation. The
OSHA Update 2013 will cover the emphasis programs being
enforced by OSHA and other activities in Oklahoma. There will
be a discussion of work-related fatalities in Oklahoma in fiscal
year 2013.
As of August, there have been 24 fatal events in Oklahoma
involving 25 fatalities. A success story was the significant
reductions in fatalities in the oil and gas industry after the
safety stand down in the summer of 2012; there have been
five fatalities in 2013 compared to 12 in August 2012.
OFFSHC meeting details
September 12, 2013, from 10:30AM-12:00PM
FAA Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center
6500 S. MacArthur Blvd, OKC, OK 73169
For more information contact: stephanie.schroeder@faa.gov
2014 OFFSHC Officer Elections
The election of the 2014 OFFSHC Officers will
occur during the September 2013 meeting.
The current slate includes:
 Chairperson: Barbara Kiespert, USPS
 Vice-Chairperson: Jeffrey Turner, NWS
 Secretary: Scott English, USPS

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OFFSHC Newsl etter
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Distrac
cted dr
riving applies to more tha text
an
ting
Ten perc
cent
of inj
jury
crashes
dur
ring
2011 were
w
reported as
d
distract
tion
affec
cted
crash
hes.
During the July OFFSH meetin Mike Ba
D
HC
ng
aldwin, Spe
ecial Progr
rams
Division Ma
D
anager, RIT briefed our grou on distr
TA,
d
up
racted driv
ving. The
presentatio was very enlighten
on
y
ning. We always think of cell phones
and texting as the big
g
ggest distractions w
while drivin but Mik shared
ng
ke
many other potential hazards. These typ of distractions in
m
r
pes
nclude:
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Child
dren
Eating/Drinking
g
Apply
ying make-up
Radio
o/stereo co
ontrols
Map reading
Billbo
oards
Ju as the dangers of drinking while driv
ust
ving has lo
ong been k
known, it
ac
ctually was a 25-yea process to raise a
ar
s
awareness and chang the
ge
cu
ulture. In compariso the da ngers of c phone/
on,
cell
/texting are only in
its 5th year of heightened aware
o
eness.
Many resou
M
urces are available o nline to
a
assist with eliminating distracte driving.
ed
Fo more de
or
etails chec out this site:
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s
http://www
w.distractio
on.gov/ind
dex.html
In
nforma
ation sharing by OF
s
g
FFSHC memb
bers
OSHA and OKAIHA Fall Conference (By Jorge De lucca, OSH
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HA)
he
ndustrial H
Hygiene As
ssociation and OSHA are
A
Th Oklahoma section of the American In
pl
lanning a Fall Conference on October 29 at the Ok
F
O
9
klahoma C
City Comm
munity College. It
will include presentat
tions by the OSHA Area Directo and oth OSHA p
or
her
personnel on VPP
up
pdate, reco
ordkeeping, the OSH Consultation pro
HA
ogram, and others. In addition,
d
n
re
epresentatives of sev
veral unive
ersities in Oklahoma will give short pres
a
sentations about
th
heir occupa
ational saf
fety and he
ealth degr
rees. For m
more inform
mation, co
ontact Jorg
ge
Delucca at (405) 278(
-9560, Ext 227 or Bryan Stolt at (405) 302-1700.
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te