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Osha update 2017
This document discusses several workplace safety topics: 1) It provides OSHA update information including contact information for John Newquist and data on average costs of various workplace injuries. 2) It shows charts on monthly safety audits and training for managers at a company. The charts show improvement over time. 3) It includes data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on workplace fatality trends such as increases in construction and older worker fatalities. 4) It discusses an example of a teenage worker who was killed at a factory after only two weeks on the job due to safety violations and provides commentary on the incident.
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- 4. Sales Impact ofSelected Injuries Injury/ Illness Average Direct Cost Indirect Cost Total Cost Sales Needed (5% profit) Sprain $4,245 $6,792 $11,037 $220,740 Laceration $1,101 $4,955 $6,056 $121,120 Foreign Body $317 $1,427 $1,744 $34,880 4
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- 6. Monthly Audits 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 1/7/05 2/18/05 4/1/05 5/13/05 6/24/05 8/5/05 9/16/05 10/28/05 12/9/05 1/20/06 3/3/06 4/14/06 Week Beginning Numberof Safety Inspections 90% 95% 100% 1/7/05 2/18/05 4/1/05 5/13/05 6/24/05 8/5/05 9/16/05 10/28/05 12/9/05 1/20/06 3/3/06 4/14/06 Week Beginning Safety Inspection Scores 6
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- 10. BLS • A totalof 4,836 fatal work injuries were recorded in the United States in 2015, a slight increase from the 4,821 fatal injuries reported in 2014 • The 937 fatal work injuries in the private construction industry in 2015 represented the highest total since 975 cases in 2008. • Several construction occupations recorded their highest fatality total in years, including • construction laborers (highest since 2008); • carpenters (2009); • electricians (2009); and • plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (2003).
- 11. June 2016 • ColumbusWI • The teen was working at the factory on June 27, 2016 when he was pinned in a machine while cleaning scrap from underneath a laser cutter in operation. • He later died of his injuries on July 2, 2016. • The teen had only been working there two weeks when the incident happened. This IS my sister-in-law's nephew !!! Killed at 17 ... all because of company not following safety rules, providing proper training and equipment to ensure lockout/tagout - DA
- 12. Whistleblower 2017 • Whena co-worker severed part of his thumb in July 2014, a food processor at a beef jerky manufacturing plant acted quickly, helping him apply pressure to the wound and using her cellphone to call 911. • Before responders could answer, the company's owner ordered her to hang up. • Two days later, she was terminated. Lonestar Beef Jerky is not associated with this man! He was the previous owner and we acquired his recipes and brand name in 2016 with no knowledge of this or his other deplorable behavior!
- 13. Data • If youmake it easier to use safety, more likely it will be used and get done. • Cones, grease gun, lockout, brooms. • Kevin O’Leary
- 14. Secretary of Labor •Andy Puzder • Head of the Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. burger chains • Confirmation Hearings next
- 15. Data • 35% ofall fatalities occurred in workers age 55 or older, with 1,691 deaths. • This is the highest number of fatalities ever recorded for this group of workers.
- 16. Older workers • Thepreliminary number of workers ages 55 and older who died on the job was "the highest total ever reported" by the bureau's census. • The number jumped from 1,490 in 2013 to 1,621 in 2014, a 9 percent rise. • 18% of the workforce, 35% of fatalities
- 17. Effective Dates • Publishedin Federal Register November 17, 2016 • Effective January 17, 2017 • Most of the rule will become effective 60 days after publication in the Federal Register, but some provisions have delayed effective dates, including: • Ensuring exposed workers are trained on fall hazards (6 months), • Inspecting and certifying permanent anchorages for rope descent systems (1 year), • Installing personal fall arrest or ladder safety systems on new fixed ladders over 24 feet and on replacement ladders/ladder sections, including fixed ladders on outdoor advertising structures (2 years), • Ensuring existing fixed ladders over 24 feet, including those on outdoor advertising structures, are equipped with a cage, well, personal fall arrest system, or ladder safety system (2 years), and • Replacing cages and wells (used as fall protection) with ladder safety or personal fall arrest systems on all fixed ladders over 24 feet (20 years).
- 18. Dockboards • The employermust ensure that each dockboard used meets the requirements of this section. The employer must ensure: • (d) Measures, such as wheel chocks or sand shoes, are used to prevent the transport vehicle (e.g. a truck, semi-trailer, trailer, or rail car) on which a dockboard is placed, from moving while employees are on the dockboard; 1910.26
- 19. Work on low-sloperoofs • When work is performed less than 6 feet (1.6 m) from the roof edge, the employer must ensure each employee is protected from falling by a guardrail system, safety net system, travel restraint system, or personal fall arrest system. 1910.28(b)(13)(i)
- 20. Low Sloped Roofs •When work is performed at least 6 feet (1.6 m) but less than 15 feet (4.6 m) from the roof edge, the employer must ensure each employee is protected from falling by using a guardrail system, safety net system, travel restraint system, or personal fall arrest system. 1910.28(b)(13)(ii)
- 21. Flat Roofs • Whenwork is performed 15 feet (4.6 m) or more from the roof edge, the employer must: • (A) Protect each employee from falling by a guardrail system, safety net system, travel restraint system, or personal fall arrest system or a designated area. The employer is not required to provide any fall protection, provided the work is both infrequent and temporary; and • (B) Implement and enforce a work rule prohibiting employees from going within 15 feet (4.6 m) of the roof edge without using fall protection in accordance with paragraphs (b)(13)(i) and (ii) of this section. 1910.28(b)(13)(iii)
- 22. Ladder Safety Systems •The employer must ensure: • (1) Each ladder safety system allows the employee to climb up and down using both hands and does not require that the employee continuously hold, push, or pull any part of the system while climbing; (2) The connection between the carrier or lifeline and the point of attachment to the body harness or belt does not exceed 9 inches (23 cm); 1910.29(i)
- 23. Training • Training mustbe understandable. The employer must provide information and training to each employee in a manner that the employee understands 1910.30(d)
- 24. Fall Protection Systems •D-rings, snaphooks, and carabiners must be proof tested to a minimum tensile load of 3,600 pounds (16 kN) without cracking, breaking, or incurring permanent deformation. The gate strength of snaphooks and carabiners, must be proof tested to 3,600 lbs. (16 kN) in all directions. 1910.140(c)(8)
- 25. Beryllium • The oldexposure 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.
- 26. Criminal 2017 • Acrane operator faces involuntary manslaughter charges in a 2014 incident in which his son and another construction worker plummeted to their deaths from above a Winters bridge construction site. • Mark Powell operated the crane that lifted the basket carrying son and operator Marcus Zane Powell and pile driver Glenn Allen Hodgson early May 30, 2014, according to a Cal-OSHA citation. • The hoisted basket they rode aboard broke free, plunging the pair eight stories to their deaths.
- 27. Criminal Update 2017 •Wilmer Cueva, 51, of Elmwood Park, New Jersey, a foreman for Sky Materials, was convicted of criminally negligent homicide and reckless endangerment in the death of Carlos Moncayo, 22 during excavation at a Restoration Hardware site. • Sentencing 1-3 years.
- 28. IL 19 Times= $241,000 • The four willful violations include the absence of an accident-prevention program; lack of eye and face protective equipment with use of nail guns; no personal fall arrests, guardrails or safety net systems for workers at heights; and anchorage points used for the attachment of personal fall arrest systems were not independent of the anchorage points used to suspend platforms. • This isn't a new experience for Barringer. • Since 2006, Barringer's various businesses -- Barringer Brothers Roofing, Barringer Brothers Inc., and Barringer Brothers Construction Inc. -- have been cited and fined 19 times by OSHA for safety hazards.
- 29. Recordkeeping • Final ruleto keep OSHA 300, 300A, 301 records for five years. • Effective January 18, 2017
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- 32. Region V Fatalities •OSHA in Region 5 had 140 investigated fatalities in 2015 up +28. • 48 Illinois. • 29 in Wisconsin up 50% • 48 in Ohio • 227 Struck by • 185 Falls • 166 Caught in • 41 Electrocutions • 32 Exposure • 30 Other • 20 Fire/Explosion
- 33. Region V FallFatalities 2010-2014 • 25 Ladders • 19 Roofs • 18 Same Surface • 16 Other • 14 Aerial Lift • 9 Nonmoving Vehicle
- 34. Region V MostCited Areas • Machine Guarding 1910.212(a)(1) • GHS 1910.1200(e) • GHS 1910.1200(h) • 5(a)(1) • Machine Guarding 1910.212(a)(3)
- 35. OSHA In Region5 - 2016 • 6200 inspection in 2015 • 68 Sigcases +14 egregious cases • 47% construction • 44% programmed
- 36. Leadership in RegionV • Ken Atha • 20 Years Experience • Regional Administrator • Area Director
- 37. Last Year ofDr. Michaels • May 2015 • “We think we're only getting a very small portion of the accidents that should be reported,” said Dr. David Michaels, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health who is in charge of OSHA. “When we investigate, we see that most employers don’t treat temporary workers the way they treat their permanent employees — they don’t provide them with the training that is necessary.”
- 38. Aug 2016 • TonawandaNY • There no reason to ever joke about a loved one’s loss due to a workplace death. • "Michelle Reese This is my uncle. Thanks everyone for the condolences. For those making jokes you may kindly F off... I'm sure you wouldn't be joking if it was someone you love"
- 39. Aug 2016 • Settlement •The Secretary alleged in the Complaint that US Steel’s Immediate Reporting Policy discourages reasonable employees from reporting injuries as soon as they realize they have been injured because they risk violating US Steel’s temporally stringent requirement under the Immediate Reporting Policy.
- 40. Aug 2016 • Governmentsubcontractors to report their violation histories directly to the Labor Department • Federal contractors over $500,000 • The first step begins Oct. 25, 2016, when prime contractors will be required to disclose violations from the previous one year, and only when seeking contracts valued at $50 million or more. • Six months later, on April 25, businesses will be subjected to the rules when bidding on contracts of $500,000 or more. • Subcontractors won't begin reporting until Oct. 25, 2017.
- 41. Aug 2016 • Thenew civil penalty amounts • Aug. 1, 2016 • The maximum penalty for willful or repeated violations will increase from $70,000 to $124,709
- 42. July 2016 • Behrsentenced to probation, $350K restitution in South Beloit plant worker's death
- 43. May 2016 • Electronicrecordkeeping • Under the new rule, all establishments with 250 or more employees in industries covered by the recordkeeping regulation must electronically submit to OSHA injury and illness information from OSHA Forms 300, 300A, and 301. Establishments with 20-249 employees in certain industries* must electronically submit information from OSHA Form 300A only. • Form 300 (the Log) – All collected data fields on the 300 Log will generally be made available on the Web site. • Requirements take effect Aug. 10, 2016, with phased in data submissions beginning in 2017. • Employee names will not be collected
- 44. Drug Testing • OSHA’sinterprets this rule broadly to prohibit mandatory post- accident drug testing, concluding that such tests discriminate against employees on the basis of injury and illness reporting. • OSHA further explains that incentive programs are retaliatory if they offer benefits to employees or workforces who do not report injuries and illnesses • OSHA announced that it was delaying the enforcement date of the new rules to November 1, 2016
- 45. May 2016 • “1700pages of discovery later and they folded like a cheap suit.” • “The issue is that 2 employees were wearing orange jackets. When the CSHO was taking photos at 915am there was an employee signaling the crane. • When the CSHO came back at 1pm - Foreman was monitoring and also wearing an orange jacket.”
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- 47. Active Shooter • BLS •Workplace homicides were higher by 12 cases after the updates, raising the workplace homicide total in 2012 to 475 cases. • 760 workers died at work in 2014
- 48. Expressway shootings areincreasing • Illinois State Police data showed that 19 shootings were reported in 2014 and 16 were reported in 2013. • In total, there have been 41 shootings on Chicago-area expressways so far this year. That's compared to 39 total shootings on expressways in 2015.
- 49. Why so manyshootings? • People on the road are defenseless — unable to detect or focus on approaching trouble because they're already focused on driving. • Shootings can be random. • Gang violence can spill onto expressways.
- 50. Shooting examples • Asemi driver was shot in the face and seriously wounded as he drove north on the Dan Ryan Expressway near Chicago’s 95th Street. • May 19, 2016. • Two people were shot on the the inbound lanes of Interstate 290 in Chicago. • The driver was shot five times. The passenger was grazed. • August 13, 2016.
- 51. Sep 2016 • 2Dead, 1 Wounded in Separate Shootings on Eisenhower Expressway Hours Apart • Illinois State Police said the shooting happened just after noon Thursday on Interstate 290 in the eastbound lanes near the exit ramp to Central Avenue • Just before 6 a.m., ISP officers responded to reports of shots being fired in the westbound lanes of I-290 near Laramie Avenue, officials said.
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- 53. Security window filmsto prevent breakage • Bullet-resistant film keeps broken glass from flying everywhere. • Security films are made from multi-ply sheets of biaxially-oriented polyethylene terephthalate • It’s a sturdy version of the same plastic used for pop bottles. • It’s not as effective as bullet-proof glass, but it’s much safer than regular windows.
- 54. Films can preventwindow breakage • Video: 3M™ Scotchshield™ Automotive Security Film Demonstration • Security films protect you and your car by blocking heat from the sun, increasing your privacy and holding broken glass together. • They increase the amount of time and effort it takes thieves to enter your vehicle, deterring property crime.
- 55. Film installers forvehicles Z Tech 1572 W. Ogden Ave., Naperville, Illinois 60540 Phone: (630) 355-9555 Auto Tinting and Rock Guard 2602 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622 Phone: (855) 705-7470 Ext. 247 Xtreme Auto Glass and Window Tint 131 S LoLande Ave, Addison, IL 60101 Phone: (855) 705-7470 Ext. 823 Midwest Glass Tinters (847) 487-8777 260 Jamie Lane Suite C Wauconda, IL 60084
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- 58. OSHA • “We areswamped with AMPUTATIONS” • OSHA October 2016
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- 60. OSHA • First ThreeYears of CSHO Training • #1000 Initial Compliance. • #1050 Introduction to Safety Standards for Safety Officers (safety career path/safety specialists). • #1250 Introduction to Health Standards for Industrial Hygienists (health career path/industrial hygienists). • #2000 Construction Standards (construction career path/ construction specialists). • #1310 Investigative Interviewing Techniques • #1410 Inspection Techniques and Legal Aspects. • #2450 Evaluation of Safety and Health Management Systems. • #1230 Accident Investigation. • #8200 Incident Command System I-200 course,
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- 62. OSHA Training September2016 • Falls • Confined Space • Work Zone • Cranes/Rigging • Silica • Trenching
- 63. May 2016• PillsburyMills plant in Springfield IL • Joseph Chernis IV, a federal indictment for improper asbestos removal and for making false statements • The penalty on each count is up to five years in prison followed by three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. • Chernis, of Sherman, is accused of hiring an untrained individual to illegally remove more than 1,000 feet of asbestos pipe insulation from four buildings between October 2014 and August 2015. • "The asbestos debris was stuffed into approximately 300 garbage bags and at least two open-topped cardboard boxes, and left inside vacant buildings at the facility," according to the indictment announcement.
- 64. April 2016 • DonBlankenship, the longtime chief executive officer of Massey Energy, was convicted on charges that he violated federal mine safety laws at the company’s Upper Big Branch Mine prior to an April 2010 explosion that killed 29 miners. • One year in prison + $250,000 • This is the maximum sentence allowed under the law.
- 65. Jan 2016 • CincinnatiOH • Grand jury indicts two managers • Zachary Henzerling was working at Environmental Enterprises on Dec. 28, 2012, when a fire broke out as he was treating hazardous waste. • The Colerain Township man was burned, and later died from his injuries. • Another worker also was badly burned in the incident.
- 66. Oct 2015 • OSHAmoves to a new enforcement weighting system that assigns greater value to complex inspections that require more time and resources. • Routine inspections count as one unit, while those requiring greater resources — such as those involving musculoskeletal disorders, chemical exposures, workplace violence, and process safety management violations — count as up to nine units.
- 67. Oct 2015 • Sincethe beginning of the year, more than 20 workers with allegedly bogus OSHA cards have been busted at NY city construction sites, sources familiar with the crackdown said.
- 68. Oct 2015 • Ajury convicted Griffin Campbell of six counts of involuntary manslaughter, rejecting the third-degree murder charges sought by prosecutors who said Campbell ignored warnings of an imminent collapse.
- 69. 2016 Problems • Trench5-6 feet deep. • Spoil at edge. • No access. OSHA fines P.T. Ferro, says Joliet contractor put trench workers in danger The agency proposed penalties of $104,756.
- 70. 2016 Problems • Holesnot secured and covered with steel plate and fenced off.
- 71. 2016 Problems • Riggingis used when damaged
- 72. 2016 Problems • Notkeeping the 10 feet safe clearance from powerlines • 240 volts temp lights may not be ok to encroach on the 10 foot. • Weatherproofing is not insulation.
- 73. 2016 Problems • Workershave ZERO documented training in the MUCTD so set up cones and flags haphazardly
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- 81. April 2015 • Liftinga piece of pine about 5 foot long 18 inches across • “the load made it to the ground ok the hook of the biner caught the strap and held till we lowered it down.” 81 1910.184(d) Inspections. Each day before being used, the sling and all fastenings and attachments shall be inspected for damage or defects by a competent person designated by the employer.
- 82. May 2014 • ProvidenceRI • 8 hurt in fall • The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration said the rigging used put excessive weight on a carabiner, causing the metal loop to fail, and the acrobats, who were hanging by their hair, to fall 15 to 20 feet • According to OSHA, circus staff violated both industry practice and the manufacturer’s instructions for using the carabiner by attaching it so it was pulled in three directions, rather than two.
- 83. Feb 2016 83 A 26-year-oldtower climber is expected to be in intensive care for another ten days after he fell from a guyed tower in Rosenberg, Tex. when his personal fall protection equipment failed after he slipped from a brace on a climbing face as he was descending after a day’s work on an LTE project for AT&T.
- 84. Key Changes inZ359.1 • Section 3.2.1.4 • Gate face strength requirements have changed from 220 lbs. (1kN) (old Standard) to 3,600 lbs. (16kN) (new Standard). 84
- 85. June 2013 • Officialscanceled work on the St. Charles County bridge after a 55- gallon drum being lifted by a crane fell on 51-year-old Jerseyville IL man. • He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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- 87. Ladders as aLast Resort • JLG lift pod
- 88. July 2015 • Issues? •“Perfect balance for cowboy boots” • Photo Justin Morrison 88
- 89. February 2015 • Genie •Allows a user to exit the platform and work comfortably around the outside of the platform with a 6-ft lanyard. It attaches to a 6- or 8-ft platform on all Genie telescopic and articulating boom lifts with lift heights higher than 40 ft., with the exception of the S-125HD model.
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- 91. July 2015 • SanLuis Obispo, CA • The machine's blades "came around and broke his arm and came around again and broke his arm a little further up the next turnaround," said San Luis Obispo Fire Battalion Chief Neal Berryman • Berryman said the man's head or neck would have been hit next. 91
- 92. July 2015 • MIDDLEFIELD,Ohio – Shady Knob violated the law when they allowed a 14-year-old boy to operate machinery, which resulted in him losing his hand. • “Workers under age 18 are prohibited from operating power-driven woodworking machinery, such as the wood planer used here,” said Howard Eberts, OSHA’s area director in Cleveland. 92 Unsafe! Safe
- 93. March 2015 • IslandLake IL • The machinist was using sandpaper to remove surface rust from a part of a computer-run machine. • His hand was caught and pulled into rotating parts, breaking his bones. • The worker underwent several surgeries and rehabilitation 93
- 94. ANSI B Series Theuser shall designate, provide, and ensure the use of at least one of the following methods of safeguarding that affords protection for the operator, consistent with the requirements of the task: • guard(s) • safeguarding device(s) • awareness barrier(s) or awareness device(s) • safe work procedure(s). 94
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- 100. Standard Permit-Required Confined Spaces •29 CFR 1910.146 • Four revisions since was made law by OSHA • 29 CFR 1926.1200 100 1910.146(c)(2) If the workplace contains permit spaces, the employer shall inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces.
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- 103. Coolers • Nashville TN •When the power was restored to the building on June 17, 2012, Luther went to check on the cooler. • After he entered, the door slammed shut, locking him inside. • The latch release didn’t work • Luther pressed a panic button inside the cooler and the security alerted the police. • The lawsuit claims that a dry ice company recommended that the restaurant use 500 pounds of dry ice in the cooler to prevent the food from spoiling. 103
- 104. Cooler 2016 • March2016 • A woman was found dead inside a freezer at a downtown Atlanta hotel Tuesday morning. • Atlanta police said the body of Caroline Robinson, 61, of East Point, was discovered at the Hotel. • The woman’s family, through The Witherspoon Law Group it hired, said even though the Hotel maintains the freezer’s exit device “worked perfectly,” injuries to Robinson’s hands are consistent with those of a person suffering and struggling to escape. 104
- 105. Non Permit • 1910.146(c)(7)A space classified by the employer as a permit- required confined space may be reclassified as a non-permit confined space under the following (4) procedures: • 1) 1910.146(c)(7)(i) - If the permit space poses no actual or potential atmospheric hazards and if ALL HAZARDS within the space are eliminated without entry into the space, the permit space may be reclassified as a non-permit confined space for as long as the non-atmospheric hazards remain eliminated. 105
- 106. Non Permit • 1910.146(c)(7)A space classified by the employer as a permit-required confined space may be reclassified as a non-permit confined space under the following (4) procedures: • 2) 1910.146(c)(7)(ii) - If it is necessary to enter the permit space to eliminate hazards, such entry shall be performed under paragraphs (d) through (k) of this section. • If testing and inspection during that entry demonstrate that the hazards within the permit space have been eliminated, the permit space may be reclassified as a non- permit confined space for as long as the hazards remain eliminated 106
- 107. Non Permit • 1910.146(c)(7)A space classified by the employer as a permit-required confined space may be reclassified as a non-permit confined space under the following (4) procedures: • 3) 1910.146(c)(7)(iii) - The employer shall document the basis for determining that all hazards in a permit space have been eliminated, through a certification that contains the date, the location of the space, and the signature of the person making the determination. • The certification shall be made available to each employee entering the space or to that employee's authorized representative 107 This document certifies that the ___________________________ (location) has been cleared for a change in status from a Permit Confined Space to a Non-Permit Confined Space provided that the below conditions are met. All entrants/attendants involved in any entry have completed the Confined Space Entry training. All hazards other than atmospheric (e.g., lockout/tag out) can be completed without entry. Any conditions making it unsafe have been eliminated. Date: Certification Completed By:
- 108. Non Permit • 1910.146(c)(7)A space classified by the employer as a permit-required confined space may be reclassified as a non-permit confined space under the following (4) procedures: • 4) 1910.146(c)(7)(iv) - If hazards arise within a permit space that has been declassified to a non- permit space under paragraph (c)(7) of this section, each employee in the space shall exit the space. • The employer shall then reevaluate the space and determine whether it must be reclassified as a permit space, in accordance with other applicable provisions of this section. 108
- 109. Non Permit • Froman interpretation in 1996 • Question 2: May mechanical hazards be eliminated by compliance with § 1910.147? • Answer: Yes 109
- 110. • Continuous forcedair ventilation must be used….. 1926.1203(b)(2)(v)
- 111. • The atmospherewithin the space must be continuously monitored 1926.1203(b)(2)(vi)
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