This document summarizes recent OSHA enforcement activities and initiatives. It discusses recent workplace fatalities that occurred. It provides statistics on inspections, violations issued, and penalties from fiscal years 2006 to 2010. There is a discussion of emphasis programs in fiscal year 2011, including focusing on new hazards like isocyanates and nursing homes. Recordkeeping initiatives and emphasis on process safety management are also summarized.
OHSA Update presented to the Orrville Area Safety Council (Orrville, OH) June 14, 2017.
For more information about the Orrville Area Safety Council please visit www.orrvillesafety.com
What is Combustible Dust, What are the Dangers, and how to lessen your riskCraig Rutledge
OSHA has put an increased emphasis on combustible dust due to an alarming number of injuries and fatalities relating to combustible dust fires and explosions. This presentation covers what is combustible, the dangers of combustible dust, and ways to mitigate your risk with a cleaning program.
Combustible Dust: More than just Industrial HousekeepingNilfiskVacuums
This presentation explains industrial explosions caused by combustible dust. It answers the questions:
What is Combustible Dust?
Who’s at Risk?
It offers instruction for proper maintenance and industrial housekeeping practices. It provides combustible dust resources. It also provides an explanation of industrial vacuums and explosion-proof vacuums for improved worker safety.
Choosing the Right Industrial Vacuum
OHSA Update presented to the Orrville Area Safety Council (Orrville, OH) June 14, 2017.
For more information about the Orrville Area Safety Council please visit www.orrvillesafety.com
What is Combustible Dust, What are the Dangers, and how to lessen your riskCraig Rutledge
OSHA has put an increased emphasis on combustible dust due to an alarming number of injuries and fatalities relating to combustible dust fires and explosions. This presentation covers what is combustible, the dangers of combustible dust, and ways to mitigate your risk with a cleaning program.
Combustible Dust: More than just Industrial HousekeepingNilfiskVacuums
This presentation explains industrial explosions caused by combustible dust. It answers the questions:
What is Combustible Dust?
Who’s at Risk?
It offers instruction for proper maintenance and industrial housekeeping practices. It provides combustible dust resources. It also provides an explanation of industrial vacuums and explosion-proof vacuums for improved worker safety.
Choosing the Right Industrial Vacuum
Hydraulics today has become a way of life as most applications have some form of system ingrained. This paper is an endevor to present the very basics of hydraulics and overcome its basic fear.
This webinar discusses the critical role compliance plays in avoiding EHS accidents and how the 10 recent industrial disasters in 'developed' nations were totally preventable had the organizations had a strong compliance program in place.
A Primer on OSHA Regulations for RailroadsAntea Group
Antea Group Project Manager Annie Richardson presented on current and upcoming OSHA regulations pertinent to railroads at the recent ASLRRA Connections Convention in Washington DC. Her presentation includes an overview of how OSHA regulates the rail industry, a summary of current regulations and a look at pending regulatory activity, and tips for planning for success in complying with OSHA regulations.
Mercer Capital's Value Focus: Laboratory Services | Mid-Year 2015Mercer Capital
Mercer Capital's Laboratory Services Industry newsletter provides perspective on valuation issues. Each newsletter also includes a macroeconomic trends, industry trends, and guideline public company metrics.
Food safety white paper sept 2015 finalGraeme Cross
Aon's recently published paper which focuses on the topic of food safety. It provides an overview of a supplies view and some guidance on best practice
April 2016 ComplianceSigns Connection Workplace Safety NewsletterComplianceSigns, LLC
Top Safety News, April 2016
- Guidance for workers recovering from workplace injuries
- 2015 was safest year ever for U.S. mine operations
- Opioid painkiller abuse affects 80% of Indiana workplaces
- Major OSHA fines topped $1.8 million in March
- 2,600+ new signs and labels at ComplianceSigns.com
Take a look at the latest edition of ERIKS Know+How the the leading magazine for maintenance engineers, this edition includes a focus on the food and beverage industry
Originally Aired: July 19 - The Economics of Fracking
The second webinar will discuss the economic realities of fracking including economic costs, long term implications of resource extraction, and a summary of interviews covering economic impacts in the gaslands of Ohio (Carroll County).
Presenters:
Melanie Houston of the Ohio Environmental Council
Amanda Weinstein of the Ohio State University
Amanda Woodrum of Policy Matters Ohio
Top Safety News for July-August 2018
• August 30 is Deadline for New California Prop 65 Signs
• Top OSHA Fines Pass $4 Million in Q2
• New OSHA Rule to Protect Worker Privacy
• The Road to Safer Highway Construction
• What's New at ComplianceSigns: Prop65, more
Human resources’ most troubling compliance concern is the alphabet soup of employment laws it must comply with on a daily basis. And the government’s overactive enforcement agenda is not helping. Gone are the salad days of federal wrist-slaps for inadvertent errors. Instead, agencies like the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board are issuing regulations akin to mandates, beefing up their investigatory teams and issuing fines, the size of which could put some businesses out of business. What is a company to do? This webinar will help companies understand laws like Title VII, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the NLRB and OSHA, the main issues on which the agencies are keying, and essential changes to implement before the agencies knock on your door. If no federal agency is in your business right now, consider it a gift of time — the time to ensure that your HR and other practices are legally compliant.
Takeaways:
What hiring practices should you be changing to prevent issues with the EEOC?
What are the 10 biggest issues OSHA is investigating, and citing, employers for?
Do you understand the differences between exempt and nonexempt employees, or when you must pay employees for time spent working “off-the-clock”?
What are the NLRB’s “ambush election” rules, why might it be the most important labor and employment issue facing your business today, and what can you do about it now?
Hydraulics today has become a way of life as most applications have some form of system ingrained. This paper is an endevor to present the very basics of hydraulics and overcome its basic fear.
This webinar discusses the critical role compliance plays in avoiding EHS accidents and how the 10 recent industrial disasters in 'developed' nations were totally preventable had the organizations had a strong compliance program in place.
A Primer on OSHA Regulations for RailroadsAntea Group
Antea Group Project Manager Annie Richardson presented on current and upcoming OSHA regulations pertinent to railroads at the recent ASLRRA Connections Convention in Washington DC. Her presentation includes an overview of how OSHA regulates the rail industry, a summary of current regulations and a look at pending regulatory activity, and tips for planning for success in complying with OSHA regulations.
Mercer Capital's Value Focus: Laboratory Services | Mid-Year 2015Mercer Capital
Mercer Capital's Laboratory Services Industry newsletter provides perspective on valuation issues. Each newsletter also includes a macroeconomic trends, industry trends, and guideline public company metrics.
Food safety white paper sept 2015 finalGraeme Cross
Aon's recently published paper which focuses on the topic of food safety. It provides an overview of a supplies view and some guidance on best practice
April 2016 ComplianceSigns Connection Workplace Safety NewsletterComplianceSigns, LLC
Top Safety News, April 2016
- Guidance for workers recovering from workplace injuries
- 2015 was safest year ever for U.S. mine operations
- Opioid painkiller abuse affects 80% of Indiana workplaces
- Major OSHA fines topped $1.8 million in March
- 2,600+ new signs and labels at ComplianceSigns.com
Take a look at the latest edition of ERIKS Know+How the the leading magazine for maintenance engineers, this edition includes a focus on the food and beverage industry
Originally Aired: July 19 - The Economics of Fracking
The second webinar will discuss the economic realities of fracking including economic costs, long term implications of resource extraction, and a summary of interviews covering economic impacts in the gaslands of Ohio (Carroll County).
Presenters:
Melanie Houston of the Ohio Environmental Council
Amanda Weinstein of the Ohio State University
Amanda Woodrum of Policy Matters Ohio
Top Safety News for July-August 2018
• August 30 is Deadline for New California Prop 65 Signs
• Top OSHA Fines Pass $4 Million in Q2
• New OSHA Rule to Protect Worker Privacy
• The Road to Safer Highway Construction
• What's New at ComplianceSigns: Prop65, more
Human resources’ most troubling compliance concern is the alphabet soup of employment laws it must comply with on a daily basis. And the government’s overactive enforcement agenda is not helping. Gone are the salad days of federal wrist-slaps for inadvertent errors. Instead, agencies like the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board are issuing regulations akin to mandates, beefing up their investigatory teams and issuing fines, the size of which could put some businesses out of business. What is a company to do? This webinar will help companies understand laws like Title VII, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the NLRB and OSHA, the main issues on which the agencies are keying, and essential changes to implement before the agencies knock on your door. If no federal agency is in your business right now, consider it a gift of time — the time to ensure that your HR and other practices are legally compliant.
Takeaways:
What hiring practices should you be changing to prevent issues with the EEOC?
What are the 10 biggest issues OSHA is investigating, and citing, employers for?
Do you understand the differences between exempt and nonexempt employees, or when you must pay employees for time spent working “off-the-clock”?
What are the NLRB’s “ambush election” rules, why might it be the most important labor and employment issue facing your business today, and what can you do about it now?
A wider net will be cast in 2016 as many more employers and industries will be subject to scrutiny and enforcement efforts by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for the first time.
This webinar will explain why this change is happening and delve deeper into what it means to you and your organization. Additionally, the webinar will discuss the anticipated overall direction of OSHA in 2016.
Topics will include:
* The broader range of industries targeted for OSHA enforcement, including health care
* Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
* The expected staggering increase in fines assessed for OSHA violations
* Increased emphasis on joint employer responsibility
* Whistleblowing and its impact on your business
* Rulemaking and potential changes in current programs
http://www.ebglaw.com/events/osha-forecast-developments-to-watch-in-2016-and-beyond/
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Welcome to the March Edition of Crisis Management’s RecallRegister, Aon’s monthly recall and product safety newsletter. This publication provides a review of the month’s recalls as reported by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). In addition to recall announcements, RecallRegister provides an update on the product recall and contamination insurance marketplace and environment. Each month, we highlight issues of importance including new markets and capacity, significant recall events and changes in legislation affecting the consumer products industry.
Understanding Legionnaires’ Disease A Fact Sheet For Workers And Unionsvtsiri
What is Legionnaires' disease?
Legionnaires' disease is the common name for illnesses caused by Legionnaires' disease bacteria (LDB). The formal name for the diseases is Legionellosis. Legionnaires' disease is an infection of the lungs that is a form of pneumonia. In addition to Legionnaires' disease, the same bacteria can also cause a flu-like disease called Pontiac fever.
1. OSHA Safety and Health
Update
October 2010
Michael G. Connors, CIH
Regional Administrator - Region V
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
2. OSHA at 40
Recent workplace tragedies:
Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster
29 Coal Miners killed
Oil rig explosion south of Louisiana
11 workers killed
Anacortes Refinery fire in Washington State
7 workers killed
February Kleen Energy
6 workers killed
“Youths Die After Being Trapped in Grain Bin” -
7/28/10, Mt. Carroll, IL
Two teenagers, ages 14 & 19, engulfed in corn, die
Recent workplace tragedies:
Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster
29 Coal Miners killed
Oil rig explosion south of Louisiana
11 workers killed
Anacortes Refinery fire in Washington State
7 workers killed
February Kleen Energy
6 workers killed
“Youths Die After Being Trapped in Grain Bin” -
7/28/10, Mt. Carroll, IL
Two teenagers, ages 14 & 19, engulfed in corn, die
3. OSHA at 40
These were the headlines that we were
reading
But … we also know that 14 workers lose their
lives in preventable accidents everyday
Close to 100 deaths every week
Our Mission, simply put is to protect workers
from death, injury, and illness
These were the headlines that we were
reading
But … we also know that 14 workers lose their
lives in preventable accidents everyday
Close to 100 deaths every week
Our Mission, simply put is to protect workers
from death, injury, and illness
4. OSHA at 40
Secretary Solis’ vision is “Good Jobs for
Everyone.”
At OSHA, we understand that a job cannot
be a good job unless it is a safe job.
Secretary Solis’ vision is “Good Jobs for
Everyone.”
At OSHA, we understand that a job cannot
be a good job unless it is a safe job.
5. OSHA at 40
Dr. Michaels Vision
Stronger enforcement: Some employers
need incentives to do the right thing.
Ensure that workers have a voice
Refocus and strengthen our compliance
assistance programs
Change workplace culture: Employers
must “find and fix” workplace hazards
Dr. Michaels Vision
Stronger enforcement: Some employers
need incentives to do the right thing.
Ensure that workers have a voice
Refocus and strengthen our compliance
assistance programs
Change workplace culture: Employers
must “find and fix” workplace hazards
6. OSHA at 40
Develop innovative approaches to
addressing new (and old) hazards:
Improve Intra-Agency Collaboration
Improve and modernize workplace injury
and illness tracking: Strengthen our focus
on accurate recordkeeping
Strengthen OSHA’s use of science
Develop innovative approaches to
addressing new (and old) hazards:
Improve Intra-Agency Collaboration
Improve and modernize workplace injury
and illness tracking: Strengthen our focus
on accurate recordkeeping
Strengthen OSHA’s use of science
7. OSHA at 40
Strengthen state plan states
Conduct our work with transparency,
openness, integrity, and humility
Strengthen state plan states
Conduct our work with transparency,
openness, integrity, and humility
8. OSHA Emphasis
New emphasis on enforcement and standard
setting
Increased inspections
Evaluating state plan states effectiveness
Regions have completed their evaluations of the
state plan states
Reports are being reviewed in Washington
New emphasis on enforcement and standard
setting
Increased inspections
Evaluating state plan states effectiveness
Regions have completed their evaluations of the
state plan states
Reports are being reviewed in Washington
9. OSHA Emphasis
Not moving away from the voluntary
protection programs
Consultation Program
Voluntary Protection Program - VPP
Partnerships
Alliances
Not moving away from the voluntary
protection programs
Consultation Program
Voluntary Protection Program - VPP
Partnerships
Alliances
10. OSHA Emphasis
Injury and Illness Prevention Program
Silica
Beryllium
PELs
Confined Space in Construction
Infectious Diseases
Looking into a standard related to the
Kleen Energy explosion
Modernizing recordkeeping
Injury and Illness Prevention Program
Silica
Beryllium
PELs
Confined Space in Construction
Infectious Diseases
Looking into a standard related to the
Kleen Energy explosion
Modernizing recordkeeping
22. FY 2010 Top 10 Most Frequently
Cited Federal Standards
1. Scaffolding
2. Fall Protection
3. Hazard
Communication
4. Respiratory
Protection
5. Ladders
1. Scaffolding
2. Fall Protection
3. Hazard
Communication
4. Respiratory
Protection
5. Ladders
6. Lockout/Tagout
7. Electrical, Wiring
Methods
8. Powered Industrial
Trucks
9. Electrical, General
Requirements
10. Machine Guarding
23. Sig Cases – Region V
FY 10, Region V issued 41 significant
cases
16 significant cases were issued in Ohio
5 Egregious cases issued, 2 in OH
Lead in construction
Petroleum refining/PSM
Operation of unsafe “super high” pressure
vessels manufacturing quartz crystals
Grain Entry
Employees over exposed to “total dust” during
manufacture of abrasive blasting grit
FY 10, Region V issued 41 significant
cases
16 significant cases were issued in Ohio
5 Egregious cases issued, 2 in OH
Lead in construction
Petroleum refining/PSM
Operation of unsafe “super high” pressure
vessels manufacturing quartz crystals
Grain Entry
Employees over exposed to “total dust” during
manufacture of abrasive blasting grit
24. Significant Cases – FY 10
28 General Industry cases
Many combined H & S inspections
5 dust cases
2 follow-up inspections
5 MG, LO/TO
3 PSM cases (1 egregious)
1 gas well case involving H2S
3 lead cases
1 case tree trimming for powerlines
2 Record keeping cases
3 Grain entry cases (1 egregious)
1 pressure vessel explosion
28 General Industry cases
Many combined H & S inspections
5 dust cases
2 follow-up inspections
5 MG, LO/TO
3 PSM cases (1 egregious)
1 gas well case involving H2S
3 lead cases
1 case tree trimming for powerlines
2 Record keeping cases
3 Grain entry cases (1 egregious)
1 pressure vessel explosion
25. Significant Cases – FY 10
7 Construction cases
6 Federal Agency cases
Note, 4 USPS facilities cited
regarding electrical safe work
practices (NFPA 70e)
7 Construction cases
6 Federal Agency cases
Note, 4 USPS facilities cited
regarding electrical safe work
practices (NFPA 70e)
26. Whistleblower
FY 10, Region V received 458 Whistleblower
complaints (25% of Nation’s total)
300 11c cases
85 merit cases
18 complainants reinstated
Over $784,000 recovered for complainants
“Cease and Desist” order issued in an IL FRSA case
Website, www.whistleblowers.gov has been
activated
complainants will be able to file Whistleblower
complaints electronically under any of the statutes
delegated to OSHA through this web site by the end
of FY 2010
FY 10, Region V received 458 Whistleblower
complaints (25% of Nation’s total)
300 11c cases
85 merit cases
18 complainants reinstated
Over $784,000 recovered for complainants
“Cease and Desist” order issued in an IL FRSA case
Website, www.whistleblowers.gov has been
activated
complainants will be able to file Whistleblower
complaints electronically under any of the statutes
delegated to OSHA through this web site by the end
of FY 2010
27. New Enforcement Initiatives
OSHA Penalties
Corporate or Enterprise Wide
Settlement Agreements
Serious Violators Enforcement Program
28. Severe Violators Enforcement
ProgramFour CATEGORIES of
SVEP!
1. FATCAT: > 1 W, R, FTA
related to the incident
2. High Emphasis Hazard:
> 2 W, R, or FTA related
to HE hazards
3. Potential Release of
Highly Hazardous
Chemical: > 3 W,R, or
FTA related to hazards of
the chemical release
4. All Egregious cases
Four CATEGORIES of
SVEP!
1. FATCAT: > 1 W, R, FTA
related to the incident
2. High Emphasis Hazard:
> 2 W, R, or FTA related
to HE hazards
3. Potential Release of
Highly Hazardous
Chemical: > 3 W,R, or
FTA related to hazards of
the chemical release
4. All Egregious cases
30. Settlements
Innovative Resolutions
Corporate or enterprise wide agreements
Outside experts
Third party verification
Penalty payment plans
Extended abatement
Dispute resolution
Lines of communication - company and local area
office
Penalty reduction
Innovative Resolutions
Corporate or enterprise wide agreements
Outside experts
Third party verification
Penalty payment plans
Extended abatement
Dispute resolution
Lines of communication - company and local area
office
Penalty reduction
32. Enforcement Activities
NEP to focus on new buttered flavored
popcorn flavorings
Isocyanates NEP
Nursing Home NEP
Primary Metals NEP
Evaluating the Amputations NEP
Possible Cranes and Derricks NEP
Developing the compliance directive
Developing compliance officer training
NEP to focus on new buttered flavored
popcorn flavorings
Isocyanates NEP
Nursing Home NEP
Primary Metals NEP
Evaluating the Amputations NEP
Possible Cranes and Derricks NEP
Developing the compliance directive
Developing compliance officer training
33. RecordKeeping
Last fall we launched the Record Keeping
NEP
Looking at under reporting and non reporting
Also looking at discouraging workers from
reporting
Incentive programs
Looking at changing the criteria for these
inspections
RK Task group
VPP and Incentive Programs
Last fall we launched the Record Keeping
NEP
Looking at under reporting and non reporting
Also looking at discouraging workers from
reporting
Incentive programs
Looking at changing the criteria for these
inspections
RK Task group
VPP and Incentive Programs
34. OSHA Emphasis - PSM
Chemical Plant NEP
Just extended the pilot
Finding same problems as in the refinery
NEP
Process hazard analysis
Management of change
Safety instrumented systems
training
Chemical Plant NEP
Just extended the pilot
Finding same problems as in the refinery
NEP
Process hazard analysis
Management of change
Safety instrumented systems
training
35. Region V Local Emphasis
Programs Planned for FY11
Fall Hazards in Construction
Primary Metals (WI & OH)
High Rise Building Construction (Chicago)
Building Renovation/Rehabilitation (Gut Rehab)
Amputation Targeting in GI
Powered Industrial Vehicles (Construction & GI)
Grain
Lead (IL)
Silica (IL)
Fall Hazards in Construction
Primary Metals (WI & OH)
High Rise Building Construction (Chicago)
Building Renovation/Rehabilitation (Gut Rehab)
Amputation Targeting in GI
Powered Industrial Vehicles (Construction & GI)
Grain
Lead (IL)
Silica (IL)
36. Enforcement Activities -
Construction
Cranes and Derricks Standard
published July 28th
/ effective November
9, 2010
Starting work on construction confined
space final standard
Revising the Steel Erection Directive
Revising the residential fall protection
directive
Cranes and Derricks Standard
published July 28th
/ effective November
9, 2010
Starting work on construction confined
space final standard
Revising the Steel Erection Directive
Revising the residential fall protection
directive
38. Local OSHA Issues - Columbus
Temporary Worker Safety DVDs (available in
Spanish and English)
http://www.ohiobwc.com/employer/programs/
safety/shDVD.asp
OSHA Safety Day 2011 – Ohio State
University – January 20, 2011
Temporary Worker Safety DVDs (available in
Spanish and English)
http://www.ohiobwc.com/employer/programs/
safety/shDVD.asp
OSHA Safety Day 2011 – Ohio State
University – January 20, 2011
Budget – CR – austerity
Oversight – GOA WB
Input – Hearing on Mine safety bill
- Knowning vilations.
Temporary Worker Safety DVDs – Developed through an Alliance with OSHA and the Ohio BWC – cover 7 different intro level safety modules for temporary workers, including Construction, Landscaping, Manufacturing, Food Service, Offices & Warehouses (as well as the main module)
OSHA Construction Safety Day - 7th Annual Event – Students are free – Contact Office for more infromation