2016 OSHA INITIATIVES EMPHASIS PROGRAMS AND FALL HAZARDS
Jim LutzMilwaukee Area OSHA Office
Drive change through education.inspiration
OSHA REGION 5 WORKPLACE FATALITIES 2015
2016 OSHA INITIATIVES
Preventing Falls Protecting Health Care Workers
Workplace Violence Protecting Temporary WorkersEmergency Preparedness
Heat Illness Prevention
Chemical Hazards
FALL PROTECTION IN GENERAL INDUSTRY
To prevent employees from being injured from falls, employers must:• Guard every floor hole into which a worker can accidentally walk by
the use of a railing and toeboard or a floor hole cover.
• Provide a guardrail and toeboard around every open-sided platform, floor or runway that is 4 feet or higher off the ground or next level.
• Regardless of height, if a worker can fall into or onto dangerous machines or equipment (such as a vat of acid or a conveyor belt), employers must provide guardrails and toeboards to prevent workers from falling and getting injured.
FALL PROTECTION FOR RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION
• Workers engaged in residential construction six (6) feet or more above lower levels must be protected by conventional fall protection or alternative fall protection measures allowed under 1926.501(b) for particular types of work.
• If an employer can demonstrate that fall protection required under 1926.501(b)(13) is infeasible or presents a greater hazard it must implement a written, site-specific fall protection plan meeting the requirements of 29 CFR 1926.502(k). The fall protection plan must specify alternative measures that will be used to eliminate or reduce the possibility of employee falls.
2012Full Standard Enforcement
CONVENTIONAL FALL PROTECTION SYSTEMS
• Guardrail Systems• Safety Net Systems• Personal Fall Arrest Systems
FALL RESTRAINT SYSTEMS
FALL RESTRAINT DEVICE
PERSONAL FALL ARREST SYSTEM FULL BODY HARNESS
PFAS in use during roofing and re-roofing activities.
COMBINATION SYSTEMS
Lifeline and Air Hose
OTHER WORK METHODS
• An example of a wall bracket, or top plate, scaffold system. • Some contractors are using these systems for rolling trusses,
cutting rafter tails and hanging fascia.
OTHER WORK METHODS
Pump-jack Scaffold
VENDOR DELIVERY OF MATERIALS
• OSHA will not require the vendor's employees to install an anchorage point for fall protection (when distributing roofing materials) regardless of the slope of the roof or the fall distance. • If an anchorage point is already available on the roof, the
employees must use fall protection equipment.
EMPHASIS PROGRAMS IN WI GENERAL INDUSTRY 2016
• Lead• Silica• Dairy Farms (WI)• Grain Handling• Combustible Dust• Pallet Manufacturing • Material Handling (PIVs)*• Chemical Plants/Process
Safety
• Amputations • Hex Chrome • Falls/Ladders*• Federal Agencies • Isocyanates
NEW
Nursing Homes/LTC Facilities and Site Specific Targeting have been removed for 2016
* Complaint Based or Observed During an Inspection
EMPHASIS PROGRAMS IN CONSTRUCTION 2016
• Falls/Ladders• Trenches• Silica• Lead• Hex Chrome• Carbon Monoxide• Material Handling PIV’s*• Isocyanates• Construction Targeting: Dodge
Report
Program Inspection Focus• Residential Construction• Commercial Construction• Bridge and Highway Construction
* Complaint Based or Observed During an Inspection
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NUMBER OF SERIOUS VIOLATIONS – FY 2016
MOST FREQUENTLY CITED IN GENERAL INDUSTRY 2015
MOST FREQUENTLY CITED VIOLATIONS CONSTRUCTION
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FALL PROTECTION CITATIONS (FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT)
Number of Serious Violations – FY 2015
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FISCAL 2016 BUDGET PROVISION
Federal Budget Includes an Increase in OSHA Penalties—the First in 15 Years.
“OSHA appreciates Congress’ recognition of the importance of appropriate penalties. We are closely studying this recently passed
legislation to see how it can best be used to enhance the protection of American workers.”
On or before July 1, 2016, OSHA must publish any maximum penalty adjustment it decides to make, to take effect no later than August 1, 2016.
What’s
New?
CONFINED SPACES IN CONSTRUCTION
OSHA issued a rule in the early 1990s to protect employees who enter confined spaces for the general industry, but did not extend it to construction because of the unique characteristics of the industry’s worksites. A 2007 settlement forced OSHA to issue a separate proposed rule for construction workers in confined spaces.
What’s
New?
PERMIT VS. NON-PERMIT SPACES
Confined space:1. Is large enough and so configured that an employee can bodily enter it;
2. Has limited or restricted means for entry and exit; and
3. Is not designed for continuous employee occupancy.
SILICA RULE
Workers in General Industry and Construction can become ill if they inhale respirable crystalline
silica. • The rule is written as two standards- construction takes
effect in 2017 and general industry takes effect in 2018.
• OSHA says it will improve worker protection by: • Reducing exposure limit to 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air,
averaged over an 8 hour shift• Use of engineering controls to limit worker exposure, limit access
to high-exposure areas, train workers, and provide medical exams
• Providing more certainty and ease of compliance
What’s
New?
SILICA – MORE THAN JUST DUST
Types of Silicosis: • Simple/Chronic- which results from long-term exposure (20+
years) to low amounts of silica dust.• Accelerated Silicosis- occurs after exposure to larger amounts
of silica over a shorter period of time (4-8 years).• Acute Silicosis- results from short-term exposure to very large
amounts of silica. An alveolar lipoproteinosis occurs after a very heavy exposure to small particles (less than 5-7 mm) of silica.
New OSHA – PEL 50 micrograms per cubic meter.
OSHA’S SPRING 2016 REGULATORY AGENDA
Available at Reginfo.gov
CAN YOU RECOGNIZE ANY HAZARDS?
• Carpenters' scaffold has no guardrail, plank extends too far beyond either end, and platform is not wide enough.• Access?• Worker inside of the window is
not provided with fall protection.• Head protection for worker on
the ground?
CAN YOU RECOGNIZE ANY HAZARDS?
No Ground Protection
CAN YOU RECOGNIZE ANY HAZARDS?
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SAFETY AND HEALTH RESOURCES
Compliance Assistance Quick Start is a tool to introduce employers and employees, especially those at new or small businesses, to the compliance assistance resources on OSHA’s website. Quick Start currently includes modules for: General Industry Construction Health Care Hispanic Outreach By following the step-by-step guides, you can generate an initial set of compliance assistance materials tailored to your workplace
NIOSH Ladder Safety app on Stepladders
Web Page Assistance
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