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

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Program Inspection Focus• Residential Construction• Commercial Construction• Bridge and Highway Construction

* Complaint Based or Observed During an Inspection

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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

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