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Sanji Kanth, PEOccupational Safety & Health AdministrationGeneral Industry EnforcementDirectorate of Enforcement Programs

INTER-AMERICAN CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF

LABOR (IACML)

May 19, 2009

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OSHA Regional Offices

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OSHA’s Directorate of Enforcement Programs

• Office of General Industry Enforcement

• Office of Health Enforcement

• Office Maritime Enforcement

• Office of Whistle Blower Protection

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Enforcement Programs/Initiatives

• Designed to aid OSHA reduce workplace fatalities, injuries, and illnesses by targeting the most hazardous workplaces and the employers with the highest injury and illness rates.

• Strategic mechanisms include Site Specific Targeting (SST), the Enhanced Enforcement Program (EEP), National Emphasis Programs (NEPs), and Local Emphasis Programs (LEPs).

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Categories of Inspections

• Programmed and Unprogrammed

– Programmed

• Site Specific Targeting• Enhanced Enforcement Program• National Emphasis Programs (NEPs)• Local Emphasis Programs (LEPs)

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Categories of Inspections

– Unprogrammed

• Fatalities/catastrophes• Complaints• Referrals• Monitoring• Follow up

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OSHA Inspection Scheduling Priortity

• Imminent Danger

• Fatalities/Catastrophes

• Complaints/Referrals EmployeesOther Interested Parties

• Programmed Inspections

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Site-Specific Targeting (SST)

• SST is for 40 or more employees

• OSHA Data Initiative (ODI) Survey

• ODI collects data from 80,000 employers

• The first SST program was initiated in April 1999

• The SST consists of three inspection lists, a primary, secondary and tertiary list

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Enhanced Enforcement Program (EEP)—

• If an inspection is classified as an EEP case it may receive additional enforcement efforts:

An enhanced follow-up inspection;More stringent settlement provisions; andOther workplaces of the employer may be

inspected.

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National Emphasis Programs

• Developed by the Directorate of Enforcement Programs

• Developed by the Directorate of Construction

• Developed by the Directorate of Evaluation and Analysis– Recordkeeping

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National Emphasis Programs

• Lead

• Crystalline Silica

• Amputations

• Combustible dust

• Oil refineries

• Shipbreaking operations

• Trenching

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National Emphasis Programs

• NEPs Under development– Chemical Plants – process safety

management– Primary metals– Occupational asthma– Flavorings and Diacetyl– Oil and gas well drilling– Recordkeeping

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Local Emphasis Programs

• Developed by an Area Office or Region• Regional and Regional Solicitors approval• 140+ LEPs• Examples:

– Lead– Silica– residential construction– metals

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Where is Enforcement Going

• Impacting whole corporations and industries– Corporate settlement agreements– Enhanced enforcement program– Letters to industry– Letters to corporations– Other methods

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RESULTS …

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OSHA Inspections

OSHA Inspection Statistics FY2004 FY2005 FY2006 FY2007 FY 2008% Change

2004-2008

Total Inspections 39,167 38,714 38,579 39,324 38,591 -1.5%

Total Programmed Inspections 21,576 21,404 21,506 23,035 23,023 6.7%

Total Unprogrammed Inspections 17,590 17,310 17,073 16,288 15,565 -11.5%

Fatality Investigations 1,060 1,114 1,081 1,043 957 -9.7%

Complaints 8,062 7,716 7,376 7,055 6,697 -16.9%

Referrals 4,585 4,787 5,019 5,007 4,855 5.9%

Other 3,829 4,807 3,555 3,183 3,056 -20.2%

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OSHA Violations

OSHA Violation Statistics FY2004 FY2005 FY2006 FY2007 FY2008% Change 2004-

2007

Total Violations 86,708 85,307 83,913 88,846 87,687 1.1%

Total Serious Violations 61,666 61,018 61,337 67,176 67,052 8.7%

Total Willful Violations 462 747 479 415 517 11.9%

Total Repeat Violations 2,360 2,350 2,551 2,714 2,817 19.4%

Total Other-than-Serious 21,705 20,819 19,246 18,331 17,131 -21.1%

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Total Recordable Case Rate

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Total Recordable Case RateInjury and Illness Rates[1],[2]

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

% Reduction 2003-2007

Total Recordable Case Rate 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.4 4.2 - 16.0%

Days Away/Restricted Case Rate

2.6 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.1 -19.2%

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Fatality Rate

3.7

4.2

4.7

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6.2

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2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Total Fatality Rate Hispanic Fatality Rate

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Number of Fatalities/Fatality Rates

Fatality Statistics 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007*

% Reduction 2002-2007

Total Number of Fatalities 5,524 5,575 5,764 5,734 5,840 5,488 -0.7%

Fatality Rate[1] 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.7 -7.5%

Hispanic Fatality Rate3 5.0 4.5 5.0 4.9 5.0 4.4 -12.0%

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Number of Fatalities

5,300

5,400

5,500

5,600

5,700

5,800

5,900

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Total Number of Fatalities

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OSHA Compliance Assistance Resources

• Safety and Health Topics Pages

• Fact Sheets

• Posters

• Safety and Health Information Bulletins

OSHA’s Combustible Dust Poster

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Any Questions?