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What’s New In OSHA!?

PRESENTED BY:

Keven L. Yarbrough

Assistant Area Director

Tampa Area Office 813-626-1177

OSHA’s Mission

• To Assure So Far as Possible

Every Working Man and Woman in

the Nation Safe and Healthful

Working Conditions...

OSHA OFFICES IN FLORIDA

TAMPA AREA OFICE

CURRENT

• SAFETY SPECIALISTS 19

• INDUSTRIAL HYGIENISTS 7

• COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE

SPECIALIST 1

• WB INVESTIGATORS 3

• ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT 4

• ASSISTANT AREA DIRECTOR 3

• AREA DIRECTOR 1

• TOTAL 38

Prerules

• Bloodborne Pathogens

• Infectious Diseases

• Injury and Illness Prevention Program

• Reinforced Concrete in Construction and preventing Backover Injuries and Fatalities

• Standards Improvement Project IV

• Vertical Tandem Lifts

• Review/Lookback of OSHA Chemical Standards

National Emphasis Programs

•Crystalline silica

•Lead

•Combustible dust

•Oil refineries

•Trenching hazards,

•Amputations

•Shipbreaking

operations

•Recordkeeping

•Chemical plants

•Hexavalent Chromium

Employees in a custom counter top shop working with granite. Wet methods

were in place but employees were STILL overexposed to silica.

Small scale foundry operation. Primarily aluminum operation with some lead.

Furnace/heating maintained at the melting point; no boiling to keep fumes

down.

Regional Emphasis Programs

• Sharps

• Forklifts

• Overhead Powerlines

• Falls

• Landscaping

• Scrap metal

REP for Reducing the Number of

Sharps Injuries

• Applies to ambulatory surgical care centers,

freestanding emergency care clinics and primary

care medical clinics (SIC 8011)

• Effective March 25, 2011

• Detailed evaluation of the employer's safety and

health programs to minimize worker exposures

to bloodborne pathogen hazards associated with

exposure to contaminated sharps devices

Sharps container in a medical lab. Employees have overfilled the

container past the fill line. This potentially exposes the employees to

needlesticks.

Employees in a medical lab storing PPE and street clothing next to each

other. Allows for cross-contamination and potential exposure.


• Sharps

• Landscaping

• Forklifts


• Falls

• Scrap metal

Employees using a Zero Turn Radius Mower on an incline greater than the 15 degrees stated

by manufacturer. Here the incline was 23 degrees; one guy is driving at the wet edge and

already stuck without the ROP extended.


• Sharps

• Landscaping


• Falls

• Scrap metal

• Forklifts

Street/utility contractor installing traffic control arms amongst energized

power lines.


• Sharps

• Landscaping


• Forklifts

• Falls

• Scrap metal


• Sharps

• Landscaping

• Forklifts


• Falls

• Scrap metal

Proposed Rule Phase

• Title: Walking Working Surfaces and Personal Fall Protection Systems (Slips, Trips, and Fall Prevention) – In 1990, OSHA proposed a rule addressing slip, trip,

and fall hazards and establishing requirements for personal fall protection systems.

– OSHA published a notice to re-open the rulemaking for comment on May 2, 2003, because a number of issues were raised in the NPRM record.

– A second NPRM on May 24, 2010, which was modified to reflect current information as well as reassess the impact.

– Notice of Informal Hearing - 11/12/2010

– Public Hearing - 01/18/2011

– Analyze Comments - 08/00/2011

OSHA at 40

• OSHA is making a difference: – Worker deaths are down — from 14,000 in 1970 to 4,400 in 2009

in a workforce that has doubled in size.

– Injuries and illnesses are down — from 10.9 incidents per 100 workers in 1972 to less than 4 per 100 in 2009.

• The clear impact of OSHA and YOU can be seen daily!

• In January 2011, A 25 year old New Jersey fell from a a tower while making — he was saved from striking the ground by the safety harness he was wearing. He was shaken up and bruised, but he's alive.

OSHA at 40

• Challenges Ahead – OSHA must carefully target its efforts and leverage

its resources

• Creative Solutions – SVEP – Employers in SVEP receive "special

attention" from OSHA

– New penalties policy

– OSHA is using the public spotlight to expose worst violators

• Compliance Assistance

• Giving Workers a Strong Voice

• Standards

Why Strong Enforcement?

• Although fatalities are dropping in

numbers, there are still too many

• Florida still has a high number of fatalities

• Struck-by and falls still continue to be

leading causes of death

12 Construction Educational

Videos (in Spanish Also)

• Falls in Construction – Floor Openings

– Fixed Scaffolds

– Bridge Decking

– Reroofing

– Leading Edge Work

• Sprains and Strains in Construction – Pulling Cables

– Laying Stone

• Struck-by Accidents in Construction – Vehicle Back-over

– Swinging Cranes

• Carbon Monoxide in Construction – Portable Gas-Powered Equipment

• Excavations in Construction – Trenching

– Soil Classification

What kind of Supervisor are

YOU

• One looking for Validation?

• Or

• One who accepts

Proposed Rules

• Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica

• Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses

• Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting Requirements--NAICS Update and Reporting Revisions

• Updating OSHA Standards Based on National Consensus Standards--Personal Protection Equipment (Head Protection)

Final Rule Phase

• Title: Confined Spaces in Construction

• Abstract: In 1993, OSHA issued GI Confined Space Standard to protect workers entering confined spaces (29 CFR 1910.146). This standard does not apply to the construction. Discussions with the United Steel Workers of America led to a settlement agreement regarding the general industry standard, OSHA agreed to issue a proposed rule to protect construction workers in confined spaces

• Final Action: 11/00/2011.

Other Issues

• Workplace Violence

• Distracted Driving

New and Upcoming Regional

Emphasis Programs

• Sharps

• Powered Industrial Trucks

• Noise

• Methylene Chloride

• Primary Metals – NEP

• Cranes & Derricks

New Factsheets For Preventing

Fatal Falls In Residential

Construction

• Installing Roof

Trusses

• Installing Roof Tiles

• Roof Repairs

Man Who Extorted Tens Of Thousands Of

Dollars From New York City Construction

Sites Receives Jail Term

• Anthony Lewis of Brooklyn, N.Y

• Sentenced seven to 21 years in prison for posing as a government inspector to extort tens of thousands of dollars from New York City building contractors.

• Many of the contractors victimized were members of minority groups or were immigrants, primarily from Asia or the Middle East

• Lewis, his partner, and other members of their organization visited construction job sites carrying clipboards and video cameras making it appear that they worked for a government agency.

• Receiving Payoffs of $300 to $10,000.

• If contractors refused to pay, reports of false violations and hazards were made to New York City agencies, including the Department of Buildings and the Police and Fire Departments, and federal agencies, such as OSHA and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Most Frequently Cited Standards

Manufacturing (SIC 20-39) FY 11

Lockout/Tagout 1910.147

Hazard Communication 1910.1200

Machine Guarding – General Requirements 1910.212

Respiratory Protection 1910.134

Electrical – Wiring Methods 1910.305

Powered Industrial Trucks 1910.178

Electrical – General Requirements 1910.303

Machine Guarding – Power Transmission Apparatus 1910.219

Machine Guarding – Abrasive Wheel 1910.215

Recordkeeping Forms 1904.29


Construction (SIC 15-17) FY 11

Fall Protection – Duty to Have Protection 1926.501

Scaffolds – General Requirements 1926.451

Ladders 1926.1053

Fall Protection – Training 1926.503

Head Protection 1926.100

General Safety and Health Provisions 1926.20


Eye and Face Protection 1926.102

Electrical General Wiring Methods 1926.405

Trenching 1926.651


Service Industry (SIC 70-89) FY 11

Bloodborne Pathogens 1910.1030


Respiratory Protection 1910.134

Electrical – Wiring Methods 1910.305

Electrical – General Requirements 1910.303

Personal Protective Equipment – General Requirements 1910.132

Recordkeeping – Forms 1904.29

Portable Fire Extinguisher 1910.157

Lockout/Tagout 1910.147

Medical Services and First Aid 1910.151

Fatality Investigations by the Tampa Area

Office

42

2007

52 2006

37 2008

Fatality Investigations by Tampa Area

Office

30

2009

25 2010

35 2011

Severe Violator Enforcement

Program (SVEP)

• Concentrate inspection resources on

employers who have demonstrated

recalcitrance or indifference to their OSH

Act obligations by committing willful,

repeated, or failure-to-abate violations.

Procedures of SVEP

• Enhanced Follow-up Inspections

• Nationwide Inspections of Related

Workplaces/Worksites

• Increased Company Awareness of OSHA

Enforcement

• Enhanced Settlement Provisions

• Federal Court Enforcement under Section 11(b)

of the OSH Act

Large excavation with partial

protective system. Unfortunately

their access/egress is right at a

nearly vertical wall . . . And there’s

water at the bottom edge.

Recordkeeping NEP

• DIRECTIVE NUMBER 10-07 (CPL 02)

• EFFECTIVE DATE: September 28, 2010

• TITLE: Injury and Illness

Recordkeeping National Emphasis

Program (RK NEP)

• http://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/Directive

_pdf/CPL_02_10-07.pdf

http://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/Directive_pdf/CPL_02_10-07.pdf




Pre-Rule Phase

• Title: Occupational Exposure to

Beryllium

– 1999 and 2001, OSHA was petitioned to

issue an emergency temporary standard by

the United Steel Workers, Public Citizen

Health Research Group, and others.

• OSHA is currently conducting a scientific peer

review of its draft risk assessment

• Economic peer review was scheduled to be

completed in June 2011.

Pre-Rule Phase

• Bloodborne Pathogens – Review that will

consider the continued need for the rule;

whether the rule overlaps, duplicates, or

conflicts with other Federal, State or local

regulations and the degree to which

technology, economic conditions, or other

factors may have changed since the rule was

evaluated

• Analyze Comments starting June, 2011

Pre-Rule Phase

• Title: Combustible Dust

– The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) completed a study which identified 281 combustible dust incidents between 1980 and 2005 that killed 119 workers and injured another 718.

– On July 31, 2005, OSHA published the Safety and Health Information Bulletin, "Combustible Dust in Industry: Preventing and Mitigating the Effects of Fire and Explosions."

– OSHA implemented a Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program (NEP) March 11, 2008.

Final Rule Phase

• Title: Hazard Communication

– In 2003, the United Nations adopted the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS).

– Countries are now adopting the GHS into their national regulatory systems.

–

– ANPRM - 09/12/2006

– ANPRM Comment Period End - 11/13/2006

– Complete Peer Review of Economic Analysis - 11/19/2007

– Final Action - 09/00/2011

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PRESENTED BY:

Keven L. Yarbrough

Assistant Area Director

Tampa Area Office 813-626-1177

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