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OSHA Update

Understand OSHA's mission, focus on construction safety, top violations, and regulatory agenda. Learn about OSHA initiatives, programs, and emphasis areas for a safer workplace. Stay informed to ensure compliance and protect workers.

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OSHA Update

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  1. OSHA Update

  2. J.P. Walsh Compliance Assistant Specialist Fort Worth Area Office

  3. Agenda OSHA Mission Construction Focus Four Top Ten Violations Emphasis Programs OSHA Regulatory Agenda OSHA’s Initiatives

  4. Why Continue OSHA’s Mission • Every year more than 4,500Workers die from workplace injuries. • Perhaps as many as 50,000workers die from illnesses in which workplace exposures were a contributing factor. • Nearly 4 Millionworkers suffer a serious nonfatal injury or illness annually.

  5. Construction Focus Four The leading hazards that cause90%of the injuries and deaths. The leading hazards are: • Falls,(e.g., floors, platforms, roofs) • Struck by, (e.g., falling objects, vehicles) • Caught in/between, (e.g., cave-ins, unguarded machinery, equipment) • Electrical,(e.g., overhead power lines, power tools and cords, outlets, temporary wiring)

  6. Top Ten Construction Violations 2018 Fall Protection – General Requirements (1926.501) Scaffolding (1926.451) Ladders (1926.1053) Fall Protection – Training (1926.503) Eye and Face Protection (1926.102) General Safety and Health Provisions (1926.20) Head Protection (1926.100) Aerial Lifts (1926.453) Hazard Communication (1910.1200) Fall Protection – Systems Criteria and Practices (1926.502) https://www.osha.gov/Top_Ten_Standards.html

  7. Top Ten General Industry Violations 1. 1910.212(a)(1) General Machine Guarding 2. 1910.1200 (e)(1) Hazard Communication Program 3. 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) Point of Operation Guarding 4. 1910.1200(h)(1) Hazard Communication Training 5. 1910.132(d)(2) PPE Hazard Assessment 6. Section 5(a)(1) General Duty Clause 7. 1910.305(b)(1)(ii) Unused Opening in Cabinets or boxes left open 8. 1910.147 (c)(4)(ii) Lock Out Tag Out Element Procedures 9. 1910.134(c)(1) Written Respiratory Protection Program 10. 1910.147(c)(1) Energy Control Procedures

  8. National Emphasis Programs (NEP) • Combustible Dust • Federal Agencies • Hazardous Machinery • Hexavalent Chromium • Isocyanates • Silica • Primary Metals Industries • Process Safety Management • Shipbreaking • Trenching & Excavation • Lead https://www.osha.gov/enforcement/directives/nep

  9. Regional Emphasis Programs (REP) • Ammonium Nitrate • Construction • Heat Illnesses • Cranes in Construction • Grain Handling • Poultry Processing • Upstream Oil & Gas • High Noise in Manufacturing • Fabricated Metal • Falls in General Industry • Healthcare

  10. OSHA: Final Rule Stage • Standards Improvement Project IV • Respirator Quantitative Fit Test Protocol • Employee Medical Records • Crane Operator Qualification in Construction • Technical Corrections to 16 Standards • Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses • Beryllium in Construction and Shipyards

  11. OSHA: Pre-Rule Stage • Communication Towers • Emergency Response and Preparedness • Mechanical Power Presses • Powered Industrial Trucks • Lock-Out/Tag-Out Update • Tree Care Standard • Workplace Violence in Health Care and Social Assistance • Blood Lead Level for Medical Removal • Crystalline Silica: Table 1 in Construction Standard

  12. OSHA: Long-Term Actions • Injury and Illness Recordkeeping • Restore Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD) column to OSHA 300 log • Infectious Diseases • Require health care and other high-risk industries to establish infection control programs • Process Safety Management and Prevention of Major Chemical Accidents • Modernize PSM standard to prevent major chemical accidents • Shipyard Fall Protection: Scaffolds, Ladders, and Other Working Surfaces • Update shipyard fall prevention standard to provide more comprehensive coverage and reflect national consensus standards

  13. Injury Tracking Application (ITA) • Injury Tracking Application (ITA) was successfully launched August 1, 2017 • Employers can access the application from the ITA landing page at: • https://www.osha.gov/injuryreporting/index.html

  14. Heat Stress Campaign • In 2016, 39workers died from heat exposure. 220Since 2011 • More than 4,110workers were injured from heat related illnesses. 21,350since 2011 • Acclimate! https://www.osha.gov/heat/

  15. Safe Workplaces are sound businesses • Every workplace should have safety and health program that includes management leadership, worker participation, and a systematic approach to finding and fixing hazards • Wherever you are, take a step in the right direction • Show Your Commitment to Safety • Participate in Safe + Sound WeekAugust 13-19, 2018 https://www.osha.gov/safeandsoundweek/

  16. Working Together, We Can Help www.osha.gov 800-321-OSHA (6742)

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