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chapter 5

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chapter 5

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    1. CHAPTER 5 OSHA

    3. OSHA AGENCIES Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) National Institute for Occupational and Health (NIOSH) Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC)

    4. OSHA Promulgates new regulations Enforces compliance with the regulations Gathers statistics on injuries and job-related illness

    5. NIOSH Research arm for OSHA Recommends new regulations to OSHA Develops educational materials

    6. OSHRC Reviews appeal of fines or abatement periods

    7. SAFETY REGULATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION Code of Federal Regulation 1926 also numerous reference standards apply: National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) American National Standards Institute (ANSI) American Standards for Testing and Materials (ASTM) many others

    8. FOCUS OF OSHA REGULATIONS is on the Maintenance of Safe Physical Conditions includes construction, alteration, and/or repair, including painting and decorating ...

    9. OSHA REGULATIONS GO BEYOND PHYSICAL CONDITIONS Initiate and maintain programs on accident prevention Education and training on recognition, avoidance and prevention of unsafe conditions

    10. DEFINITIONS Authorized Person - person approved or assigned by the employer to perform a specific type of duty or duties Competent Person - person capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions, empowered to correct conditions

    12. ISSUING NEW STANDARDS Developed by various means (NIOSH may help) Public hearings are held Final version of standard may then be issued

    13. INITIATING COMPLIANCE INSPECTIONS Prior knowledge of dangerous situations Random Complaint of OSHA violations Fatality or multiple injury incident Programmed or scheduled inspection Follow-up (verify abatement)

    14. CONDUCTING INSPECTIONS Introduction Opening conference Employer selects representative to accompany the inspector Worker selected to accompany the inspector Check records Check the job conditions Closing conference

    15. REDUCTIONS IN FINES Small firms Good history of OSHA compliance Good faith efforts

    16. FINES CAN BE CONTESTED Written objection to area director within 15 working days of the citation Administrative judge renders a ruling Next stage is through the OSHRC

    17. STATE PLAN STATES State agencies enforce compliance OSHA funds 50% of state efforts OSHA continues to monitor state efforts There are 20 state-plan states

    18. OTHER OSHA PROGRAMS STAR Merit Demonstration

    19. FOCUSED INSPECTIONS Inspections that are directed to serious hazards If no serious hazards exist, no in-depth inspection will occur

    20. TARGETED INSPECTIONS Inspections that are directed to construction projects that have had compliance problems with OSHA regulations in the past

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