Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health Presented by Bill Cooper Safety Compliance Supervisor

1. Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and HealthPresented by Bill Cooper Safety Compliance Supervisor

2. Topics • Workplace Inspections • Multi Employer Citation Policy • Most Common Citations in Construction • Employee Training

3. Safety Video

4. Inspections • Imminent danger • Fatality/Catastrophe • Complaints • Referrals • Follow-up • Programmed inspections

5. INSPECTIONS(CONTD.) • Claims Inspections • National emphasis - Excavations • Local emphasis - Fall Hazards, Silica, Heavy Const.

6. INSPECTIONS • Compliance officers cannot give any advanced notice of his or her inspections ; considered a class 2 misdemeanor , 6 months jail time or $1,000 fine. • Employers have the right to refuse an inspection!

7. Multi-Employer worksite • Controlling: An employer who has general supervisory authority over the worksite, including the power to correct violations or require others to correct them. • Correcting: An employer who is responsible for correcting a hazard.

8. Multi-Employer worksite cont’d • Creating: The employer that created a hazardous condition that violates an OSHA standard or the General Duty Clause • Exposing: An employer whose own employees are exposed to a hazard.

9. CITATIONS AND PENALTIES

10. Most Common Citations • 1926.451 Scaffolding • 1926.501 Fall Protection • 1910.1200 Hazard Communication • 1910.134 Respirator Protection • 1926.1053 Ladders • 1910.147 Lockout Tagout • 1910.305 Electrical Wiring • 1910.178 Forklift Training • 1910.303 Electrical General Requirement • 1910.212 Machine Guarding

11. Citations & Penalties • Non-serious - A violation that has a direct relationship to job safety and health, but probably would not cause serious physical harm /or death. (Maximum $7,000, usually none.) • Serious - A violation where there is substantial probability of serious physical harm /or death. (Maximum $7,000)

12. Citations & Penalties (con’t.) • Willful - A violation where the employer knows of the standards requirements, knows employees are working in violation, and makes no effort to correct the situation. ( Min. 5,000 Max. 70,000 ) • Repeat - A violation for an identical or similar condition that was previously cited within the prior 12 months. (Maximum $70,000)

13. CITATIONS & PENALTIES (contd.) • Failure to abate - A violation which continues, uncorrected, beyond the prescribed abatement date.

14. Follow-up Inspections • Verify that the employer did post the citations. • Ensure that all violations have been abated. • Failure to correct apparent violations within the abatement period, could be up to $7000.00 per day for each day the violation has not been corrected up to 30 days.

15. Compliance Inspections • ADOSH Compliance Officers conduct un-announced safety and health inspections in construction and general industry.

16. Compliance Inspections • Contact the safety director or the superintendent. • Contact all foreman from each sub contractor. • Show his /or her identification

17. Compliance Inspections • Conduct an opening conference • Obtain company information • Reason for the inspection • Interview 10% of the employees • Take photographs etc. • Review safety programs

18. The Walk Around • Representative of the general contractor • Representative of each subcontractor • Union Representative or employee representative

19. The Walk Around • Inspect the entire facility /jobsite • Inspect all equipment and inspection procedures for such equipment • Document apparent violations • Interview exposed employees

20. Closing Conference • Discuss apparent violations • Whether serious, non-serious • Multi Employer Citations • Abatement recommendations • Abatement dates • Employer rights and responsibilities • Consultation Department

21. Thank you and have a safe day!