Chicagoland Safety and Health Conference September 2010

1. Chicagoland Safety and Health Conference September 2010 Richard E. Fairfax, CIH Deputy Assistant Secretary Occupational Safety and Health Administration

2. OSHA at 40 • Recent workplace tragedies: • Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster • 29 Coal Miners killed • Oil rig explosion south of Louisiana • 11 workers killed • Anacortes Refinery fire in Washington State • 7 workers killed • February Kleen Energy • 6 workers killed

3. OSHA at 40 • These were the headlines that we were reading • But … we also know that 14 workers lose their lives in preventable accidents everyday • Close to 100 deaths every week • Our Mission, simply put is to protect workers from death, injury, and illness

4. OSHA at 40 • Secretary Solis’ vision is “Good Jobs for Everyone.” • At OSHA, we understand that a job cannot be a good job unless it is a safe job.

5. OSHA at 40 • Dr. Michaels Vision • Stronger enforcement: Some employers need incentives to do the right thing. • Ensure that workers have a voice • Refocus and strengthen our compliance assistance programs • Change workplace culture: Employers must “find and fix” workplace hazards

6. OSHA at 40 • Develop innovative approaches to addressing new (and old) hazards: Improve Intra-Agency Collaboration • Improve and modernize workplace injury and illness tracking: Strengthen our focus on accurate recordkeeping • Strengthen OSHA’s use of science

7. OSHA at 40 • Strengthen state plan states • Conduct our work with transparency, openness, integrity, and humility

8. Record Keeping • Last fall we launched the Record Keeping NEP • Looking at under reporting and non reporting • Also looking at discouraging workers from reporting • Incentive programs • Looking at changing the criteria for these inspections • RK Task group • VPP and Incentive Programs

9. OSHA Emphasis • New emphasis on enforcement and standard setting • Increased inspections • Evaluating state plan states effectiveness • Regions have completed their evaluations of the state plan states • Reports are being reviewed in Washington

10. OSHA Emphasis • Not moving away from the voluntary protection programs • Consultation Program • Voluntary Protection Program - VPP • Partnerships • Alliances

11. OSHA Emphasis • OSHA announced that we will begin the process of developing a rule that would mandate employers to develop, implement, and maintain an effective worker Injury and Illness Prevention Program (I2P2) • Systematic approach to safety and health

12. OSHA Emphasis • Injury and Illness Prevention Program • Silica • Beryllium • PELs • Confined Space in Construction • Infectious Diseases • Looking into a standard related to the Kleen Energy explosion • Modernizing recordkeeping

13. FY 2010 (Oct 1 – Aug 26)Federal OSHA Inspection Data

14. FY 2006 – FY 2010Inspections Conducted

15. FY 2006 – FY 2010% Programmed vs. % Unprogrammed

16. FY 2006 – FY 2010Percent Complaint Inspections

17. FY 2006 – FY 2010% Inspections In-Compliance

18. FY 2006 – FY 2010Total Violations Issued

19. FY 2006 – FY 2010% Total Violations Issued As Serious

20. FY 2006 – FY 2010% Total Violations Issued As Serious, Willful, and Repeat

21. FY 2006 – FY 2010Percent Inspections With Violations Contested

22. FY 2006 – FY 2010Average Penalty Per Serious Violation(Private Sector)

23. FY 2006 – FY 2010Percent Construction Inspections

24. FY 2006 – FY 2010Significant Cases

25. Egregious Cases 18* 15 * FY 2010 Figures Reflect Year To Date Actual Totals & Projected End Of Year Totals

26. FY 2006 – FY 2010Fatality Investigations

27. Scaffolding Fall Protection Hazard Communication Respiratory Protection Ladders Lockout/Tagout Electrical, Wiring Methods Powered Industrial Trucks Electrical, General Requirements Machine Guarding FY 2010Top 10 Most Cited Standards

28. Enforcement Activities - Construction • Cranes and Derricks Standard published July 28th • Starting work on construction confined space final standard • Emergency Temporary standard related to the CSB recommendation for Kleen Energy • Developing a Nail Gun safe use guidance document • Revising the Steel Erection Directive • Revising the residential fall protection directive

29. Enforcement Activities - Construction • Construction targeting • We are looking to see if there are better ways to target.

30. Enforcement Activities • SVEP • In effect • Penalties • Piloting the I.T. System in three Area Offices • Roll out on October 1st

31. Enforcement Activities • Corporate Wide Settlement Agreements • Tied into the SVEP • Looking for systemic patterns of violations • OSHA can now approach employers to enter into a corporate agreement • Enterprise Settlement agreements

32. Enforcement Activities • NEP to focus on new buttered flavored popcorn flavorings • Isocyanates NEP • Updating the TB Compliance Directive and the Bloodborne pathogens compliance directive • Evaluating the Amputations NEP • Possible Cranes and Derricks NEP • Developing the compliance directive • Developing compliance officer training

33. Other Items of Interest • Inspection Numbers for FY 2011 • FOM

34. OSHA Emphasis - PSM • Refinery NEP - in effect only in Region VI • Looking into follow up inspection • Looking at a new NEP on refineries • Still finding the same problems that we did at the start of the NEP

35. OSHA Emphasis - PSM • Chemical Plant NEP • Just extended the pilot • Finding same problems as in the refinery NEP • Process hazard analysis • Management of change • Safety instrumented systems • training

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