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OSHA Update Presentation for the Genesee Valley Chapter of the ASSE January 8, 2013

OSHA Update Presentation for the Genesee Valley Chapter of the ASSE January 8, 2013. Gordon J. DeLeys Compliance Assistance Specialist Buffalo Area OSHA Office. Hilda Solis Secretary of Labor. Dr. David Michaels Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA. Notables. Deborah Berkowitz

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OSHA Update Presentation for the Genesee Valley Chapter of the ASSE January 8, 2013

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  1. OSHA Update Presentationfor theGenesee Valley Chapterof theASSE January 8, 2013 Gordon J. DeLeys Compliance Assistance Specialist Buffalo Area OSHA Office

  2. Hilda Solis Secretary of Labor

  3. Dr. David Michaels Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA

  4. Notables Deborah Berkowitz Chief of Staff Jordan Barab Deputy Assistant Secretary for OSHA Richard Fairfax, CIH Deputy Assistant Secretary for OSHA

  5. U.S. Department of Labor-OSHABuffalo Area Office130 S. Elmwood AvenueBuffalo, NY 14202-2465(716) 551-3053www.osha.gov

  6. Art Dube, OHSTArea Director

  7. Safety Staff • Mike Scime, CHST, Assistant Area Director/Safety • Nick Donofrio, Safety Specialist • Mindar Hsieh, CSP, Safety Engineer • Bob Kirchgessner, Safety Engineer • Bob LeCastre, OHST, Safety Specialist • Clara Marin, Safety Engineer • Colin Sargent, CHST, Safety Specialist • Wilson Soto, Safety Specialist • Bob Upton, CSP, Safety Engineer • Mike Willibey, CHST/OHST, Safety Specialist • Mike Willis, Safety Specialist

  8. 2013 Out with the old… In with the new… Mike Stratton Retired after 38+ years with OSHA Al Stutz

  9. Industrial Hygiene Staff • Al Stutz, Assistant Area Director/Health • Mike Forster, CIH, CSP, Industrial Hygienist • Jacki Lamb-Anderson, CHMM, Industrial Hygienist • Dinh Le, Industrial Hygienist • Kim Mielonen, Industrial Hygienist

  10. Additional Staff • Felicia Dobbins, Secretary • Ellen Sidell, Program Analyst • Gordon DeLeys, Compliance Assistance Specialist • Chris Carlin, 11(c) Investigator

  11. Art Dube, Area Director Gordon DeLeys, CAS Buffalo Area Office 130 S. Elmwood Avenue, Suite 500 Buffalo, NY 14202 (716) 551-3053 x244 Kim Castillon, Area Director Albany Area Office 401 New Karner Road, Suite 300 Albany, NY 12205 (518) 464-4338 Diana Cortez, Area Director Tom McCarthy, CAS Tarrytown Area Office 660 White Plains Road Tarrytown, NY 10591 (914) 524-7510 Chris Adams, Area Director Ron Williams, CAS Syracuse Area OSHA Office 3300 Vickery Road N. Syracuse, NY 13212 (315) 451-0808 x3002 Tony Ciuffo, Area Director Long Island Area Office 1400 Old Country Road Suite 208 Westbury, NY 11590 (516) 334-3344 Kay Gee, Area Director John Frowd, CAS Manhattan Area Office 201 Varick Street, Room 908 New York, NY 10014 (212) 620-3200

  12. Is Safety and Health a Top Priority Where You Work? Question: Correct Answer: It Shouldn’t Be

  13. Priorities in an organization can (and usually do) change Safety and health needs to be a core value of the organization

  14. Fall Injuries amongst Roofers and Carpenters • Falls from Elevations by roofers cost approximately $106,000 each • Falls from Elevations by Carpenters cost over $97,000 each • The average cost of a fall from elevation for all other occupational classifications was under $50,000 • Falls from ladders or scaffolds by roofers cost approximately $68,000 each • Falls from ladders or scaffolds by carpenters cost nearly $62,000 each

  15. Accident Costs and Impact on Sales Type Avg. Avg. Total$ Sales Needed Injury Direct$ Indirect$ 3% 5% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amputation $21,718 $23,890 $45,608 $1,520,260 $912,156 Burn $ 3,846 $ 6,154 $10,000 $ 333,320 $199,992 Carpal T. $ 8,305 $ 9,966 $18,271 $ 609,033 $365,420 Foreign Body $ 317 $ 1,427 $ 1,744 $ 58,177 $ 34,870 Laceration $ 1,101 $ 4,955 $ 6,056 $ 201,850 $121,110

  16. Iceberg Effect

  17. Heinrich Pyramid

  18. What’s New? • Continued strong enforcement • Continued cooperative programs • Continued outreach

  19. BLS Statistics Showing the Leading Causes of Construction Fatalities

  20. Fatalities and Fatality Rates in Construction Source: BLS CFOI Data

  21. Pre-rule • Backing Operations

  22. Pre-Rule • Reinforcing and Post-Tensioned Steel Construction

  23. Other Pre-Rule Regulatory Agenda Items • Look back of OSHA chemical standards • Infectious diseases • I2P2 • Vertical tandem lifts

  24. Directorate of Construction Standards Standards Improvement Process (SIPs) IV • Remove or revise duplicative, unnecessary, and inconsistent safety and health standards • Without reducing workers' safety and health or imposing any additional economic burden on employers

  25. Proposed Rule Regulatory Agenda Activities • Crystalline Silica • Improved tracking of injuries and illnesses • Cranes and derricks in underground construction and demolition • Updating OSHA standards based on national consensus standards for PPE (head protection) and acetylene

  26. Final Rule Regulatory Agenda Items • Cranes and derricks, digger derrick exemption • Confined spaces in construction • Walking working surfaces and fall protection systems

  27. Long-term Actions • Occupational exposure to beryllium • Occupational exposure to food flavorings containing diacetyl and diacetyl substiutes • Combustible dust • MSD column on recordkeeping form

  28. Construction Directives Under Development • Highway work zones • Cranes and derricks • Personal protective equipment • Construction chapter to FOM • Excavations/trenching

  29. NIOSH/OSHA Nail Gun Guidance • Released 9/21/2011 • Joint NIOSH/OSHA Publication

  30. OSHA Noise Pocket Guide • Not a standard • Educational • Information is directed to workers and small employers • Hearing loss guidance • Prevention • PPE, etc. • Hearing conservation programs in construction • NIOSH recommendations

  31. Crane Guidance Products • Cranes and derricks products • FAQs Published • Fact sheets • Letters of interpretation

  32. Crane Letters of Interpretation Most interest to Unions, Trade Associations, and Rental Companies • Identifying a work zone when working near a power line • Apprenticeship programs used to qualify riggers and signal persons • Hours of equipment operation versus practical exam for recertification

  33. Crane Letters of Interpretation Most interest to Manufactures and Equipment Users • Operation of cranes derated by the manufacturer • Mast Climbing Scaffold used with hoisting attachments • Typical vertical mast forklift used with hoisting attachments

  34. Communication Tower Issues • Riding the line while constructing the tower • Construction vs. Maintenance

  35. Fall Prevention Campaign Update Poster Pocket Cards Tool Box Stickers Front l Construction Fact Sheets Back

  36. Fall Protection in Residential Construction • 545 workers killed from falls during residential construction activities from 2005 to 2009 • 129 of these 545 were workers who died from falling off of residential roofs • New directive (STD 03-11-002) • Requires fall protection above 6 feet • Conventional methods of fall protection: • Guardrail systems • Safety net systems • Personal fall arrest systems • Fall restraint systems • Alternative methods of fall protection • Must comply with appropriate subparts when using these methods: • Scaffolds • Ladders • Aerial lifts

  37. Fall Protection in Residential Construction (cont’d.) • Employers who do not provide conventional methods of fall protection must: • Demonstrate & document why conventional methods are infeasible or creates a greater hazard • Prepare a fall protection plan by a qualified person • Identify each location where conventional fall protection cannot be used • Discuss the alternative measures taken to protect workers from hall hazards • Implementation of the plan must be supervised by a competent person • If an incident occurs, employer must re-examine fall protection plan

  38. Residential Construction New Phase-in Deadline • Memo to the Regions on 08/29/2012 • Extends phase-in to March 15, 2013 • Polices mirror past extensions (attached to the Regional memo) • CAS outreach should continue as needed

  39. Residential Construction Fall Protection Products Update • Questions and Answers (Q&A) (Residential Fall Protection) • Fact Sheets • Residential Fall Protection Guidance Document (Spanish) • Compliance Assistance: Fall Protection in Residential Construction. OSHA [narrated PPT] • Residential Fall Protection - OSHA PowerPoint Slide Presentation (Spanish)

  40. Residential Construction Fact Sheets • Installing Standing Seam Metal Roofs • Re-Roofing • Roof Sheathing • Installing Roof Trusses • Installing Tile Roofs • Roof Repair

  41. Residential Construction Fact Sheets • New - Working in attics • New - Constructing walls • New - Installing floor joist and decking

  42. Residential Construction Fall Protection Products Under Development • Roofing safe work practices • Two Videos from the State of Washington • Miscellaneous English to Spanish translations for video and outreach products

  43. Construction Fall Protection Products Under Development Fact Sheets • Extension Ladders • Step/A Frame ladders • Job Made Ladders • Narrow Frame Scaffolds (Baker/Perry) • Tube and Coupler Scaffold • Pump Jack Scaffold

  44. http://www.osha.gov/stopfalls/

  45. Available Fall Protection Training Education Centers • Course# 3110 Fall Arrest Systems • Principles of Fall Protection • Fall Protection Components • Limitations • Field Exercise/Hands on • Course #7405 – Fall Hazard Awareness for the Construction Industry • Identify, Prevent, or Control Fall Hazards at Construction Site Susan Harwood Grants • Numerous training and developmental grants includes fall protection topics • http://www.osha.gov/dte/sharwood/grant_awards.html OSHA Fall Prevention Webpage • Training Resources for fall protection and prevention (Tab on site) • http://www.osha.gov/stopfalls/trainingresources.html

  46. 12 New Prevention Videos (v-Tools) for Construction Hazards

  47. Favorable Review Commission Decision Elliot Construction Corporation - Involving CO exposure to four employees. • OSHA appealed after the ALJ changed Willful citations to serious with significant penalty reduction. • ALJ’s decision was overturned by the Review Commission who affirmed two of the three violations and proposed Willful citation with adjusted penalty to $112,000.

  48. Heat Stress Campaign • Prevent heat-related illnesses in outdoor workers • Partnered with NOAA on weather service alerts & worker safety precautions when extreme heat alerts are issued • Developed a heat smartphone app

  49. Heat Illness Campaign Extended for 2013 • Compliance assistance and outreach continues • Focus on preventing heat illness to outdoor workers. • Water, Rest, Shade • Fact Sheet and Posters English/Spanish

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