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OSHA Update for the American Plywood Association Safety & Health Advisory Committee

OSHA Update for the American Plywood Association Safety & Health Advisory Committee. October 25, 2011. Contents. FY 2011 Fatality Statistics. 1. 2. 3. 3. 3. Compliance Assistance. 4. Regulatory & Initiatives. Enforcement. 40 th Anniversary, April 28, 2011.

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OSHA Update for the American Plywood Association Safety & Health Advisory Committee

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  1. OSHA Updatefor theAmerican Plywood Association Safety & Health Advisory Committee October 25, 2011

  2. Contents FY 2011 Fatality Statistics 1 2 3 3 3 Compliance Assistance 4 Regulatory & Initiatives Enforcement

  3. 40th Anniversary, April 28, 2011 • In the act's first year, employees were being killed on the job at a rate of 38 a day. • With a workforce double that size now, that number is down to 12 a day in 2010. • Worker injuries and illnesses are down - from 10.9 incidents per 100 workers in 1972 to fewer than 4 per 100 in 2009.

  4. Adds Value "A March 2010 Liberty Mutual Insurance company report showed that the most disabling injuries (those involving six or more days away from work) cost American employers more than $53 billion a year – over $1 billion a week - in workers' compensation costs alone." OSHA Assistant Secretary David Michaels, April 14, 2011

  5. OSHA Coverage • OSHA is a small agency; with state plans there are approximately 2,200 inspectors responsible for the health and safety of 130 million workers, employed at more than 8 million worksites around the nation • This translates to about one compliance officer for every 59,000 workers.

  6. The Mission To assure so far as possible that every worker has a safe and healthful work environment.

  7. Summary – Top 10 Most Frequently Cited FY 2010 • 1926.451 Scaffolding • 1926.501 Fall Protection • 1910.1200 Hazard Communication • 1910.134 Respiratory Protection • 1926.1053 Ladders • 1910.147 Lockout/Tagout • 1910.305 Electrical, Wiring Methods • 1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks • 1910.303 Electrical, General Reqs. • 1910.212 Machine Guarding (There were approximately 94,000 violations issued for fiscal year 2010, and the top 10 violations represented about 49 percent of all infractions.)

  8. Louisiana OSHA Fatality Data FY 2011

  9. Louisiana Fatalities2001 – 2011 • 2001 – 41 • 2002 – 40 • 2003 – 44 • 2004 – 48 • 2005 – 47 • 2006 – 39 • 2007 – 30 • 2008 – 36 • 2009 – 43 • 2010 – 34 • 2011 – 43 Total: 445

  10. Louisiana Fatalities FY 2011 • Struck-by19 • Electrical 5 • Fall5 • Asphyxiation 3 • Drowning 3 • Explosion/Fire 3 • H2S 2 • Caught-in1 • Vehicle 1 • Heat Stress 1

  11. Louisiana Fatalities FY 2011By Industry Source: BRAO

  12. Regulatory Agenda & Recent Initiatives

  13. What’s New REP on Heat Illnesses & National outreachcampaign to protect workers from heat-related illnesses Residential Construction Directive, phase in period June 16 – September 15, 2011 Enhanced Penalty Policy became effective October 1, 2010 Flame-Resistant Clothing (FRC) in Oil & Gas Industry Distracted Driving Emphasis Recordkeeping Emphasis Construction Crane Standard Emphasis on Health Sampling

  14. Regulatory AgendaFinal Rule Stage • Confined Spaces in Construction • Electric Power Transmission & Distribution • Hazard Communication, Global Harmonization

  15. Regulatory AgendaProposed Rule Stage • Occupational Exposure to Silica • Walking Working Surfaces & Personal Fall Protection Systems

  16. Regulatory AgendaProposed Rule Stage • Occupational Injury & Illness Recording & Reporting Requirements – MSD Column • Occupational Injury and Illness Recording & Reporting – Modernizing OSHA’s Reporting System • Occupational injury & Illness Recording & Reporting Requirements – NAICS Update & Reporting Revisions

  17. Regulatory AgendaPre-Rule Stage • Occupational Exposure to Beryllium • Occupational Exposure to Food Flavorings Containing Diacetyl & Diacetyl Substitutes • Bloodborne Pathogens • Combustible Dust

  18. Regulatory AgendaPre-Rule Rule Stage • Infectious Diseases • Injury & Illness Prevention Program • Reinforced Concrete in Construction • Preventing Backover Injuries and Fatalities

  19. Hazard Alerts • August 31, 2011: Danger to workers who work on incorrectly rebuilt circuit breakers • August 17, 2011: Dangers of worker engulfment & suffocation in grain bins • August 11, 2011: Mobile Application on Heat Illness

  20. Heat Illness Mobile App http://go.usa.gov/kfe Currently for Android Blackberry & iPhone to come “Using the Heat Index: Employer guidance.”

  21. Recent Directives • Workplace Violence – 9/8/11 • Site Specific Targeting (SST) 2011 – 9/9/11

  22. Workplace Violence • Creates directive on how OSHA will conduct investigations of workplace violence. • Webpage created to address Workplace Violence

  23. Recordkeeping Advisor

  24. Enforcement

  25. Site Specific Targeting (SST) • OSHA's site-specific targeting program is the agency's main programmed inspection plan for non-construction workplaces that have 40 or more employees. • The SST plan is based on the data received from the prior year's OSHA Data Initiative survey. • The Data Initiative survey and the SST program help OSHA achieve its goal of reducing the number of injuries and illnesses that occur at individual workplaces by directing enforcement resources to those workplaces where the highest rate of injuries and illness have occurred.

  26. SST 2011 • National DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is 1.8 • National DAFWII (Days Away From Work Injury and Illness) is 1.1 Primary List targets: Manufacturing: DART of 7.0 / DAFWII of 5.0 Non-manufacturing: DART of 15.0 / DAFWII of 14.0 Nursing & Personal care facilities: DART of 16.0 / DAFWII of 13.0

  27. Enforcement – 14 National Emphasis Programs (NEPs) • Combustible Dust • Federal Agencies • Airport Traffic Control • Food flavoring • Amputations • Hexavalent Chromium • Lead

  28. Enforcement – 14 National Emphasis Programs (NEPs) • Primary Metals • Process Safety Management – Refineries • Process Safety Management -- Chemical • Recordkeeping • Shipbreaking • Silica • Trenching / Excavations

  29. EnforcementOther Emphasis Programs • Oil & Gas (to include offshore inspections) • Logging • Construction (REP, Trenching, or Cranes)

  30. Enforcement Interim Administrative Penalty Policy Adjustment Factors: • History Reduction – Changes from 3 to 5 years • History Increase – Cited for H/G Serious, Willful, Repeat or FTA • No Reduction / No Increase if Not inspected or not cited for H/G serious

  31. Compliance Assistance

  32. Safety and Health Resources Web Page Assistance

  33. OSHA Consultation Service LOUISIANA WORKFORCE COMMISSION 1001 N. 23rd Street Baton Rouge, LA 70804 225.342.9601 800.201.2495 www.laworks.net

  34. THE BOTTOM LINE

  35. Disclaimer This information has been developed by an OSHA Compliance Assistance Specialist and is intended to assist employers, workers, and others as they strive to improve workplace health and safety. While we attempt to thoroughly address specific topics [or hazards], it is not possible to include discussion of everything necessary to ensure a healthy and safe working environment in a presentation of this nature. Thus, this information must be understood as a tool for addressing workplace hazards, rather than an exhaustive statement of an employer’s legal obligations, which are defined by statute, regulations, and standards. Likewise, to the extent that this information references practices or procedures that may enhance health or safety, but which are not required by a statute, regulation, or standard, it cannot, and does not, create additional legal obligations. Finally, over time, OSHA may modify rules and interpretations in light of new technology, information, or circumstances; to keep apprised of such developments, or to review information on a wide range of occupational safety and health topics, you can visit OSHA’s website at www.osha.gov.

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