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TOSHA Update ASSE Monthly Meeting

TOSHA Update ASSE Monthly Meeting. Steve Hawkins Asst. Administrator.

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TOSHA Update ASSE Monthly Meeting

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  1. TOSHA UpdateASSE Monthly Meeting Steve Hawkins Asst. Administrator

  2. TOSHA believes the information in this presentation to be accurate and delivers this presentation as a community service. As such, it is an academic presentation which cannot apply to every specific fact or situation; nor is it a substitute for any provisions of 29 CFR Part 1910 and/or Part 1926 of the Occupational Safety and Health Standards as adopted by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development or of the Occupational Safety and Health Rules of the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

  3. TOSHA Programs • Training and Education • Consultative Services • Voluntary Compliance • Compliance Inspections

  4. TOSHA Offices

  5. Strategic Plan ResultsFFY 2004-05 • Eliminate Serious Hazards 6,461 • Reduce CO Exposure • Employees 960 • Workplaces 31 • Reduce Noise • Employees 1,568 • Workplaces 117

  6. Strategic Plan ResultsFFY 2004-05 • Reduce Methylene Chloride Exposure • Employees 95 • Workplaces 11 • Reduce Fall Fatalities • 2003-04 9 • 2004-05 6 • Issued 883 citations

  7. Strategic Plan ResultsFFY 2004-05 • Reduce Const. Injury Rates • DART 9.3% • TCRC 8.6% • Reduce Nursing Home Injury Rates • Dart Reduction 3.3% • TCRC 12.9%

  8. Strategic Plan ResultsFFY 2004-05 • Reduce Metalworking Injury Rate • DART 17.4 • TCRC 20.9 • Reduce Workplace Amputations • 2003-04 436 • 2004-05 372

  9. Strategic Plan ResultsFFY 2004-05 • Training • Goal 7,500 • Trained 12,212 • Improve Workplace S & H Programs • Workplaces 956 • Hazards 3,824

  10. Strategic Plan ResultsFFY 2004-05 • Volunteer STAR (VPP) • Sites Added 3 • Total Participants 22 • SHARP Participation • Sites Added 2 • Total Participants 11/13

  11. 2005 Fatality Review • Fatalities Investigated 29 (2004-46) • Struck By 12 • Falls 7 • Thrown From 3 • Caught In/Crushed 2 • Fire/Explosions 2 • Cave In 1 • Over Exposure 2

  12. 2004 BLS Fatality Data • Total Fatalities 144 • Transportation 29% • Struck By 25% • Falls 19% • Assaults/Violent Acts 15% • Fire/Explosions 8% • Exposure (substances/environ) 6%

  13. Special Emphasis Programs • Carbon Monoxide • Noise/Hearing Protection • Fall Hazards/Fall Protection • Excavation and Trench Safety • Amputations

  14. Changes to the TOSHA Act • No legislative changes during 2005 • Window remains open until July 1, 2006 for public entities to join TOSHA’s Public Sector Program • Public Sector entities eligible include: • City & County Governments • Public Utilities • School Districts • Other Public Government Agencies • Contact Ron Rich, PS manager 1-800-249-8510

  15. Standards DevelopmentFinal Rule Stage • Electrical Standards (1910) Complete revision using latest National Electrical Code – last revision in 1981. • Exposure to Hexavalent Chromium Change to current PEL • Employer Payment for PPE Evaluation of Public Comment • Update based on National Consensus Standards Removal of outdated consensus standards • Slip Resistance of Skeletal Steel Evaluation of public comments before issuing the final standard • ROPS Current standard outdated

  16. Standards DevelopmentProposed-Rule Stage • Confined Spaces in Construction (1926) Preventing suffocation/explosions • Electric Power Transmission and Distribution (1910) Electrical protective equipment, foot protection and fall protection (PPE). • Walking Working Surfaces (1910) Personal Fall Protection Slips, trips and fall prevention. • Explosives (1910) Complete revision of 30 year old standard.

  17. Standards DevelopmentPre-Rule Stage • Exposure to Crystalline Silica New standard needed • Excavations (1926.650-652) Review to determine continued need • Ionizing Radiation (1910.109) Review to determine need for changes to 30 year old standard • Beryllium Exposure Develop proposed rule • Cranes and Derricks Review to determine need for changes to 30 year old standard

  18. Standards DevelopmentPre-Rule Stage • Emergency Response and Preparedness No current standard • Lead in Construction Review to determine continued need • Standards Improvement Phase III Elimination of duplicative and unnecessary standards • Hazard Communication Revise to conform to Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of classification and labeling

  19. Standards DevelopmentLong Term Action • Hearing Conservation for Construction • Walking Working Surfaces (1910) Personal Fall Protection Slips, trips and fall prevention.

  20. TOSHA Advisory Council • Gary WatkinsIBEW Local 175  • Kent Carter Marvin Windows and Doors • Jim WilliamsUnited Auto Workers (Ford Glass) • John Lawhon Blaine Construction Company  • Becky MorrisCommunication Workers of America • Robert Walker Bridgestone/Firestone

  21. TOSHA Review Commission • Composed of 3 Members J. Russell Farrar Chairperson Marsha Vaughn Member James Cunningham Member

  22. Governor’s & Commissioner’s Award of Excellence Recognizes manufacturing and construction firms Commissioner’s Award No Lost Time Injuries/Illnesses Governor’s Award No Lost Time or Restricted Duty Injuries/Illnesses The man-hour requirements are dependent upon number of employees and are defined in the application package

  23. 2006 Tennessee Safety and Health Congress July 30 – August 2, 2006 http://www.tnsafetycongress.org/

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