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Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA). Shaun Jameson & Ryan Delgado. About OSHA. Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 lead congress to create OSHA on April 28, 1971 It is an agency of the U.S. Department of Labor

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Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

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  1. Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Shaun Jameson & Ryan Delgado

  2. About OSHA • Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 lead congress to create OSHA on April 28, 1971 • It is an agency of the U.S. Department of Labor • Mission: to assure safe and healthy working conditions for working men and women • Set and enforce standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance.

  3. Effect on Workplace • Encourages employers to reduce workplace hazards • Provide research in solving occupational safety and health problems • Encourages employers to keep records and reporting requirements • Provide for development, analysis, evaluation, and approval of sate occupational safety and health programs

  4. OSHA Violations • Scaffolding, general requirements, construction (29 CFR 1926.451) • Fall protection, construction (29 CFR 1926.501) • Hazard communication standard, general industry (29 CFR 1910.1200) • Respiratory protection, general industry (29 CFR 1910.134) • Control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout), general industry (29 CFR 1910.147) • Electrical, wiring methods, components and equipment, general industry (29 CFR 1910.305) • Powered industrial trucks, general industry (29 CFR 1910.178) • Ladders, construction (29 CFR 1926.1053) • Electrical systems design, general requirements, general industry (29 CFR 1910.303) • Machine guarding (machines, general requirements, general industry) (29 CFR 1910.212)

  5. OSHA Coverage • Small agency • State partners approximatley 2,200 inspectors • Inspectors responsible for 130 million worker within 8 million worksites around nation • 10 regional offices • 90 local area offices

  6. OSHA Inspections • 2011 Total Federal inspections 40,648 • 2011 Total State Plan inspections: 52,056

  7. OSHA Jurisdiction • Covers private sector employers • Excludes self-employed, family farm workers, and government workers (except in state plan states) • Approves and monitors 27 State Plan states which cover private and public sector employees • Assists Federal Agency Programs

  8. OSHA Inspections • Conducted without advance notice • On-site inspections • Phone/ Fax investigations • Highly-trained compliance officers

  9. Inspection Priorities • Imminent danger situations • Fatalities and catastrophes • Complaints • Referrals • Targeted inspections • Follow-ups • Planned or programmed investigations

  10. Fatalities • 4,690 workers were killed on the job in 2010 • 90 a week or 13 deaths every day • Construction’s “Fatal Four” (774 or 18.7% deaths in construction in 2010) • Falls: 264 deaths (34%) • Electrocutions: 76 (10%) • Struck by Object: 64 (8%) • Caught-in/between: 33 (4%)

  11. OSHA Budget • 2011: $573,096,000 • 2012: $583,386,000

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