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OSHA Update

OSHA Update. Eric Harbin Acting Regional Administrator Occupational Safety and Health Administration September 7, 2018. OSHA’s Continuing Mission. Every year more than 4,500 Americans die from workplace injuries.

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OSHA Update

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  1. OSHA Update Eric Harbin Acting Regional AdministratorOccupational Safety and Health Administration September 7, 2018

  2. OSHA’s Continuing Mission • Every year more than 4,500 Americans diefrom workplace injuries. • Perhaps as many as 50,000workers die from illnesses in which workplace exposures were a contributing factor. • Millions of workers suffer a serious nonfatal injury or illness annually.

  3. Key Tools • Enforcement • Outreach • Compliance Assistance

  4. Number of fatal workplace injuries

  5. Rate of fatal workplace injuries Per 100,000 workers 2015 • 1974-2001 data were estimated from BLS Survey of Employers • 2002-2015 data were gathered from BLS Census of Fatal Injuries • In 2006, BLS switched from employment-based calculations to hourly calculations

  6. Top Ten Violations Most frequently cited OSHA standards during FY 2017 inspections Fall Protection – General Requirements (1926.501) Hazard Communication (1910.1200) Scaffolding (1926.451) Respiratory Protection (1910.134) Lockout/Tagout (1910.147) Ladders (1926.1053) Powered Industrial Trucks (1910.178) Machine Guarding (1910.212) Fall Protection – Training Requirements (1926.503) Electrical – Wiring Methods (1910.305)

  7. Employer Responsibility OSH Law:Workplace safety and health is the responsibility of employers Cornerstone: Prevention Set the tone: Make safety and health a workplace priority Right incentives: Reward workers for showing initiative, raising safety concerns, and participating in prevention efforts osha.gov/employers

  8. Workplace injuries and fatalities cost our economy $198.2 billion a year. — National Safety Council “Injury Facts” 2014

  9. Recordkeeping Requirements:Who has to complete the OSHA injury and illness recordkeeping forms? Many but not all employers. Exceptions are based on: • Small employer exemption – 10 or fewer employees at all times during the year • Low-hazard industry exemption – see list of Partially Exempt Industries (PDF) Fatality and other serious event reporting as well as injury and illness surveys involve other considerations. “It’s easy and beneficial.” 2 3

  10. RecordkeepingResources • Recordkeeping web page (https://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping) • Q&A Search web page (https://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/faq_search/index.html) • Local OSHA Offices https://www.osha.gov/html/RAmap.html) • E-correspondence/Contact us (https://www.osha.gov/html/Feed_Back.html) 17 18

  11. Report a fatality or severe injury • All employers are required to notify OSHA when an employee is killed on the job or suffers a work-related hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye. • A fatality must be reported within 8 hours. • An in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or eye loss must be reported within 24 hours.

  12. How can employers report to OSHA? • During business hours, call the nearest OSHA office • Or call the OSHA 24-hour hotline 1-800-321-6742 (OSHA) • Or report online at osha.gov/report • Be prepared to supply:  name of the establishment,  location and time of the incident,  names of employees affected,  brief description of incident, and a  contact person and phone number

  13. Electronically Submitting Injury, Illness Data • Covered employers must electronically submit info from their OSHA Form 300A to OSHA • Applies to establishments with 250 or more employees that are currently required to keep OSHA injury and illness records, and establishments with 20-249 employees that are classified in certain industries with historically high rates of occupational injuries and illnesses Form 300A deadlines: • 2017 data: Submit by July 1, 2018 • 2018 data and forward: Submit by March 2

  14. National Emphasis Programs (NEP) • Combustible Dust • Federal Agencies • Hazardous Machinery • Hexavalent Chromium • Lead • Primary Metals Industries • Process Safety Management • Shipbreaking • Trenching & Excavation

  15. Inspections Conducted by Federal OSHA FY 2007 – FY 2016 In FY 2016, State Plan States conducted 43,105 inspections.

  16. New Penalty Levels Adjusted Jan 2, 2018 *Maximum penalties will be readjusted annually for inflation.

  17. Whistleblower Protections Retaliation against workers • Bad for workersand bad for business • When workers fear retaliation for speaking up, problems in the workplace go unreported and become costlier to fix. RETALIATION

  18. Whistleblowers.gov

  19. Compliance Assistance OSHA helping employers 20 millionvisitors to OSHA’s website in FY 2017 247,000responses to OSHA 1-800 calls for help 18,000e-mail requests for assistance answered 5,000 outreach activities by Regional & Area Offices 26,000small businesses helped through Consultation

  20. Compliance Assistance Specialists Work out of OSHA’s Area Offices Provide general information about OSHA’s standards and compliance assistance resources Available for seminars, workshops, and speaking events www.osha.gov/dcsp/compliance_assistance/cas.html

  21. Help for Small Businesses: OSHA’s On-site Consultation Program OSHA's preeminent compliance assistance program for small employers. In all 50 States and most Territories. Services Hazard identification and correction Assistance in Safety and Health Program development Benefits Service is FREE and confidential Exemption from OSHA's programmed inspections Training and technical assistance available www.osha.gov/dcsp/smallbusiness/consult.html

  22. On-site Consultation

  23. Cooperative Programs Web Page

  24. OSHA INITIATIVES

  25. Safety and Health Programs Recommended Practices • Based on best thinking and experiences of successful employers • Will help small and medium-sized employers find and fix hazards before workers are harmed • Shows how multiple employers on same worksite can coordinate efforts to ensure all workers are given equal protection

  26. Safety and Health Programs Seven Core Elements • Management leadership • Worker participation • Hazard identification and assessment • Hazard prevention and control • Education and training • Program evaluation and improvement • Coordination and Communication on Multi-Employer Worksites

  27. OSHA Trenching Initiative

  28. OSHA Trenching Initiative • Increase awareness of excavation hazards in construction; • Educate employers and workers on safe cave-in prevention solutions; and • Decrease the number of trench collapses

  29. Trenching Fatalities Source of fatality data: Bureau of Labor Statistics

  30. Fall Prevention Campaign • FALLS are the leading cause of deaths in construction — 37% of all construction fatalities • In 2016, there were 370 fatal falls to a lower level out of 991 construction fatalities • Millions of employers and workers participate in annual NationalSafetyStand-Down to prevent falls events nationwide

  31. Fatal falls to lower level by height of fall, 2016

  32. Heat Stress Campaign • In 2016, 39 workers died from heat exposure. 220 Since 2011 • More than 4,110 workers were injured from heat related illnesses. 21,350 since 2011 • Acclimate!

  33. Protecting Temporary Workers A joint responsibility • Both host employers and staffing agencies have roles in complying with workplace health and safety requirements and they share responsibility for ensuring worker safety and health. • Legally, both the host employer and the staffing agency are employers of the temporary worker. Shared control over worker = Shared responsibility for worker

  34. 3 million people are employed by staffing companies every week. • 11 million temporary and contract employees are hired by U.S. staffing firms over the course of a year. Source: American Staffing Association

  35. Why Are Temp Workers At High Risk of Injury? • New workers are at increased risk of injury. • Host employers don’t have the same commitment to temporary employees as to permanent ones. • Employer who bears the risk of the injury (temp agency) does not control safety and health investment.

  36. Temporary Workers: Outreach & Education • Alliance with American Staffing Association • Temporary Worker Recommended Practices • Series of Temporary Worker Initiative Bulletins www.osha.gov/temp_workers/index.html

  37. Prevent Workplace Violence OSHA RECOMMENDS: • Policy Statement • Hazard/Threat/Security assessment • Workplace controls and prevention strategies • Training and education • Incident reporting and investigation • Periodic review with employee input

  38. Top 5 industries reporting worker injuries fromworkplace violence 11,140 Healthcare & Social Assistance 1,420 Retail 960 Food Services & Accommodation 910 Transportation & Warehousing/Waste Management 810 Education LEARNHOW to assess hazards & develop individual worksite plans: www.OSHA.gov Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics (2014). Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. [Intentional Injury by Person (OIICS code 11*)]

  39. Protecting Young Workers Workers <25 years old were twice as likely to end up in the emergency room as those 25 and older osha.gov/youngworker

  40. Training and Education OSHA Outreach Training Program OSHA Training Institute OSHA Training Institute Education Centers Susan Harwood Training Grants

  41. Region VI OSHA Education Centers • Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (800) 723-3811 www.teex.org/itsi • The University of Texas at Arlington (866) 906-9190 www.uta.edu/ded/osha • Mid-South OTI Education Center (Consortium) (877) 345-2515 www.midsouthoti.org • Oklahoma State University (405) 744-5714 or https://ceatpd.okstate.edu

  42. Education Centers Webinars • Safe + Sound https://vimeo.com/223171260 • Amputation https://vimeo.com/233492751 • Silica https://vimeo.com/258109088 • Preventing Falls https://vimeo.com/267227573

  43. OSHA Publications for every employer’s workplace training needs www.osha.gov/publication

  44. OSHAQuickTakes • FREE OSHA e-newsletter delivered twice monthly to more than 170,000 subscribers • Latest news about OSHA initiatives and products to help employers and workers find and prevent workplace hazards • Sign up at www.osha.gov

  45. OSHA Construction Safety & Health Conference www.oshacon.org

  46. OSHA Oil & Gas Safety and Health Conference www.oshasafetyconference.org

  47. Toll-free hotline: 1-800-321-OSHA (6742) Submit email questions through OSHA’s website at www.osha.gov Contact your local OSHA Area Office https://www.osha.gov/html/RAmap.html Contact Us Go to www.osha.gov and click on “Contact Us” link in “About OSHA” tab.

  48. www.osha.gov 800-321-OSHA (6742)

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