CAL OSHA COMPLIANCE Prepared For Flexographic Industries

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CAL OSHA COMPLIANCEPrepared For Flexographic
Industries

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• GEORGE ZOUMALAN, RAMTOX
• Chemical Environmental Safety Compliance
  Specialist

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Cal Osha Mandate Written Safety Programs

• What are mandated written safety programs in
  California
• Maintain a Current Written Hazard Communication
  Program
• Maintain a Current Written Injury and Illness
  Prevention Program
• Prepare Job Safety Assessment( JSA)
• Prepare Code of Safety Procedure

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Is There Other Written Programs

• Flex graphic Printing Press Industries..you must
  have these also
• Lockout/Tag out
• Personal Protection Equipment(PPE)
• Electrical Safety
• Machine Guarding Power tools
• Hearing Conservation
• Welding and Cutting
• Hazards of Lathing Machine

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Once the Programs are in Place What else we need
to do

• Implementation
• Identify the Job Hazards and post the code of
  safety procedure
• Train the employee on Job Related Hazards..
• Document the training on annual basis and
  refresher thereafter
• Never assign a new employee to a job without 1)
  Safety Orientation, 2) Job Specific Hazards
• 3) Provide the PPE for that job

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What Training?

• Hazard Communication Program
• Material Safety Data Sheet
• Chemical Hazard Rating ..HMIS
• Example Health 3, Fire 2, Reactivity 0
• Lockout/Tag out ( L/T), Identify Energy Source
  and to control the energized sources.
• Maintain records of L/T and barricading

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More on Training.

• Machine Guarding..photo sensors, cages, rest
  guards, Auto Emergency shut offs,
• Interlock Safe switches.
• Electrical Safetywater, panels, exposed and
  energized junction boxes, exposed electrical
  wire, shortage, electrical warning
• Fire Safety, Fire Prevention, Posting Evacuation
  plan , Fire Drill, Notification system.know your
  exit routes..are they posted..How to use Fire
  Extinguishers

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More on Training

• Hearing Conservation, annual audio test
• Certify your Forklift Drivers, maintain daily
  inspection checklist, post the load, set the
  speed, isolate the path, install viewing mirror
  in blind spots
• Employees Abide with company CSPs
• Issue warnings and be strict ..three warning
  ..employee will be suspended from the task, or
  fired.

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More on Training

• 1 injury back injury
• 2 injury loss of finger or hand nip rolls,
  punch press, lathing machines
• 3 Slip, Trip, falls
• 4 Repetitive Motions Ergonomics
• Training back injury, machine guarding, L/T
• Not allowed Tie, long hair, Jewelry, bulky cloths

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Emergency Response Procedure

• Events of Small Fire, big Fire
• Events of Small Spill, Big Spill
• Spill kits
• First Aid
• Sand Bags
• Absorbent
• Fire Extinguishers
• Eye Wash Shower
• Monthly Inspection

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Monthly Machinery Hazard Inspection

• Generate a job related hazard checklist for give
  machine and conduct monthly inspection and ensure
  CSPs posted and employee is trained.
• Generate Facility Wide General Safety Inspection
  check list. Ensure Safety Orientation covers this
  list.
• Write up warnings
• Have a suggestion box.

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Monthly Safety Meeting

• Establish Core Safety Committee
• Conduct monthly safety meeting by bringing
  employee from each department
• Encourage them to tell you the safety
  concern..NEAR MISSEShear their voice before they
  complain to OSHA

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Accident Investigation Report

• Accident investigation for first aid and Osha
  Recordable Injuries
• Corrective Action
• Log Osha 300
• Log Osha 301
• Log Osha 300A
• Reporting of Serious and Death within 8 hours, or
  gt 24 hours hospitalizations

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Citation Penalties Assessment

• Keep Osha Recordable low
• Keep the Exmod below 125
• Over 150 3000 assessment
• Serious Violations 5,000 to 7,000
• Willful ..70,000, Assault osha 5000 and 3 year
  Jail
• Failure to post OSHA Posters 1,000
• Repeat violation 2,5, 7 fold
• Falsifying Records 10,000
• Death250,000

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WHO GETS INSEPCTED

• Imminent Danger- Reasonable certainty that a
  danger exists that is expected to cause death or
  serious physical harm.
• Catastrophes Fatal Accidents- death or
  hospitalization of 3 or more employees. (Must be
  reported to OSHA within 8 hours)
• Employee Complaints- When the employee feels they
  are in imminent danger or threatened with
  physical harm.

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TARGET INSPECTION

• 15 published Bureau of Labor Statistics national
  rate.
• Follow-Up Inspections- To ensure cited items have
  been abated
• See the article ..osha is here ..what now
• Follow-Up Inspections- To ensure cited items have
  been abated

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Osha You ..how to survive

• Take a risk and invite OSHA for inspection..when
  you have done all your home work
• Inspection is un announced be prepared all
  times..you can not stop the inspection
• Osha may give you 24 hours notice
• Dont volunteer information..employee
  participation

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Osha Reporting Rules

• Basic requirement. Within eight (8) hours after
  the death of any employee from a work-related
  incident or the in-patient hospitalization of
  three or more employees as a result of a
  work-related incident, you must orally report the
  fatality/multiple hospitalization by telephone or
  in person to the Area Office of the Occupational
  Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S.
  Department of Labor, that is nearest to the site
  of the incident. You may also use the OSHA
  toll-free central telephone number,
  1-800-321-OSHA (1-800-321-6742). Note Emergency
  Responders must report the accident

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BEHAVIOR AND CHANGE OF EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE TOWARD
SAFETY

• Promote real time hazard evaluation and
  correction by motivational mode such as
• SAFE HOURS timeline with no injuries
  recorded,followed by company prizes and awards
• Encourage hazard assessment and near miss
  reporting through voluntary program
• Promote employees safety attitude such that
  SAFETY comes FIRST at their work place.
• And no compromise.think safe, work safe, and fix
  unsafe conditions.then receive company wide
  award.It is all about safety