Occupational Safety

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Occupational Safety Health Administration
United States Department of Labor

• Richard T. Gilgrist, CIH
• Area Director
• Cincinnati Area OSHA Office

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OSHAs Role

• to ensure the safety and health of America's
  workers by setting and enforcing standards
  providing training, outreach, and education
  establishing partnerships and encouraging
  continual process improvement in workplace safety
  and health.

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OSHAs Focus

• OSHA is focusing on three strategies
• (1) strong, fair and effective enforcement
• (2) outreach, education and compliance
  assistance and
• (3) partnerships and cooperative programs.

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Balanced Program

• Enforcement

• Compliance Assistance

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WHATS GOING ON IN D.C.?

• Edwin Foulke OSHA Assistant Secretary is now on
  board
• Jonathan Snare Deputy A.S.
• Things will begin to move now!

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WHAT ED SAID AT THE AICHE LAST WEEK

• He wants to touch the hearts of employers
• He wants to reach out to employers without safety
  and health programs
• OSHA The friendly Policeman
• Thanked SH professionals for what we do

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WHAT ED SAID AT THE AICHE LAST WEEK

• PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE LIMITS
• I will review the 11TH Circuit decision to find
  the roadmap
• Optimistic that Cr6 will be upheld
• New silica standard?

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WHAT ED SAID AT THE AICHE LAST WEEK

• Other Standards
• MSDS Global Harmonization
• Permit Required Confined Space for Construction

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WHAT ED SAID AT THE AICHE LAST WEEK

• Wants to use alliances to further the cause of
  ergonomic
• OSHA will be involved in the planning for a
  pandemic influenza outbreak

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THE BUSINESS CASE FOR SAFETYAdding Value and
Competitive Advantage

• A Joint Initiative of OSHA, Abbott, and
• The Center for Business and Public Policy
• at Georgetown University
• March 2005

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WHY BE CONCERNED WITH SAFETY?

• Safety is good business
• Right thing to do
• Employee morale / protection of most valuable
  resource
• Control costs (direct and indirect)
• Safety and health excellence correlates with
  business excellence (quality, efficiency,
  profitability)

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SAFETY EXCELLENCE MODEL requires
Management Commitment
Employee Involvement
Systems
Safety and Health Site Leadership
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EXCELLENCE IN SAFETY HEALTH Adds Business
Value and Competitive Advantage
Ability to compete
Enhanced Reputation
Access to Global Markets
Cost and Risk Reduction
Safety and Health
Employee morale
Improved quality
Improved efficiency
Improved productivity
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IMPLEMENTING SAFETY EXCELLENCE

• Assume all incidents are preventable
• Assume all exposures/risks can be controlled
• Hold management responsible and accountable for
  preventing injuries
• Involve employees
• Make working safely a condition of employment
• Train employees to work safely
• Promote off-the-job safety
• Audit safety

Adapted from Managing Safety Techniques that
Work for the Safety Pro, Dupont
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SYSTEMSPerformance Metrics
Leading metrics
Trailing metrics
Attitudes (set up conditions, behavior)
Incident or Near Miss
Program Elements
Physical conditions
Behavior (action)
- Perception surveys

• Training
• Accountability
• Communications
• Planning Evaluation
• Roles Procedures
• Incident Investigations

-Inspections -Audits -Risk assessments -Prevention
control
-Observations -Feedback loops

• OSHA Recordables
• Lost Workdays
• Restricted Workdays

ORC Worldwide Metrics Taskforce
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WHAT DO ACCIDENTS COST YOU?
Direct - Insured Costs
Unseen costs can sink the ship!
Just the tip of the iceberg
Indirect - Uninsured, hidden Costs - Out of pocket
Examples 1. Time lost from work by injured
employee. 2. Lost time by fellow employees.
3. Loss of efficiency due to break-up of crew.
4. Lost time by supervisor. 5. Training costs
for new/replacement workers. 6. Damage to
tools and equipment. 7. Time damaged equipment
is out of service. 8. Loss of production for
remainder of the day. 9. Damage from accident
fire, water, chemical, explosives, etc. 10.
Failure to fill orders/meet deadlines. 11.
Overhead costs while work was disrupted. 12.
Other miscellaneous costs (over 100 other items
may 13. Others? ____________________________
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Unknown Costs -
1. Human Tragedy 2. Morale 3. Reputation
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SAFETYS ROLE IN BUSINESS FUNCTIONS
FINANCE / ACCOUNTING
OPERATIONS
STRATEGY
SAFETY and HEALTH
MARKETING / RISK COMMUNICATION
MANAGEMENT / ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
The Center for Business and Public Policy at
Georgetown University
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Enforcement Programs

• Enhanced Enforcement Program (EEP) announced more
  than two years ago. This program allows us to
  zero in on employers with the gravest violations
  who have failed to take their safety and health
  responsibilities seriously. In FY 2005, OSHA
  conducted more than 500 EEP inspections
• 50 percent of those were in construction
• 87 percent involved a fatality

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OSHA Federal Inspections (FY2000 - FY2006)

• FY 2000 36,350
• FY 2001 35,974
• FY 2002 37,614
• FY 2003 39,798
• FY 2004 39,167
• FY 2005 38,735

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Safer Workplaces

• Data shows a 6.4 percent reduction in the
  rate of workplace injuries and illnesses
  nationwide from 2002 to 2003.

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Safer Workplaces

• Since 2001, the rate of Hispanic worker deaths
  has decreased after seeing continuing increases
  in earlier years.
• 2001 - 6.0
• 2002 - 5.0
• 2003 - 4.5
• 2004 - 4.9

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Safer Workplaces

• Workplace fatalities remain at historically low
  levels. The last three years have been the lowest
  since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began
  collecting this data.

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FY 2005Top 10 Most Cited Standards(General
Industry Only)

• Hazard Communication
• Respiratory Protection
• Lockout/Tagout
• Powered Industrial Trucks
• Electrical, Wiring Methods

• Machine Guarding
• Electrical, Systems Design
• Powered Transmission Apparatus
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Abrasive Wheel Machinery

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FY 2005Top 10 Most Cited Standards(Construction
Only)

• Scaffolding
• Fall Protection
• Ladders
• Excavations
• Fall Protection Training

• Construction (General SH Provisions)
• Head Protection
• Hazard Communication
• Mobile Ladder Stands Scaffolding
• Excavation, Protective Systems

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OSHA Challenge
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OSHA Challenge
For further information on the Challenge Program
contact Dale Henderson, Compliance
Assistance Cincinnati Area OSHA Office 513
841-4132
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Workplace Fatalities (1995 - 2004)
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Occupational Injuries Illnesses(1995 - 2004)
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Hispanic Fatality Statistics(1999 - 2004)
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Focus on Hispanic

• While we are concerned about the relatively high
  levels of Hispanic worker fatalities, we remain
  convinced that OSHA's outreach programs are
  succeeding.
• The higher levels of Hispanic/Latino worker
  fatalities was focused in the same categories as
  all other fatalities-transportation incidents,
  contact with objects and equipment, and falls.

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Focus on Hispanics

• Workplace safety for Spanish-speaking workers
  remains a priority within OSHA, and we are
  committed to identify ways to improve their
  workplace safety.
• Our approach includes numerous Hispanic outreach
  compliance tools, programs and training resources
  for employers and Spanish-speaking workers,
  including

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Focus on Hispanics

• OSHA's Web site featuring a new Hispanic
  Employers and Workers Compliance Assistance page
  targeted to English-speaking and bilingual
  Hispanic employers and workers
• A Spanish-language version of essential
  information available on OSHA's Web site, along
  with numerous electronic compliance assistance
  tools and Spanish-language publications and

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Focus on Hispanics

• OSHA's national helpline (800-321-OSHA) with
  Spanish-speaking operators, and
  Hispanic/English-as-Second-Language coordinators
  in each of OSHA's ten regions to assist Hispanic
  workers with outreach, education and training.
  In addition, each of the Area Offices within the
  Chicago Region will have an Hispanic/Latino
  coordinator. In many of our area offices, we
  have Spanish speaking employees and we have ready
  access to translators of many other languages,
  also.

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OSHA Cooperative Programs

• Voluntary Protection Programs    1,400
  VPP (Federal and State) sites, covering 670,000
  employees and contractorsAlliance Program   
  392 Alliances, including 14 new national
  Alliances in FY 2005Strategic Partnership
  Program    Currently, there are 188 active
  partnerships, covering more than 4,700 employers
  and more than 544,000 employees    54 percent
  of these health and safety partnerships include
  union participation

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VPP for Construction

• Piloted in Cincinnati
• Century Construction
• VIOX Services, Inc.
• Turner (Cincinnati Business Unit)
• Danis Building Construction
• Danis Industrial Construction
• TP Mechanical Contractors
• Ferguson Construction
• D.A.G. Construction
• United Group Services

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OSHA Cooperative Programs

• Consultation Program    More than 32,000
  visits in FY 2005Safety and Health Achievement
  Recognition Program (SHARP)    843 sites
• (includes 521 Federal and 322 State Plan
  participants)

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Local Emphasis ProgramsAll Federal Enforcement
Area Offices in Region V

• Ergonomics( 8)
•  Road Construction Work Zone activities(17)
• Fall Hazards in Construction(244)
• Isocyanate
• (12) Complete!
• Primary Metals (NEW for 2006)

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National Emphasis ProgramsAll Federal
Enforcement Area Offices in Region V

• Trenching (14)
• Silica (8)
• Lead (8)
• Amputations (113)
• Site Specific Targeting (57)

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Improperly Used Quick Couplers Linked to Accidents
Since 1/98, there have been 16 incidents
investigated by OSHA in which workers were struck
by excavator buckets that fell from their quick
coupling devices 9 of these resulted in
fatalities.
Note Related bucket accidents investigated by
Madison, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Cleveland and
Columbus Area Offices
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Improperly Used Quick Couplers Linked to Accidents
Purpose of SHIB Alert employers and employees
that excavator attachments may inadvertently
release from quick coupling devices if improperly
used.
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What Are Quick Couplers and Why Are They Popular?

• After market devices that enable contractors to
  make quick attachment changes on hydraulic
  excavators
• With bucket removed the lifting capacity of the
  machine is increased
• Contractors are able to do the majority of their
  work with a large bucket then switch to a smaller
  bucket for fine-tuning and tight areas
• Quick couplers allow the operator to change from
  using a bucket to a ram attachment and back to a
  bucket easily

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Why Do the Buckets Release?
1. Quick coupler not fully engaged locked. 2.
Wrong size, or worn bucket pin. 3. Worn, or
missing, quick coupler springs. 4. Quick couplers
not properly maintained.
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Cincinnati Area Office Resources

• Machine Guarding, LOTO James Washam
• Electrical John Collier
• Fall Protection Steve Medlock
• Asbestos/Silica/Lead James Sweeney
• Confined Spaces Steve Brunette
• Process Safety Management Gaye Johnson
• Trenching Ken Montgomery
• Ergonomics/BBP/TB Debbie Wallace
• Cranes/Machine Guarding Wendell Taylor
• Powered Industrial Equipment Kevin McCaffrey
• Discrimination Henry Yost

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Cincinnati Area Office Assistant ADs

• Barbara Marcum
• Dennis Slessman
• Bill Wilkerson

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Dont Forget

• www.osha.gov
• Compliance Assistance
• Specialist (Dale Henderson)
• On-site Consultation
• Quick Takes
• Our Phone Number [phone]

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CRITERIA FOR SELECTING OR REJECTING A CONTRACTOR
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POSITIVE CRITERIA

• VPP?
• OSHA PARTNER?
• SHARPS?
• OSHA CHALLENGE?

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STATISTICS TO CONSIDER

• The average OSHA construction inspection results
  in 3 Serious violations
• We also average 93 SERIOUS classifications in
  Construction

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OSHA Web Site
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Company Site Information
Violations
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The Issues
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The Issues
Fall Protection
Fall Protection Training
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RED FLAGS!

• FAILURE TO ABATE/CORRECT
• WILLFUL
• UNCLASSIFIED SAME AS WILLFUL
• REPEAT

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Pre Qualifications

• OSHA History or None?
• Good or Lucky?
• OSHA inspections can result in better training
• History can provide vital information
• History could predict outcome?

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Thank YouQUESTIONS?