Cal/OSHA Electroplating Update

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Cal/OSHA Electroplating Update

• Grace Delizo
• Area Manager
• Cal/OSHA Consultation Service
• 619.767.2060

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Cal/OSHA Organization
DOSH
ENFORCEMENT
CONSULTATION

• Employee Complaint
• Citations/Fines
• Unannounced
• Public Information

• Employer Request
• No Citations/Penalties
• Invitation
• Confidential

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What Triggers an Inspection

• 60 Complaints
• 15 Accidents
• 20 Programmed Inspections
• 5 Follow-ups

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Top Ten Most Cited Standards

• Respirators
• Clear Electrical Access
• Field Sanitation
• Exposed Conductors
• Air Tank Permit

• IIPP
• IIPP - Construction
• HazCom
• Fire Extinguishers
• Reporting Fatalities

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Cal/OSHAS Most Cited Hazards for SIC 3471 -
ElectroplatingData for October 2007 September
2008
3203 Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP)
3480 Vats, Pans and Tanks
5194 Hazard Communication
6151 Portable Fire Extinguishers
342 Reporting Work-Connected Fatalities and Serious Injuries
461 Permits to Operate (Air Tank)
5162 Emergency Eyewash and Shower Equipment
14300.29 Forms (Cal/OSHA 300, 300A, and 301 forms for recordable injuries and illnesses)
3273 Working Area
3382, 3383 Eye and Face Protection, Body Protection
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Employee Injury and Illness
Prevention Program
Eight Elements of the IIPP

1. Responsibility
2. Enforcement
3. Communication
4. Hazard ID

1. Incident Investigation
2. Hazard Control
3. Training
4. Documentation

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IIPP Structure
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Cal/OSHA Recognition Programs

• Golden Gate (Not an exemption program)
• SHARP (Fixed and Non-Fixed Sites exemption
  program)
• VPP (Fixed and Non-Fixed Sites exemption program)

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Golden Gate Recognition

• An entry-level program for high-hazard
  employers and is site specific. Employers must
  have an established, minimally effective IIPP in
  order to receive recognition. The Golden Gate
  program does not offer inspection exemptions.
• Open to high hazard employers
• Recognition is in the form of a letter
• The evaluation is conducted by the local Cal/OSHA
  Consultation Area Office
• Only good at the worksite to be evaluated
• Recognition for day of evaluation only.
• One letter of recognition per site per year.

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SHARP (Safety and Health Achievement Recognition
Program)

• A mid-level recognition program that may
  offer eligible employers an exemption from
  Cal/OSHA Enforcement programmed inspections.
• California offers two SHARP programs
• Cal/SHARP for high-hazard employers with fixed
  and mobile worksites, except construction
  worksites and
• Cal/SHARP Construction, a pilot program for
  contractors working at construction sites.

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California Voluntary Protection Program (VPP)

• VPP Benefits (Fixed Non-Fixed sites)
• Company is recognized as a safety and health
  leader by Cal/OSHA and industry.
• All worksites are removed from Cal/OSHA
  programmed inspections.
• May receive a letter in lieu of citation during
  complaint inspections when possible
• Complaint accident inspections are normally
  limited to specific area

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For Additional Information
www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/dosh1.html
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Contact Nearest Consultation Office
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