Occupational Safety and Health Administration

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Occupational Safety and Health Administration Your
Partner In Compliance
Sheila Schulmeyer Compliance Assistance
Specialist Occupational Safety and Health
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Old School OSHA

• Inspections
• Fines
• Citations

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• New Age OSHA
• Two Branches

Compliance Enforcement Compliance Assistance
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Compliance Assistance

• Compliance Assistance Specialist
• Downloadable Training Programs
• Publications
• Web Links To Other Sites

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OSHA Contact Numbers

• Lubbock Area Office [phone]
• Regional Office [phone]
• OSHA Hotline [phone]-OSHA (6742)
• www.osha.gov

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OSHA ADDS VALUE

• To Business
• Workplace SH a legal responsibility
• Improving SH programs add value to
  business, work and life
• Implemented effective SH management systems

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Safety and Health Add Value
To Your Business To Your Workplace To Your
Life
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OSHA ADDS VALUE

• To Business
• Workplace SH a legal responsibility
• Improving SH programs add value to
  business, work and life
• Implemented effective SH management systems

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OSHA ADDS VALUE
Significant insurance savings Businesses
participating in the Voluntary Protection
Programs have saved more than 1 billion dollars.
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OSHA ADDS VALUE

• To Work
• When employees operate under a comprehensive
  SH management system, incidents of injury and
  illnesses go down.
• Employee morale, productivity, competitiveness
  and profits go up.

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OSHA ADDS VALUE

• To Life
• Together, we can ensure that people will not
  lose their lives while trying earn a living.
• OSHA can provide the knowledge, tools and
  resource to help you know safety better. From
  consultation services and guidance to
  publications and training.

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ENFORCING STANDARDS

• OSHA is the primary agency of the federal
  government responsible for ensuring the SH of
  Americas workforce.
• OSHA creates and publishes the national
  standards for workplace SH which businesses and
  government agencies are obligated by law to
  follow.
• Enforcement plays an important part in OSHAs
  efforts to reduce workplace injuries and
  illnesses, and fatalities.

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BALANCED APPROACH
In addition to creating standards and
enforcing regulations, OSHA extends a helpful
hand by providing compliance assistance and a
range of cooperative programs. A balanced
approach strong, fair enforcement, compliance
assistance, and voluntary programs.
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EMPLOYER RESPONSITILITY

• No matter what type of business a company is
  in, there are workplace hazards.
• Safety and health is an employers legal
  responsibility.
• Responsible employers understand this and never
  dismiss employee injuries, illnesses and
  fatalities as just part of the cost of doing
  business.

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GOOD BUSINESS SENSE

• Benefits
• Decrease of incidents
• Increased morale, productivity,
  competitiveness.
• Insurance costs go down
• Businesses prosper when they invest in the
  safety of their employees.

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GOOD BUSINESS SENSE

• Business Survival
• In a competitive global economy, employers are
  looking for ways to increase profits.
• An effective SH management system reduces
  injuries illnesses an average of 20 percent.
• Costs are far less to implement programs than
  to wait for costs of incidents.

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PAY NOW OR PAY LATER

• Consider this It costs the average American
  75 to see a nutritionist who can help a patient
  prevent the onset of diabetes. Compare this to
  315 per session for kidney dialysis. Think about
  the cost of installing a safety belt in a vehicle
  compared with the cost of a fatal collision. The
  cost of safety eye protection to an eye
  operation?
• A comprehensive workplace safety and health
  program at the small worksite or largest
  corporation costs much less than paying for all
  the costs of an on-the-job injury or illness.

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OSHAS ADVICE IS FREE

• OSHAs website (at www.osha.gov) offers free
  fact sheets, guidance documents, pocket guides,
  posters, and hundreds of other pages of
  information that show you how to keep your
  employees healthy and safety on the job.
• Never worry about contacting OSHA. OSHA never
  targets people for an inspection because they
  called the agency for advice.

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OSHAS ADVICE IS FREE

• OSHAs website offers QuickStart, a convenient
  Step-by-step guide to help you identify many of
  the major OSHA requirements and guidance
  materials that may apply to your workplace.
• Small and new businesses may find QuickStart
  particularly helpful as an introduction to the
  compliance assistance resources on OSHAs website.

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OSHAS ADVICE IS FREE

• There are more than two dozen titles in OSHAs
  popular series of Quick Cards, available in
  English, Spanish and other languages.
• These are free and can be downloaded and
  printed in quantities to distribute to all your
  employees.
• At the website, you can sign up for the
  twice-monthly QuickTakes newsletter.
• QuickTakes helps you stay in touch with all the
  latest developments in OSHA products, tools and
  services.

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OSHAs ADVICE IS FREE Spanish-language Resources

• OSHAs Spanish language website offers a wide
  array of safety tips and assistance for
  Spanish-speaking employers and employees.
• OSHA also has a toll-free number with
  Spanish-speaking operators who can help callers
  find answers to their workplace safety and health
  questions.

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OSHAS ADVICE IS FREE Cooperative Programs
OSHAs has many cooperative programs that
provide tailor-made opportunities for businesses
of any size to work with the Agency and to
network with other employers to address your
workplace safety and health Alliances, Strategic
Partnerships, On-Site Consultation, and Voluntary
Protection Programs
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Small Business

• OSHA offers many resources designed specifically
  for smaller employers. The agency wants to
  encourage all businesses to establish safety and
  health programs and find and fix hazards to
  prevent workplace injuries and illnesses.
• Provides one-stop shopping for the most popular
  materials for small businesses from free on-site
  consultation to interactive computer software to
  technical information to easy-to-follow guides
  for specific OSHA standards. It also includes
  links to OSHA local offices and the Small
  Business Administration.

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Safety and Health Topics

• In 1996, OSHA began development of Safety and
  Health Topic pages.
• Subject-specific web pages of reference links by
  industry, operation, or hazard.
• Key information from various sources, including
  government agencies, academia, and trade
  associations.
• Includes links to OSHA standards, directives,
  publications, training materials, eTools
• Editorial boards help keep pages up-to-date.
• Today there are over 150 publicly available
  technical topics and pages, as well as Limited
  Access.

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Industry Specific Topics

• OSHA Assistance for the
• Construction
• Electrical
• Electric Power Generation, Transmission and
  Distribution
• Maritime
• Plastics
• Printing
• Trucking

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Electronic Technical Assistance Tools (eTools)

• Are easy to use because of the familiar Web
  interface.
• Make good use of illustrations to convey complex
  material.
• Can display the technology used in specific
  industries.
• Allow users to see as much or as little detail
  as they want.

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