Programmed Inspections

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ProgrammedInspections

• John Furman
• Occupational Nurse Consultant
• Dept. Labor Industries

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Programmed Inspections

• Inspections of worksites which have been
  scheduled based upon history or department
  emphasis
• targeted or
• scheduled

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High Hazard Industries

• Maritime
• Agriculture
• Construction
• High voltage
• Logging
• Health care

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Emphasis Programs

• Fuel refinery
• Pesticide handling in agriculture
• Diacytel
• Combustible dust
• Crane safety
• Health care

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Recent Healthcare Evaluations

• Safer sharps devices
• Formaldehyde exposure
• Anesthetic gas exposure
• Airborne isolation
• Workplace violence prevention
• Antineoplastic agent exposure

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Exemption

• An employer who has received a comprehensive
  onsite consultation visit is
• exempt from programmed inspections within the
  same discipline as the comprehensive visit
  (safety, health or both) at that worksite for the
  next twelve months.

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Program Related

• Inspections of employers at multi-employer
  worksites whose activities were not included in
  the programmed assignment are called programmed
  related.

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Host Employer

• Host employers may be held responsible for
  addressing hazards under their control
• PPE use
• Device use
• Haz Com
• Emergency response
• Workplace violence

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Comprehensive Inspections

• A substantially complete inspection of the
  employers written programs and the potentially
  high hazard areas.
• Inspections will be health (industrial hygiene)
  focused

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Inspection Priorities

• Priority Category
• Imminent Danger
• Fatality/Catastrophe Investigations
• Complaints/Referrals
• Follow-up or Monitoring Inspections
• Programmed Inspections

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DOSH Consultation

• An onsite DOSH Consultation in progress has
  priority over a programmed inspection.
• A programmed inspection will normally only be
  deferred or canceled if a Consultation visit is
  actually in progress.

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Multi-Employer Worksite

• If an organization has invited a DOSH Consultant
  on site, the Consultant will be considered on
  site with respect to the entire worksite.
• If a DOSH Consultant has been invited by one of
  the subcontractors the programmed inspection of
  the entire worksite will not
• be deferred.

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Advanced Notice

• CSHOs must not normally
• make appointments to conduct
• programmed inspections.

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Complaints

• If a complaint is received about a worksite, and
  the employer is on a programmed inspection list,
  a comprehensive inspection should be performed
  whenever possible.
• When the scope of a complaint inspection is
  converted to comprehensive, the CSHO should
  inform the employer that they are scheduled for
  an inspection, and that there is also a
  complaint.

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Strike or Labor Dispute

• Programmed inspections may be deferred during
  a strike or labor dispute between a recognized
  union and the employer, or between two or more
  unions competing for bargaining rights in the
  establishment.

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Hospital Inspections

• State-wide
• DOH licensed facilities
• Unannounced
• Industrial Hygiene focused

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Main Players

• Administration Representative
• Labor representative
• Safety Officer
• Facilities Manager
• Risk Manager
• Infection Preventionist
• Occupational Health Manager

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Documents

• OSHA 300 log
• Accident Prevention Program
• Chemical Hazard Communication Program
• Emergency Action Plan
• Lock-out/Tag-out Program

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Documents

• Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control Plan
• Sharps Injury Log
• Hepatitis B Vaccination Program
• Tuberculosis Control Plan
• TB Medical Surveillance Program

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Documents

• Infection Isolation Program (standard, contact,
  droplet, airborne isolation)
• Respiratory Protection Program
• Workplace Violence Prevention Program
• Hearing Conservation Program
• PPE Hazard Assessment and Certification

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Documents

• Confined Space Program
• Laboratory Chemical Hygiene Plan
• Laboratory Biosafety Plan
• Biological Safety Cabinet Maintenance Records
• Industrial Hygiene Exposure Monitoring
  (formaldehyde, anesthetic gases, noise)

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Compliance

• Program review
• Documentation
• Walk-around
• Employer interview
• Employee interview

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Opportunity to Shine
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