The State of Safety in the Textile Services Industry

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The State of Safety in the Textile Services
Industry
Charles T. Tomlinson, TRSA Director of Human
Resources
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SafeTRSA
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SafeTRSA

• Our Mission
• To provide members and the textile services
  industry with the information and services that
  will lead to the establishment of improved
  management and safety practices that will lead to
  the elimination of occupational injuries,
  illnesses and fatalities in the industry.

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SafeTRSA

• Four Main Platforms
• 1. Educate Provide members with the resources
  to enhance safety in their facilities.
• 2. Serve Assist members in enhancing safety in
  their facilities.
• 3. Track Collect data from members, government
  and other sources regarding the industrys safety
  record with the goal of using that information to
  track progress and determine areas where
  improvement is necessary.
• 4. Represent Discuss with government officials,
  members of the media and others outside the
  business of the industrys commitment to
  enhancing safety.

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National Safety Month
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National Safety Month

• Four Week Approach
• Week 1, June 1 7
• Benchmarking the industrys safety record
• Week 2, June 8 14
• An emphasis on Lockout/Tagout
• Week 3, June 15 21
• Clean show 2009 activities
• An emphasis on bloodborne pathogens
• Week 4, June 22 30
• An emphasis on confined spaces

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National Safety Month

• 2009 Clean Show Activities
• June 17, TRSAs Annual Meeting
• Recipients of the associations two annual safety
  awards announced.
• Laundry processing facilities with zero
  recordable injuries and illnesses in 2007
  recognized.
• June 18, TRSA Educational Seminar
• The State of Safety in the Textile Services
  Industry
• June 18 22, TRSA Booth 1539
• TRSA hard hat giveaway
• Demonstration of SafeTRSA resources (CD-ROM)
• Demonstration of SafeTRSA Lockout/Tagout DVD

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Todays Presentation

• During todays presentation we will
• 1. Review the results of TRSAs 2008 Safety
  Report
• 2. Review TRSAs 2009 Safety Survey
• 3. Learn how to research OSHAs inspection
  database
• 4. Review OHSA inspection activity of
• the textile services industry from
• 2004 through May 26 this year

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Todays Presentation

• During todays presentation we will
• 5. Discuss the importance of OSHAs
  Lockout/Tagout standard to the industry
• Review SafeTRSA resource
• 6. Discuss the importance of OSHAs
• bloodborne pathogens standard
• to the industrys
• Review SafeTRSA resource
• 7. Discuss the importance of
• OSHAs confined spaces
• standard to the industrys
• Review SafeTRSA resource

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Todays Presentation

• During todays presentation we will
• 9. Preview TRSAs industry-specific
  Lockout/Tagout training DVD

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2008 Safety Report

• The TRIR and Dart Rates
• The gold standards for benchmarking an individual
  organizations or entire industrys safety
  record.
• Total Recordable Incident Rate
• A measurement of all recordable workplace
  injuries and illnesses
• Days Away, job Restriction, job Transfer rate
• A measurement of only those workplace injuries
  severe enough to warrant Days Away from work, job
  Restrictions and/or job Transfers

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2008 Safety Report

• Calculating the TRIR Rate
• TRIR (N x 200,000) EH
• N Total number of all recordable injuries and
  illnesses
• EH Total number of hours worked by all
  employees during the calendar year
• 200,000 Base for 100 full-time equivalent
  employees.

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2008 Safety Report

• Calculating the DART Rate
• DART (N x 200,000) EH
• N Total number of recordable injuries and
  illnesses leading to days away from work, job
  transfer and/or job restriction.
• EH Total number of hours worked by all
  employees during the calendar year
• 200,000 Base for 100 full-time equivalent
  employees.

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2008 Safety Report

• Participation
• Summarizes occupational injury and illness data
  from submitted through TRSAs 2008 Safety Survey
• Data reported by 57 companies operating 494
  locations including 366 laundry processing
  plants
• Data collected from 2005, 2006 and 2007
• Survey modeled after the OSHA Form 300A
  Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses

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2008 Safety Report

• Results
• From 2005 to 2007, the typical laundry facility
  posted a 26.4 percent improvement in its TRIR
  Rate.
• TRIR Rates by year
• 2005 11.0
• 2006 9.7
• 2007 8.1

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2008 Safety Report

• Results
• From 2005 to 2007, the typical laundry facility
  posted a 21.9 percent improvement in its DART
  Rate.
• DART Rates by year
• 2005 6.4
• 2006 5.6
• 2007 5.1

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2008 Safety Report

• Results
• From 2005 to 2007, the typical linen supply
  laundry facility improved its TRIR rate by 25.7
  percent while the typical industrial laundry
  improved by 11.7 percent.
• Linen Supply TRIR Rates by year
• 2005 10.9
• 2006 9.7
• 2007 8.1
• Industrial TRIR Rates by year
• 2005 11.1
• 2006 10.4
• 2007 9.8

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2008 Safety Report

• Results
• From 2005 to 2007, the typical linen supply
  laundry facility improved its DART rate by 23.4
  percent while the typical industrial laundry
  improved by 9.2 percent.
• Linen Supply DART Rates by year
• 2005 6.4
• 2006 5.5
• 2007 4.9
• Industrial DART Rates by year
• 2005 6.5
• 2006 6.0
• 2007 5.9

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2008 Safety Report

• Comparison to Private Manufacturing
• The textile services industry resembles the
  manufacturing industry in terms of day-to-day
  operations.
• TRIR Rates by year for all private manufacturing
• 2005 6.3
• 2006 6.0
• 2007 5.6
• DART Rates by year for all private manufacturing
• 2005 3.5
• 2006 3.3
• 2007 3.0

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2008 Safety Report

• The Ultimate Goal
• To ultimate goal for any textile services company
  is to achieve TRIR and DART rates equal to
• 0.0

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2009 Safety Survey

• General Information
• Survey released on www.SafeTRSA.org on June 1
• Surveys being accepted until July 31
• All surveys are sent to a third party independent
  data collection company
• Your companys safety data will be kept
  completely confidential, your companys
  individual results will not be shared with TRSA

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2009 Safety Survey

• Completing the Survey
• Submit copies of 2008 OSHA Form 300A (preferred
  method)
• Copy information from OSHA Form 300A to one-page
  survey
• A different survey must be completed for each
  facility
• An Microsoft Excel spreadsheet is available
  to
  assist companies with multiple
  facilities in reporting their data

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2009 Safety Survey

• Participant Benefits
• Receive a complimentary copy of the 2009 Safety
  Report (799 retail value)
• Receive a complimentary, individually customized
  report showing how your facilitys safety record
  compared to that of the entire industry
• Automatic consideration for TRSAs annual safety
  awards
• Star Safety Award
• Safety Improvement Award
• Certificates of achievement

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OSHA Inspection Database

• http//www.osha.gov/pls/imis/industry.html

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OSHA Inspection Database

• Five Step Process
• Log onto http//www.osha.gov/pls/imis/industry.htm
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• Enter North American Industry Classification
  System (NAICS) Code
• Select Federal and/or state OSHA inspections
• Enter date range
• Ignore the remaining fields and click submit

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OSHA Inspection Database

• Step 1 Log onto
• http//www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html

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OSHA Inspection Database

• Step 2 Enter North American Industry
  Classification System (NAICS) Code
• 812331 Linen Supply
• 812332 Industrial Launderers
• http//www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html

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OSHA Inspection Database

• Step 3 Select federal or state OSHA inspections

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OSHA Inspection Database

• State Plan States
• States for which federal OSHA has relinquished
  its authority to cover occupational safety and
  health matters covered by the State.
• Must set job safety and health standards at least
  as effective as comparable federal standards.
• Have the option to promulgate standards covering
  hazards not addressed by federal standards.
• States must conduct inspections, without advance
  notice, to enforce their standards.

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OSHA Inspection Database

• State Plan States
• 22 States operate complete State plans covering
  both the private sector and State and local
  government employees AK AZ CA HI IN IA KY
  MD MI NV NM NC OR PR SC TN UT VT VA
  WA and WY.
• 4 States operate state plans which cover public
  employees only CT NJ NY and VI.

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OSHA Inspection Database

• Step 4 Enter Date Range

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OSHA Inspection Database

• Step 5 Ignore the remaining fields and click
  submit

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Industry Inspection Data

• By the numbers
• OSHA inspections of the textile rental industry
  have increased an infinite amount since 2000
• Only one year were linen supply companies
  inspected more frequently than industrial
  laundries
• State Plan State have become increasingly
  aggressive in inspecting our industrys facilities

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SafeTRSA Resources

• Availability
• www.safeTRSA.org
• CD-ROM

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SafeTRSA Resources

• SafeTRSA has developed compliance assistance
  resources for the following OSHAs regulations
• The control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout)
  29 CFR 1910.147
• Bloodborne pathogens - 29 CFR 1910.1030
• Confined spaces - 29 CFR 1910.146

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