Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health Presente

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Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and
HealthPresented by Bill Cooper Safety Compliance
Supervisor
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Topics

• Workplace Inspections
• Multi Employer Citation Policy
• Most Common Citations in Construction
• Employee Training

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Safety Video
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Inspections

• Imminent danger
• Fatality/Catastrophe
• Complaints
• Referrals
• Follow-up
• Programmed inspections

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INSPECTIONS (CONTD.)

• Claims Inspections
• National emphasis - Excavations
• Local emphasis - Fall Hazards, Silica, Heavy
  Const.

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INSPECTIONS

• Compliance officers cannot give any advanced
  notice of his or her inspections considered a
  class 2 misdemeanor , 6 months jail time or
  1,000 fine.
• Employers have the right to refuse an inspection!

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Multi-Employer worksite

• Controlling An employer who has general
  supervisory authority over the worksite,
  including the power to correct violations or
  require others to correct them.
• Correcting An employer who is responsible for
  correcting a hazard.

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Multi-Employer worksite contd

• Creating The employer that created a hazardous
  condition that violates an OSHA standard or the
  General Duty Clause
• Exposing An employer whose own employees are
  exposed to a hazard.

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CITATIONS AND PENALTIES
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Most Common Citations

• 1926.451 Scaffolding
• 1926.501 Fall Protection
• 1910.1200 Hazard Communication
• 1910.134 Respirator Protection
• 1926.1053 Ladders
• 1910.147 Lockout Tagout
• 1910.305 Electrical Wiring
• 1910.178 Forklift Training
• 1910.303 Electrical General Requirement
• 1910.212 Machine Guarding

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Citations Penalties

• Non-serious - A violation that has a direct
  relationship to job safety and health, but
  probably would not cause serious physical harm
  /or death.
• (Maximum 7,000, usually none.)
• Serious - A violation where there is substantial
  probability of serious physical harm /or death.
• (Maximum 7,000)

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Citations Penalties (cont.)

• Willful - A violation where the employer knows of
  the standards requirements, knows employees are
  working in violation, and makes no effort to
  correct the situation. ( Min. 5,000 Max. 70,000 )
• Repeat - A violation for an identical or similar
  condition that was previously cited within the
  prior 12 months. (Maximum 70,000)

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CITATIONS PENALTIES (contd.)

• Failure to abate - A violation which continues,
  uncorrected, beyond the prescribed abatement
  date.

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Follow-up Inspections

• Verify that the employer did post the citations.
• Ensure that all violations have been abated.
• Failure to correct apparent violations within the
  abatement period, could be up to 7000.00 per day
  for each day the violation has not been corrected
  up to 30 days.

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Compliance Inspections

• ADOSH Compliance Officers conduct un-announced
  safety and health inspections in construction and
  general industry.

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Compliance Inspections

• Contact the safety director or the
  superintendent.
• Contact all foreman from each sub contractor.
• Show his /or her identification

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Compliance Inspections

• Conduct an opening conference
• Obtain company information
• Reason for the inspection
• Interview 10 of the employees
• Take photographs etc.
• Review safety programs

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The Walk Around

• Representative of the general contractor
• Representative of each subcontractor
• Union Representative or employee representative

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The Walk Around

• Inspect the entire facility /jobsite
• Inspect all equipment and inspection procedures
  for such equipment
• Document apparent violations
• Interview exposed employees

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Closing Conference

• Discuss apparent violations
• Whether serious, non-serious
• Multi Employer Citations
• Abatement recommendations
• Abatement dates
• Employer rights and responsibilities
• Consultation Department

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Thank you and have a safe day!