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OSHA Update 2009 ASSE/AIHA PDC
Mike Minicky, CSP Compliance Assistance
Specialist St. Louis Area Office 314-425-4255
x250 minicky.michael_at_dol.gov
March 9, 2009
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Talking Points

• Year in Review
• National Office Activities
• New Agenda
• Partnership/Compliance Assistance Activity
• Questions

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FY 2004 FY 2008Inspections Conducted
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FY 2004 FY 2008 Programmed vs. Unprogrammed
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FY 2004 FY 2008Percent Complaint Inspections
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FY 2004 FY 2008 Inspections In-Compliance
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FY 2004 FY 2008 Total Violations Issued As
Serious, Willful, Repeat, Unclass
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FY 2004 FY 2008Average Penalty Per Serious
Violation
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FY 2004 FY 2008Percent Construction Inspections
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FY 2004 FY 2008Fatality Investigations
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St. Louis Area Office Local/Regional/National
Emphasis Programs
Construction Demolition-City of St.
Louis Falls/Overhead Powerlines Residential
Construction Trenching Hexavalent Chromium Dodge
Reports
General Industry Amputations Autobody Concrete
Products (Missouri-wide) Electrical Forktruck Grai
n Handling Logging/Sawmills Cotton
Gins Silica Federal Agencies Combustible
Dust Hexavalent Chromium Site-Specific Targeting
Program
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Site-Specific Targeting Plan 2008

• Based on 2007 Data Survey of 80,000
  establishments
• Effective May 2008
• Primary List
• DART gt 11.0 or DAFWII gt 9.0
• Non-responders, some low-rate establishments
• Secondary List
• DART gt 7.0 or DAFWII gt 5.0
• List can be downloaded
• from www.osha.gov/as/opa/foia/hot-14.html

National Average DART 2.3 DAFWII1.3
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St. Louis Area Office Top Ten Citations General
Industry

• 1910.212(a)(1) Machine Guarding
• 1910.303(b)(2) Installation and Use of
  Electrical Equip
• 1910.1200(e)(1) Written Hazard Communication
  Prog
• 1910.303(g)(2)(i) Guarding of Live Parts
• 1910.304(g)(5) Grounding Path
• 1910.134(c)(1) Written Respiratory Program
• 1910.215(b)(9) Guarding of Abrasive Machinery
• 1910.147(c)(4)(i) Energy Control Procedures
• 1910.147(c)(6)(i) Periodic Insp of Energy
  Control Proc
• 1910.022(d)(1) Floor Loading Protection

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St. Louis Area Office Top Ten
Citations Construction

• 1926.453(b)(2)(v) Fall Protection for Aerial
  Lifts
• 1926.404(b)(1)(i) Ground Fault Circuit
  Interrupters
• 1926.501(b)(1) Unprotected Sides and Edges
• 1926.501(b)(13) Residential Construction Fall
  Protection
• 1926.100(a) Head Protection
• 1926.020(b)(2) Inspections of Job Sites
• 1926.1053(b)(1) Use of Portable Ladders
• 1926.503(a)(1) Fall Hazard Training
• 1926.451(e)(1) Scaffold Access
• 1926.451(f)(3) Competent Person Scaffold
  Inspection

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OSHA National Office Activities
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New Field Operations Manual

• Replaces FIRM
• Use of State Plan Info for
• Repeat,
• Willful, and
• 5(a)(1) Citations

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Multi-Employer Worksite Upheld

• Summit Contractors Decision by Review Commission
• Based on 1910.12(a) wording
• Vacated Multi-Employer Worksite Policy
• Overruled by 8th Circuit 2-1
• OSHA Policy Continued

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Diacetyl Proposal

• Popcorn Flavoring
• Comment by April 21, 2009 on adverse health
  effects methods to evaluate and monitor
  exposure methods to control exposure employee
  training medical observation for adverse health
  effects related to diacetyl exposure

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Hexavalent Chromium

• Since May 30, 2006
• Over 200 violations cited
• Mostly GI
• 180,000
• 5 µg/m3 Upheld

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Possible New Agenda

• Coverage for All Public Employees?
• New Penalty Amounts?
• Ergo Re-visit?

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Compliance Assistance Resources

• State Consultation Service
• MO 573-751-3403
• OSHA Education Centers
• SLU 314-977-3242
• Duty Officer
• St. Louis 314-425-4249

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Compliance Assistance Resources (contd)

• Greater St. Louis Safety and Health Conference
• St. Louis University
• October 15, 2009
• See www.stlsafety.org
• Safety in St. Louis newsletter
• Send e-mail address

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Current Partnership Programs St. Louis Area Office
Originally Signed MCA of St.
Louis July 2003 AGC of St. Louis October
2003 St. Louis HBA February 2005 Roofing
Siding Assn February 2005 New Highway
64/40 April 2007 Health Systems, Inc May
2007 Bio-Med Research September 2007 Taum Salk
Rebuild December 2007
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St. Louis-Area VPP Sites

• ICL Performance Products LP
• Solutia-West Port
• CF Industries
• Monsanto-Matthews, Mo
• G-P Gypsum, Cuba, Mo
• Monsanto Chesterfield Village
• Monsanto World Headquarters
• USPS Wilson Processing-Cape Girardeau
• Delta Airlines-St. Louis Passenger Service
• URS-Washington Division
• USPS-Fenton Post Office
• M M Aerospace Hardware Inc.
• Pitney Bowes Management Services
• Steris Corp-Distribution
• Steris Corp-St. Louis Operations
• LaPetite Academy-Monsanto
• WW Wood Products
• Monsanto Aviation
• BSI Construction

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Questions About VPP?

• www.osha.gov
• Matt Gaines
• Regional VPP Coordinator
• 816-426-5230
• St. Louis Area Office
• 314-425-4249

• VPP Participants Association
• www.vpppa.org
• www.regionviivpp.org
• Jon Alexander
• Regional VPPPA Chairman
• 314-694-4142
• Regional Conference
• Kansas City, Mo
• May 11-13

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The Challenge

• Putting principles to work
• Adding value
• Working together

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