Cynthia L. Evans, Compliance Safety

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OSHA
Who Exactly Are We? What Do We Do? How Can We
Help You?

Presented By Cynthia L. Evans,
Compliance Safety Health Officer The
Occupational Safety Health Administration
Cleveland Area
Office 216.615.4237
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What is OSHA ?

• OSHA stands for the Occupational Safety Health
  Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department
  of Labor.
• OSHAs responsibility is worker safety and health
  protection.

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Why Is OSHA Necessary ?

• A bipartisan U.S. Congress passed the
  Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the
  OSH Act) to assure so far as possible every
  working man and woman in the nation safe and
  healthful working conditions and to preserve our
  human resources.
• Until 1970, no uniform and comprehensive
  provisions existed to protect against workplace
  safety and health hazards.

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Has OSHA made a difference ?

• Since 1970 OSHA has
• Cut the work-related fatality rate in half
• Latest BLS stats show historic low rates
• Virtually eliminated brown lung disease in the
  textile industry, and
• Reduced trenching and excavation fatalities by 35
  percent

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Is there still a need for OSHA?

• Yes. In spite of its successes, significant
  hazards and unsafe conditions still exist in U.S.
  workplaces. Each year
• 6,000 Americans die from workplace injuries,
• An estimated 50,000 workers die from illnesses
  caused by workplace exposures,
• 6 Million workers suffer non-fatal workplace
  injuries, and
• Injuries alone cost U.S. businesses more than
  125 billion.

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Employer Responsibilities

• Meet your general duty responsibility to provide
  a workplace free from recognized hazards.
• Keep workers informed about OSHA and safety and
  health matters with which they are involved.
• Comply in a responsible manner with standards,
  rules, and regulations issued under the OSH Act.
• Be familiar with mandatory OSHA standards.

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Employer Responsibilities

• Evaluate workplace conditions.
• Minimize or eliminate potential hazards.
• Make sure employees have and use safe, properly
  maintained tools and equipment (including
  appropriate personal protective equipment).
• Warn employees of potential hazards.

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Employer Responsibilities

• Establish or update operating procedures and
  communicate them to employees.
• Provide medical examinations when required.
• Provide training required by OSHA standards.
• Report within 8 hours any accident that results
  in a fatality or the hospitalization of three or
  more employees.
• Keep OSHA-required records of work-related
  injuries and illnesses (300 Log)

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Employer Responsibilities

• Post a copy of the OSHA 300 Log and Summary of
  Occupational Injuries and Illnesses for the prior
  year each year during the months of February,
  March, and April.
• Post, at a prominent location within the
  workplace, the OSHA poster informing employees of
  their rights and responsibilities.

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Employer Responsibilities

• Provide employees, former employees, and their
  representatives access to the OSHA 300 form(s) at
  specified times and in a reasonable manner.
• Provide access to employee medical records and
  exposure records.
• Cooperate with OSHA compliance officers.

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Employer Responsibilities

• Not discriminate against employees who properly
  exercise their rights under the OSH Act.
• Post OSHA citations and abatement verification
  notices at or near the worksite involved.
• Correct cited violations within the prescribed
  time period.

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Employer Rights

• Have an opening and closing conference with the
  compliance officer.
• Accompany the compliance officer on the
  inspection.
• Request an Informal Settlement Agreement
  Conference after receiving citations following an
  inspection.
• File a Notice of Contest to dispute inspection
  results

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Employer Rights

• Be assured of the confidentiality of any trade
  secrets.
• Submit a written request to the NIOSH for
  information on whether any substance in your
  workplace has potentially toxic effects in the
  concentrations being used.

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What prompts an OSHA inspection?

• Imminent Danger or any condition where there is
  reasonable certainty a danger exists that can be
  expected to cause death or serious physical harm
  immediately or before the danger can be
  eliminated through normal enforcement procedures.
• Catastrophes and Fatalities death of one or
  more employees or the hospitalization of three or
  more employees.

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What prompts an OSHA inspection?

• Complaints (employee, family members, concerned
  citizens, etc.)
• Referrals
• Programmed Inspections
• Follow-ups

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Warrants

• An employer has the right to require the
  compliance officer to obtain an inspection
  warrant before entering the work site.
• OSHA will inspect after acquiring a judicially
  authorized search warrant based on administrative
  probable cause or evidence of a violation.

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Violation Classifications

• Other Than Serious
• Serious
• Repeat
• Willful
• Failure to Abate

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Top 10 Violations-General Industry-Cleveland Area
Office

• 1. Machine Guarding
• 2. Fire Extinguishers-Training
• 3. Lockout/Tagout (Program)
• 4. Powered Industrial Vehicles
• 5. Workplace Hazard Assessment
• 6. Point of Operation Guarding
• 7. Abrasive Wheel Machinery (Adj. Tongue Guards)
• 8. Lockout/Tagout (Specific Procedures)
• 9. Respiratory Protection
• 10. Abrasive Wheel Machinery (Work Rests)

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Top 10 Violations-Construction-Cleveland Area
Office

• 1. Fall Protection (Duty to provide)
• 2. Head Protection
• 3. Scaffolds (Fall Protection)
• 4. Fall Protection (Unprotected Sides Edges)
• 5. Ladder Tower Trucks (Boom platforms)
• 6. Eye Face Protection
• 7. Fall Protection (Training)
• 8. Personal Protective Equipment
• 9. Ladders (Use)
• 10. Protection Systems (Excavations)

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Written Program Requirements
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Hazard Communication

• Hazard determination
• Written program inventory listing
• Labels warnings
• Material safety data sheets (MSDS)
• Training information

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Control of Hazardous Energy Sources LO/TO

• Written specific procedures
• Provide materials hardware
• Training with certification records retraining
  as necessary
• Annual inspection with certification records

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Personal Protective Equipment

• Hazard assessment, certification selection
• Provide and require use of PPE
• Training certification

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Confined Space

• Assess workplace for confined spaces
• Determine whether permit required
• Coordinate with outside contractors

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Other Requirements

• Recordkeeping Standard
• Forklift training (more comprehensive)
• Bloodborne Pathogens/First Aid
• Fire Evacuation/Fire Extinguisher
• Cranes/Chains/Hooks/Running Ropes
• Respiratory Protection

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Recordkeeping

• Occupational Injury/Illness Recording and
  Reporting Requirements
• 29 CFR 1904
• Federal Register Vol. 66 NO. 13, January 19, 2001
• Regulatory Text pages 6122 6135
• Preamble pages 5916 6121

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National Emphasis Program3 Ss PMachine
Guarding

• Point of operation
• Power transmission apparatus
• Other moving parts
• Hazardous motions and actions
• Motions - rotating, reciprocating, transverse
• Actions - cutting, punching, shearing, bending

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National Emphasis Programs-contd.

• Site Specific Targeting (SSTs)
• Combustible Dust
• Lead
• Nursing Homes
• Silica
• Popcorn (Microwave)
• Refineries
• Trenching Excavation

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Continuing Emphasis Programs
General Industry SSSP, SSTs, Lead, Silica,
Powered Industrial Vehicles, Trenching,
Combustible Dust
Saws Shears Slicers Presses
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OSHA Outreach

• Compliance Assistance Specialistsserving every
  federal office
• (non-enforcement)

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The Voluntary Protection Program and
Partnerships

• VPP1,000
• Strategic Partnerships150
• over 5,500 employers
• over 125,000 employees

These elite programs focus on comprehensive
safety and health programs and include outreach
and training components.
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Most Recently

• Teen Worker Safety and Health Emphasis
• New page on OSHA website
• Assistance for employers, teens, parents
• The applicable laws
• Teen responsibilities
• Successful safety practices outlined
• Compliance Assistance public page www.osha.gov,
  then hit C within the alphabet

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In Our Area.

• Partnerships
• Associated Builders Contractors (ABC)
• Builders Exchange (Canton Cleveland)
• Associated General Contractors (AGC)
• The Elite Partnership
• Mahoning County Medical Society (MCMS)
• National Assoc. Of Tower Erectors (NATE)
• Alliance with Ohio Landscapers Association
• United States Postal Service

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Accident causes

• Crushed by robotics, molds, steel coil, falling
  door, self-loader, press, moving parts, truck
  bed, between pillar and semi, between guide box
  and mill housing
• Struck by fork truck, multipiece rim, pieces of
  metal (3), crane hook, semi
• IH Related CO, CD, Silicosis, Legionnaires,
  styrene, heat, asphyxiation

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OSHA On-Site Consultation Program

• NO COST (FREE)
• Walkthrough Surveys/Monitoring
• Written Report
• 1-800-282-1425

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OSHA Resources
www.osha.gov

• Cleveland Area Office
• Julie A. Weis
• 216.615.4260
• Eric Peterson
• 216.615.4245
• 1-800-321-OSHA (Hot Line)

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Any Questions???
Thank you!!!