OSHA 10 Hour Class
* Does not make you a competent person.
* Does not make you a qualified person.
Competent Person
“Competent person” means one who is
capable of identifying existing and
predictable hazards in the surroundings or
working conditions which are unsanitary,
hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and
who has authorization to take prompt
corrective measures to eliminate them.
Qualified Person
“Qualified” means one who, by possession of
a recognized degree, certificate, or
professional standing, or who by extensive
knowledge, training, and experience, has
successfully demonstrated his ability to
solve or resolve problems relating to the
subject matter, the work or the project.
OSHA 10 Hour Class
* Does make you more aware of hazards on
the job site.
* Does make your company more
competitive.
OSHA 10 Hour Class
How long is the 10 hour OSHA class?
10 hours of instruction time.
OSHA 10 Hour Class
• Introduction to OSHA class
OSHA 10 Hour Class
• Electrical
OSHA 10 Hour Class
• Fall Hazards
OSHA 10 Hour Class
• Health / PPE
OSHA 10 Hour Class
• Materials Handling
OSHA 10 Hour Class
• Scaffolds
OSHA 10 Hour Class
• Power Tools
OSHA 10 Hour Class
• Ladders
OSHA 10 Hour Class
• Trenching / Excavation
OSHA 10 Hour Class
• Optional Course Subject
OSHA
• 91st Congress.
Williams and Stieger.
OSHA
• What’s in place is not enough.
• Not satisfied with consensus standards
alone.
OSHA
• NEC National Electrical Code
• NFPA National Fire Prevention Association
• ASTM American Society Testing
Manufacturing
• ASME American Society of Mechanical
Engineers
• ASNI American National Standards
Institute
OSHA
Sec. 5. (a) Each employer --(1) shall furnish to each of his employees
employment and a place of employment which
are free from recognized hazards that are
causing or are likely to cause, death or serious
physical harm to his employees.
OSHA
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No specific standard
Is a serious hazard
Is abatable
Is recognized hazard
OSHA
Cannot be used to:
• Cite exempt portions of standards
• To make a standard more strict
Standards
29 CFR 1926
• Scope
• Definition
• General Requirements
• Source
• Appendix
Standards
• Horizontal
• Vertical
• Performance
OSHA
This was the intent of Congress.
Each employer will provide HIS employees.
A Safe Worksite, free from all safety and
health hazards.
Multi - Employer Work Sites
OSHA wants to make as many people
responsible as possible.
Why?
Multi - Employer Work Sites
OSHA has played with the definition of
“employer”.
Multi - Employer Work Sites
(2) shall comply with occupational safety and
health standards promulgated under this act.
Multi - Employer Work Sites
Through numerous court challenges and other
decisions OSHA has extrapolated a simple
section of the act to mean the following:
Multi - Employer Work Sites
Requires the employer to comply with the act
for the benefit of all others in the work
place.
Multi - Employer Work Sites
On multi-employer work sites both
construction and non-construction, citations
normally shall be issued to employer whose
employees are exposed to hazards (the
exposing employer).
Multi - Employer Work Sites
The employer who actually creates the
hazard (the creating employer);
Multi - Employer Work Sites
The employer who is responsible, by contract
or through actual practice, for safety and
health conditions on the work site; I.e. the
employer who has the authority for ensuring
that the hazardous condition is corrected
(the controlling employer);
OSHA Compliance
How does OSHA know if we are in
compliance?
OSHA Inspections
• Fatality / Catastrophe
• Complaints
• Accidents
OSHA Inspections
• Special Emphasis
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Trenching / excavation
Scaffolds
Falls
Silica
• General Schedules
• Follow - Up
OSHA Violations (Exposure)
• Most frequently cited 1926 Standards.
• Handout.
Willful Violations
Old Maximum $10,000
Old Minimum
None
New Maximum $70,000
New Minimum $25,000
Repeated Violations
Old Maximum $10,000
New Maximum $70,000
Serious, Other-than-Serious &
Other Specific Violations
Old Maximum $1000
New Maximum $7000
Failure to Abate for each
calendar day beyond abatement
Old Maximum $1000
New Maximum $7000
OSHA Notice
Old Maximum $100
New Maximum $1000
Posting of OSHA 200 Summary
Old Maximum $200
New Maximum $1000
Maintaining OSHA 200, OSHA 101
Old Maximum $100
New Maximum $1000
Reporting Fatality / Catastrophe
Old Maximum $400
New Maximum $5000
Access to Records under 1904
Old Maximum $100
New Maximum $1000