OSHA Updates 2011
Mark R. Briggs, CSP
Area Director
Houston South Area Office
Presentation outline
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Secretary’s Strategic Goals for 2011
OSHA Update
Most Frequent cited standards 2011
Region VI Enforcement update
National Heat Illness Campaign
OSHA Resources
Plan, Prevent, Protect
OSHA supports the following Department of Labor
Strategic Goal and Outcome Goal:
• Ensure workplaces are safe and healthy
– Secure safe and healthy workplaces,
particularly in high-risk industries
• Assure fair and high quality work-life
environments
– Ensure voice in the workplace.
Strategic Goals
• How will we measure success?
– Reducing the number of fatalities associated with the four leading
causes of workplace deaths – falls, electrocutions, caught in or
between, and struck by –
– Increasing the number of targeted hazards abated.
• Targeted injuries and illnesses include: hearing loss in
manufacturing, illnesses in general industry and construction,
and workplace amputations
– Increase worker and employer awareness of OSHA rights,
responsibilities and programs to improve “voice in the workplace.”
• Activities include: expanded outreach and education targeted to
small business and vulnerable workers in high risk industries,
achieving an increase in health and safety protections and a
reduction of occupational injuries, illnesses and fatalities
OSHA Update
• Increased emphasis on Industrial Hygiene issues
• Safety incentive programs - those that discourage
employees from reporting of injuries / illness will be
scrutinized
• OSHA’s Distracted Driving page:
https://www.osha.gov/distracted-driving/index.html
• Revision on Hazard Communication Standard to
reflect the Global Harmonized System on chemical
labeling
OSHA’s Regulatory Agenda
• Confined Space in Construction: Final Rule phase
• Injury / Illness Program (I2P2): pre-rule phase:
http://www.osha.gov/dsg/topics/safetyhealth/
Enforcement Programs – Region VI
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PSM in Chem Ind (NEP)
Silica/Lead (NEP)
Mfg. Amputations (NEP)
Recordkeeping (NEP)
Trench – Excavation – NEP
Mandatory inspections in
the SST (site specific
targeting) program.
• Combustible Dust
• Hex Chrome (NEP)
• Construction Falls/ GI (REP)
• Work zone (REP)
• Mobile Cranes (REP)
• Heat Stress – (REP)
• * Confined Space – (REP)
Emphasis on tank , railcar cleaning
operations
• Demolition
• Military construction
• Marine Ops
• Grain Handling
• Heat Illness
• Fabricated Metal
Region VI Enforcement Update
Inspections:
• Region VI: 5,765
• Nationally: 40,993
• Construction: 3,863 R6
Fatality Investigations:
• Region VI: 220 so far
• Houston South: 23 so far
• Nationally: 804
Significant Cases
REGION
FY 2011
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17
2
21
3
17
4
27
5
56
6
28
7
11
8
6
9
1
10
3
TOTAL
187
Top 10 MFC standards in FY 2011 (1910)
1. Hazard
Communication
2. Respiratory
Protection
3. Lockout/Tagout
4. Power industrial
Trucks
5. Electrical, Wiring
Methods
6. Electrical, General
Requirements
7. Machine Guarding
8. Recordkeeping
9. Personal Protective
Equipment
10. Guarding Floor &
Wall Openings &
Holes
Top 10 MFC standards in FY 2011 (1926)
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4.
Scaffolding
Fall Protection
Ladders
Fall Protection,
Training
Requirements
5. HAZCOM
6. General Safety &
Health Provisions
7. Head Protection
8. Aerial Lifts
9. Eye & Face
Protection
10. Specific Excavation
Requirements
OSHA’s Campaign to Prevent Heat Illness in Outdoor
Workers
Prevention Campaign = 3 Words
Heat Illness Prevention Advice
Employers need to be
aware of the following
risk factors for workers:
• High temperature and
humidity
• Direct sun exposure (no
shade)
• Limited air movement
(no breeze)
• Strenuous work tasks
Heat Illness Website Resources
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/heatillness/index.html
Heat Illness Campaign
Fact Sheets, Posters [English/Spanish], PSA
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/heatillness/edresources.html
Training Page
• OSHA’s Lesson Plan for
Employers
• Cal/OSHA:
Heat Safety Training Kit for
Employers
• DVD: Water, Rest, Shade:
The Work Can’t Get Done
Without Them
• Access to other valuable training
materials from various sources
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/heatillness/trainingresources.html
Partnering Resources
• OSHA is also
partnering with the
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric
Administration
(NOAA) on weather
service alerts.
Compliance Assistance Resources
• Quick Takes:
http://www.osha.gov/as/opa/quicktakes/index.ht
ml
• Compliance Assistance Quick Start:
1910, 1926, Healthcare, & Hispanic
https://www.osha.gov/dcsp/compliance_assi
stance/quickstarts/index.html
• OSHA Publications:
https://www.osha.gov/pls/publications/public
ation.html
• BLS Incident Rate calculator:
http://data.bls.gov:8080/IIRC/?data_tool=IIRC
Emergency Preparedness
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Hurricane eMatrix:
https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/hurricane/i
ndex.html
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Evacuation Plan & Procedures eTool:
https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/evacuatio
n/index.html
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Incident Command eTool:
https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/ics/index.h
tml
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Floods & Tornadoes:
https://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/flood-tornadorecovery.html
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NIEHS: Hurricanes & Floods:
http://tools.niehs.nih.gov/wetp/index.cfm?id=2
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Where is OSHA Located?
Houston North Area
Office:
507 N. Sam Houston Pkwy
E. Ste. 400
Houston, TX 77060
281-591-2438
Houston South Area
Office:
17625 El Camino Real Ste.
400
Houston, TX 77058
281-286-0583
Disclaimer
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This information has been developed by an OSHA Compliance Assistance
Specialist and is intended to assist employers, workers, and others as they
strive to improve workplace health and safety. While we attempt to
thoroughly address specific topics [or hazards], it is not possible to include
discussion of everything necessary to ensure a healthy and safe working
environment in a presentation of this nature. Thus, this information must be
understood as a tool for addressing workplace hazards, rather than an
exhaustive statement of an employer’s legal obligations, which are defined
by statute, regulations, and standards. Likewise, to the extent that this
information references practices or procedures that may enhance health or
safety, but which are not required by a statute, regulation, or standard, it
cannot, and does not, create additional legal obligations. Finally, over time,
OSHA may modify rules and interpretations in light of new technology,
information, or circumstances; to keep apprised of such developments, or to
review information on a wide range of occupational safety and health topics,
you can visit OSHA’s website at www.osha.gov.