OSHA UPDATE
Oklahoma City Area Office
Fiscal Year 2013
Oct 1, 2012 to September 11, 2013
OSHA OKLAHOMA CITY AREA
OFFICE
55 North Robinson, Suite 315
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
(405) 278-9560
www.osha.gov
1-800-321-OSHA
AREA OFFICE STAFF
David Bates, Area Director
Steven Kirby, AAD
Meghan Christie, AAD
Jorge Delucca, CAS
Janet Barker, VPP Coordinator
Ranelle Newport, Discrimination
Investigator
18 CSHO’s
What’s New
 August 1: Executive order on Improving Chemical
Facility Safety and Security
 OSHA, EPA and ATF directed to work together to
improve chemical facility safety and security in the US
 As a result of explosion of ammonium nitrate plant in
West, TX in April, where 15 died
What’s New
• August 23: OSHA Proposed Silica Standard-lower
PEL from 100 micro grams/m3 to 50 micro
grams/m3 (with Action level of 25 micro grams/m3)
• One standard for general industry and maritime
• One standard for construction
• Still needs to be published in Federal Register and
90-day comment period
GHS
 System to classify and label chemicals as a single
set of criteria world-wide
 Final Rule Effective May 25, 2012
 Dec 1, 2013
Train employees on labels and
Safety Data Sheet (SDS) format
 June 1, 2015 Employers must update labeling
and hazcom program; Employee training on new
labeling and SDS
 Dec 1, 2015
Distributors must start shipping
with GHS labels on containers
GHS
 Affected OSHA Standards
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1910.1200
Hazcom
1910.106Flammable & Combustible Liquids
1926.152
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1910.119 PSM
 Labeling
 Pictograms with signal words for identity and hazard
warnings
 GHS (workplace) and Transport labels
 Safety Data Sheet
 Format of ANSI Z400.1-2004
 12 Mandatory sections
 Guide to GHS System on OSHA Website
Hazard Communication 2012 –
The Revised Standard and What Changes
You Can Expect in the Workplace
August 13, 2012
1:00-2:30 PM
TORNADO PREPAREDNESS
COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS
ALLIANCE
 MCEPS (Mid-Continent Exploration and
Production Safety Network)
 Oklahoma Section of the American Industrial
Hygiene Association
 VPP SITES – 40 SITES IN OK
ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS
REGIONAL EMPHASIS PROGRAMS
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Falls in Construction & General Industry
Cranes in Construction
Oil & Gas
Fabricated Metal Products
Heavy Highway & Bridge
Workzone Safety
Noise in General Industry
Demolition in Construction
Electrical Powerline (overhead and underground)
Heat Illnesses
ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS
National EMPHASIS PROGRAMS
• NEW-Occupational Exposure to Isocyanates,
• Effective June 20, 2013
• Inspection AND Citation Guidance for Roadway and
Highway Construction Work Zones
• PSM Covered Chemical Facilities
• Combustible Dust
• Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
• Trenching and Excavation
National STEPS Alliance
 Service, Transmission, Exploration and Production
Safety Network
 Alliance with OSHA
 17 Chapters nationwide
 Oklahoma Chapter called MCEPS
OSHA Safety Stand Downs
 June 21 – July 22, 2012: Oklahoma oil and gas
Stand down.
 As a result of 9 fatalities and one catastrophe
between October 2011 and April 2012
 Industry voluntarily inspected 1200 rigs,
 Found and corrected 2500 hazards
 Safety Training to 9,800+ workers
OSHA Safety Stand Downs
 Region 6 Stand down
 January to March 1, 2013
 TX, AR, LA, OK, NM
 183 locations participated
 Conducted 3,888 site inspections
 Identified & corrected 8,392 hazards
 Trained 36, 643 workers
 National STEPS stand down planned for
November-December 2013
 Website: http://www.oshastanddown.org/
ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS
UNPROGRAMMED INSPECTIONS
 Complaints
 Referrals
 Fatalities / Catastrophes
National Census of Fatal
Occupational Injuries in 2012
• A preliminary total of 4,383 fatal injuries
were recorded in the U.S. in 2012
• Down from revised count of 4,693 in 2011
• Source: BLS News Release, Aug 22, 2013
National Census of Fatal
Occupational Injuries in 2012
• In 2012,fatal work injuries in the private
construction sector increased 5 percent to 775,
from 738 in 2011
• Construction fatalities were 17.7% of fatalities in
the U.S. in 2012
• Source: BLS News Release, Aug 22, 2013
National Census of Fatal
Occupational Injuries in 2012
• Fatalities in oil and gas extraction rose 23%
nationally to 138 in 2012, from 112 in 2011;
an all-time high
(12 in Oklahoma in 2012)
Source: BLS News Release, Aug 22, 2013
Hispanic/Latino Fatalities in 2012
• Hispanic/Latino occupational deaths in
2012 were 708, down from 749 in 2011
• 299 fatalities were born in Mexico, 42% of
Hispanic fatalities
• Source: BLS News Release, Aug 22, 2013
FY 2013 FATALITIES
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Oct 1
Boiler explosion at refinery caused
fatal injuries to two workers
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Oct 3
An employee was crushed by a gate
while handling cattle at a livestock auction
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Oct 18
An employee was crushed and caught
in a rotating shaft of a rendering cooker when his
fall protection lanyard became entangled in the
shaft
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Oct 22
An employee at a farm coop was
crushed by fence posts while unloading them
from a flatbed trailer
FY 2013 FATALITIES
 Nov 3 An employee was found unresponsive in a
separator vessel that was a confined space
(determined to be natural cause, but citations
issued due to no rescue procedures in confined
space program).
FY 2013 FATALITIES
 Nov 7 An electrician was electrocuted while
changing a light bulb. A 440 volt, high bay bulb
broke and electrician contacted energized filament.
Citations for no safe work practices.
 Nov 8 An oil & gas worker collapsed while working
under the rig floor in the cellar (asthma attack)
FY 2013 FATALITIES
 Dec 3
An oil & gas servicing rig being rigged
up contacted an overhead power line electrocuting
a worker on the ground
 Dec 9
An oil & gas worker was struck when
the traveling block fell to the rig floor due to a draw
works cable breakage
 Jan 4
An oil & gas worker fell approximately
30 feet to the ground during rig-down of a rig
 Jan 11
A roofer working at an apartment
complex construction job fell 19 feet to the ground
FY 2013 FATALITIES
 Feb 11
A construction worker was killed when
he was backed over by a truck in the company yard
 Feb 18 A contractor employee at a refinery
collapsed and died in a confined space;
determined to be natural cause. No citations.
 Mar 26
An forklift operator at a glass bottle
manufacturer was crushed under an overturned
forklift
 Mar 28
A construction worker was killed when a
driver crashed through a highway work zone
striking the employee
FY 2013 FATALITIES
 Apr 4
A worker collecting grain samples from
a grain railcar contacted an overhead power line
with his sampling probe receiving electrical shock
and falling from atop the railcar
 Apr 18
An employee was crushed by a crawler
pipelayer when backed over during gas pipeline
project work
 Apr 23
A construction worker at a grain facility
erecting a grain bin was crushed between an aerial
lift he was working from and a metal beam while
elevated
FY 2013 Fatalities
 May 7 Two employees of a sandblasting shop were
moving a 250 gallon propane tank with a forklift
when the tank fell and the valve was broken. The
employees moving the tank and an additional
employee from the shop evacuated the building for
approximately 5 minutes. Two employees re-entered
the building and an explosion ensued, severely
burning the two employees. One employee passed
away on June 9. One employee was hospitalized.
FY 2013 Fatalities
 June 13: an employee working by himself in a shop
was servicing a vehicle transmission. The front of the
vehicle was elevated on 10-inch ramps. The owner of
the business found the employee pinned under the
vehicle which apparently rolled off the ramps.
Employee passed away on June 18.
FY 2013 Fatalities
 July 9: A painter working on a hotel fell 4-stories and
was killed
 July 23: An on the road driver was delivering a load
of pvc pipe at a landfill. As he unloaded the pipe it
rolled off the trailer. Some of pipe struck the driver
causing his death at the scene.
Fy 2013 Fatalities
 July 28: A water well servicing employee was
preparing to pull the pipe from a residential water
well when he was electrocuted at the well wiring
 July 29: An oil & gas worker was cutting the metal
bands from stacked bundles of poly coil pipe when
the tubing bundles fell crushing the employee
Fy 2013 Fatalities
 September 4: An oil field worker was killed and his
co-worker was injured while trying to replace a 12-by12 foot oil-field tank . The worker on top of the tank
was welding while the worker at ground-level was
pumping sludge from the bottom of the tank. A fire
started and the tank exploded. The welder on top
was blown from the tank but survived with injuries.
The worker at ground level was hit by the explosion
and was killed.
Fy 2013 Fatalities
 September 9: At the University of Oklahoma in
Norman, a construction worker fell from a scaffold 40
feet and was killed
FY 2013 FATALITIES
 26 Fatality Events or Investigations
 27 Worker Deaths
2013 INDUSTRIES
• 13
• 7
• 6
General Industry
Construction
Oil & Gas
2013 EVENT TYPES
12
4
4
2
3
1
Struck or Crushed by / Caught in
Electrocutions
Falls
Natural Cause
Fire / Explosion
Confined space
2012 Standard Cited
GENERAL INDUSTRY
1. 1910.1200 – Hazard Communication
2. 1910.303 – Electrical, General Requirements
3. 1910.305 – Electrical, Wiring Methods
4. 1910.178 – Powered Industrial Trucks
5. 1910.37 - Egress, exit routes
6. 1910.132 – Personal Protective Equipment
7. 1910.157 – Portable Fire Extinguishers
8. 1910.22 - Walking/Working Surfaces
9. 1910.134 – Respiratory Protection
10. 1904.29 - Recordkeeping
2012 Standard Cited
CONSTRUCTION
1. 1926.501 – Fall Protection
2. 1926.451 - Scaffolding
3. 1926.1053 – Ladders
4. 1926.503 – Fall Protection Training
5. 1926.100 – Head Protection
6. 1926.20 – General Safety Program
7. 1910.1200 – Hazard Communication
8. 1926.453 – Aerial Lift Fall Protection
9. 1926.102 – Eye and Face Protection
10. 1926.651 – Excavation Protective System
2012 Standard Cited
OIL & GAS
1. 1910.23 – Guarding floor openings
2. 1910.146 – Confined Space
3. Section 5(a)(1) – General Duty Clause
4. 1910.305 – Electrical, Wiring Methods
5. 1910.132 – Personal Protective Equipment
6. 1910.303 – Electrical, General Requirements
7. 1910.1200 – Hazard Communication
8. 1910.151 – Medical services and First Aid
9. 1910.157 – Portable Fire Extinguishers
10. 1910.134 – Respiratory Protection
THANK YOU