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► Pre-OSHA
conditions
 Safety primarily regulated at the State level
 State safety programs were weak
►Inspectors
could enter only after an accident or
worker complaint
►Court order required to force compliance with
violations
►Prior to OSHA, Game and Fish Officers out-numbered
Safety Inspectors 2 to 1.
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► Pre-OSHA
conditions (continued)
 Federal Agencies
►Walsh-Healey
Act of 1936
 Allowed the Secretary of Labor to set safety standards for
companies doing more than $10,000 of business with the
government
 As late as 1969, less than 5% of the 75,000 workplaces
covered were inspected
►Bureau
of Mines
 1941 – given power to inspect mines
 1952 – given power to set and enforce safety standards
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► Pre-OSHA
conditions (continued)
 Factors leading to formation of OSHA
►29%
rise in workplace injuries from 1961 to 1970
►Farmington mine explosion that killed 78 miners
►Newly formed Environmental movement increasing
awareness of workplace hazards
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► What
is OSHA?
 Occupational Safety and Health Administration
 Established by the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety
and Health Act of 1970, the Act established for the first
time a nationwide, federal program to protect almost
the entire work force from job-related death, injury and
illness. Secretary of Labor James Hodgson's first step
was to establish within the Labor Department, effective
April 28, 1971, a special agency, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to administer
the Act.
 Composed of a “home” office in Washington D.C., 10
Regional Offices and many local offices (OSHA Regional
Map)
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► OSHA
Basics
 Who is covered?
► employers
and employees either directly through Federal OSHA
or through an OSHA-approved state program
 Who is not covered
► The
self-employed
► family of farm employers that do not employ outside workers
► Worker conditions that are regulated under worker safety or
health requirements of other federal agencies
► Employees of state and local governments
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►OSHA
Basics
 Employer Requirements
►Maintain
conditions or adopt practices reasonably
necessary and appropriate to protect workers on the
job;
►Be familiar with and comply with standards
applicable to their establishments; and
►Ensure that employees have and use personal
protective equipment when required for safety and
health.
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►OSHA
Basics
 Employer Requirements
►General
Duty clause applies where there is
no specific OSHA standard
 Each employer must “furnish ... a place of employment
which [is] free from recognized hazards that are causing or
are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his
employees. ”
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►OSHA
Basics
 Reporting requirements
►All
employers must report to OSHA within eight
hours of learning about:
 The death of any employee from a work-related incident;
and/or
 The in-patient hospitalization of three or more employees
as a result of a work-related incident.
►employers
must report all fatal heart attacks that
occur at work
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►OSHA
Basics
 Recordkeeping Requirements
►requires
covered employers to prepare and maintain
records of occupational injuries and illnesses.
 OSHA Logs
►Other
OSHA regs may have specific recordkeeping
requirements
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►OSHA
Inspections
 Triggered by
►Fatality
►Serious
accident resulting in hospitalization
of three or more employees
►Complaint by an employee
►Targeted industries
►Programmed Inspections
►Local emphasis programs (Region VI programs)
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► OSHA
Inspections
 How it works:
►Compliance
Officer will present credentials, state the
reason he is there, ask to see owner
►Conduct opening conference with owner, manager,
etc.
►Inspect the workplace
 Accompanied by owner/manager, employee representative
if applicable
 May ask to interview employee(s) in private
►Conduct
closing conference and discuss potential
violations if any
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►OSHA
Inspections
 Do’s and Don’ts
►Do
 Be prepared
► Know what regs apply and be in compliance!
 Be polite!
 Be cooperative
►Don’ts
 Opposite of Do’s
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► OSHA
Inspections
 Common Violations
►Hazcom
Search by SIC code
-1910.1200 – training, MSDS,
labeling
►PPE – 1910.132 – failure to provide
►PPE – 1910.132 – failure to train on PPE
►PPE – 1910.133 – failure to require eye or
face protection
►Eyewash – 1910.151 – failure to provide
►Recordkeeping – 1904.029 – OSHA logs
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► Hazards
Communication (HAZCOM)
 A little history
 Labeling
►DO NOT remove
►Every secondary
manufacturers labels
container must be labeled
(spray bottles of cleaner, alcohol, etc)
 Training
►Required
►MUST be
for EVERY employee in clinic
documented (sign in roster,
completed and corrected tests)
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► Hazards
Communication (HAZCOM)
 Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
►Know
what they are
►Know where they are
►Know what information is in them
 Chemicals
 Their hazards
 How to protect yourself
 Halothane MSDS
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►Chemical
Waste
 What do you do with used solutions,
out of date materials, etc?
►Pour
them down the drain? NO
►Pour them on the ground? NO
►Follow manufacturers instructions? YES
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► Chemical
Waste
 What do you do with out of date
pharmaceuticals, returned drugs?
►Flush
them down the toilet? NO
►Take them home and use them? NO
►Dispose of thru a licensed disposal company?
YES
►Some out of date drugs may be considered
Hazardous Waste by the EPA
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►Chemical
Waste
 Controlled Substances
►How
do you identify?
►Disposal issues