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Kim LazorSpecial Assistant

US Department of Labor - OSHA

Safety and Health Add ValueSafety and Health Add Value

•• To Your BusinessTo Your Business

•• To Your WorkplaceTo Your Workplace

•• To Your LifeTo Your Life

Ergonomics –Four-Pronged Approach

GuidelinesEnforcementOutreach and assistanceResearch

Industry and Task-Specific GuidelinesIndustry and Task-Specific Guidelines

•• Nursing HomesNursing Homes

•• Retail GroceryRetail Grocery

•• Poultry processingPoultry processing

•• ShipyardsShipyards

•• Other industriesOther industries

Ergonomic Guidelines:What You Can Do?

Review guidelines and give usyour inputSend us your success storiesIdentify successfully ergonomicsprograms and help us to arrange asite visit

Enforcement

Unprecedented coordination ofinspections with a legal strategy forsuccessful prosecution

Plan designed to target prosecutableergonomics violationsSpecial ergo inspection teams will workclosely with DOL attorneys and expertsto bring 5(a)(1) prosecutions

Required Elements ofa 5(a)(1) Case

Is there exposure to a hazard?Is it a recognized hazard?Is it likely to cause death or seriousinjury?Is there a feasible means ofabatement?

5(a)(1) Enforcement

The focus will not be on employerswho have implemented effectiveergonomics programs or who aremaking good-faith efforts toreduce ergonomic hazards.

Outreach and Assistance

General and Guideline-SpecificOutreach, Assistance and SupportFeatured programs:• OSHA’s Ergonomics Website• Cooperative Programs

- Alliances, Strategic Partnerships, VPPand Consultation

• Training and Education- OTE and Ed Centers

Ergonomics Webpage –www.osha.gov/ergonomics

Four-pronged approachE-ToolsBest PracticesSuccess StoriesSpeechesPowerPoint PresentationsPublications

Outreach and Assistance

Partnerships, VPP, ConsultationAlliances

Goals –- Training and education- Outreach and communication- Promoting the national dialogue- on workplace safety and health

Coming soon…..

OSHA and the NationalTelecommunicationsSafety Panel Alliance

National Advisory Committee onErgonomics (NACE)

Chartered to advise on guidelines, research,and outreach and assistance

First Meeting – January 22, 2003 First Meeting – January 22, 2003 IntroductoryIntroductorySecond Meeting – May 6-7, 2003Second Meeting – May 6-7, 2003Divided into workgroupsDivided into workgroupsDeveloped Developed workplanworkplan

Third Meeting – Sept 23-24, 2003Third Meeting – Sept 23-24, 2003 Fourth – Scheduled for January 2004 Fourth – Scheduled for January 2004

www.osha.govwww.osha.gov

OSHA’s StrategicManagement Plan

2003-2008

OSHA’s Three GoalsOSHA’s Three Goals

•• Goal 1 - Goal 1 - Reduce occupational hazardsReduce occupational hazardsthrough direct interventionthrough direct intervention

•• Goal 2 - Goal 2 - Promote a safety and health culturePromote a safety and health culture

through compliancethrough compliance assistance, assistance, cooperativecooperativeprograms and strong leadershipprograms and strong leadership

•• Goal 3 - Goal 3 - Maximize OSHA effectiveness andMaximize OSHA effectiveness andefficiency by strengthening agencyefficiency by strengthening agencycapabilities and infrastructurecapabilities and infrastructure

OSHA 5-Year PlanOSHA 5-Year Plan

• Reduce fatality rates by 15%

• Reduce injury/illness rates by 20%

Balanced ApproachBalanced Approach

• High hazard worksites

• Hard-to-reach workers

• Nontraditional issues- Workplace motor vehicle- Workplace motor vehicleaccidentsaccidents

- Workplace violence- Workplace violence

- Emergency preparedness and - Emergency preparedness andresponseresponse

Contact

Kim.Lazor@dol.gov(202) 693-2519