Jeff Funke, CSPArea Director

2015 OSHA Update for 20th Annual Safety Conference

LEPC/ASSE/MSSC

Topics

• Montana Compliance Statistics• Regulatory Changes• Initiatives and Outreach Campaigns• OSHA Emphasis Programs• Resources

Montana Year in Review

• 5 Fatalities• 358 Inspections

– 62% Construction (high due to Hailstorm in Billings)

– 38% General Industry • ~ 23.8% inspections without violations• ~ 97.4% violations – serious/willful/repeat

Montana Year in Review

• 543 Violations Issued– 24 Repeat– 35 Other– 478 Serious– 6 Willful – Average Penalties

• $1,769.00 Serious• $49,000.00 Willful• $9,197.00 Repeat

Top Ten Violations

Most frequently cited OSHA regulations

during FY 2014 inspections

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1. Fall Protection

2. Hazard Communication

3. Scaffolding

4. Respiratory Protection

5. Lockout/Tagout

6. Powered Industrial Trucks

7. Electrical – Wiring Methods

8. Ladders

9. Machine Guarding

10. Electrical

Top Violations in Montana

• Residential Fall Protection (C)

• General Duty Clause• Eye Protection (C)• Hazard Communication

program• Ladder safety (C)

• Hazard Communication training

• Respirator Medical Evaluations

• Machine Guarding• Hard Hat (C)• Eyewash

Hailstorm Response

• May 18th a historic hailstorm damaged thousand of roofs and structures in the Billings, MT area.

• Billings Area Office was faced with an influx of workers from other states.

• In an effort to ensure that this transient workforce was protected from falls while conducting roofing work:– Weekend Work Initiative– Onsite Issuance

Hailstorm Response

Hailstorm Response

Hailstorm Response

Hailstorm Response

• The Weekend Work Initiative increased workplace surveillance of construction fall hazards and other dangers to prevent employee injuries and fatalities.

• Issuance of 102 violations (100% Serious and Repeat classification) that affected the safety of 483 employees.– 70% of the cases were settled at the area office and

the remaining 30% resulted in no response from the employer and are now in debt collection.

Falls are leading cause of deaths in construction — about 1/3 of all construction fatalities

In 2012, more than 8,800 construction workers were injured on the job from falls from heights

Almost 300 construction workers were killed at work from falls

Fall Prevention Campaign

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Residential Fall Protection Resources• Residential Fall

Protection Web Page

• Fact Sheets

• Presentations

• Guidance Document

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Fall Prevention Campaign• Fall Prevention

Web Page

• Poster and Fact Sheets

• Videos

• 2014 National Safety Stand-Down

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Analysis of OSHA’s 2014 National Falls Stand-Down

Certificate Data

Results & RecommendationsBy

Number of Stand-Downs

• Total Number of Entries Submitted: 4,882• Total Number of Individuals Reached: 770,193

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1 289 20,380 107 7,818 38 8,241 19 498 42 2,137 21 232 62 1,454

2 452 77,091 239 61,813 118 6,738 26 1,810 43 2,807 12 2,137 14 1,786

3 514 64,104 275 33,513 80 7,727 28 4,438 95 11,280 22 6,076 14 1,070

4 925 78,120 494 34,527 177 23,620 67 3,906 123 9,662 40 4,747 24 1,658

5 824 105,489 460 69,922 202 23,388 42 1,193 85 10,047 21 518 14 421

6 663 61,271 307 27,126 208 21,459 18 918 89 7,362 21 2,601 20 1,805

7 211 15,517 103 8,522 48 4,054 13 591 35 1,926 7 166 5 258

8 186 19,230 102 8,978 32 3,515 7 2,226 34 3,165 7 752 4 594

9 543 266,668 309 218,957 121 11,155 42 1,599 41 30,920 25 2,779 5 1,258

10 158 10,347 72 5,667 39 3,394 9 157 25 483 6 470 7 176

INTL 115 51,837 29 22,239 55 21,427 4 1,531 11 780 16 5,860 0 0

Total 4,880 770,054 2,497 499,082 1,118 134,718 275 18,867 623 80,569 198 26,338 169 10,480

Regulatory Changes

Updates to OSHA’s Recordkeeping and Reporting Rule

OSHA has expanded the list of severe injuries & illnesses that employers must report & updated the list of industries who are partially exempt from routinely keeping OSHA records.

For workplaces under Federal OSHA jurisdiction Final rule becomes effective January 1, 2015

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Expanded reporting requirements

The rule expands the list of severe work-related injuries and illnesses that all covered employers must report to OSHA.

Starting January 1, 2015, employers must report the following to OSHA: All work-related fatalities within 8 hours (same as current requirement) All work-related in-patient hospitalizations of one or more employees

within 24 hours All work-related amputations within 24 hours All work-related losses of an eye within 24 hours

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By telephone to the nearest OSHA office during normal business hours.

By telephone to the 24-hour OSHA hotline (1-800-321-OSHA or 1-800-321-6742).

Online: OSHA is developing a new means of reporting events electronically, which will be available soon at www.osha.gov/report_online.

How can employers report to OSHA?

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Updates to OSHA’s Recordkeeping RuleChanges to who keeps records Industries classified by NAICS rather than SIC.

Updates the list of industries exempt from the requirement to routinely keep OSHA injury and illness records due to relatively low occupational injury and illness rates.

Firms with 10 or fewer employees in the previous year are still exempt from keeping OSHA records.

Goes into effect 1/1/15 (in federal states).

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Other New OSHA Standards and Regulations

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• Cranes and Derricks in Construction (Reg& Directive)

• Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution

• Hazard Communication