OSHA Update Presentationfor the

Genesee Valley Chapterof theASSE

January 8, 2013

Gordon J. DeLeysCompliance Assistance SpecialistBuffalo Area OSHA Office

Hilda Solis

Secretary of Labor

Dr. David Michaels

Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA

Notables

Deborah BerkowitzChief of Staff

Jordan BarabDeputy Assistant

Secretary for OSHA

Richard Fairfax, CIHDeputy Assistant

Secretary for OSHA

U.S. Department of Labor-OSHABuffalo Area Office

130 S. Elmwood AvenueBuffalo, NY 14202-2465

(716) 551-3053www.osha.gov

Art Dube, OHSTArea Director

Safety Staff

• Mike Scime, CHST, Assistant Area Director/Safety

– Nick Donofrio, Safety Specialist– Mindar Hsieh, CSP, Safety Engineer– Bob Kirchgessner, Safety Engineer– Bob LeCastre, OHST, Safety Specialist– Clara Marin, Safety Engineer– Colin Sargent, CHST, Safety Specialist– Wilson Soto, Safety Specialist– Bob Upton, CSP, Safety Engineer– Mike Willibey, CHST/OHST, Safety Specialist– Mike Willis, Safety Specialist

2013Out with the old… In with the new…

Mike Stratton Retired after 38+ years

with OSHA

Al Stutz

Industrial Hygiene Staff

• Al Stutz, Assistant Area Director/Health

– Mike Forster, CIH, CSP, Industrial Hygienist– Jacki Lamb-Anderson, CHMM, Industrial Hygienist– Dinh Le, Industrial Hygienist– Kim Mielonen, Industrial Hygienist

Additional Staff

• Felicia Dobbins, Secretary

• Ellen Sidell, Program Analyst

• Gordon DeLeys, Compliance Assistance Specialist

• Chris Carlin, 11(c) Investigator

Art Dube, Area DirectorGordon DeLeys, CASBuffalo Area Office130 S. Elmwood Avenue, Suite 500Buffalo, NY 14202(716) 551-3053 x244

Kim Castillon, Area DirectorAlbany Area Office401 New Karner Road, Suite 300Albany, NY 12205(518) 464-4338

Kay Gee, Area DirectorJohn Frowd, CASManhattan Area Office201 Varick Street, Room 908New York, NY 10014(212) 620-3200

Tony Ciuffo, Area DirectorLong Island Area Office1400 Old Country RoadSuite 208Westbury, NY 11590(516) 334-3344

Chris Adams, Area DirectorRon Williams, CASSyracuse Area OSHA Office3300 Vickery RoadN. Syracuse, NY 13212(315) 451-0808 x3002

Diana Cortez, Area DirectorTom McCarthy, CASTarrytown Area Office660 White Plains RoadTarrytown, NY 10591(914) 524-7510

Is Safety and Health a Top Priority Where You Work?

Correct Answer:Correct Answer:

It Shouldn’t BeIt Shouldn’t Be

Question:Question:

Priorities in an organization can (and usually do) change

Safety and health needs to be a core value of the

organization

• Falls from Elevations by roofers cost approximately $106,000 each

• Falls from Elevations by Carpenters cost over $97,000 each

• The average cost of a fall from elevation for all other occupational classifications was under $50,000

• Falls from ladders or scaffolds by roofers cost approximately $68,000 each

• Falls from ladders or scaffolds by carpenters cost nearly $62,000 each

Fall Injuries amongst Roofers and Carpenters

Accident Costs and Impact on Sales

Type Avg. Avg. Total$ Sales Needed

Injury Direct$ Indirect$ 3% 5%

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Amputation $21,718 $23,890 $45,608 $1,520,260 $912,156

Burn $ 3,846 $ 6,154 $10,000 $ 333,320 $199,992

Carpal T. $ 8,305 $ 9,966 $18,271 $ 609,033 $365,420

Foreign Body $ 317 $ 1,427 $ 1,744 $ 58,177 $ 34,870

Laceration $ 1,101 $ 4,955 $ 6,056 $ 201,850 $121,110

Iceberg Effect

Heinrich Pyramid

What’s New?

• Continued strong enforcement

• Continued cooperative programs

• Continued outreach

BLS Statistics Showing the Leading Causes of Construction Fatalities

FATALITIES 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

FALLS 394 433 447 332 283

STRUCK BY 130 120 106 108 79

ELECTROCUTIONS 107 126 108 89 89

CAUGHT IN/BETWEEN

111 96 98 92 34

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Fatalities 1239 1204 975 834 774 721

Fatalities per 100,000 workers

11.2 10.8 9.7 9.9 9.8 8.9

Fatalities and Fatality Rates in Construction

Source: BLS CFOI Data

Pre-rule• Backing

Operations

Pre-Rule•Reinforcing and

Post-Tensioned

Steel Construction

Other Pre-Rule Regulatory Agenda Items

• Look back of OSHA chemical standards

• Infectious diseases

• I2P2

• Vertical tandem lifts

Directorate of Construction Standards

Standards Improvement Process (SIPs) IV

•Remove or revise duplicative, unnecessary, and inconsistent safety and health standards

•Without reducing workers' safety and health or imposing any additional economic burden on employers

Proposed Rule Regulatory Agenda Activities

• Crystalline Silica

• Improved tracking of injuries and illnesses

• Cranes and derricks in underground construction and demolition

• Updating OSHA standards based on national consensus standards for PPE (head protection) and acetylene

Final Rule Regulatory Agenda Items

• Cranes and derricks, digger derrick exemption

• Confined spaces in construction

• Walking working surfaces and fall protection systems

Long-term Actions

• Occupational exposure to beryllium

• Occupational exposure to food flavorings containing diacetyl and diacetyl substiutes

• Combustible dust

• MSD column on recordkeeping form

Construction Directives Under Development

• Highway work zones

• Cranes and derricks

• Personal protective equipment

• Construction chapter to FOM

• Excavations/trenching

NIOSH/OSHA Nail Gun Guidance

•Released 9/21/2011

•Joint NIOSH/OSHA Publication

OSHA Noise Pocket Guide

• Not a standard• Educational• Information is directed to workers and

small employers• Hearing loss guidance

– Prevention• PPE, etc.

– Hearing conservation programs in construction– NIOSH recommendations

Crane Guidance Products

• Cranes and derricks products

– FAQs Published

– Fact sheets

– Letters of interpretation

Crane Letters of Interpretation

Most interest to Unions, Trade Associations, and Rental Companies

•Identifying a work zone when working near a power line

•Apprenticeship programs used to qualify riggers and signal persons

•Hours of equipment operation versus practical exam for recertification

Crane Letters of Interpretation

Most interest to Manufactures and Equipment Users•Operation of cranes derated by the manufacturer•Mast Climbing Scaffold used with hoisting attachments•Typical vertical mast forklift used with hoisting attachments

Communication Tower Issues

• Riding the line while constructing the tower

• Construction vs. Maintenance

Front

Back

Poster Tool Box Stickers Pocket Cards

Fall Prevention Campaign Update

Fall Protection in Residential Construction

• 545 workers killed from falls during residential construction activities from 2005 to 2009– 129 of these 545 were workers who died from

falling off of residential roofs• New directive (STD 03-11-002)• Requires fall protection above 6 feet• Conventional methods of fall protection:

• Guardrail systems• Safety net systems• Personal fall arrest systems• Fall restraint systems

• Alternative methods of fall protection– Must comply with appropriate subparts when

using these methods:• Scaffolds• Ladders• Aerial lifts

Fall Protection in Residential Construction (cont’d.)

• Employers who do not provide conventional methods of fall protection must:

– Demonstrate & document why conventional methods are infeasible or creates a greater hazard

– Prepare a fall protection plan by a qualified person

– Identify each location where conventional fall protection cannot be used

– Discuss the alternative measures taken to protect workers from hall hazards

– Implementation of the plan must be supervised by a competent person

– If an incident occurs, employer must re-examine fall protection plan

Residential Construction New Phase-in Deadline

• Memo to the Regions on 08/29/2012

• Extends phase-in to March 15, 2013

• Polices mirror past extensions (attached to the Regional memo)

• CAS outreach should continue as needed

Residential Construction Fall Protection Products Update

• Questions and Answers (Q&A) (Residential Fall Protection)

• Fact Sheets

• Residential Fall Protection Guidance Document (Spanish)

• Compliance Assistance: Fall Protection in Residential Construction. OSHA [narrated PPT]

• Residential Fall Protection - OSHA PowerPoint Slide Presentation (Spanish)

Residential Construction Fact Sheets

• Installing Standing Seam Metal Roofs

• Re-Roofing

• Roof Sheathing   • Installing Roof Trusses

• Installing Tile Roofs

• Roof Repair

Residential Construction Fact Sheets

• New - Working in attics

• New - Constructing walls

• New - Installing floor joist and decking

Residential Construction Fall Protection Products Under Development

• Roofing safe work practices

• Two Videos from the State of Washington

• Miscellaneous English to Spanish translations for video and outreach products

Construction Fall Protection Products Under Development

Fact Sheets•Extension Ladders

•Step/A Frame ladders

•Job Made Ladders

•Narrow Frame Scaffolds (Baker/Perry)

•Tube and Coupler Scaffold

•Pump Jack Scaffold

http://www.osha.gov/stopfalls/

Available Fall Protection TrainingEducation Centers

– Course# 3110 Fall Arrest Systems

• Principles of Fall Protection

• Fall Protection Components

– Limitations

– Field Exercise/Hands on

– Course #7405 – Fall Hazard Awareness for the Construction Industry

• Identify, Prevent, or Control Fall Hazards at Construction Site

Susan Harwood Grants

– Numerous training and developmental grants includes fall protection topics

– http://www.osha.gov/dte/sharwood/grant_awards.html

OSHA Fall Prevention Webpage

– Training Resources for fall protection and prevention (Tab on site)

• http://www.osha.gov/stopfalls/trainingresources.html

12 New Prevention Videos (v-Tools) for Construction Hazards

Favorable Review Commission Decision

Elliot Construction Corporation - Involving CO exposure to four employees. •OSHA appealed after the ALJ changed Willful citations to serious with significant penalty reduction. •ALJ’s decision was overturned by the Review Commission who affirmed two of the three violations and proposed Willful citation with adjusted penalty to $112,000.

Heat Stress Campaign• Prevent heat-related illnesses

in outdoor workers• Partnered with NOAA on

weather service alerts & worker safety precautions when extreme heat alerts are issued

• Developed a heat smartphone app

Heat Illness Campaign Extended for 2013

• Compliance assistance and outreach continues

• Focus on preventing heat illness to outdoor workers.

• Water, Rest, Shade– Fact Sheet and Posters

English/Spanish

eLaws – New OSHA Cadmium Biological Monitoring Advisor

FAA Proposes Policy to Improve Flight Attendant Workplace Safety

• 2-½ months of OSHA response activities (47 operational periods)

• Conducted >1,500 outreach briefings & reached >40,400 workers

– >9,130 non-English speaking

• Conducted >3,000 field interventions impacting >20,875 workers

– 7,712 of whom were removed from danger

• 72 enforcement activities; 273 employees removed from hazards via enforcement activities

• >1,800 hazards addressed

Emerging Issues

RF Exposure

Emerging Issues

Isocyanate Exposures - Green Jobs

Emerging Issues

OSHA’s Distracted Driving Initiative

Distracted Driving Campaign

• More workers are killed each year in motor vehicle crashes than any other cause

• Distracted Driving publication available

• Primarily focuses on texting while driving as texting utilizes more of our cognitive senses (mind, hands and eyes)

• Enforcement component for employers that require texting while driving or organizes work that texting while driving is a practical necessity

Emerging Issues

Methylene Chloride

Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals

(GHS)

• 1992 United Nations mandate adopted at the “Earth Summit”

• US supported the process and actively participated

• Results in changes to hazard communication standard

• Final rule published in the Federal Register on March 26, 2012. Fully effective June 2016.

Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemical -

GHS

• A common, coherent approach to classifying and communicating chemical hazards

• Proposes:– Harmonized definitions of hazards – Specific criteria for labels – Harmonized format for safety data sheets

Why is a common approach needed

• Countries with systems that address these needs have adopted different requirements for hazard definitions as well as information to be included on a label or material safety data sheet.

• This impacts both protection and trade.

Why is a common approach needed

GHS

16 Physical Hazard Classifications

10 Health Hazard Classifications

Designation of Categories of Hazard

Determines Label Elements

Pictogram – Hazard Statement – Signal Word

Precautionary Statements

16-Section Safety Data Sheet

GHS Physical Hazards

• Explosives• Flammable gases• Flammable aerosols• Oxidizing gases• Gases under pressure• Flammable liquids• Flammable solids• Self-reactive substances and mixtures• Pyrophoric liquids• Pyrophoric solids• Self-heating substances and mixtures• Substances and mixtures which, in contact with water, emit flammable

gases• Oxidizing liquids• Oxidizing solids• Organic peroxides• Corrosive to metals

GHS Health Hazards

• Acute Toxicity• Skin corrosion/Irritation• Serious eye damage/eye irritation• Respiratory or skin sensitization• Germ cell mutagenicity• Carcinogenicity• Reproductive toxicity• Specific target organ toxicity – Single exposure• Specific target organ toxicity – repeated exposure• Aspiration hazard

Modifications to Labels

• Sample Hazard Statements

– Fatal if in contact with skin– Extremely flammable aerosol– May cause cancer

• Two Signal Words– Danger– Warning

Label Example Current HCS

Minimum requirements

Revised HCS

Minimum Requirements

SDS Format

• 16 Section Format – Modeled after ANSI Z400.1

• Information requirements for the GHS SDS are the same as current OSHA MSDS requirements

Format and elements for GHS compliant Safety Data Sheet1.Identification of the substance or mixture and of the supplier2.Hazards identification3.Composition/information on ingredients Substance/Mixture4.First aid measures 5.Firefighting measures6.Accidental release measures7.Handling and storage8.Exposure controls/personal protection.9.Physical and chemical properties10.Stability and reactivity11.Toxicological 12.Ecological information (non mandatory)13.Disposal considerations (non mandatory)14.Transport information (non mandatory)15.Regulatory information (non mandatory)16.Other information including information on preparation and revision of the SDS 

National Emphasis Programs

• Combustible dust• Federal agencies• Flavoring

chemicals/diacetyl• Hazardous machinery

(amputations)• Hexavalent chromium• Lead• Primary metals• Air traffic control

monitoring

• Petroleum refinery process safety management

• Process safety management covered chemicals facilities

• Shipbreaking• Silica• Trenching & excavation• Nursing and residential

care facilities

Local Emphasis ProgramsBuffalo Area Office

• Fall hazards in construction

• Heavy highway and bridge construction & maintenance

• Gut rehabilitation & demolition

• Amputations• Health high hazard - Top

50• Federal agencies

• Warehousing & refuse handlers and haulers

• Construction worksites-local targeting

• Landscaping & horticultural services worksites

• Isocyanates• Crystalline silica• Lead

Enforcement Stats(FY 2012 – BFAO)

• 671 inspections conducted– 532 safety (79%)– 139 health (21%)

– 464 programmed (69%)– 207 unprogrammed (31%)

• 2 accident

– 380 construction (57%)– 291 general industry (43%)

• 1,610 citations issued– Approximately 83%

willful, repeat or serious

• $3.4M in penalties issued

• Avg. per serious violation = $2,135

Significant Cases issued in FY 2012• Wegmans Food Markets, Inc., Rochester, NY - $153,200

• Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc., Rochester, NY - $200,300

• Sorrento Lactalis, Inc., Buffalo, NY - $241,000

• Wal-Mart Supercenter Store #2859, Rochester, NY - $365,500

• Aria Contracting Corp., Orchard Park, NY - $56,000

• Gray Metal Products, Avon, NY - $90,000

Significant Cases FY 2013

• Rosina Food Products, West Seneca, NY - $54,750

FY 2012 Fatalities

• Eberts Electric, Inc.Electrician

electrocuted by energized 277V lighting system

• Linata Design and ManufacturingLead person was

pinned by 6,000 steel beam

FY 2013 Fatalities

• CTS Construction, Inc., Westfield, NY – Employee struck by vehicle in highway workzone (investigation ongoing)

Top Ten Hazards

Top 10 Violations in FY 2012

1. Fall protection, construction (1926.501)

2. Hazard communication, general industry (1910.1200)

3. Scaffolding, general requirements, construction (1926.451)

4. Respiratory protection, general industry (1910.134)

5. Control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout), general industry (1910.147)

6. Powered industrial trucks, general industry (1910.178)

7. Ladders, construction (1926.1053)

8. Electrical, wiring methods, components and equipment, general industry (1910.305)

9. Machines, general requirements, general industry (1910.212)

10. Electrical systems design, general requirements, general industry (1910.303)

OSHA OFFICES in NEW YORKAlbany Area Office 518-464-4338

Buffalo Area Office 716-551-3053

Syracuse Area Office 315-451-0808

Tarrytown Area Office 914-524-7510

Manhattan Area Office 212-620-3200

Long Island Area Office 516-334-3344

Queens District Office 718-279-9060

Region II Office 212-337-2378

OSHAwww.osha.gov1-800-321-osha (hot line)

Consultation ProgramsNew York: NYS Department of Labor/OSHA(716)847-7166 (Buffalo), Greg Conrad(585) 258-4570 (Rochester)www.labor.state.ny.us/workerprotection/

safetyhealth/DOSH_ONSITE_Consultation.shtm

OSHA Resources

Contact Information

Gordon J. DeLeys

Compliance Assistance Specialist

Buffalo Area OSHA Office

Deleys.Gordon@dol.gov

716-551-3053

Questions?