OSHA Update.. Darwin D. Craig, AAD 444 Regency Parkway Drive, Suite 303 Omaha, NE

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1 OSHA Update.. Darwin D. Craig, AAD 444 Regency Parkway Drive, Suite 303 Omaha, NE

2 OSHA s Emphasis Programs (Types) Enforcement Programs (NEP or LEP) Alliances National (e.g. Independent Electrical Contractors; Scaffold and Access Industry Association and AIHA) Local (e.g. Mexican Consulate; City of Omaha) Partnerships National (e.g. VPP; electrical transmission industry) Local (some in the works; volunteers?)

3 OSHA s Emphasis on Enforcement National Nursing and Residential Care Facilities (NEP) Site Specific Targeting 2013 (SST-13) (NEP) Federal Agency Targeting (FEDTARG13) (NEP) Hexavalent Chromium (NEP) Combustible Dust (NEP) Primary Metals Industry (NEP) Occupational Exposure to Isocyanates (NEP) PSM Covered Chemical Facilities (NEP) Amputations (NEP) Trenching (NEP) Silica (SEP) OSHA proposed revised Silica standard. NEW Temporary Workers initiative; Hospital Workers webpage; Proposed revised recordkeeping

4 OSHA s Emphasis on Enforcement Local Workers Compensation (LEP) High Hazard Work Places Safety Inspection (LEP) Powered Industrial Trucks and Other Material or Personnel Handling Motorized Equipment in Construction and General Industry (LEP) Grain Handling Industry (LEP) Severe Weather Construction (LEP) Falls, Overhead Power Lines, Scaffolds (REP) Work Places That Have Released EPA Monitored Chemicals (REP) Noise & Respirator (REP)

5 NATIONAL STATISTICS Top 10 - FY Fall Protection Hazard Communication* Scaffolding Respiratory Protection* Electrical, Wiring Methods Powered Industrial Trucks* Ladders Lockout/Tagout Electrical, General Requirements Machine Guarding

6 NEBRASKA STATISTICS Top 10 - FY Fall Protection Hazard Communication* Lockout/Tagout Electrical, Wiring Methods Powered Industrial Trucks* Electrical, General Requirements Machine Guarding Abrasive Wheel Guarding Personal Protective Equipment Ladders

7 NE Fatalities FY 2012 Company Event 1 Eaton Corporation (Kearney) Employee caught in machine 2 Bimbo Bakery Struck-by vehicle 3 Hastings Acquisitions DBA Mechanical asphyxiation Nebraska Prime Group (Caught-in) 4 Wauneta Roller Mill Engulfment 5 Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. Crushed by equipment 6 Quality Power and Control Electrocution 7 TH Construction, Inc. Struck-by 8 Magnum Builders Fall from height

8 NE Fatalities FY 2013 Company Event 1 Allied Genetics Struck-by; farm equipment 2 Witt Plumbing Caught-in; trench 3 Farmers Cooperative Co. Struck-by; vehicle 4 JMA Roofing Fall from Roof 5 Werner Construction Struck-by; motor bucket

9 NE Fatalities FY 2014 Company Event 1 Fore-Quarters Feedlot Struck by/engulfment 2 International Nutrition (2 victims) Fire/Explosion; building collapse 3 BD Medical Surgical Systems Forklift Accident

10 Why Me? Every day in America, 12 people go to work and never come home. And every year, nearly 4 million Americans suffer a serious workplace injury. Tragically, these deaths and injuries are preventable - preventable by basic safety precautions such as providing a safety harness and line to prevent workers from falling off a roof; shoring up a trench to make sure it doesn't collapse; or guarding a machine so a worker doesn't get his hand cut off.

11 Employer Safety Incentive and Disincentive Policies and Practices Section 11(c) of the OSH Act prohibits an employer from discriminating against an employee because the employee reports an injury or illness. 29 CFR [and 21 other statutes] 12/29/ Company fails to comply in OSHA whistleblower case; US marshals seize vehicle 10/29/ US Labor Department seeks more than $300,000 for Idaho whistleblower (fired employee) 02/10/ Suspension of 13 workers (for reporting injuries) prompts lawsuit by US Labor Department.

12 Safety Saves Life & Money! An Insurance company report showed that the most disabling workplace injuries and illnesses in 2010 (those involving six or more days away from work) cost American employers $51.1 billion annually nearly $1 billion a week in workers' compensation costs alone. These costs can double when you add the many indirect costs to employers such as the costs of down time for other employees as a result of an injury, investigations, claims adjustment, legal fees, and associate property damage. Costs to employees and their families from wage losses not covered by worker's compensation, household responsibilities, and family care for injured or ill workers further increase the total costs to our economy, even without considering the cost of pain and suffering. Clearly, protecting workers' safety and health is not only the right thing to do it's also good business.

13 Job Security