What Triggers an
OSHA Inspection…
Bernie Hauber, CSP
444 Regency Parkway Drive, Suite 303
Omaha, NE 68114
402.553.0171
800.642.8963
[email protected]
History of OSHA
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OSHA stands for the
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, an agency of the
U.S. Department of Labor
OSHA’s responsibility is worker
safety and health protection
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On December 29, 1970, President Nixon signed the
OSH Act
This Act created OSHA, the agency, which formally
came into being on April 28, 1971
OSHA’s Mission
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The mission of OSHA is to save lives,
prevent injuries and protect the health
of America’s workers.
Some of the things OSHA does to
carry out its mission are:
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developing job safety and health standards and
enforcing them through worksite inspections,
maintaining a reporting and recordkeeping system to
keep track of job-related injuries and illnesses, and
providing training programs to increase knowledge
about occupational safety and health.
Priority
1st
Category of Inspection
Imminent Danger:
Reasonable certainty an immediate danger exists
2nd
Fatality/Catastrophe:
Reported to OSHA; inspected ASAP
3rd
4th
Complaints/Referrals:
Worker or worker representative can file a complaint
about a safety or health hazard (Including employer
referrals as per 1904.39)
Programmed Inspections:
Cover industries and employers with high injury and
illness rates, specific hazards, or other exposures.
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1904.39 – Reporting fatalities,
hospitalizations, amputations…
(newly revised rule)
As of January 1, 2015, all employers
must report:
All work-related fatalities within 8 hours.
 All work-related inpatient hospitalizations, all losses
of an eye and all amputations within 24 hours.
 You can report to OSHA by:
 Contacting closest OSHA AO, calling 800-321OSHA, or using the new online form (soon)
http://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping2014
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1904.39 – Reporting fatalities,
hospitalizations, amputations…
What if the fatality, in-patient hospitalization,
amputation, or loss of an eye does not occur during
or right after the work-related incident?__________
You must only report a fatality to OSHA if the fatality occurs
within thirty (30) days of the work-related incident. For an
in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye, you
must only report the event to OSHA if it occurs within
twenty-four (24) hours of the work-related incident.
However, the fatality, in- patient hospitalization, amputation,
or loss of an eye must be recorded on your OSHA injury and
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illness
records, if you are required to keep such records. 6
1904.39 – Reporting fatalities,
hospitalizations, amputations…
(definitions)
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An amputation is the traumatic loss of a limb or other
external body part…Amputations do not include
avulsions, enucleations, deglovings, scalpings,
severed ears, or broken or chipped teeth.
OSHA defines in-patient hospitalization as a formal
admission to the in-patient service of a hospital or
clinic for care or treatment…you do not have to
report an in-patient hospitalization that involves only
observation or diagnostic testing.
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OSHA’s Emphasis on Enforcement
National
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Nursing and Residential Care Facilities (NEP)
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Site Specific Targeting 2014 (SST-14) (NEP)
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Expiration NEP, Effective April 5, 2015
Expiration NEP, Effective March 6, 2015
Federal Agency Targeting (FEDTARG14) (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 (NEP)
OSHA’s Emphasis on Enforcement
Local
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Workers Compensation (LEP)
High Hazard Work Places Inspection (LEP) (draft)
Powered Industrial Trucks and Other Material or Personnel
Handling Motorized Equipment (REP)
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)
Expanded Health Standard Inspection (LEP)
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Printing (NAICS 32311); Other Chemical Manuf (NAICS 32599);
Miscellaneous Manuf (NAICS 33999); Outpatient Care Centers
(NAICS 62149); and Funeral Homes (NAICS 81221).
NATIONAL STATISTICS
Top 10 - FY2014
Standard
Description
1 19260501 Duty to have fall protection.
2 19101200 Hazard Communication.
3 19260451 General scaffolding requirements.
4 19100134 Respiratory Protection.
5 19261053 Ladders.
6 19100178 Powered industrial trucks.
7 19100147 The control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout).
8 19100305 Wiring methods, components, etc.
9 19100212 General machine guarding requirements
10 19100303 General electrical requirements.
NEBRASKA STATISTICS
Top 10 - FY2014
Standard
Description
1 19260501 Duty to have fall protection.
2 19101200 Hazard Communication.
3 19100147 The control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout).
4 19100178 Powered industrial trucks.
5 19260503 Fall protection training
6 19261053 Ladders
7 19100134 Respirators
8 19100146 Permit-controlled confined space
9 19100212 General machine guarding requirements
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General Duty clause (Hazards NOR)
NE Fatalities – FY 2012
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Company
Event
Eaton Corporation (Kearney) Employee caught in machine
Bimbo Bakery
Struck-by vehicle
Hastings Acquisitions DBA
Mechanical asphyxiation
Nebraska Prime Group
(Caught-in)
Wauneta Roller Mill
Engulfment
Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.
Crushed by equipment
Quality Power and Control
Electrocution
TH Construction, Inc.
Struck-by
Magnum Builders
Fall from height
NE Fatalities – FY 2013
Company
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Event
Allied Genetics
Struck-by; farm equipment
Witt Plumbing
Caught-in; trench
Farmers Cooperative Co.
Struck-by; vehicle
JMA Roofing
Fall from Roof
Werner Construction
Struck-by; motor bucket
NE Fatalities – FY 2014
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Company
Event
Fore-Quarters Feedlot
International Nutrition (2 victims)
BD Medical Surgical Systems
Midwest Farmers Cooperative
Farmers Coop
Double Dutch Dairy
Michael Foods
Van Kirk Brothers
Langley Productions
Roeder Construction
Midwest Manufacturing
Struck by/Engulfment
Building collapse
Forklift Accident
Ammonia Exposure
Fall from truck
Struck by vehicle
Asphyxiation
Struck by bucket
Struck by bullet
Fall from roof
Forklift Accident
NE Fatalities – FY 2015
Company
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Event
Werner Construction
Struck-by; (flagger)
Northeast Neb. Automation
Struck-by; sling broke
Gibbon Packing, LLC
Workplace Violence
RBP Construction, LLC
Crushed-by; Elevator leg
Gehring Construction
Struck-by; chain/tow
Nebraska Railcar Cleaning Svcs (2) Confined Space (fire)
* Incidents involved ladder use
Fatal Occupational Injuries
by major event 2013
Difference in Fatal
Occupational Injury Counts
2012 - 2013
Rate of Fatal Occupational
Injuries (by major group) 2013
In 2013, falls to
lower level
accounted for 595
fatal work injuries.
Of the cases where
height of fall was
known (480 cases),
3 out of every 5
were falls of 20 feet
or less.
Major Safety Program
Elements
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Management Commitment and
Employee Involvement
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Worksite Analysis
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Hazard Prevention and Control
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Safety and Health Training
Safety Triangle
1 Fat/Cat
30 Injuries
600 Near-Misses
“But we’ve always done it this way!”