OSHA NATIONAL UPDATE Kelly C. Knighton, CSP Regional Administrator 2017 Annual North Texas OSHAMSHA Regulatory Update Seminar

Agenda Hurricane Harvey Enforcement Regulatory Activities Outreach

Hurricane Harvey OSHA has been working closely with FEMA, local, state, and other federal partners to ensure worker safety and health is a priority during recovery operations. Includes providing technical support, and distributing safety and health publications and guidance documents related to hurricane and flood clean-up and recovery operations.

Hurricane Harvey OSHA has a 25-day FEMA mission assignment to: Develop the Health and Safety Plan (HASP); Provide onsite technical assistance during the establishment of 5-7 base camps; and, Chair the Joint Federal Agency Safety and Health Committee.

Hurricane Harvey OSHA has conducted more than: 630 safety and health interventions; 521 outreach activities assisting employers and workers in identifying unsafe or potentially unsafe working conditions. Response teams reached more than 9,058 workers; and, removed 2127 workers from hazards.

Inspections October 1, 2016 – September 10, 2017 All Inspections: 30,494 Safety: 25,009 Health: 5,485 No. of Fatalities Investigated: 748 *37 Less than this Time Last Fiscal Year. Total No. of Violations Issued: 47,432 Average Current Serious Penalty Amount: $3,821

Inspections October 1, 2016 – September 10, 2017 % Construction: 51.9% % General Industry: 48.1% % Programmed: 44.6% % Un-Programmed: 55.4% % Follow-up: 3.2%

National Emphasis Programs FY2017 Combustible Dust - OSHA Instruction CPL 03-00-008 Hazardous Machinery - OSHA Instruction CPL 03-00-019 Hexavalent Chromium - OSHA Instruction CPL 02-02-076 Lead - OSHA Instruction CPL 03-00-009 Primary Metal Industries - OSHA Instruction CPL 03-00-018

National Emphasis Programs FY2017 Process Safety Management - OSHA Instruction CPL 03-00-021 Shipbreaking - OSHA Instruction CPL 03-00-020 Silica - OSHA Instruction CPL 03-00-007 Trenching & Excavation - OSHA Instruction CPL 02-00-069

Most Frequently Cited Standards All Industries 1. Fall Protection 2. Hazard Communication 3. Scaffolding 4. Lockout/Tagout 5. Respiratory Protection 6. Ladders 7. Machine Guarding 8. Powered Industrial Trucks 9. Electrical - Wiring 10. Fall Protection Training

OSHA Penalty Adjustment First time OSHA’s penalties were adjusted since 1990 OSHA will adjust its civil monetary penalties annually to account for inflation 

$12,675 per day beyond the abatement date New Penalty Levels Adjusted Jan 17, 2017 Type of Violation New Maximum* Serious and Other-Than-Serious Posting Requirements    $12,675 per violation Willful or Repeated $126,749 per violation   Failure to Abate $12,675 per day beyond the abatement date *Maximum penalties will be readjusted annually for inflation.

Respirable Crystalline Silica in Construction §1926.1153 Enforceable on September 23, 2017 New 8-Time-Weighted-Average (TWA) PEL of 50 µg/m3 New an action level (AL) of 25 µg/m3

Respirable Crystalline Silica in Construction §1926.1153 Goal of September 23, 2017 to issue Silica Directive New compliance aids to help employers can be found at www.osha.gov/silica Developing fact sheets for each of the Table 1 tasks and video for some of the more common Table 1 tasks.

Illness and Injury Reporting Injury Tracking Application (ITA) was launched on August 1, 2017 >4,200 accounts established in the first week Expecting approximately 400,000 accounts Need help? – Submit questions through the Help Request Form. The link appears at the bottom of each page in ITA

Illness and Injury Reporting Proposed rule issued extending date for submitting 2016 Form 300A data from July 1, 2017 to December 1, 2017 Outreach materials available ITA landing page Includes: FAQs, ITA job aids, Instructions for using Comma Separated Value (CSV) and Application Programming Interface (API) Token options for uploading existing electronic data

Beryllium Standard Effective May 20, 2017, with initial compliance date of March 12, 2018 Proposed rule issued revoking the ancillary provisions (e.g., housekeeping, PPE) for the construction and shipyard sectors, while retaining new PEL and STEL

Beryllium Standard General industry provisions are not affected by proposal Comments were due August 28, 2017 Public hearing, if requested. OSHA will not be enforcing construction and shipyard provisions until final rule is issued.

Crane Operator Qualification Crane Operator Requirements Extension Maintains current competency requirements Effective date extended to November 10, 2018 Crane Operator Competency (NPRM) Maintains employer obligation to ensure operator competency Provides operator competency evaluation criteria Clarifies training requirements Revises certification requirements (not by capacity)

National Alliances American Chemistry Council Protect workers from exposure to hazardous chemicals. Raise awareness working with diisocyantes Safe work practices in the polyurethane industry National Grain and Feed Association Prevent exposure to hazards associated with grain bin entry, machine guarding, resp. protection, falls, heat exposure, combustible dust, struck-by, lockout/tagout

OSHA Working with Oil & Gas Industry Tank Gauging Hazard Alert Hot Work Hazard Alert Safety Stand-Downs Updating OSHA’s Oil and Gas eTool

OSHA Compliance Assistance 21 Million visitors annually to OSHA’s website 253,149 responses to OSHA 1-800 calls for help 21,775 Spanish-speaking callers helped 25,924 e-mail requests for assistance answered 113,428 educational materials distributed in print 27,927 visits to small & medium-sized businesses through OSHA’s free On-Site Consultation Program 2016 Data

OSHA Compliance Assistance 156,910 subscribers to QuickTakes newsletter 900,010 students taught at OSHA Outreach Training Program 52,433 students taught at OSHA Training Institute Education Centers 2016 Data

OSHA Outreach Activities Impact Report Outreach activities include training, presentations, meetings, conferences, and more. OSHA’s field compliance assistance staff conduct an average of over 5,000 outreach activities per year. Outreach Activities by Key Initiatives   Initiative FY 2016 FY 2017 (through Q2) Small Business 1782 1,035 Safety & Health Programs 882 825 Fall Prevention 1603 798 Silica 599 Temporary Workers 993 486 Latino 985 392 Heat 947 344 Youth 568 278 Healthcare 351 128 Oil and Gas 275 120

OSHA Outreach Activities Impact Report Through OSHA compliance assistance staff, OSHA reaches millions of people per year. FY Q2 – 1.7 Million was reached

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