1. Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Shaun Jameson & Ryan Delgado

2. About OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 lead congress to create OSHA on April 28, 1971 It is an agency of the U.S. Department of Labor Mission: to assure safe and healthy working conditions for working men and women Set and enforce standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance.

3. Effect on Workplace Encourages employers to reduce workplace hazards Provide research in solving occupational safety and health problems Encourages employers to keep records and reporting requirements Provide for development, analysis, evaluation, and approval of sate occupational safety and health programs

4. OSHA Violations 1.Scaffolding, general requirements, construction (29 CFR 1926.451) 2.Fall protection, construction (29 CFR 1926.501) 3.Hazard communication standard, general industry (29 CFR 1910.1200) 4.Respiratory protection, general industry (29 CFR 1910.134) 5.Control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout), general industry (29 CFR 1910.147) 6.Electrical, wiring methods, components and equipment, general industry (29 CFR 1910.305) 7.Powered industrial trucks, general industry (29 CFR 1910.178) 8.Ladders, construction (29 CFR 1926.1053) 9.Electrical systems design, general requirements, general industry (29 CFR 1910.303) 10.Machine guarding (machines, general requirements, general industry) (29 CFR 1910.212)

5. OSHA Coverage Small agency State partners approximatley 2,200 inspectors Inspectors responsible for 130 million worker within 8 million worksites around nation 10 regional offices 90 local area offices

6. OSHA Inspections 2011 Total Federal inspections 40,648 2011 Total State Plan inspections: 52,056

7. OSHA Jurisdiction Covers private sector employers Excludes self-employed, family farm workers, and government workers (except in state plan states) Approves and monitors 27 State Plan states which cover private and public sector employees Assists Federal Agency Programs

8. OSHA Inspections Conducted without advance notice On-site inspections Phone/ Fax investigations Highly-trained compliance officers

9. Inspection Priorities Imminent danger situations Fatalities and catastrophes Complaints Referrals Targeted inspections Follow-ups Planned or programmed investigations

10. Fatalities 4,690 workers were killed on the job in 2010 90 a week or 13 deaths every day Construction’s “Fatal Four” (774 or 18.7% deaths in construction in 2010) 1.Falls: 264 deaths (34%) 2.Electrocutions: 76 (10%) 3.Struck by Object: 64 (8%) 4.Caught-in/between: 33 (4%)

11. OSHA Budget 2011: $573,096,000 2012: $583,386,000