Eric Harbin Deputy Regional Administrator Region VI – OSHA Update Eric Harbin Deputy Regional Administrator

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Agenda Structure of the Region Enforcement Inspections Inspected Fatalities Recordkeeping Cooperative and State Programs Voluntary Protection Program Compliance Assistance Consultation Emergency Response

Retirement John Hermanson, Regional Administrator retired January 2016 Ben Ross is the Acting Regional Administrator

Structure of the Region 2 – Deputies Area Offices Regional Office Functions 4 – Assistant Regional Administrators Administrative Programs Cooperative and State Programs Enforcement Whistleblower 12 – Area Offices

Area Offices AUSTIN BATON ROUGE CORPUS CHRISTI DALLAS EL PASO Ryan Casey Perkins, Area Director La Costa Green Bldg. 1033 La Posada, Suite 375 Austin, TX 78752 Phone (512) 374-0271 BATON ROUGE Dorinda Folse, Area Director 9100 Bluebonnet Center Blvd. Suite 201 Baton Rouge, LA 70809 Phone (225) 298-5458 CORPUS CHRISTI Travis Clark, Area Director 606 N. Carancahua, Suite 700 Corpus Christi, TX 78401 Phone (361) 888-3420 DALLAS Timothy Minor, Area Director 1100 East Campbell Road Suite 250 Richardson, TX 75081 Phone (972) 952-1330 EL PASO Diego Alvarado, Area Director 4849 North Mesa, Suite 200 El Paso, TX 79912 Phone (915) 534-6251 FORT WORTH Jack A. Rector, Area Director 8713 Airport Freeway, Suite 302 Ft. Worth, TX 76180 Phone (817) 428-2470 HOUSTON NORTH Joann Figueroa, Area Director 690 S. Loop 336 W., Suite 400 Conroe, TX 77304 Phone (936) 760-3800 HOUSTON SOUTH Mark R. Briggs, Area Director 17625 El Camino Real, Suite 400 Houston, TX 77058 Phone (281) 286-0583 LUBBOCK Linda Routh, Area Director 1205 Texas Avenue, Room 806 Lubbock, TX 79401 Phone (806) 472-7681 LITTLE ROCK Carlos Reynolds, Area Director 10810 Executive Center Drive Danville Bldg. 2, Suite 206 Little Rock, AR 72211 Phone (501) 224-1841 OKLAHOMA CITY David A. Bates, Area Director 55 North Robinson, Suite 315 Oklahoma City, OK 73102 Phone (405) 278-9560 SAN ANTONIO Alex Porter, Area Director Fountainhead Tower, Suite 605 8200 W. Interstate 10 San Antonio, TX 78230 Phone (210) 472-5040

New Mexico is our 18(b) state, and has been operating under this plan since 1975. OSHA Region VI covers approximately 495,571 square miles.

Enforcement Inspections Year Inspections FY 2013 5,838 FY 2014 5,531 FY 2015 5,463 FY 2016 4,702

Inspected Fatalities Fatalities FY 2014 – 253 FY 2015 – 262

Significant Cases Sig Cases FY 2014 – 24 FY 2015 – 27 FY 2016 - 25

Reported Hospitalizations and Amputations Date Amputation Loss of Eye Hospitalization January 1, 2015 – September 30, 2015 478 1 1,689 October 1, 2015 – August 29, 2016 521 1,889

Reported Hospitalizations and Amputations Area Office Amputation Loss of Eye Hospitalization Austin 40 111 Baton Rouge 47 188 Corpus Christi 20 126 Dallas 70 211 El Paso 5 49 Fort Worth 58 219 Houston North 45 142 Houston South 43 186 Little Rock 68 176 Lubbock 129 Oklahoma City 61 139 San Antonio 17 93

Voluntary Protection Program

Compliance Assistance Top industries for outreach: Industry FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 All Industry 216 354 284 Construction 421 340 379 General Industry 206 239 160 Oil & Gas 177 142 104 Total 1,206 1,193 927

Compliance Assistance Outreach

Compliance Assistance Top industries People Reached Industry FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 All Industry 162,961 91,651 447,586 Construction 1,276,407 1,291,069 1,748,342 General Industry 53,691 239,777 95,927 Oil & Gas 43,569 125,934 87,802 Total 1,536,628 1,748,431 2,379,657

Compliance Assistance People Reached

Consultation Arkansas Louisiana New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Arkansas Department of Labor Tel: (501) 682-4522 Louisiana Louisiana Workforce Commission Tel: (225)-219-4216 New Mexico New Mexico Environment Department Tel: (505) 476-8720 Oklahoma State Department of Labor – OSHA Division Tel: (405) 521-6139 Texas OSHCON Program – Texas Department of Insurance Tel: (512) 804-4640

Emergency Response Precipitation totals (inches) from August 8-15, 2016 Over two feet of rain was observed in parts of southeaster Louisiana which led to catastrophic flooding, especially in areas around Baton Rouge

Emergency Response

Press Releases August – Labor Rights Week August – Louisiana flood recovery workers June – Heat Advisory May – Fall Stand Down May – Workers’ Memorial Day April – Riding mower deaths March 21, Austin, Texas April 1, Little Rock, ARK April 5, Amite, LA December, Poultry Symposium

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