John Frowd Compliance Assistance Specialist Manhattan Area Office NYC ASSE Chapter Working With OSHA

3 What is OSHA? l Occupational Safety and Health Administration l Responsible for worker safety and health protection

4 What does OSHA do? l Encourages employers and employees to reduce workplace hazards and implement new or improve existing safety and health programs l Develops and enforces mandatory job safety and health standards l Maintains a reporting and recordkeeping system to monitor job-related injuries and illnesses l Provides assistance, training and other support programs to help employers and workers

Contact OSHA File Compliant/Report Emergency Toll-Free Hotline ( OSHA (English and Spanish) E-Correspondence (English and Spanish) Letter Regional/Area Offices Hispanic/ESL Coordinators Compliance Assistance Specialists Labor Liaisons

Worker Rights Electronic Resources Workers Page Whistleblower Protection Page Additional Resources Employee Workplace Rights booklet Worker Rights Fact Sheet, Magnet, and Wallet Card Whistleblower Fact Sheets

Region II- N.Y. OSHA Offices Albany Buffalo Long Island Manhattan Syracuse Tarrytown

Region II- N.J OSHA Offices Avenel Hasbrouck Heights Marlton Parsippany

Metro New York OSHA Area Offices Manhattan Manhattan : Jurisdiction: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens District Office Tarrytown: Tarrytown: Jurisdiction: Westchester, Bronx, Rockland Avenel: Avenel: Staten Island Long Island Long Island : Jurisdiction: Nassau, Suffolk

Compliance Assistance Specialists Work out of OSHA Area Offices Work out of OSHA Area Offices Provide general information about OSHA Provide general information about OSHA Respond to requests for help from a variety of Respond to requests for help from a variety of groups groups Available for seminars, workshops, and speaking events Available for seminars, workshops, and speaking events Promote cooperative programs and Promote cooperative programs and OSHA's training resources OSHA's training resources

Compliance Assistance Specialists Screen Capture of OSHA's CAS Directory Web Page

Publications QuickCards Fact Sheets Booklets and Brochures Posters Safety and Health Information Bulletins Picture of OSHA's Construction Pocket Guide

Construction-Related Publications

New Publications Cranes & Derricks Small Entity Compliance Guide (Mar. 2011) Distracted Driving – No Texting Brochure (Mar. 2011) Fall Protection in Residential Construction Guidance Document (Apr. 2011) Heat Illness Prevention Fact Sheets and Posters (English and Spanish) (Apr. 2011) We Are OSHA, We Can Help Brochure (English and Spanish) (Mar. 2011) Worker Rights Bookmark, Magnet, and Wallet Card (English, Spanish, Vietnamese) (May 2010) Pictures of OSHA publications

Employer Safety Incentive and Disincentive Policies and Practices OSHA's position is that workplace safety and health incentive programs must not encourage underreporting of injuries and illnesses.OSHA's position is that workplace safety and health incentive programs must not encourage underreporting of injuries and illnesses. Employers have established programs that unintentionally or intentionally provide employees an incentive to not report injuries. For example, an employer might enter all employees who have not been injured in the previous year in a drawing to win a prize, bonus etc.Employers have established programs that unintentionally or intentionally provide employees an incentive to not report injuries. For example, an employer might enter all employees who have not been injured in the previous year in a drawing to win a prize, bonus etc. 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 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

Heat Illness Prevention Campaign OSHA’s 2011/2012 Campaign: Low literacy fact sheets (English and Spanish) Worksite and community posters (English and Spanish) Heat Illness Web Page PSA (English and Spanish) NOAA weather alerts

OSHA Fall Prevention Campaign in Construction “ OSHA's fall prevention campaign was developed in partnership with the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health and NIOSH's National Occupational Research Agenda program. OSHA and NIOSH will work with trade associations, labor unions, employers, universities, community and faith-based organizations, and consulates to provide employers and workers – especially vulnerable, low-literacy workers – with education and training on common-sense fall prevention equipment and strategies that save lives” Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis

Transportation: Distracted Driving OSHA Distracted Driving Initiative Distracted Driving Web Page Distracted Driving Brochure

Outreach to Latino Workers OSHA has made workplace safety and health for Latino workers a priority. OSHA is working with the Latino community to raise awareness of workplace safety and health among the Spanish-speaking workforce. Workplace fatality rate for Latinos is decreasing, but is still higher than for other workers

OSHA’s Cooperative Programs Alliance Program OSHA Strategic Partnership Program Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) OSHA Challenge Program On-site Consultation Program & Safety and Health Recognition Program (SHARP)

OSHA Training Institute Education Centers Quality, OSHA-authorized training Serving all OSHA Regions

Screen Capture of OSHA's Training Institute Education Centers Web Page OSHA Training Institute Education Centers Web Page

Summary Enforcement: –Addressing Accidents, fatality's, Imminent danger, Complaints, Referrals and Programmed Inspections Compliance assistance is working effectively to: –Support OSHA’s enforcement and standard-setting activities –Support Secretary Solis’s goals of safe jobs and a voice for workers –Target specific industries and hazards for high impact –Recognize exemplary workplaces and share best practices