Bonita Winingham Deputy Regional Administrator Kansas City Regional Office OSHA Update ASSE/CSG/AIHA

Region 7 Leadership Changes We Can Help Regional Administrator – Marcia Drumm Deputy Regional Administrator – Bonita Winingham

Leadership Changes (cont) We Can Help Assistant Regional Administrators Brian Drake – ARA Enforcement Programs Karena Lorek – ARA WPP

Leadership Changes (cont) We Can Help TMKS Assistant Area Directors Lisa Gilpin Ryan Hodge

Leadership Changes (cont) We Can Help OMAO Area Director Jeff Funke

 More than 4,000 Americans die from preventable workplace injuries every year.  Perhaps as many as 50,000 workers die from illnesses in which preventable workplace exposures were a contributing factor.  More than 3 million workers suffer a serious non fatal injury or illness annually. OSHA’s Continuing Mission We Can Help

 SLAO  FY 2015 = 12  FY 2014 = 7  KCAO  FY 2015 = 16  FY 2014 = 8 What’s Happening in Region 7 We Can Help

 TMKS  FY 2015 = 11  FY 2014 = 17  OAO  FY 2015 = 12  FY 2014 = 9 What’s Happening in Region 7 (cont) We Can Help

 DMAO  FY 2015 = 1  FY 2014 = 0 What’s Happening in Region 7 (cont) We Can Help

— National Safety Council “Injury Facts” 2014 Preventable w orkplace injuries and fatalities cost our economy $198.2 billion a year. We Can Help

Safety Pays We Can Help Investing in preventing hazards saves lives, prevents injuries and saves you money

Written Programs vs Implemented Programs We Can Help Who wins?

Updates to OSHA’s Recordkeeping and Reporting Rule OSHA has expanded the list of severe injuries & illnesses that employers must report & updated the list of industries who are partially exempt from routinely keeping OSHA records. Federal OSHA For workplaces under Federal OSHA jurisdiction  Final rule became effective January 1, 2015 We Can Help

 By telephone to the nearest OSHA office during normal business hours.  By telephone to the 24-hour OSHA hotline ( OSHA or ).  Online: OSHA is developing a new means of reporting events electronically, which will be available soon at How can employers report to OSHA? We Can Help

Expanded reporting requirements The rule expands the list of severe work-related injuries and illnesses that all covered employers must report to OSHA. Starting January 1, 2015, employers must report the following to OSHA:  All work-related fatalities within 8 hours (same as current requirement)  All work-related in-patient hospitalizations of one or more employees within 24 hours  All work-related amputations within 24 hours  All work-related losses of an eye within 24 hours We Can Help

Fastrack Erectors Incident occurred while landing decking on joists. Employees stood on joists and trusses without fall protection. 29 CFR (a)(1) Fall hazard when climbing and working from steel structure without fall protection We Can Help

Martin Foundry OSHA inspection Denial Warrant/US Marshal Contempt We Can Help

What’s New Revised manual, Fire Service Features of Buildings and Fire Protection SystemsFire Service Features of Buildings and Fire Protection Systems Lead in Construction Comments due by November 2, 2015 Beryllium Comments due by November We Can Help

What’s New (cont) Temporary Enforcement of Construction Confined Space Standard No citation with good faith effort to comply between 8/3/2015 and 10/2/ We Can Help

What’s New in Region 7 Local Emphasis Programs Struck By Kansas Weather High Hazard We Can Help

We Can Help RankIndustryNAICS 1Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing 337 2Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing 334 3Food Manufacturing311 4Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing 327 5Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing332* 6Machinery Manufacturing333* Appendix A - Safety Rankings for 2014 *BLS rates for NAICS codes 332 and 333 are tied. Both are included in ranking.

We Can Help RankIndustryNAICS 1Printing and Related Support Activities323 4Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing312 3Miscellaneous Manufacturing339 4Wood Product manufacturing321 5Primary Metal Manufacturing331 Appendix B - Health Rankings for 2014

New Hazard Communication Standard Effective Dates Effective DateRequirement(s)Who December 1, 2015The Distributor must not ship containers labeled by the chemical manufacturer or importer unless it is a HCS 2012 label. Distributors* June 1, 2016Update alternative workplace labeling and hazard communication program as necessary, and provide additional employee training for newly identified physical or health hazards. Employers * If the distributors meet the definition of manufacturers, which includes repackaging and relabeling the chemicals, they must comply by June 1, 2015.

Help for Employers Page We Can Help

 Both host employers and staffing agencies have roles in complying with workplace health and safety requirements and they share responsibility for ensuring worker safety and health.  Legally, both the host employer and the staffing agency are employers of the temporary worker. Protecting Temporary Workers: A joint responsibility We Can Help Shared control over worker = Shared responsibility for worker

 3 million people are employed by staffing companies every week.  11 million temporary and contract employees are hired by U.S. staffing firms over the course of a year. We Can Help Source: American Staffing Association

Why Are Temp Workers At High Risk of Injury?  New workers are at increased risk of injury.  Host employers don’t have the same commitment to temporary employees as do permanent ones.  Employer who bears the risk of the injury (temp agency) does not control safety and health investment.  We Can Help

Temporary Worker Initiative  In all inspections, OSHA’s inspectors ask about the presence of temp workers, the hazards to which they are exposed, and the training they have received. We Can Help