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CSWEA Fall Seminar
Maintenance and Safety
Nancy Quick, CIH, CSP
Compliance Assistance Specialist
OSHA North Aurora Office
Phone: 630-896-8700
Email: [email protected]
Objectives
• Review preventive measures for common
hazards and OSHA requirements
• Discuss major elements of a safety program
• Brief review of OSHA recordkeeping
requirements
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Preventive Measures - PPE
• PPE and chemical resistant clothing to avoid
exposure to corrosive and/or polluted solids and
liquids.
• Safety goggles where eyes may be exposed to
dust, flying particles, or splashes of harmful
liquids.
• What about outside environments?
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Preventive Measures - PPE
• Personal Protective Equipment – 1910.132
• Hazard Assessment
– Completed and certified
• Employees must be trained
– What PPE is required
– How to take care of it
– How to use it
– Training must be certified
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Preventative Measures - Chemicals
•Required to have a Hazard Communication
Program (1910.1200)
– Written Program
– MSDS
– Labels
– Training
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Preventive Measures – Emergencies
• Emergency Action Plan (1910.38)
– How do you handle emergencies?
• Eyewash and showers (1910.151)
– Where are they located?
– Do they work (are they inspected)?
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Preventive Measures - Electrical
•Electrical standards are listed in Subpart S
•Check all equipment before use
•Is the insulation “good”
•Are the tools grounded?
•Are you using GFCIs?
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Basic Safety Program
• Programs to address hazards in the workplace
– Chemical exposures; respirators; confined space;
PPE, etc.
• Inspections of the workplace
– Frequency
– Corrective Action!
• Enforcement of the rules
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Basic Recording Regulations
• Must keep the OSHA 300 log to record injuries
and illnesses that occur to employees that are
work-related.
• Must post summary – OSHA 300A
from February - April
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Basic Recording Regulations
• What is recordable?
• Death
• Days away from work
• Restricted work or job transfer
• Medical treatment
• Loss of consciousness
• Significant diagnosis
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What If I Still Have Questions?
• OSHA website: www.osha.gov
• State of Illinois Onsite Safety and Health
Consultation Service:
– www.illinoisosha.com
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Notes
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Disclaimer Language
This information has been developed by an OSHA Compliance Assistance
Specialist and is intended to assist employers, workers, and others as they
strive to improve workplace health and safety. While we attempt to thoroughly
address specific topics [or hazards], it is not possible to include discussion of
everything necessary to ensure a healthy and safe working environment in a
presentation of this nature. Thus, this information must be understood as a tool
for addressing workplace hazards, rather than an exhaustive statement of an
employer’s legal obligations, which are defined by statute, regulations, and
standards. Likewise, to the extent that this information references practices or
procedures that may enhance health or safety, but which are not required by a
statute, regulation, or standard, it cannot, and does not, create additional legal
obligations. Finally, over time, OSHA may modify rules and interpretations in
light of new technology, information, or circumstances; to keep apprised of such
developments, or to review information on a wide range of occupational safety
and health topics, you can visit OSHA’s website at www.osha.gov.
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