Transcript Printed Circuit Group Overview for

IPC APEXPO 2005
EHS Committee Meeting
Health & SAFETY Update
Lee Wilmot
Director - Environmental, Health & Safety
Tyco Printed Circuit Group
21 February 2005
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H&S Update 2005
• 2003 BLS Injury Rates Released
• OSHA Citations for PWB Industry
• Latest Inspections
• Regulatory Agenda Actions
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H&S Update 2005
• BLS injury rates released in December 2004
– Utilize NAICS codes for 1st time
• 334412 for “Bare printed circuit board manufacturing”
• 334418 for “Printed circuit assembly (electronic assembly) mfg
– TRCIR up from 3.1 to 4.1
– LWDACR up from 0.8 to 1.4
– RWDCR same at 0.9
– LWDCR up from 1.7 to 2.3
• No EMS rate (fewer than 15 cases) but 2.6
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H&S Update 2005
• BLS TRCIR injury rates for 2003 – by size
– 11-49 = 6.8
– 50-249 = 3.6
– 250-999 = 3.9
– > 999 = 2.2
– Overall = 4.1
• Many industries and industry overall shows
highest rate for 50-249 size establishements.
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H&S Update 2005
• OSHA citations - SIC 3672 (Oct’03-Sept’04)
– 18 inspections
– 88 citations
– $26,464 in paid penalties
• Top standards cited
– Lead (1025) – 6 / 15 / $8543
– Haz Com (1200) – 9 / 15 / $5274
– PPE (132) – 7 / 10 / $1858
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H&S Update 2005
• OSHA inspections of PWB industry
continues at similar pace
• 2/19/4-2/19/5 period shows 37 inspections
with 88 violations at 25 locations
• 3 = No Inspection due to Out of Business
• Many companies not recognized >> IPC
members? Short Circuits, Prototron Circuits
Applied Concepts, Rhr technoligies
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H&S Update 2005
OSHA Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
• OSHA Regulatory Agenda 12/13/2004
• Completed Actions
– CNP fit testing protocol
• Final State Rule
– Assigned Protection Factors for Respirators
– Updates to Electrical Standards
– Updates to National Consensus Standards
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H&S Update 2005
Completed Actions OSHA Regulatory Agenda
• Controlled negative pressure (CNP fit
testing protocol amended
• CNP REDON added to quantitative fit
testing protocol in App’x A of 134 standard
• Protocol requires three exercises followed
by two redonnings (was eight and one)
• Published 8/4/4 (69 FR 46986) eff. 9/3/4
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H&S Update 2005
Final Actions - OSHA Regulation Agenda
• Assigned protection factors (APFs) for
respiratory protection standard (134)
• Current APFs used 1980s NIOSH values
• Action seeks to adopt industry consensus
standard values from ANSI Z88.2-1992
• Post Hearing comment period ended 5/04
• Post Hearing briefs ended Jan’05
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H&S Update 2005
Final Actions – OSHA Regulatory Agenda
• Revise & Update subpart S Electrical Stds
• Current standard based on 1981 technology
• Goal is to utilize 2000 version of NFPA 70E
Standard for Electrical SAFETY
• Two stage update planned
– 1. Update design SAFETY standards
– 2. Address work practices & SAFETY req’ts
• NPRM comments ended June’04
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H&S Update 2005
Final Actions – OSHA Regulatory Agenda
Update of National Consensus Standards
• Current standards adopted in 1970-72
• OSHA has asked consensus standards
organization to review & compare and
– 1. Determine which stds are most important to
update.
– 2. Which changes would be noncontroversial
– 3. Which changes would reduce risk
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• Questions?
• Comments?
Lee Wilmot
– [email protected]
– 860/386-2120; fax -2100