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DTSEM Update
Cathy Goedert, Deputy Director
Directorate of Technical Support and
Emergency Management (DTSEM)
March 12, 2009
ASSE/AIHA
Salt Lake
Technical
Center
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Cincinnati
Technical
Center
Occupational Health Nursing
Occupational Medicine
Science and Technology Assessment
Technical Programs and Coordination
Activities
 Technical Data Center
 Emergency Management
National Office
Wash, D.C.
• New Name – Directorate of Technical
Support and Emergency Management
• New Director – Thomas Galassi
• New Office Directors:
 Tamara Bradford
Technical Data Center
 John Ferris
Emergency Management
 Rosemary Sokas
Occupational Medicine
Emergency
Management
Emergency Management:
Coordination & Planning
“If OSHA is not involved, worker safety
and health issues are overlooked or
inadequately addressed.”
• Coordination with Emergency Management
community
• Operational Procedures defining roles of FEMA and
OSHA in responses
• National Exercises
• Strategic Planning for Federal Response
OSHA participates in national-level
planning initiatives
Strategic
Guidance
Statement
 Outlines strategic priorities, broad national strategic objectives, and
basic assumptions; describes the envisioned end-state; and establishes the
general means necessary to accomplish that end
Strategic
Plan
Terrorist
Improvised
 Defines the mission, identifies
roles and
Useauthorities,
of delineates
Nuclear
responsibilities, establishes mission essential tasks, determines required
and priority capabilities,Explosives
and develops performance and
effectiveness
Device
measures
(TUE)
(IND)
Concept Plan
(CONPLAN)
Biological
Attack
(BIO)
Radiological
Dispersal
Device
(RDD)
 Describes the concept of operations for integrating and synchronizing
existing Federal capabilities to accomplish the mission essential tasks, and
describes how Federal capabilities will be integrated into and support
regional, State, and local plans
Operations
Plan
(OPLAN)
Chemical
Natural
Attack
Disaster
Cyber
 Identifies detailed resource, personnel and asset allocations in order
to execute the (CML)
objectives of the strategic plan
and turn strategic
(ND)
priorities into operational execution and contains a full description of
the concept of operations, with supporting support function annexes as
appropriate
Tactical Plan
 Identifies individual task, actions, and objectives tailored to
specific situations and fact patterns at an operational level.
Pandemic
(PI)
Technical Assistance During Disasters
• Midwest Flooding.
• Hurricanes Hanna, Gustav, & Ike.
• Nominating Conventions &
Inauguration.
Specialized Response Teams
• Biological
• Chemical
• Structural Collapse
• Ionizing Radiation
ER Technical Assistance
Directorate of Technical Support and
Emergency Management
Safety & Health Information Bulletins
• Flammable Liquids in Cutting Laminated Glass.
• Compactor Rollover Hazard
• Transporting, Unloading, Storing &
Handling Stone Slabs
• Auger Drilling
• Wood Chippers
• Flammability Hazard:
Oilfield Exploration and
Production (E&P) Waste Liquids.
OSHA E-Products
WEB-based Resources
• Safety and Health Information on over 170
selected topics
– Hospital e-tool
• Newly Revised Sections: Bloodborne
Pathogens and the Surgical Suite
• New Modules: Methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and
Sonography
– Powered Industrial Trucks (Forklift) eTool
• Exploring new technologies – forums, blogs,
wiki-pages
Young Workers Initiative
• ’09 Teen Summer Job Safety
Campaign
•
Face Book?
Volunteer issues
Training Future Leaders
Nurse Intern Program
Occupational Medicine
Residency
Directorate of Technical Support
and Emergency Management
IH Chemistry
Our AIHA (ISO17025) accredited laboratory analyzes over 400 chemicals.
Analytical Investigative Services
Combustible Dust
testing
Blood Carboxyhemoglobin to
Environmental Carbon
Monoxide Concentration Back
Calculations
Sampling and Analytical
Methods Development
Material Failure Testing
and Investigations
Mass Spec Analysis - unknowns
Soil Testing
SLTC Analyses FY 2008
Biological
(including
carboxyhemoglobin)
0%
Ion Chromatography
5%
Solvents (Gas Chrom.)
11%
Non-chemical Analyses
(Soil, Explosibility,
Material Failure, etc)
3%
Gravimetric Analysis
15%
Metals
54%
X-ray Diffraction
7%
Asbestos
3%
Liquid Chromatography
2%
National Samples > PEL
2004-2008
90
80
70
60
50
Lead 7368
Silica 5962
Metals 4754
PNOC-R 856
PNOC-T
2392
Styrene 500
Arsenic 538
CO2 72
40
MDI 1336
30
Perchlor 122
20
10
0
Toluene 1234
Formald 900
Asbestos 1136
MeCl2 529
Enforcement Support
Health Response Team, Occupational Medicine & Nursing provide
assistance to field personnel on unusual or complex cases.
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Chemical hazards
Biological hazards
Physical energy
Ergonomics
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Medicine
Recordkeeping
Microbiology
Toxicology
Engineering and Program Support
Technical Data Center
• Docket Office
– WWW.REGULATIONS.GOV
– http://dockets.osha.gov/
– Public Reading Room
• Technical Information
Resource Center
– Extensive collection of
safety and industrial hygiene
publications
– Open to the public
Full Service
Library
Journals, Books
and Historical
Documents
Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratories (NRTL) Program
• NRTLs test and approve products to assure they
are safe to use in U.S. workplaces.
• 2008 American Council of Independent
Laboratories (ACIL) Alliance
• Three alliance products of interest.
– Registered Certification Marks of NRTLs –
pocket card
– "Identifying Counterfeit Items – Quick Tips"
– "The Threat of Counterfeit Product Approval
Marks Warrants Aggressive Detection and
Enforcement Action"
Registered Certification Marks of NRTLs
Two Former NRTLs
• Applied Research Laboratories (ARL) - Terminated in January
2008
• Electrical Reliability Services, Inc. (ERS) (formerly, ElectroTest, Inc. (ETI)) - Terminated in June 2008
Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity
(SDoC)
• October 2008 --- RFI in response to a proposal
from European Commission (EC) to adopt SDoC
for electrical products
• The driver--- April 2007 trade-related agreement
between the U.S. and European Union
• SDoC involves a manufacturer certifying its own
products with post-market surveillance
• NRTL approvals are “pre-market” system
Variances from OSHA Standards
• Allows for flexibility from specific
requirements of an OSHA standard where
levels of employee protection are maintained
Alternative must provide employees safety and
health protection equivalent to the standard
• On average OSHA processes approximately 12
variance applications a year
• Currently OSHA has 20 active or granted
variances
Variance Program:
Four Variance Types
• Permanent Variance: alternative procedures that are as
safe as those required by the standard.
• Temporary Variance: allows employer additional time to
achieve compliance with new standards.
• National Defense Variance: reasonable variations and
tolerances to and from the OSHA requirements “to avoid
serious impairment of the National Defense.”
• Experimental variance: allows employer to try new
techniques which they believe will improve health or
safety of workers.
Thank you
Cathy Goedert, Deputy Director
Directorate of Technical Support and
Emergency Management (DTSEM)
(202)693.2300