Transcript OSHA’S TOP 10 MOST CITED - Clark County School District

OSHA’S TOP
10 MOST CITED
VIOLATIONS
FOR 2009
Top 10 Most Cited OSHA
Violations (for 2004)
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Lockout/Tagout, Control of hazardous
Hazard Communication (Chemical Safety)
Machines, General Requirements
Respiratory
Electrical, Wiring Methods, Components &
Equipment
Mechanical Power Transmission Apparatus.
Power Industrial Trucks
Electrical Systems, General Requirements
Abrasion Wheel Machinery
Mechanical Power Presses
TOP 10 VIOLATIONS FOR 2008
Scaffolding, general requirements, construction
2. Fall protection, construction
3. Hazard communication standard, general industry
4. Control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout), general
industry
5. Respiratory protection, general industry
6. Electrical, wiring methods, components and equipment,
general industry
7. Powered industrial trucks, general industry
8. Ladders, construction
9. Machines, general requirements, general industry
10. Electrical systems design, general requirements, general
industry
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********* Inspections performed in 2008: 38,450.
********* 5,071 WORKERS DIED ON THE JOB IN 2008
WHERE IS OSHA TARGETING
ITS INSPECTIONS????
 In
the 2009 fiscal year, 63% of
inspections have been the result of
OSHA programs that target industries
or facilities with high incident rates.
 The rest, 37% are due to fatalities,
injuries or an employee complaint.
WHERE IS OSHA TARGETING
ITS INSPECTIONS????
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Six out of ten inspections have been in the
construction industry.
In 2008, 121 inspections resulted in fines of
more than $100,000. From Oct. 1, 2008
through June 26, 2009, there have been 72
six-figure or larger fines.
Sometimes, OSHA inspectors don’t find any
problems. That’s been the case 22% of the
time in 2009
FACT……….
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OSHA finds an average of 3.1 violations
per inspection. Of those, it classifies
81% in categories that mean higher
fines for companies: serious, willful,
repeat and failure to abate.
THE VIOLATIONS ARE……
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Scaffolding: 9,093….9,444 (9,511)
Fall protection: 6,771….7,087 (6,652)
Hazard communication: 6,378….6,728 (6,662)
Respiratory protection: 3,803….4,001 (3,958)
Lockout/tagout: 3,321….3,431 (3,955)
Electrical (wiring): 3,079….3,220 (3,371)
Ladders: 3,072….3,227 (2,902)
Powered industrial
trucks(forklifts):2,993..3,071(3,262)
Electrical-General Requirements:
2,556….2,661(2,741)
Machine guarding: 2,364…2,476 (2,862)
SCAFFOLDING
STANDARD 1926.451
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Scaffold accidents most often result from
the planking or support giving way, or to
the employee slipping or being struck by a
falling object.
FALL PROTECTION
STANDARD 1926.501
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Any time a worker is at a height of four
feet or more, the worker is at risk and
needs to be protected. Fall protection must
be provided at four feet in general industry,
five feet in maritime and six feet in
construction.
HAZARD COMMUNICATION
STANDARD 1910.1200
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Chemical manufacturers and importers are
required to evaluate the hazards of the
chemicals they produce or import, and
prepare labels and safety data sheets to
convey the hazard information to their
downstream customers.
RESPIRATORY PROTECTION
STANDARD 1910.134
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Respirators protect workers against
insufficient oxygen environments, harmful
dusts, fogs, smokes, mists, gases, vapors
and sprays. These hazards may cause
cancer, lung impairment, other diseases or
death.
LOCKOUT/TAGOUT
STANDARD1910.147
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"Lockout-Tag out” refers to specific
practices and procedures to safeguard
employees from the unexpected startup of
machinery and equipment, or the release
of hazardous energy during service or
maintenance activities.
ELECTRICAL-WIRING METHODS
STANDARD 1910.305
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This standard covers the grounding of
electrical equipment, wiring & insulation. It
includes temporary wiring & splicing such
as flexible cords & cables.
LADDERS
STANDARD 1926.1053
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Occupational fatalities caused
by falls remain a serious public
health problem. The US
Department of Labor (DOL)
lists falls as one of the leading
causes of traumatic
occupational death, accounting
for eight percent of all
occupational fatalities from
trauma.
POWERED INDUSTRIAL
TRUCKS
STANDARD 1910.178
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Each year, tens of thousands of injuries related
to powered industrial trucks (PIT), or forklifts,
occur in US workplaces. Many employees are
injured when lift trucks are inadvertently driven
off loading docks, lifts fall between docks and an
unsecured trailer, they are struck by a lift truck,
or when they fall while on elevated pallets/tines.
ELECTRICAL-GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS
STANDARD 1910.303
This standard covers general
safety requirements for designing
electrical systems
EX:
 Failure to use/install equipment in
accordance w/factory instructions,
 Failure to guard live parts,
 Failure to ensure electrical
equipment is free from recognized
hazards.
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MACHINE GUARDINGGENERAL REQUIREMENTS
STANDARD 1910.212
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Any machine part, function, or process
that may cause injury must be
safeguarded. When the operation of a
machine or accidental contact injures the
operator or others in the vicinity, the
hazards must be eliminated or controlled.
WORKER FATALITIES FROM 12/2009
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12/9/2009 NY - Worker was performing highway snow plowing
duties and was involved in a collision with a train at the
crossing.
12/13/2009 ND – Worker was thawing two 3-inch valves with a
propane torch on a tank trailer that exploded.
12/17/2009 CA – Worker fell from a ladder while working inside
an airplane.
2/20/2009 NY – Worker was found in vehicle with engine
running; carbon monoxide poisoning.
12/22/2009 SD – Worker entered a storage bin through a trackside access hole that was 15 feet above ground and was
engulfed by sunflower seeds.
12/23/2009 TX – Worker was being elevated from a trash box on
a forklift to reach a light pole. The trash box and worker fell to
the parking lot.
BY THE NUMBERS…. The
number of violations in the top
10 increased almost 30% over
the same time period in 2008