ASSE OSHA National Office Update March 2010

Richard E. Fairfax, CIH Director, Enforcement Programs Acting Director - Construction

FY 2010 (Oct 1 – Mar 22) Federal OSHA Inspection Data

50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 0 38,579 FY06

FY 2006 – FY 2010 Inspections Conducted

39,324 38,450 39,004 FY07 FY08 FY09 17,207 FY10

3,500 3,000

FY 2010 Inspections Conducted Regional Planned vs. Actual Report

Planned Insps – 18,875 Actual Insps 17,207 Difference -1,668 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 I II III IV V VI Planned Actual VII VIII IX X

FY 2006 – FY 2010 % Programmed vs. % Unprogrammed

100% 80% 60% 56% 44% 40% 20% 0% FY06 59% 41% 60% 40% 62% 38% 62% 38% FY07 FY08 Programmed Unprogrammed FY09 FY10

FY 2006 – FY 2010 Percent Complaint Inspections

100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% 19% FY06 18% 17% 17% FY07 FY08 FY09 19% FY10

FY 2006 – FY 2010 % Inspections In-Compliance

100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 27% 0% FY06 26% FY07 23% FY08 25% FY09 18% FY10

100,000 75,000 50,000 25,000 0 FY06 82,804

FY 2006 – FY 2010 Total Violations Issued

87,663 87,898 86,945 FY07 FY08 FY09 42,442 FY10

FY 2006 – FY 2010 % Total Violations Issued As Serious

100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 73% 0% FY06 76% FY07 77% FY08 77% FY09 78% FY10

100%

FY 2006 – FY 2010 % Total Violations Issued As Serious, Willful, Repeat, & Unclass

83% 81% 81% 77% 79% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10

FY 2006 – FY2010 % NIC Inspections With Only Other-Than Serious Violations Cited

100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% 12% 11% 10% 10% 10% FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10

FY 2006 – FY 2010 Percent Inspections With Violations Contested

100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% 7% FY06 7% FY07 7% FY08 7% FY09 8% FY10

FY 2006 – FY 2010 Average Penalty Per Serious Violation

$1,500 $1,250 $1,000 $750 $500 $250 $0 $880 FY06 $918 FY07 $998 FY08 $970 FY09 $1,107 FY10

100%

FY 2006 – FY 2010 Percent Construction Inspections

80% 60% 40% 20% 0% 59% 59% 60% 61% 57% FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10

140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 101 FY06

FY 2006 – FY 2010 Significant Cases

121 120 108 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 61

Significant Cases

300 200 127 165 199 150 195 170 140 103 120 123 107 101 108 121 120 100 57 61 69 27 27 0 FY 90 FY 91 FY 92 FY 93 FY 94 FY 95 FY 96 FY 97 FY 98 FY 99 FY 00 FY 01 FY 02 FY 03 FY 04 FY 05 FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09 FY 10 61

Egregious Cases

50 40 30 30 30 20 18 16 15 17 18 11 10 6 5 8 6 6 6 8 3 2 5 2 4 3 5 4 1 0 FY 86 FY 87 FY 88 FY 89 FY 90 FY 91 FY 92 FY 93 FY 94 FY 95 FY 96 FY 97 FY 98 FY 99 FY 00 FY 01 FY 02 FY 03 FY 04 FY 05 FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09 FY 10 9

1,400 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 200 0 1,081 FY06

FY 2006 – FY 2010 Fatality Investigations

1,043 936 797 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 266

FY 2010 – General Industry Top 10 Most Cited Standards 1) Hazard Communication 2) Respiratory Protection 3) Lockout/Tagout 4) Electrical, Wiring Methods 5) Powered Industrial Trucks 6) Electrical, General Requirements 7) Machine Guarding 8) Process Safety Management 9) Personal Protective Equipment 10) Recordkeeping

FY 2010 – Construction Top 10 Most Cited Standards

1) Scaffolding 2) Fall Protection 3) Ladders 4) Hazard Communication 5) Head Protection 6) General Safety & Health Provisions 7) Aerial Lifts 8) Excavation Requirements 9) Electrical, Wiring Methods 10) Eye & Face Protection

DOC Activities

 Almost all efforts are focused on finishing the Cranes and Derricks Standard  Final rule expected this summer  Developing a Nail Gun safe use guidance document  Materials and support for the Hispanic Conference in April

Confined Spaced - Construction

 Confined Spaces in Construction   Final rule preamble is currently being drafted Anticipated final publication date is being determined

Construction Services Projects

    Training course for compliance officers on work zone safety  Masonry construction safety guidance document Skylight floor hole opening quick card Elevator construction guidance document Demolition operations guidance document

Construction Services Projects

  Quick card – construction site sanitation Construction electrical safety guidance document    Underground construction guidance document Crane initiative Fall protection initiative

Construction Services Projects

   Trenching and excavation initiative Shotcrete/gunite fact sheets Looking at rescinding residential construction directive  ACCSH to meet April 12 th to 16 th in Houston

DEP Activities

  SVEP The following circumstances will be reviewed as a possible SVEP case:     A fatality or catastrophe situation, In industry operations or processes that expose employees to the most severe occupational hazards and those identified as “High-Emphasis Hazards,” Exposing employees to hazards related to the potential release of a highly hazardous chemical, or All egregious enforcement actions.

DEP Activities

 SVEP  “High-Emphasis Hazards” means only high gravity serious violations of specific standards covered under falls or the following NEPs:       amputations, combustible dust, crystalline silica, lead, excavation/ trenching, and shipbreaking,  Regardless of the type of inspection being conducted. Low and moderate gravity violations will not be considered for a SVEP case.

DEP Activities

 The SVEP also includes the following action elements for employers who meet the SVEP criteria.  Enhanced follow-up inspections,  Nationwide referrals, which will include State Plan States,  Increased company awareness, which will include issuing News Releases,   Enhanced settlement provisions, and Increased use of Federal court enforcement action (contempt of court) under Sec. 11(b) of the OSH Act.

DEP Activities

 Corporate Wide Settlement Agreements   Tied into the SVEP Looking for systemic patterns of violations  OSHA can now approach employers to enter into a corporate agreement  Directive is out for review and concurrence

DEP Activities

 OSHA Penalties  OSHA is exploring changing administrative reductions and informal settlement agreement reductions

DEP Activities

 PSM Projects   Chemical Plant NEP Refinery NEP  Meer Directive being redrafted  Flammables in atmospheric tanks – focuses also on process vs. storage tanks  Reactives Directive – drafting in progress

DEP Activities

 NEP – high hazard facilities – reviewing Regional comments  Isocyanates NEP  Replaces the asthmagens NEP  Updating the TB Compliance Directive and the Bloodborne pathogens compliance directive  Evaluating the Amputations NEP

DEP Activities

   IH Chapter for the FOM vs. IH FOM Change 1 to the FOM NEP for Hexavalent Chromium – in final clearance

QUESTIONS or ISSUES

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