OSHA 10 Hour Class

* Does not make you a competent person.

* Does not make you a qualified person.

Competent Person

“Competent person” means one who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and who has authorization to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them.

Qualified Person

“Qualified” means one who, by possession of a recognized degree, certificate, or professional standing, or who by extensive knowledge, training, and experience, has successfully demonstrated his ability to solve or resolve problems relating to the subject matter, the work or the project.

OSHA 10 Hour Class

* Does make you more aware of hazards on the job site.

* Does make your company more competitive.

OSHA 10 Hour Class

How long is the 10 hour OSHA class?

10 hours of instruction time.

OSHA 10 Hour Class

• Introduction to OSHA class

OSHA 10 Hour Class

• Electrical

OSHA 10 Hour Class

• Fall Hazards

OSHA 10 Hour Class

• Health / PPE

OSHA 10 Hour Class

• Materials Handling

OSHA 10 Hour Class

• Scaffolds

OSHA 10 Hour Class

• Power Tools

OSHA 10 Hour Class

• Ladders

OSHA 10 Hour Class

• Trenching / Excavation

OSHA 10 Hour Class

• Optional Course Subject

OSHA

• 91st Congress.

Williams and Stieger.

OSHA

• What’s in place is not enough.

• Not satisfied with consensus standards alone.

OSHA

• NEC National Electrical Code

• NFPA National Fire Prevention Association

• ASTM American Society Testing Manufacturing

• ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers

• ASNI American National Standards Institute

OSHA

Sec. 5. (a) Each employer ---(1) shall furnish to each of his employees

employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause, death or serious physical harm to his employees.

OSHA

• No specific standard

• Is a serious hazard

• Is abatable

• Is recognized hazard

OSHA

Cannot be used to:

• Cite exempt portions of standards

• To make a standard more strict

Standards

29 CFR 1926

• Scope

• Definition

• General Requirements

• Source

• Appendix

Standards

• Horizontal

• Vertical

• Performance

OSHA

This was the intent of Congress.

Each employer will provide HIS employees.

A Safe Worksite, free from all safety and health hazards.

Multi - Employer Work Sites

OSHA wants to make as many people responsible as possible.

Why?

Multi - Employer Work Sites

OSHA has played with the definition of “employer”.

Multi - Employer Work Sites

(2) shall comply with occupational safety and health standards promulgated under this act.

Multi - Employer Work Sites

Through numerous court challenges and other decisions OSHA has extrapolated a simple section of the act to mean the following:

Multi - Employer Work Sites

Requires the employer to comply with the act for the benefit of all others in the work place.

Multi - Employer Work Sites

On multi-employer work sites both construction and non-construction, citations normally shall be issued to employer whose employees are exposed to hazards (the exposing employer).

Multi - Employer Work Sites

The employer who actually creates the hazard (the creating employer);

Multi - Employer Work Sites

The employer who is responsible, by contract or through actual practice, for safety and health conditions on the work site; I.e. the employer who has the authority for ensuring that the hazardous condition is corrected (the controlling employer);

OSHA Compliance

How does OSHA know if we are in compliance?

OSHA Inspections

• Fatality / Catastrophe

• Complaints

• Accidents

OSHA Inspections

• Special Emphasis– Trenching / excavation– Scaffolds– Falls– Silica

• General Schedules

• Follow - Up

OSHA Violations (Exposure)

• Most frequently cited 1926 Standards.

• Handout.

Willful Violations

Old Maximum $10,000

Old Minimum None

New Maximum $70,000

New Minimum $25,000

Repeated Violations

Old Maximum $10,000

New Maximum $70,000

Serious, Other-than-Serious & Other Specific Violations

Old Maximum $1000

New Maximum $7000

Failure to Abate for each calendar day beyond abatement

Old Maximum $1000

New Maximum $7000

OSHA Notice

Old Maximum $100

New Maximum $1000

Posting of OSHA 200 Summary

Old Maximum $200

New Maximum $1000

Maintaining OSHA 200, OSHA - 101

Old Maximum $100

New Maximum $1000

Reporting Fatality / Catastrophe

Old Maximum $400

New Maximum $5000

Access to Records under 1904

Old Maximum $100

New Maximum $1000