NEW REGULATIONS ON FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND CONSTRUCTION SITE FIRE

PROTECTION

Peter SimonCertified Safety Professional

(CSP)Director of Plans and Logistics, Total Safety Consulting (TSC)

Information is complex & confusingThe Construction Safety Act alone

introduced 20 new bills24 laws have already been enactedNon-compliance leads to fines & Stop

Work OrdersAs an industry leader for 23 years, our

goal is to help you navigate new laws and provide turnkey safety solutions for your business.

2017 — Watershed Yearfor New Construction Legislation

Overview of New LegislationLegislations Key Areas of Focus Key Dates

New Laws Increasing Fines & Penalties

Local Law 205 Increase penalties by two to sites with excessive amount of hazardous violations Effective – 6/1/18

Local Law 203 Increase fines on hazardous violations Enacted - 11/17/17

Local Law 078 Increase civil penalty for failure to notify following an incident – up to $25,000 for immediately hazardous violations and up to $10,000 for major violations Enacted – 5/10/17

Local Law 156 Increase penalties for working without a permit Enacted – 8/30/17

Local Law 157 Increase penalties associated with violating a Stop Work Order and subsequent violations. $6,000 initial violation; $12,000 for every subsequent violation. Enacted – 8/30/17

Local Law 158 Increase penalties (x2) associated with no work permit Enacted – 1/9/18

Local Law 160 Withhold issuance of permits if certain amount ($25,000 or >) is owed on violations Enacted - 8/30/17

Local Law 070 Recover penalties for any violation regarding a fatality or SERIOUS physical injury ($500,000 for companies / $150,000 for individuals) Enacted – 1/19/18

New Laws to Improve Jobsite SafetyLocal Law 204 All construction workers receive task-specific instructions at beginning of shift Enacted – 11/17/17

Local Law 206 Site-specific safety orientations for workers onsite Enacted – 11/17/17

Local Law 154 Update in the Tenant Protection Plan requirements regarding safety of occupants Enacted – 8/30/17

Local Law 196 Increased safety training for all construction workers Effective – 3/1/18

Local Law 81 Requiring construction superintendents at certain job sites and Site Safety Plans Effective – 11/6/17

Overview of New LegislationLegislations Key Areas of Focus Key Dates

New Laws Direct DOB to Notify Authorities

Local Law 155 DOB to create a watch list of contractors that worked without a permit over past 2 years Enacted – 8/30/17

Local Law 224 DOB to report to City Council on SSM/SSC activity Enacted – 12/1/17

Local Law 068 DOB required to notify OSHA on violations endangering workplace safety Enacted – 5/10/17

New Crane LawsLocal Law 003 Crane age limit of 25 years Enacted – 12/31/17

Local Law 080 Hoisting machine operators must obtain a licensing rating to operate large cranes Enacted – 5/10/17

Local Law 079 All cranes to be equipped with event recorders Effective – 1/1/19

Local Law 077 All cranes to be equipped with GPS devices Effective – 5/1/18

Local Law 013 All cranes have anemometer – measure wind Enacted – 12/31/17

Local Law 014 Registration of lift directors & changes to their qualifications/duties Enacted – 12/31/17

New OSHA Standard for Silica

Silica Rule Lower the permissible exposure to standards in the construction industry Effective – 9/23/17

Continued

Top 5 FDNY Violations

at Construction

Sites

• #5 – No permit for storage/use of LPG and Compressed Gasses

• #4 – No permit for storage/use of flammable or combustible liquids, gasoline, diesel, hydraulic oil, lube oil

• #3 – Excessive amounts/obstructions of combustible material

• #2 – No Smoking Signs• #1 – Portable Fire Extinguishers

missing/not charged

Fire Hose Valves

• FC 901.4.5 – Certificate of approval from the FDNY on Fire Department connections, standpipe system hose outlets and pressure reducing valves.

• FDNY S.O.P.- Any pressure reducing, regulating, restricting device shall be remove from the hose outlets to proceed with firefighting operations (general statement).

Approved for use in New York

City

Not Approved in NYC

Temporary Protection

• Air pressurized dry standpipe system• NYC Building Code 3303.8.1• Temporary loop sprinkler system• NYC Buildings Bulletin 2017-009• Replaces BB 2012-009• Letter of Notification not required

anymore• Must notify FDNY Dispatchers (FC 901.7)

New Extinguisher

Tags

• Consistent tag design • Virtually impossible to reproduce.• Extremely difficult to counterfeit • FDNY controls the issuance of the tags to

authorized/insured companies.• More efficient for FDNY Inspectors and the

public to verify legitimacy (QR code)• Easily tracked by serial numbers

New Extinguisher TagsFr

ont o

f Tag

Company Name/ Logo

Extinguisher type

Month service completed

Year

Type of service completedHologram

Back of Tag

New Extinguisher Tags

COF holder’s information

Quick check (monthly) inspection recordDate and Initial

Extinguisher identification

Location of Extinguisher

Company Name

QR Code to identify approved companies

Barcode for company to track tags and extinguishers

Fire Dispatch Operations

Bronx(718) 430-0200

1

Brooklyn(718) 965-8300

2

Manhattan(212) 570-4300

3

Queens(718) 476-6200

4

Staten Island(718) 494-4296

5

Local Law 154 Amends the

Administrative Code

Requirementsfor Tenant

Protection Plans (TPPs)

• The DOB released an updated TPP form requiring building owners to specify the means and methods used to safeguard the safety and health of occupants during construction work. Please use this form to notify the Department of Buildings before starting work which requires a Tenant Protection Plan (TPP).

• In order to comply with Building Code 3303.10.2, building owners must notify the Department of Buildings at least 72 hours before starting any work requiring a TTP such as alterations of buildings in which any dwelling unit will be occupied during construction.

• The local law expands existing requirements by mandating that TPPs specify the means and methods used for maintaining essential services (e.g., heat, hot water, gas, electricity, etc.) throughout the construction period. Providing this specific information in the TPP will require strong communication and coordination between building owners, the construction teams and the consulting company providing the TPP. The TPPs must also clearly state the expected duration of any disruption to these services, as well as include the means and methods used to minimize the disruption.

Local Law 154 Amends the

Administrative Code

Requirementsfor Tenant

Protection Plans (TPPs)

Distribution and Notification:• In addition to providing TPPs to building tenants

upon request, owners must either:• Distribute a notice about the TPP to each occupied

dwelling unit, or• Post a notice in the building lobby and on each floor

within 10 feet of the elevator or the main stairwell if the building has no elevator.

TPP notices must include:• A statement that building occupants may request a

hard copy of the TPP from the owner or access the TPP on the DOB website;

• Name and contact information of the Site Safety Manager, Site Safety Coordinator or Construction Superintendent, as applicable; or, in the absence of these roles, the name and contact information of the building owner or the owner’s designee; and

• A statement that work-related complaints may be made to 311

The Adjoining Construction Notification Bill was Signed into Law!

AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, New York State Laws of 2018 Chapter 217, in

relation to requiring notice to adjoining owners of construction or demolition work, became a law August

24, 2018, with the approval of the Governor.

This new law requires the New York City Department of Buildings (NYC DOB) to provide written notification to

adjoining property owners when an application for approval of construction is submitted to NYC DOB.

The law will also require NYC DOB to notify owners of adjoining property thirty days prior to a permit issuance for construction, or demolition work. Only emergency

work is exempt from the notification requirements.

There are also additional insurance requirements related to protection of adjoining properties that

appears to affect any new buildings or demolition or enlargement of existing buildings.

*At this time NYC DOB has not issued any rules or procedures related to enforcement of these new code changes

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Local Law 196 Update

Construction Safety Industry DirectorDirector of Field Operations Total Safety

Consulting (TSC)

John Connolly

Local Law 196

• Key Areas of Focus:

• Local Law 196 of 2017, when fully phased-in in 2019, will require:

• Workers at certain jobsites receive a minimum of 40 hours of safety training; and

• Supervisors at certain jobsites receive a minimum of 62 hours of safety training

Who Must be Trained?

Workers at jobsites that require a Site Safety Plan must be trained. This includes sites that are required to designate a Construction Superintendent, Site Safety Coordinator or Site Safety Manager.

Supervisors at these jobsites must also be trained. This includes Site Safety Managers, Site Safety Coordinators, Concrete Safety Managers, Construction Superintendents and competent persons.

How Much Training Will be

Required & What Will

it Entail?

Training Required:

Workers will be required to receive 40 of training

Supervisors will be required to receive 62 hours of training

Training entails either:

an OSHA 10-hour class; or an OSHA 30-hour class; or a 100-hour training program approved

by the Department of Buildings (such as training received through an apprenticeship program); and any additional training specified by the DOB.

Workers

Effective 12/1/18

or6/1/19

Training Required: Limited SST Card (30 Hours)

1. OSHA 10-Hour Class with 20-Hours of Additional Training OSHA 10-Hour Class 8-Hour Fall Prevention 8-Hour Site Safety Manager Refresher 4-Hour Supported Scaffold User and

Refresher

2. OSHA 30-Hour Class

3. 100-Hour Training Program Approved by the Department At a minimum meets the coursework

identified in item 1 or 2 above.

4. Prior Experience 4-Hour Fall Prevention 4-Hour Supported Scaffold User and

Refresher

Supervisors

Effective 12/1/18

or6/1/19

• Training Required:• Supervisor SST Card (62 Hours)

• OSHA 30-Hour Class• 8 Hour Fall Prevention• 8-Hour Site Safety Manager Refresher• 4-Hour Supported Scaffold User and

Refresher• 2-Hour Site Safety Plan• 2-Hour Tool Box Talks• 2-Hour Pre-Task Safety Meetings• 2-Hour General Electives• 2-Hour Specialized Electives• 2-Hour Drug and Alcohol Awareness

Workers

Effective 5/1/19

or 9/1/20

Training Required:SST Card (40 Hours)

1. OSHA 10-Hour Class with 30-Hours of Additional Training OSHA 10-Hour Class 8-Hour Fall Prevention 8-Hour Site Safety Manager Refresher 4-Hour Supported Scaffold User and Refresher 4-Hour General Electives 4-Hour Specialized Electives 2-Hour Drug and Alcohol Awareness

2. OSHA 30-Hour Class with 10-Hours of additional training OSHA 30-Hour Class 8-Hour Fall Prevention 2-Hour Drug and Alcohol Awareness

3. 100-Hour Training Program Approved by the Department At a minimum meets the coursework identified in

item 1 or 2 above.

4. Prior Experience 4-Hour Fall Prevention 4-Hour Supported Scaffold User and Refresher

Workersand

Supervisors

• Training Required to Renew SST Card:

• SST Card (8 Hours)• 4-Hour Fall Prevention• 4-Hour Supported Scaffold User and

Refresher

• Supervisor SST Card (16 Hours)• 8-Hour Fall Prevention• 4-Hour Supported Scaffold User and

Refresher• 2-Hour Toolbox Talks• 2-Hour Pre-Task Safety Meetings

Timeline for Workers to be Trained?

Training will be phased-in in 3 parts beginning on March 1, 2018, with full training being required by as late as September 1, 2020.

Deadline No. 1 By March 1, 2018, all workers and supervisors have a minimum of 10 hours of training.

Deadline No. 2 By December 1, 2018 or June 1, 2019, if the Department of Buildings (DOB) determines that there is insufficient capacity to provide training, workers must have at least a Limited Site Safety Training (SST) Card, which includes a minimum30 hours of training + 62 hours for supervisors.

Deadline No. 3 By May 1, 2019 or September 1, 2020, if DOB determines that there is insufficient capacity to provide training, workers must have a Site Safety Training (SST) Card, meaning they have been fully trained.

Is Online Training Accepted?

Online training after October 16, 2017, will not be accepted. No parameters have been set for this.

After October 16, 2017, only in-person training and actively proctored online training will be accepted. Actively proctored online training is:

online training, taken in a classroom with a proctor; or online training that at a minimum requires the individual receiving the

training: to attest that they are the individual that received the training and

that the training was received without assistance; and to have their participation monitored at random times to ensure that

the individual receiving the training is present for the entirety of the training

Avoid Violations & Penalties!

• Permit holders must certify workers have required training.

• Fines are $15,000 per untrained worker. $5,000 each for owner, permit holder and employer.

• Permit holders failing to keep log of trained workers face fines of $2,500.

• Department of Buildings (DOB) planning unannounced sites check where untrained workers have been found and will target other jobs of permit holders in violation.

TSC is Providing

Expertise on Local

Law196

We’ll Make Sure You Are Ready!

We’ll partner to make sure your whole team is in full compliance.

Beyond the immediate requirements for Local Law 196, we have over 75 additional construction and safety courses.

We have the expertise and all the tools and resources you need to help you navigate LL 196 and all other recently enacted laws.

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