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2005 Edition Electrical Safety (NFPA 70E code) Based on data from the NIOSH National Traumatic Occupational Fatalities(NTOF) surveillance system, electrocutions were the fifth leading cause of death from 1980 through 1992. The 5,348 deaths caused by electrocutions accounted for 7% of all fatalities and an average of 411 deaths per year. NFPA 70E provides information which prevents or minimizes exposure to all widely recognized electrical hazards. If its requirements were implemented, work practices could cease to be the major cause of electrical injury. To head off potentially disastrous consequences.
Planning is Underway for the following Meetings:
The March meeting was outstanding ! Annemarie spoke of precautions necessary when dealing with construction in the clinical setting and in other sensitive environments with higher risk occupancies. The potential for illness due to unsanitary conditions in a hospital were staggering, and all in attendance will surely benefit from her advice. Be on the lookout for a separate mailing this month concerning the Chapter elections….. All members will receive both an electronic version (e-mail) and paper copy of the ballot. See you at this month’s meeting !!
SPALW UPDATE: YOUR ASSE MEMBERS ARE IN ACTION:
Los Angeles ASSE Members, Bill Taylor, CSP Safety Officer for City of Burbank
and Hector Escarcega, President of Bilingual Solutions Int'l will be speaking at
ASSE's national conference in New Orleans. Their respective topics are: "10 Tips
to Sell Safety to Top Management" and "Safety & Your Latino Workforce 2005
UPDATE". Can we count on you to support your chapter members? Will you be
attending this upcoming Asse Conference?
HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO. Don't miss the festivities, snacks, live music, networking,
plus:
OSHA Update: OSHA Identifies 14,000 Workplaces with High Injury and Illness Rates The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has identified and sent letters to almost 14,000 workplaces with the highest occupational injury and illness rates and is urging the employers to take action to remove hazards causing the high rates. The employers are those whose establishments are covered by Federal OSHA and reported the highest "Days Away from work, Restricted work or job Transfer injury and illness" (DART) rate to OSHA in a survey of 2003 injury and illness data. For every 100 full-time workers, the 14,000 employers had 6.5 or more injuries or illnesses which resulted in days away from work, restricted work or job transfer. The national average is 2.6. The letter encourages employers to consider hiring an outside safety and health consultant, talking with their insurance carrier, or contacting the workers' compensation agency in their state for advice. An excellent way for employers with 250 or fewer workers to address safety and health is to ask for assistance from OSHA's on-site consultation program. The consultation program is administered by state agencies and operated separately from OSHA's inspection program. The service is free, and there are no fines even if problems are found. The letter tells the employer where the OSHA consultation program in that state may be contacted. The data collected were designed to provide establishment specific injury and illness information. http://www.osha.gov/as/opa/foia/hot_11.html
WESTEC Training:
For more information: www.westec.org/osha or osha@westec.org.
Regulatory Round-up Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health; Notice of Meeting Federal Register: March 2, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 40), [Page 10153-10154] http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/05-3994.htm The Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (MACOSH) was established to advise the Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA on issues relating to occupational safety and health in the maritime industries. The purpose of this Federal Register notice was to announce the March 2005 meeting of the committee. OSH REVIEW COMMISSION, 29 CFR Parts 2200 and 2204, Revisions to Procedural Rules Governing Practice Before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Federal Register: March 4, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 42), [Page 10574-10581] http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/05-4257.htm This document proposes several revisions to the procedural rules governing practice before the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. These include: revisions to its rules concerning electronic filing, the expansion of the range of cases eligible for E-Z Trial, and the Settlement Part, the availability of sanctions for rules violations and expanding the authority of administrative law judges to impose such sanctions, the grounds for obtaining Commission review of interlocutory orders issued by its judges, and the restriction of practice before the Commission of lawyers and in-house company and union representatives. OSHA, Modify Scope of Recognition of Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories (NRTLs) Federal Register: March 8, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 44), [Page 11273-11275] http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/05-4431.htm Some of the test standards that OSHA currently includes in the scope of recognition of Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories(NRTLs) are no longer ``appropriate test standards'' primarily because they have been withdrawn or replaced. The modifications in this notice will be reflected in the listing of test standards shown in OSHAs informational Web page for each NRTL, which detail OSHA's official scope of recognition for the NRTL. Web access http://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/index.httmlNotice of Proposed Changes To Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations by the OSH Board (Crane Warning Devices)- http://www.oal.ca.gov/notice/9z-2005.pdf DOSH requested changes in the existing safety order, on February 4, 2000 and July 20, 2000, outlining the need for amendments in the requirements pertaining to tower crane warning devices in(GISO) Section 4968, and the need for requirements regarding crane test weights. The Division stated that existing Section 4968 permits cranes to be overloaded because the audible warning signal and automatic stop must be activated at 105 and 110 percent of the rated load 1, respectively. Cranes are designed to operate up to 100 percent of the rated load. The Division stated that most, if not all tower crane manufacturers do not recommend overloading their cranes under any conditions. Consequently, amendments are proposed to address these concerns. California Environemtnal Protection Agency (New Addition to Prop 65 List & Notice of intent for 6 more Chemicals) CALIFORNIA REGULATORY NOTICE REGISTER 2005, VOLUME NO. 9-Z, [Page 288-290] http://www.oal.ca.gov/notice/9z-2005.pdf The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) of the California Environmental Protection Agency is adding 2,4-hexadienal (89% trans, trans isomer; 11% cis, trans isomer) to the list of chemicals known to the state to cause cancer for purposes of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Health and Safety Code section 25249.5 et seq., Proposition 65). The listing of this chemical is effective March 4, 2005. In addition, OEHHA has determined that butyl benzyl phthalate, di-n-butyl phthalate, di-n-hexyl phthalate, and di-isodecyl phthalate, meet the criteria for listing under Title 22, Cal. Code of Regs., section 12306, and therefore OEHHA is issuing this notice of intent to list these chemicals under Proposition 65. CALIFORNIA REGULATORY NOTICE REGISTER 2005, VOLUME NO. 11-Z, [Page 350] - In a separate notice, OEHHA is proposing to include cobalt sulfate (CAS No. 10124-43-3) and diazoaminobenzene (CAS No. 136-35-6) on the list of chemicals known to the state to cause cancer, for the purposes of Proposition 65. http://www.oal.ca.gov/notice/11z-2005.pdf There is an official memorandum of understanding between OSHA and ANSI. http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=MOU&p_id=32 ANSI will furnish assistance and support and continue to encourage the development of national consensus standards for occupational safety and health issues for the use of OSHA and others. OSHA will continue to cooperate and assist the ANSI Federation in its mission in a manner consistent with OSHA policy. Job Placement
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