ASSE Hawaii Chapter

Odds and Sods of safety news - bits and pieces from here and there
 

The ASSE Hawaii Chapter has completed the process of going through a financial audit.
A special member meeting was held on Thursday Oct. 18, 2012 > details
An update took place at the January 17th, 2013 member meeting
PKF Pacific Hawaii LLP 1-15-12 update
 Another update took place at our June 6th chapter meeting - summary of audit to come soon.

1-17-13 CSB - Investigation Report No. 2011-06-I-HI
Donaldson Enterprises, Inc.
Fireworks Disposal Explosion and Fire (5 Fatalities, 1 Injury)
Final Report / An animated video of the incident > Deadly Contact
ASSE Public Affairs Press Release

Campaign to Prevent Falls in Construction
What do you need to know? http://stopconstructionfalls.com/ is a place to start
Messages from the CDC/NIOSH
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6116a5.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/construction/stopfalls.html
http://www.cdc.gov/Features/PreventingFalls/
OSHA's message to Plan, Provide and Train
http://www.osha.gov/stopfalls/

Workplace Fatality Data [Infographic]

Concurrent Jurisdiction between HIOSH and OSHA
Federal Register Volume 77, Number 139 (Thursday, July 19, 2012)
[Docket ID. OSHA 2012-0029]RIN 1218-AC78
[Proposed Rules] [Pages 42462-42464]
Hawaii State Plan for Occupational Safety and Health;
Proposed Modification of 18(e) Plan Approval
For full reading of the Federal Register entry, click here
 HIOSH & OSHA Operational Status Agreement (OSA)
 HIOSH -  Field Operations Manual

Public Meeting Schedule - find out what is going on

Civil Beat reports - State, OSHA Agree to Restore Workplace Health, Safety
More news on concurrent jurisdiction from KHON here

******  ISHN's Power of 101  *****
Here are the leaders of the environmental health and safety world for 2012

ASSE is continuing with our a big project - The Body of Knowledge
you can log on with your ASSE - ID here www.safetybok.org
and learn more here > http://www.asse.org/broadcasts/BOK-email-1-20-12.html

The Hazard Communication Standard is being revised to align with the United Nations’
Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals ...from OSHA's News Release 3-20-12)

New study finds that OSHA inspections reduce worker injuries while saving employers money (5-29-12)

CSB Develops Policy on Employee Participation in Investigations

Federal Review Commission Decision Eliminates “Controlling Contractor” Liability in Construction
A well written description of contractor defense for multi employer worksite doctrine

Heatwave Safety Advice from Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis 8-1-11

Recent Meeting Pic's    /

Read about our chapter accolades

The attached document announces OSHA targeted inspections in Region IX.  
This region includes HI, CA, AZ, NV and Pacific territories Tuesday July 26, 2011

New Center for Safety and Health Sustainability
launched at the Safety 2011 Professional Dev. Conf.

New ISO 31000 - International Risk Management Standard
(recently adopted by ANSI) ANSI Z690 Standard Overview

Dilts & Bateson: Logical Levels of thinking

Authorized OSHA 10 and 30 Hour Trainers take note
Sign and get your Statement of Compliance returned

EHS Today reports Workplace Safety Oversight needed

Distracted Driving

Let the Word Go Forth < something good

Making the Business Case for Safety and Health

Hawaii (HIOSH) has never used the Interim Residential Fall Protection Plan that OSHA provided (which is now pau)
So here is a new educational presentation to address Residential Fall Protection for contractors

 Recent OSHA Letter of Interpretation for BBP exposures in health care facilities - requester Walter Chun

Communication skills – Winning pitch - from Connell McBride

 Culture Change From the Top

Bedbugs        /        BLS Data for 2009 now available

 Safety Profession named in top 50 jobs in America    /    Update on Multi-employer Worksite rules 

OSHA announces opening of area office in Honolulu

OSHA recently published new crane rules to update industry work practices
that will protect employees during the use of cranes and derricks in construction.
The new rules go into effect November 8, 2010

US Department of Labor's OSHA to
hold additional stakeholder meetings on worker injury and illness prevention rule

Construction Safety Video   /  Quiz    /   Safety Ad < What we saw at the HIOSH Adv. Comm. Mtg. on the 25th. Tweet it, FB it, share it!

 KITV Safety News 3-18-10 < about serious injuries happening in HI this year / KITV Safety News 3-25-10 < at the HIOSH Adv. Comm. Mtg.

OSHA/HIOSH Recordkeeing Emphasis Program    /    news of widespread under-reporting of occupational injuries

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 Safety in construction > article < in Building Industry magazine - MARCH 2010. Tristan Aldeguer, Lewis Boucher, Joaquin Diaz, Jamesner Dumlao, Kristi Koga, Tracy Lawson, Sean Tanaka, Darwin Ching, Bob Peterson, Cliff Higa, Karen Nakamura, Joseph Ferrara are all quoted in this revealing article about the state of safety in Hawaii.


Safety ranks in the top 10 of office annoyances, so says www.safetynewsalert.com
In the first year of the Obama administration, OSHA was busy handing out fines the likes of which hadn’t been seen for eight years
Widespread Employer Under-Reporting to OSHA
OSHA Outlook for 2010
All State Plan States Have Indicated Intent to Adopt OSHA's Recordkeeping National Emphasis Program
OSHA Lists Workplaces with High Injuries and Illnesses
New Hawaii law that addresses common renovation activities that can create hazardous situations
          by disturbing lead-based paint < eff. 4-10-2010
 Respirator news update < 2-17-10   
Safety Week check out the latest news from safety week last year
Info. on Oahu's cell phone law
NAVFAC Hawaii Receives Third Navy Safety Award
 Hawaii Chapter Star news and other groovy kine recognition & awards     
Construction Career Days
Cell Phone Safety News  < Obama stipulates new rules for 4.5 million Federal and Military employees 
 H1N1 Resources

 < click the tripod and watch it, share it and don't let the guy in the back seat get you!

NIOSH has recently released (2010) the following Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Reports: 
Protecting America’s Workers Act Initially Proposed by Congress - 4-23-09 and making steady progress.
Summary - Protecting America's Workers Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to expand its coverage to federal, state, and local government employees.
- Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, under specified conditions, to cede OSHA jurisdiction to another federal agency with respect to certain occupational standards or regulations for such agency's employees. Declares OSHA inapplicable to working conditions covered by the Federal Mine Safety and Heath Act of 1977.
- Sets forth increased protections for whistle blowers under OSHA.
- Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) the posting of employee rights; (2) a prohibition against the adoption or implementation of policies or practices by employers that discourage the reporting of work-related injuries or illnesses or that discriminate or provide for adverse action against any employee for reporting such injury or illness; (3) a prohibition against the loss of wages or employee benefits as a result of an employee participating in or aiding workplace inspections; (4) investigations of incidents in a place of employment resulting in a death or the hospitalization of two or more employees; (5) a prohibition against designating a citation for an occupational health and safety standard violation as an unclassified citation; (6) the rights of an employee who has sustained a work-related injury or illness that is the subject of an investigation; (7) an employer's right to contest citations and penalties; (8) the Secretary's assertion of an employer's failure to correct a serious hazard during an employer's contest to a citation; and (9) employee objections to modifications of citations.
- Increases civil and criminal penalties for certain OSHA violators.
- Requires a state that has an approved plan for the development and enforcement of occupational safety and health standards to amend its plan to conform to the requirements of this Act within 12 months after enactment of this Act.

 AIHA Comments on Protecting America's Workers Act - June 11, 2009
The Construction Institute Endorses the Protecting America's Worker Act - August 10, 2009

111th Congress Session - Senate Bill 1580 To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to expand coverage under the Act, to increase protections for whistleblowers, to increase penalties for certain violators, and for other purposes. - August 8, 2009

 Protecting America’s Workers Act of 2009: A Plan to Give OSHA A Lot More Teeth - September 8, 2009

ASNI Standards that are in the pipeline

How are you coming along with 70E?
A good story about a company implementing 70E
Some resources (you'll be needing software to do the required PPE calcs)
 　

Multi-employer citation policy stands, says Court of Appeals

Recently, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit overturned an Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) decision concerning the OSHA multi-employer citation policy. This new decision holds general contractors accountable for keeping all employees safe at a worksite, not just their own employees.

Initially, OSHRC concluded that the Secretary of Labor's multi-employer citation policy — which states that OSHA may issue citations to general contractors at construction sites who have the ability to prevent hazardous condition created by subcontractors — violated regulation 29 C. F. R. 1910.12(a), construction work standards. As a result, OSHRC ruled that an employer is responsible for the safety and health of only those employees who work for the employer.

However, upon review by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, it was determined that OSHRC abused its discretion in determining that the controlling employer citation policy conflicted with 1910.12(a) and that its legal conclusion was not in accordance with the law.

The appeals court ultimately deferred to the Secretary's interpretation of the standard and determined that 1910.12(a) does not rule out the Secretary's multi-employer citation policy. Therefore, the multi-employer citation policy will stand and will place the responsibility of monitoring all employees and aspects of the worksite on a general contractor.

To read this decision, visit http://www.ca8.uscourts.gov/opns/opFrame.html and search for case number: 07-2191.
Source of this article = JJ Keller          [fast access to the 8th Circuit Court decision] 

Compliance & Risk Management
Topic: OSHA to Contractor: Cut Salaries of Unsafe Supervisors
Glenn Demby Esq.

When companies settle charges with OSHA, they typically agree to take measures to “abate” safety hazards. But a recent settlement agreement between OSHA and a New York construction contractor may take abatement measures to a new and creative level.

OSHA cited Broadway Concrete for 15 willful and repeat violations because of fall hazards at a condominium project in Jersey City. The contractor agreed to pay $750,000 in fines and adopt a slew of abatement measures to improve safety at the site. Among the abatement measures: cutting salaries of senior job superintendents that fail to comply with OSHA requirements and job safety practices.

Getting companies to agree to hold supervisors directly accountable for safety violations in the form of pay cuts makes a lot of sense. But it’s not something you see in your typical OSHA settlement Click here for a copy of the testimony. For additional details, visit the House Subcommittee website for the hearing. For additional information, please see the ASSE Press Release.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE0R2oXIjpg << this is very cool, Chairwoman Woolsey, Subcommittee Chair on Workforce Protections, Committee on Education and Labor, UAes - speaks to the need for better enforcement and safety standards for those without.
Some odd news - click y%20metal%20addiction.pdf"> here if you are curious         Man gets occupational disability benefits for heavy metal (music) addiction

Download a copy revised Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Field Operations Manual

 
News

Bush Directive Increases Sway on Regulation NY Times posted 1-30-07

Changes at DLIR & DOT News posted 12-21-06

Ex-water company head convicted in workers deaths
YumaSun.com, June 12, 2006

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger used his line-item veto to
strike funding for 15 new workplace safety inspectors
Inside Bay Area, July 14, 200

Sears will adopt a safety and health program to ensure that all powered industrial trucks are operated in a safe manner, as part of a settlement agreement
OSHA National News Release, June 29, 2006 

OSHA Administrator Unveils Voluntary Protection Program for Mobile Workforce in Construction
OSHA Trade News Release, July 21, 2006 

Read also about the  
VPP Corporate Pilot
and  
OSHA Challenge Pilot  
which are the newest component of OSHA's premier cooperative program
 that recognizes and promotes effective health and safety management systems.

fun Ergo Elvis video > Ergotainment

Workers' Comp Insider < blog
 

 Emerging Infection Network 
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Emerging Infections Network (APEC EINet) is an APEC-approved project based at the University of Washington in Seattle, USA. APEC EINet is dedicated to providing timely and reliable information via the Internet on issues of emerging infectious diseases in the Asia Pacific.


Pandemic Flu Information
Preparing for a Pandemic


Bio-Terrorism (BT) Preparedness Branch

Tragedies prompt builders to probe safety measures

bronchiolitis obliterans, also known as
"popcorn workers lung"
(SKAPP) Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy

Campaign for drug-free workplaces
Pacific Business News, April 7, 2006 
Drug Use Seen In 40% Of Building Deaths
NU Online News

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HIOSH Advisory Committee
Meeting Time: 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Location:
Princess Ruth Keelikolani Building
HIOSH Training Room 427
830 Punchbowl Street

2014 Meeting Dates - third Thur. of the month:

Chair for 2014 - Jim Newberry and Vice Chair Tristan Aldeguer welcome you to our quarterly meetings

New HIOSH Website < update your link

To  help  with  your  compliance  needs, 
here   are   links   to   the   online   HIOSH   standards
HIOSH Standards, Most Cite HIOSH Standards by Fiscal Year,      
The majority of Title 12 Safety & Health standards are being replaced 
by  1910  and  1926  CFR but you can check here for HIOSH's posting of their standards.
Proposed rules and legal notices can be checked here.

A list of our Membership and the HIOSH Advisory Committee WebPage
 HIOSH Advisory Committee ~ Mission & Operating Guidelines
 Minutes of our meetings http://labor.hawaii.gov/hiosh/home/hiosh-advisory-committee/hac-meeting-minutes/ 

New HIOSH rules as of Oct 2012:

4. Subsection 12-110-2(e), Hawaii Administrative Rules, is amended to read as follows: 

“§12-110-2(e) Accidents shall be reported in accordance with [§12-52-8] §12-52.1-1.”
 

[Eff 7/12/82; am 9/27/84; am 8/5/88; am 9/21/96; am ] (Auth: HRS §396-4) (Imp: HRS §396-4)
§396-4 > http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/vol07_ch0346-0398/hrs0396/HRS_0396-0004.htm

5. Section 12-110-3, Hawaii Administrative Rules, is amended to read as follows:

Ҥ12-110-3 Safety and health inspections.

(a) The general contractor of every construction or demolition project on which [more than 30] employees are engaged shall arrange to have inspections made during the period of the project for the purpose of assuring compliance with the [standards of part 3 of this title.] Hawaii Occupational Safety and Health Law. Where there is no general contractor, the owner shall be responsible or shall designate one particular contractor to be responsible to perform the necessary safety inspections.

(b) [Required] Inspections shall be conducted with sufficient quality, frequency and scope to identify recognized hazards and ensure their correction in order to prevent workplace injuries, illnesses and fatalities. At minimum inspections shall be in accordance with this schedule:

(1) Projects employing [30 to 100] 1 to 99 persons, at any single moment in the work day, shall have an employee assigned to make at least one inspection each workday;

(2) Projects employing 100 to [200] 199 persons shall have two employees assigned, each to make at least one inspection each work day; and (3) Projects employing [more than] 200 or more persons shall have one additional designated employee for each 300 persons above [200] 199 , each to make at least one inspection each workday.

(c) Written records of the daily safety [inspection] and health inspections shall be kept on the project site for review by the director for the duration of the project. Inspection records shall include, at minimum, the following:

(1) The date and start time of the inspection;

(2) The name of the employee conducting the inspection;

(3) The scope (project areas) of the inspection, including the names of all contractors and subcontractors covered by the scope of the inspection;

(4) A brief description of all potential and actual hazards noted during the inspection;

(5) Name and title of the person responsible for correcting the identified hazards noted during the inspection;

(6) Information regarding how the hazard was eliminated, corrected or abated including the inspector’s recommendations for preventing the recurrence of the hazards.

(d) Warning signs shall be posted prohibiting unauthorized persons from operating potentially hazardous machines or equipment.” [Eff 7/12/82; am 9/27/84; am ] (Auth: HRS §396-4) (Imp: HRS §396-4)

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Other  Safety  Health  Environmental  WebPages  in  Hawaii

Honolulu Community College
Occupational and Environmental Safety Management Program

OSHA Training Institute @ UC San Diego - (Hawaii Page)

Federal Safety and Health Council - Hawaii Area 
[currently in stasis]

Navy Safety Department

Society of Fire Protection Engineers

OSHA  -  Hawaii  Alliance  Page 
National Alliance Newsletter

Civil Engineers - Honolulu, HI

Big Island Safety Association

AIHA  Hawaii Local Section

Veterans of Safety (VOS) - National Website
 VOS Hawaii Chapter - Safety Resource and Guidance Program

Hawaii Safety Allience - About HSA

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What >

Where
Free Safety Training  (Haz Com, PPE, Back Safety, Fork Lift) http://www.free-training.com
They also have a free newsletter >

NIOSH Newsletter
Free Fact Sheets  > European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Free Leaflets > Health and Safety Executive
Free Tailgate Safety Meeting Topics > Free Topics
OSHA E-Tools, lots of good resources > Free E-Tools
Not-For-Portit Safety Toolkit 
It's designed for not-for-profits, but plenty good stuff >		 Free Online Toolkit
OSHA Compliance Assistance Quick Start > How to get started with compliance
On-Line ~ Easy steps to control health risks from chemicals > 
(You'll need the MSDS to determine the "risk phrases")		 From COSHH ESSENTIALS (HSC-UK)
Resources for creating a drug free workplace > ASSE Hawaii DFW links
Code of Safe Practice
Scaffold Industry Association, Inc. >		 Frame Scaffolds, System Scaffolds, Tube and
Clamp Scaffolds & Rolling Scaffolds
OSHA Safety & Health Topics > http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/index.html
Peter Sandman > 24 Reasons why employers ignore safety procedures
16 Reasons why employees ignore safety
Creating Change in  the Occupational 
Safety & Health Field - George Robotham >		 http://www.ohschange.com.au/articles.html
OSHA QuickTakes Newsletter > http://www.osha.gov/as/opa/quicktakes/
OSHA Quick Cards (electrical, lock-out, falls, lifting) > http://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/quickcards.html
OSHA Library / Reading Room
(directives, interpretations, Field Manual etc.) >
http://www.osha.gov/readingroom.html
Fatal occupational injuries in Hawaii > http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/tgs/2008/iiffi15.htm
My Discount Tools > http://www.mydiscounttools.com/estore/safetyinfo.asp
An online database of hazardous materials > http://cameochemicals.noaa.gov/
Design for Safety - design guides
Construction Industry Council Guidance for Designers		 http://www.safetyindesign.org/designguides.html 
Fall Safety Solutions [ Dr. Nigel Ellis] - FAQ http://www.fallsafety.com/faq.cfm
Network of Employers for Traffic Safety - resources
 OSHA Guidelines for Employers to Reduce Motor Vehicle Crashes		 http://www.trafficsafety.org/index2.asp
http://www.osha.gov/Publications/motor_vehicle_guide.pdf
NIEHS - National Clearinghouse for Worker Safety Training http://tools.niehs.nih.gov/wetp/
National Prevention Information Network http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/index.asp
Tri-National Working Group of Government Experts on Workplace Safety and Health http://www.naalcosh.org/english/index.shtml
Small Business Health & Safety Resources from OSHA http://www.osha.gov/dcsp/smallbusiness/index.html
WISHA on-line safety training courses http://www.lni.wa.gov/Safety/TrainTools/Online/Courses/default.asp#j
On This Day:
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Career Guide to the Safety Profession, 2nd Edition
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ASSE Strategic Plan, Vision, Mission, Values & Goals

Our Chapter belongs to Region 1
Hawaii is one of 23 chapters in the ROC - 1
 Neil Yamamoto is our representative on the ROC - 1
Our Regional Operating Committee (ROC - 1) has a web page
ASSE Region 1 - Home Page From the Artic to the Tropics, Region - 1
Want to learn more about the organization of our ROC - 1   > click here <

Region - 1 is one of  9 regions in the country, our R.V.P. (Regional Vice 
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and       Kathy Seabrook,   C S P,    is      the 
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