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Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health Presented by Bill Cooper Safety Compliance Supervisor

Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health Presented by Bill Cooper Safety Compliance Supervisor. Topics. Workplace Inspections Multi Employer Citation Policy Most Common Citations in Construction Employee Training. Safety Video. Inspections. Imminent danger Fatality/Catastrophe

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Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health Presented by Bill Cooper Safety Compliance Supervisor

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  1. Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and HealthPresented by Bill Cooper Safety Compliance Supervisor

  2. Topics • Workplace Inspections • Multi Employer Citation Policy • Most Common Citations in Construction • Employee Training

  3. Safety Video

  4. Inspections • Imminent danger • Fatality/Catastrophe • Complaints • Referrals • Follow-up • Programmed inspections

  5. INSPECTIONS(CONTD.) • Claims Inspections • National emphasis - Excavations • Local emphasis - Fall Hazards, Silica, Heavy Const.

  6. INSPECTIONS • Compliance officers cannot give any advanced notice of his or her inspections ; considered a class 2 misdemeanor , 6 months jail time or $1,000 fine. • Employers have the right to refuse an inspection!

  7. Multi-Employer worksite • Controlling: An employer who has general supervisory authority over the worksite, including the power to correct violations or require others to correct them. • Correcting: An employer who is responsible for correcting a hazard.

  8. Multi-Employer worksite cont’d • Creating: The employer that created a hazardous condition that violates an OSHA standard or the General Duty Clause • Exposing: An employer whose own employees are exposed to a hazard.

  9. CITATIONS AND PENALTIES

  10. Most Common Citations • 1926.451 Scaffolding • 1926.501 Fall Protection • 1910.1200 Hazard Communication • 1910.134 Respirator Protection • 1926.1053 Ladders • 1910.147 Lockout Tagout • 1910.305 Electrical Wiring • 1910.178 Forklift Training • 1910.303 Electrical General Requirement • 1910.212 Machine Guarding

  11. Citations & Penalties • Non-serious - A violation that has a direct relationship to job safety and health, but probably would not cause serious physical harm /or death. (Maximum $7,000, usually none.) • Serious - A violation where there is substantial probability of serious physical harm /or death. (Maximum $7,000)

  12. Citations & Penalties (con’t.) • Willful - A violation where the employer knows of the standards requirements, knows employees are working in violation, and makes no effort to correct the situation. ( Min. 5,000 Max. 70,000 ) • Repeat - A violation for an identical or similar condition that was previously cited within the prior 12 months. (Maximum $70,000)

  13. CITATIONS & PENALTIES (contd.) • Failure to abate - A violation which continues, uncorrected, beyond the prescribed abatement date.

  14. Follow-up Inspections • Verify that the employer did post the citations. • Ensure that all violations have been abated. • Failure to correct apparent violations within the abatement period, could be up to $7000.00 per day for each day the violation has not been corrected up to 30 days.

  15. Compliance Inspections • ADOSH Compliance Officers conduct un-announced safety and health inspections in construction and general industry.

  16. Compliance Inspections • Contact the safety director or the superintendent. • Contact all foreman from each sub contractor. • Show his /or her identification

  17. Compliance Inspections • Conduct an opening conference • Obtain company information • Reason for the inspection • Interview 10% of the employees • Take photographs etc. • Review safety programs

  18. The Walk Around • Representative of the general contractor • Representative of each subcontractor • Union Representative or employee representative

  19. The Walk Around • Inspect the entire facility /jobsite • Inspect all equipment and inspection procedures for such equipment • Document apparent violations • Interview exposed employees

  20. Closing Conference • Discuss apparent violations • Whether serious, non-serious • Multi Employer Citations • Abatement recommendations • Abatement dates • Employer rights and responsibilities • Consultation Department

  21. Thank you and have a safe day!

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