2009 WTBA WISDOTContractor Engineer Conference

January 22, 2009

OSHA Update

Agenda

• General Information

• Areas of Emphasis and Concern

• Changes in 2009?

OSHA Overview

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration

• U.S. Department of Labor• Wisconsin Offices

– Madison– Milwaukee– Appleton– Eau Claire

Mission

To assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women.

Strategies:• Strong, fair and effective

enforcement• Outreach, education and

compliance assistance• Partnerships and other

cooperative programs

2007 – Wisconsin Fatalities Up To 103

EMPHASIS PROGRAMS:National• Trenching & Excavation• Silica• Lead Local• Fall Hazards in

Construction• Powered Industrial

Vehicles

AREAS OF EMPHASIS AND CONCERN

Region V Fatality Trends - Struck By Falling Objects

• Quick-Coupler Excavator Buckets

• OSHA SHIB: http://www.osha.gov/dts/shib/shib072205a.html

Other Struck by Hazards– Moving Equipment– Backing

Region V Fatality Trends - Overhead Powerlines

Overhead Powerline Fatalities 2004-2008 *

6

3

6

13

7

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

*Thru 8/31/08

• Cranes, Forklifts, Dump Trucks, Aerial Lifts, Scaffolds etc.

• De-Energize• Clearances• Marking

Underground Utilities

• Hot issue!• 1800 reported strikes • Multiple problems

– Not mapped– Not marked– Dead???

• Multiple Interest Groups

• Need solutions

Health Hazards

• Noise– Hearing Loss Claims– Studies– Enforcement– Model Programs

• Welding & Cutting– Hexavalent Chromium– Arsenic

Cranes:

Proposed Rule• Construction Crane

Standard• Comment Period

Incidents in 2008• Heightened Awareness• Compliance Officer

Training

Changes in 2009

• New Administration

• New Secretary of Labor

• New Secretary of OSHA

OSHA’s Cooperative Programs

• Alliance Program• OSHA Strategic Partnership

Program• Voluntary Protection

Programs• Consultation Program &

SHARP

Growth in Cooperative Program Participation

578705

807884

1,024

1,180

1,367

1,612

1,869

353 396

1,0741,183

42 85

2,000

455 413

699789

1,003

805

125 167

211

206

1711581491820

240

104

411350

456 503

100

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Fiscal Year

Num

ber

Pro

gram

s

VPP Sites SHARP Sites Partnerships Alliances

www.osha.gov

Appleton Area Office(920) 734-4521Eau Claire Area Office(715) 832-9019(Madison Area Office(608)441-5388Milwaukee Area Office(414) 297-3315

Questions?