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Punch # 1

Day one starts off with the 10-hour OSHA course for General Industry.

The course follows OSHA mandated guidelines for competition.

Sample Topics may include:

One (1) hour Introduction to OSHA –. What is the OSH Act, Who is OSHA, General Duty Clause, Inspections, Citations/Penalties, Recordkeeping.

One (1) hour. – Exit routes, Emergency Action Plans, Fire Prevention Plans and Fire Protection, Subparts E & L (Combined)

One (1) hour. – Electrical, Subpart S

One (1) hour. – Subpart D – Walking and Working Surfaces.

One (1) hour. - Flammable & Combustible Liquids

One (1) hour. - Hazard Communication

One (1) hour. – Machine Guarding

One (1) hour. – Bloodborne Pathogens / or / Introduction to Industrial Hygiene / or / Ergonomics

One (1) hour. – Material Handling / or / Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) / or / Safety and Health Programs

One (1) hour. – Our choice based on your industry. (Topics listed above may be part of this section if additional time was required.)
 

Punch # 2

Then follow-up with our "Forklift Train-the-Trainer" course on day two.

The "Forklift Train-the-Trainer" course covers the training requirements of the Department of Labor OSHA 29 CFR 1910.178 requirements for Powered Industrial Trucks (PIT) relating to forklifts. This course can be custom designed to include LP gas forklifts, electric forklifts, walking counterbalanced forklifts (i.e. Big Joe), and electric pallet jacks.

Call us today at 817-292-3060 and ask how the "one - two - punch" can be arranged on your site for your employees.

There has never been such an effective way to educate yourself toward OSHA compliance.



Hazard Communication - Written program, training, MSDS collection and set-up.

Bloodborne pathogens plans & training.

Emergency Action Plans & training.

Fire Prevention Plan & training.

Lock out / Tag out plans & training. - LOTO

Confined space written programs & training.

Hot work permits, programs, & training.

Personal Protective Equipment Plans & training. - PPE

Hearing Conservation Plans & training.

Respirator programs and training.

Process Safety programs and training.

Sling safety programs.

Hoist safety programs.

Develop OSHA protocol plans & training.

Prepare for the media.

Mock OSHA inspection.

OSHA 10-hour and 30-hour courses.

Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) - Jobsite study.

Job Safety Analysis - develop procedures.

Forklift training for company forklift certification.

Routine Safety Meetings.

Routine Safety Inspections.

Safety Program Evaluation.

Assistance to help companies who want to learn self-help.

Train your safety person.

Phone support for your safety person or human resources department.



Drug & alcohol policies. Do you have fifteen employees?

Laser level training

Determine what OSHA standards your company is likely to be cited.

OSHA can cite you even when there is not a specific law regarding the issue. It is called the "General Duty Clause".

This is the Famous "General Duty Clause" that OSHA will utilize to cite you for something that they cannot fine a specific law against.

OSH Act of 1970 29 USC 654

SEC. 5. Duties
(a) Each employer --

(1) shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees;

The General Duty Clause is a catch-all for lack of any other OSHA regulation.

Knowing what your industry is likely to be cited for is the first step in learning how to defend yourself.

Do you want to know what the hot topics are for your industry? Email us your SIC code and we will send you the latest OSHA stats on your industrial classification.



Job Hazard Analysis (JHA)

What is one of the most misunderstood items in the OSHA standards? Almost every OSHA standard states that you first determine the hazards.

What does that mean? You must perform a Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) for every job in your plant. However, you may have twenty welders who do the same tasks. You would probably only have to do one Job Hazard Analysis for the welders that have "very similar" tasks and work with the same types of metals. Documentation is a key part of this requirement.


PART 1910 -- OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS

Subpart A -- General

Sec.
1910.1 Purpose and scope.
1910.2 Definitions.
1910.3 Petitions for the issuance, amendment, or repeal of a standard.
1910.4 Amendments to this part.
1910.5 Applicability of standards.
1910.6 Incorporation by reference.
1910.7 Definition and requirements for a nationally recognized testing laboratory.
1910.8 OMB control numbers under the Paperwork Reduction Act.

Subpart B -- Adoption and Extension of Established Federal Standards

1910.11 Scope and purpose
1910.12 Construction work.
1910.15 Shipyard employment.
1910.16 Longshoring and marine terminals.
1910.17 Effective dates.
1910.18 Changes in established Federal standards.
1910.19 Special provisions for air contaminants.

Subpart C -- [Removed and Reserved]

1910.20 [Redesignated as 1910.1020]

Subpart D -- Walking - Working Surfaces

1910.21 Definitions.
1910.22 General requirements.
1910.23 Guarding floor and wall openings and holes.
1910.24 Fixed industrial stairs.
1910.25 Portable wood ladders.
1910.26 Portable metal ladders.
1910.27 Fixed ladders.
1910.28 Safety requirements for scaffolding.
1910.29 Manually propelled mobile ladder stands and scaffolds (towers).
1910.30 Other working surfaces.

Subpart E -- Means of Egress

1910.35 Definitions.
1910.36 General requirements.
1910.37 Means of egress, general.
1910.38 Employee emergency plans and fire prevention plans.

APPENDIX TO SUBPART E -- MEANS OF EGRESS

Subpart F -- Powered Platforms, Manlifts, and Vehicle-Mounted Work Platforms

1910.66 Powered platforms for building maintenance.
1910.67 Vehicle-mounted elevating and rotating work platforms.
1910.68 Manlifts.

Subpart G -- Occupational Health and Environmental Control

1910.94 Ventilation.
1910.95 Occupational noise exposure.
1910.96 [Redesignated as 1910.1096]
1910.97 Nonionizing radiation.
1910.98 Effective dates.

Subpart H -- Hazardous Materials

1910.101 Compressed gases (general requirements).
1910.102 Acetylene.
1910.103 Hydrogen.
1910.104 Oxygen.
1910.105 Nitrous oxide.
1910.106 Flammable and combustible liquids.
1910.107 Spray finishing using flammable and combustible materials.
1910.108 Dip tanks containing flammable or combustible liquids.
1910.109 Explosives and blasting agents.
1910.110 Storage and handling of liquified petroleum gases.
1910.111 Storage and handling of anhydrous ammonia.
1910.112 [Reserved]
1910.113 [Reserved]
1910.119 Process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals.
1910.120 Hazardous waste operations and emergency response.
1910.121 [Reserved]
1910.122 Table of contents.
1910.123 Dipping and coating operations: Coverage and Definitions.
1910.124 General requirements for dipping and coating operations.
1910.125 Additional requirements for dipping and coating operations that use flammable or combustible liquids.
1910.126 Additional requirements for special dipping and coating applications.

Subpart I -- Personal Protective Equipment

1910.132 General requirements.
1910.133 Eye and face protection.
1910.134 Respiratory protection.
1910.135 Head protection.
1910.136 Foot protection.
1910.137 Electrical protective devices.
1910.138 Hand Protection.


Subpart J -- General Environmental Controls

1910.141 Sanitation.
1910.142 Temporary labor camps.
1910.143 Nonwater carriage disposal systems. [Reserved]
1910.144 Safety color code for marking physical hazards.
1910.145 Specifications for accident prevention signs and tags.
1910.146 Permit-required confined spaces.
1910.147 The control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout).

Subpart K -- Medical and First Aid

1910.151 Medical services and first aid.
1910.152 [Reserved]

Subpart L -- Fire Protection

1910.155 Scope, application and definitions applicable to this subpart.
1910.156 Fire brigades.

PORTABLE FIRE SUPPRESSION EQUIPMENT

1910.157 Portable fire extinguishers.
1910.158 Standpipe and hose systems.

FIXED FIRE SUPPRESSION EQUIPMENT

1910.159 Automatic sprinkler systems.
1910.160 Fixed extinguishing systems, general.
1910.161 Fixed extinguishing systems, dry chemical.
1910.162 Fixed extinguishing systems, gaseous agent.
1910.163 Fixed extinguishing systems, water spray and foam.

OTHER FIRE PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS

1910.164 Fire detection systems.
1910.165 Employee alarm systems.

APPENDICES TO SUBPART L

APPENDIX A TO SUBPART L -- FIRE PROTECTION
APPENDIX B TO SUBPART L -- NATIONAL CONCENSUS STANDARDS
APPENDIX C TO SUBPART L -- FIRE PROTECTION REFERENCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
APPENDIX D TO SUBPART L -- AVAILABILITY OF PUBLICATIONS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN SECTION 1910.156 FIRE BRIGADES
APPENDIX E TO SUBPART L -- TEST METHODS FOR PROTECTIVE CLOTHING

Subpart M -- Compressed Gas and Compressed Air Equipment

1910.166 [Reserved]
1910.167 [Reserved]
1910.168 [Reserved]
1910.169 Air receivers.

Subpart N -- Materials Handling and Storage

1910.176 Handling material - general.
1910.177 Servicing multi-piece and single piece rim wheels.
1910.178 Powered industrial trucks.
1910.179 Overhead and gantry cranes.
1910.180 Crawler locomotive and truck cranes.
1910.181 Derricks.
1910.183 Helicopters.
1910.184 Slings.

APPENDIX A to 1910.178 -- Stability of Powered Industrial Trucks (non-mandatory Appendix to Paragraph (l) of this section.

Subpart O -- Machinery and Machine Guarding

1910.211 Definitions.
1910.212 General requirements for all machines.
1910.213 Woodworking machinery requirements.
1910.214 Cooperage machinery.
1910.215 Abrasive wheel machinery.
1910.216 Mills and calendars in the rubber and plastics industries.
1910.217 Mechanical power presses.
1910.218 Forging machines.
1910.219 Mechanical power-transmission apparatus.

Subpart P -- Hand and Portable Powered Tools and Other Hand-Held Equipment.

1910.241 Definitions.
1910.242 Hand and portable powered tools and equipment, general.
1910.243 Guarding of portable powered tools.
1910.244 Other portable tools and equipment.

Subpart Q -- Welding, Cutting, and Brazing.

1910.251 Definitions.
1910.252 General requirements.
1910.253 Oxygen-fuel gas welding and cutting.
1910.254 Arc welding and cutting.
1910.255 Resistance welding.

Subpart R -- Special Industries

1910.261 Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills.
1910.262 Textiles.
1910.263 Bakery equipment.
1910.264 Laundry machinery and operations.
1910.265 Sawmills.
1910.266 Logging operations.
1910.267 [Reserved]
1910.268 Telecommunications.
1910.269 Electric power generation, transmission, and distribution.
1910.272 Grain handling facilities.

Subpart S -- Electrical

GENERAL

1910.301 Introduction.

DESIGN SAFETY STANDARDS FOR ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS

1910.302 Electric utilization systems.
1910.303 General requirements.
1910.304 Wiring design and protection.
1910.305 Wiring methods, components, and equipment for general use.
1910.306 Specific purpose equipment and installations.
1910.307 Hazardous (classified) locations.
1910.308 Special systems.
1910.309 - 1910.330 [Reserved]

SAFETY-RELATED WORK PRACTICES

1910.331 Scope.
1910.332 Training.
1910.333 Selection and use of work practices.
1910.334 Use of equipment.
1910.335 Safeguards for personnel protection.
1910.336 - 1910.360 [Reserved]

SAFETY-RELATED MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS

1910.361 - 1910.380 [Reserved]

SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIAL EQUIPMENT

1910.381 - 1910.398 [Reserved]

DEFINITIONS

1910.399 Definitions applicable to this subpart.

APPENDIX A TO SUBPART S -- REFERENCE DOCUMENTS
APPENDIX B TO SUBPART S -- EXPLANATORY DATA [RESERVED]
APPENDIX C TO SUBPART S -- TABLES, NOTES, AND CHARTS [RESERVED]

Subpart T -- Commercial Diving Operations

GENERAL

1910.401 Scope and application.
1910.402 Definitions.

PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS

1910.410 Qualifications of dive team.

GENERAL OPERATIONS PROCEDURES

1910.420 Safe practices manual.
1910.421 Pre-dive procedures.
1910.422 Procedures during dive.
1910.423 Post-dive procedures.

SPECIFIC OPERATIONS PROCEDURES

1910.424 SCUBA diving.
1910.425 Surface-supplied air diving.
1910.426 Mixed-gas diving.
1910.427 Liveboating.

EQUIPMENT PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS

1910.430 Equipment.

Subpart Z -- Toxic and Hazardous Substances

1910.1000 Air contaminants.
1910.1001 Asbestos.
1910.1002 Coal tar pitch volatiles; interpretation of term.
1910.1003 13 Carcinogens (4-Nitrobiphenyl, etc.).
1910.1004 alpha-Naphthylamine.
1910.1005 [Reserved]
1910.1006 Methyl chloromethyl ether.
1910.1007 3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine (and its salts).
1910.1008 bis-Chloromethyl ether.
1910.1009 beta-Naphthylamine.
1910.1010 Benzidine.
1910.1011 4-Aminodiphenyl.
1910.1012 Ethyleneimine.
1910.1013 beta-Propiolactone.
1910.1014 2-Acetylaminofluorene.
1910.1015 4-Dimethylaminoazobenzene.
1910.1016 N-Nitrosodimethylamine.
1910.1017 Vinyl chloride.
1910.1018 Inorganic arsenic.
1910.1020 Access to employee exposure and medical records.
1910.1025 Lead.
1910.1027 Cadmium.
1910.1028 Benzene.
1910.1029 Coke oven emissions.
1910.1030 Bloodborne pathogens.
1910.1043 Cotton dust.
1910.1044 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane.
1910.1045 Acrylonitrile.
1910.1047 Ethylene oxide.
1910.1048 Formaldehyde.
1910.1050 Methylenedianiline.
1910.1051 1,3-Butadiene.
1910.1052 Methylene Chloride.
1910.1096 Ionizing radiation.
1910.1200 Hazard communication.
1910.1201 Retention of DOT markings, placards and labels.
1910.1450 Occupational exposure to hazardous chemicals in laboratories.



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The view on safety in a few diehard small businesses.

SAFETY IS still treated like a step-child in privately held small company board rooms.

About three times a year I am reminded that there are privately held small company officials who cling to an era of history.  Most of us know that OSHA compliance and creating a safe workplace is very easy and does not require that you stop production.  However, it is pretty much a waste of our time to try and change the mindset of these few cowboys.

Mississippi burning, did you see the movie?

Excluding construction contractors, the main companies that still have the old perception of safety and have the most to learn about "today's safety" can largely be grouped into a single group.  That group being privately held employers with more than fifteen employee's and not more than 75 employees.

Why are privately held small employers the problem group? 

This particular group of company officers do not follow the rules of engagement.

This particular group of company officers are frequently "trapped" by mindsets within the organization, and are actually afraid to do the right thing for fear of being ostracized.

Adult bullies are many times part of the management team.

Safety and OSHA compliance is a waste of time, and we will just "say" that we have a safe workplace.

Employees are seen as being much too ignorant to realize that the company is simply not going to comply with OSHA or EPA regulations.

There is no one so blind as he who refuses to see.

Consequently, many of these businesses will never be able to make the shift from good to great.  Competition will eventually beat these companies.  After beaten, the company still will never "get it".  Denial, ignorance and employees fear of bucking the mindset of that company will eventually make this company less than competitive.

The 12 step program

Actually the solution is so simple, that the "anti-government addict" would not understand the solution.  In order to understand the solution, one must admit that a problem exist.

My name is Tom, and I am an anti-government addict.  Hi Tom!

If you believe that you are part of the "enlightened" group or sincerely want to learn how to become "enlightened", we urge you to consider the OSHA 10-hour course designed for general industry as a minimum beginners course on how to "get it" regarding OSHA compliance.  Our 10-hour general industry class has much more information than is listed on the 10-hour page, we save that for the enlightened.

We want to say that we have a safety program, but we don't intend to do all of the stupid safety stuff.

If you are not ready today, the odds are that you will never be ready.  It is not possible for us to help your company until you recognize that you have a problem.

W. Edwards Deming?  Yes, we know all about him and we have a quality program in place.

This is not so much about safety as it is about ignorance.

How do you know to identify a company like this?

It normally starts out like this:

We just had a OSHA inspection and the abatement date is day after tomorrow, but we have not had time to do anything.  (Translation: We do not intend to "actually" do anything.  We will go through a few motions, just enough to get the current inspector off of our back.  We will have less of a safety program in twelve months than we have today.)

We have a pretty safe company, nothing major has ever happened.  (Translation:  The government is wasting my time trying to get me to do something that is not going to make me look better.  We will do "the least" that we have to do and I will decide the definition of "the least".  And this my friend, has nothing to do with the minimum government requirements.)