Minnesota OSHA Update

Presenter: James Krueger, Workplace Safety Programs Director

Why is OSHA Needed?

• When congress was considering the OSH Act

in 1970, approximately 14,000 occupational

fatalities were being reported each year.

• There were 2.5 million job related disabilities.

• There were 300,000 new cases of job related

illnesses.

Williams-Steiger Occupational

Safety and Health Act of 1970

The Occupational Safety and Health Act

• Enacted December 29, 1970

• Signed into law by President Nixon

• To assure that every working man and woman in

this nation have safe and healthful working

conditions.

• Encouraging every state to become involved in

planning to assume its own occupational safety

and health program.

28 STATE PLANS AND TERRITORIES

The Start of MNOSHA

• MNOSHA 40+ year history.

• MNOSHA has continued to evolve to meet the

growing and ever-changing needs of safety and

health standards for workers.

• In 1973, MNOSHA covered approximately 1.3 million

workers within the state.

• Covers approximately 2.6 million workers.

MNOSHA’s Mission Statement

To make sure every worker in the State

of Minnesota has a safe and healthful

workplace.

• Commissioner – Ken Peterson

• Deputy Commissioner – Chris Leifeld

• Workplace Safety Director – James Krueger

– Compliance Director – Nancy Zentgraf

– Consultation Director – Tyrone Taylor

Renovation

–During the next year, updating 3 floors in

St Paul

–OSHA starting Mid-May , Maintain services to

our stakeholders

Strategic Plan Update

Nancy Zentgraf…… Compliance Director

Ron Anderson…Outreach

Ryan Nosan …Training

North……………. Jeff Isakson, Supervisor

Central………….. Sarah Kickbusch, Supervisor

South……… Clayton Handt, Supervisor

Safety 4’s …. Ryan Nosan, Supervisor

Ind. Hygiene…… Ron Anderson, Supervisor

North Central South

MNOSHA Compliance

Office Locations

Field Inspection Groups

Supervisor

8 Safety 3 Industrial Hygienist

MNOSHA Compliance Staffing Update

Did not hire between 10/10/2012-5/20/2015

Staff with Significant Experience;

-Safety Grants Administrator (Grant Program)

-Workplace Safety Manager

-Industrial Hygiene Director

-Safety Supervisor

-Health Consultant

-Safety Consultant

Training

-Two Safety Investigators

-One Industrial Hygienist

MNOSHA Compliance (23g) Current Staff 2018

25 Safety Investigators

14 Health Investigators

7 Safety Investigator 4’s/IH3’s

1 Director

2 Training Officers

3 Discrimination Investigators

3 Program Analysts

9 Program Support

7 Supervisors

2018 MNOSHA Compliance Budget

• Federal Grant $3,991,800

• State Match $4,178,000

• Total Budget $8,169,800

• Note: Grant Includes Public Coverage and MNSTAR

3,700,000

3,800,000

3,900,000

4,000,000

4,100,000

4,200,000

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Federal Budget

2943

2556

2181 1979

1858

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

3500

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Total

General Industry vs. Total Inspections FFY 2013 - 2017 N

um

ber

Minnesota OSHA’s Most Frequently Cited

Standards For All Industries

Federal Fiscal Year 2017

STANDARD DESCRIPTION Frequency 1910.1200 Hazard communication 322

1910.212 Machinery and machine guarding – general

requirements

198

1910.147 The control of hazardous energy

(lockout/tagout)

162

1926.501 Fall protection in construction 142

1910.134 Respiratory protection 139

Minnesota Statutes 182.653,

subd. 8

A Workplace Accident and Injury Reduction

(AWAIR) program

135

1910.178 Powered industrial trucks 120

1910.305 Electrical wiring methods, components and

equipment in general industry

82

Minnesota Rules 5205.0116 Carbon monoxide monitoring 77

Minnesota Rules 5206.0700 Employee right-to-know training 77

Federal Grant covers staff for:

– MNSTAR

– Outreach

– Services to stakeholders, ergonomics,

logging and public sector

– Compliance inspections

MNOSHA Program Activities:

– Inspections Reduced

• 2500 (3 year average)

• 1800 (FFY15,16,17,18)

• ??? (FFY 19)

–Priority to

• Imminent Dangers

• Fatals

• Complaints

• Serious Injuries

Federal Region 5 Monitoring and

Evaluation (FAME) Report

In its 40+ year history MNOSHA established an

effective and cooperative relationship with all

regional monitors:

– Quarterly meetings with the Advisory Council

– Bi-annual Onsite Audit (Includes Financial)

https://www.osha.gov/dcsp/osp/efame/2016/mn_rep

ort.pdf

Federal Annual Monitoring and

Evaluation (FAME) Report 2017

MNOSHA Conducted 1,858 inspections, goal was 1,800.

1,141 Complaints resulting in 324 onsite Inspections (Responded in just over 3.4 days, Goal 9 days)

Handled 4,677 phone calls and 2,039 written requests, primarily e-mail.

Federal Annual Monitoring and

Evaluation (FAME) Report 2017

Complete reports and issue citations: Safety

MNOSHA 19 days National Data 45 days

Health – send samples to lab for results

MNOSHA 24 days National Data 56 days

MNOSHA Goals

Reduce state Total Recordable Cases

Reduction in-state Fatality Rate from the previous

5-year average

Increase hazards abated

Injury and Illness Incidence Rates Minnesota 2006-2016

Fatal Occupational Injuries per

100,000 Full-time Equivalent

Workers 2016

State Fatality Rate

Iowa 4.9

Minnesota 3.4

North Dakota 7.0

South Dakota 7.5

Wisconsin 3.6

Occupational Injuries/Illnesses

per 100,000 Full-time Equivalent

Workers 2016

State Rate

Iowa 3.8

Minnesota 3.4

North Dakota Not Available

South Dakota Not Available

Wisconsin 3.8

Electronic Submission of Injury and Illness Data

• May 12, 2016: Federal OSHA published final rule effective January 1, 2017

• August 1, 2017: Federal OSHA launched the Injury Tracking Application (ITA)

• December 31, 2017 Federal OSHA Announced that this was the last day to enter calendar year 2016 data into ITA

• January 1 2018: Federal OSHA no longer accepts 2016 calendar year (CY) data, but you can view the dated submitted

Continued Electronic Submission of Injury and Illness Data

• July 1, 2018: Establishments with 20 or more employees are required to provide their Calendar Year (CA) 2017 Form 300A summary data.

• State Programs: CA, MD, Minnesota, SC, UT, WA and WY have not adopted the requirement to electronically submit Injury and Illness Data yet.

• (https://www.osha.gov/injuryreporting/index.html)

Continued

Electronic Submission of Injury and Illness Data

Employers will need to submit injury and illness data electronically:

• Employers with 20 or more employee‘s, submit Form 300A data by July 1, 2018, for 2017 data – Going Forward: Every year after, starting March 2, 2019, March

2020, etc..

Occupational Exposure to Beryllium Federal OSHA

• General Industry Compliance

Dates – May 11, 2018 (Most Elements)

except • March 11, 2019 (change

rooms/showers) • March 10, 2020 (engineering

controls)

• Federal OSHA will not enforce shipyard or construction while rulemaking is in progress for construction and shipyards. Retain PEL

General Industry (1910) Occupational Exposure to Beryllium

• Minnesota OSHA is in the process of adopting the General Industry Beryllium Rule by reference

• Minnesota OSHA Compliance Dates

– Planning on During May, 2018 (Most Elements) except

• March 11, 2019 (change rooms/showers)

• March 10, 2020 (engineering controls)

Construction/Shipyards (1926, 1915) Occupational Exposure to Beryllium

• Federal OSHA proposing to revoke the ancillary

provisions and just retain the PEL/STELs

• Minnesota OSHA has not adopted construction of shipyards standards for Beryllium

• Federal OSHA webpage, www.osha.gov/berylliumrule

Respirable Crystalline Silica 29 CFR 1910.1053 and

29 CFR 1926.1153

General Industry Effective Dates

• All obligations of this section June 23, 2017

– Except medical surveillance (i)(1)(i)

• June 23, 2020 for those exceeding the action level 30 or more days per year.

• Hydraulic fracturing operations in gas and oil industry – June 23, 2018

– Except: medical surveillance (i)(1)(i) and engineering controls (f)(1) (June 23, 2021)

Construction Effective Dates

• June 23, 2017

• Requirements for sample analysis (d)(2)(v) commence June 23, 2018

General Industry Walking-Working Surfaces and Falls

MNOSHA Adopted by Reference, Effective September 19, 2017

MNOSHA:

• 5 Directives Deleted

• Involves 6 different MN Rules Standards

• Manuals for Correct Standards Updated

Walking-Working Surfaces (Effective in Minnesota September 19, 2017)

MN Rules Removed 5205.0040 Elevated Storage Platform or Rack

5205.0050 Ships Ladders 5205.0060 Ships Ladders, Special

Requirements 5205.0065 Suspension Scaffolds

5205.0080 Wells, Pits, Shafts and other Similar Spaces

5207.0300 Confined Spaces 5207.0301 Definitions

5207.0302 Operating Procedures and Worker Training

5207.0303 Pre-entry Procedures 5207.0304 Entry Into and Work within

Confined Spaces

Fatalities

BLS - CFOI 2016

National Data

• Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting recorded a rate of 23.2 percent.

• Transportation and Warehousing rate of fatalities was 14.3 percent

• Construction had a rate of 10.1.

BLS - CFOI 2016

Minnesota Data • Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting recorded a

rate of 25 percent.

• Trade, Transportation and Utilities rate of fatalities was 18 percent. (Transportation and Warehousing was 12 percent)

• Construction had a rate of 16 percent

MNOSHA FFY 2017 Fatality Statistics

A fatality under MNOSHA jurisdiction

is defined as:

An employee death resulting from an employment incident or illness caused

by or related to a workplace hazard

MNOSHA Does Not Investigate: –Motor vehicle accidents

–Airplane accidents

–Mining sites

– Small family farms

–No Employee/Employer Relationship

– Federal employees

–Railroad employees

Cause/Contribute Penalties

Minnesota Statutes, section 182.666, subd.2a

If the violation causes or contributes to the death of an employee, the minimum nonnegotiable fine is:

• $25,000 for a serious violation

• $50,000 for willful or repeat violation

MNOSHA Compliance Fatality Investigations FFY 2013 - 2017

During the period October 1, 2012 – September 30, 2017, the annual average number of fatalities under Minnesota OSHA jurisdiction was 18.

The most common types of workplace fatalities were:

• Contact with an object or equipment: Average of

9 workers each year

• Falls: Average of 5 workers each year

MNOSHA Fatalities FFY 2012-2017

• 104 Total

• An average of 17 per year

– 39 Construction (37.5%)

– 65 General Industry (62.5%)

FFY 2007-2011

• 92 Total

• An average of 18 per year

– 26 Construction (28%)

– 66 General Industry (72%)

4

44

4

4

3

25

4

Cause of all Fatalities FFY 2013 - 2017

Burn

Contact withobject/equipment

Drown

Electrocution

Explosion

Fall

Other

Falls

Contact with

object/equipment

11 11

16

10 10

18 17

20

16 17

0

5

10

15

20

25

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

GI Total

General Industry Fatalities FFY 2013 - 2017 N

um

be

r

15

28

16

24

14

20

6

8 7 8

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

GI Total

1 to 10 11 to 49 50 to 249 250 to 999 1000+

General Industry Fatalities by Company Size FFY 2013 - 2017 N

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ber

MN Fatalities

Over the years, our data suggests that most

of the fatalities inspected by MNOSHA are

preventable.

Requirements for:

Fall Protection,

Vehicle Crushing/Struck-By Hazards

Machine Guarding & Lockout/tagout

Adequate Training on Hazards

Minnesota OSHA’s Most Frequently Cited

Standards in General Industry

Federal Fiscal Year 2017

STANDARD DESCRIPTION FREQUENCY

1910.1200 Hazard communication 279

1910.212 Machine guarding – general requirements 198

1910.147 Control of hazardous energy

(lockout/tagout)

162

1910.134 Respiratory protection 128

1910.178 Powered industrial trucks 111

Minnesota Statutes 182.653,

subd. 8

A Workplace Accident and Injury Reduction

(AWAIR) program

83

1910.305 Electrical wiring methods, components and

equipment for general use

82

Minnesota Rules 5205.0116 Carbon monoxide monitoring 77

1910.242 Hand and portable powered tools and

equipment, general

74

Minnesota Rules 5206.0700 Employee right-to-know training 73

MNOSHA Construction

7 6

4

6 7

18 17

20

16 17

0

5

10

15

20

25

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Construction Total

Construction Fatalities FFY 2013-2017 N

um

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r

13

28

8

24

6

20

2

8 8

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

Construction Total

1 to 10 11 to 49 50 to 249 250 to 999 1000 +

Construction Fatalities by Company Size FFY 2013 - 2017 N

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Standard Description Frequency

1926.501 Fall protection 142

1926.652 Protective systems for excavations 54

Minnesota Statutes

182.653, subd. 8

A Workplace Accident and Injury

Reduction (AWAIR) program

52

1926.451 General requirements for scaffolds 52

1926.651 Specific requirements for excavations 45

1910.1200 Hazard communication 43

1926.1053 Ladders 29

1926.405 Electrical wiring, components and

equipment

22

1926.503 Fall protection training requirements 21

Minnesota Rules 5207.1000 Mobile earth-moving equipment 19

Minnesota OSHA’s Most Frequently Cited

Standards in Construction

Federal Fiscal Year 2017

Workplace Safety Consultation What we do…

• Voluntary compliance assistance – On-site S&H consultative

assistance • Hazard identification

• Mandated S&H program review

• S&H management assessment

• Hazardous substance, noise, and heat stress monitoring

• Training

– Off-site technical assistance

• Free on-site consultations for private and public sector employers

• Construction

• General industry

• S&H recognition programs – MNSTAR

– MNSHARP

Types of Inspections

Responding to reports of alleged hazardous working conditions identified at a specific work site

• Imminent Dangers

• Fatalities/catastrophes

• Serious Inj/illnesses

• Complaints

• Referrals

• Follow-ups

Specialty Training 2019

• Meat Packing • Foundries • Health Care • Trenching • Grain Handling

• Vehicle Crushing/Struck-By Hazards

• Asbestos • Hazardous Waste (HAZWOPER) • Process Safety Management (PSM)

MNOSHA 2019

Inspections

• Fall Protection

• Trenching

• Silica

• Machine Guarding and Lockout/Tagout

• Vehicle Crushing/Struck-By Hazards

Fall Protection

• Fall protection for construction enforced at 6

feet

• Subpart M 1926.501 (b)(1)

• Other acceptable fall protection

• Vertical Standards • Subpart L (scaffolds)

• Subpart X (ladders)

• 1926.453 (aerial lifts)

Fall Protection

Fall Protection

Fall Protection

Outreach

Each year, 5 construction seminars at the

MNDOT Training center in Arden Hills

MNOSHA has three bilingual inspectors. • Local Spanish Cable News Channel

• Various presentations with the Consulate of Mexico

located in St Paul MN.

National Safety

Stand-Down (Falls)

May 7 – 11, 2018

MNOSHA and Minnesota construction

industries have participated in every National

Stand-Down since their inception in 2014.

MNOSHA Excavation

Stand-down

From April 16 through April 20, 2018 MNOSHA will conduct its second Excavation Safety Stand-down. (Fed OSHA June 6-19 2018)

Excavation safety was the topic because: – Of the many hazards associated when working in

excavations/trenches

– Excavation accidents resulted in three fatalities to Minnesota workers since 2015

– 5 serious injuries – In the last 5 years

MNOSHA Excavation

Stand-down

The purpose, of this Stand-down was to raise

awareness among employers and workers

about preventing excavation accidents.

A Stand-down “Selfie”

MNOSHA Excavation Stand-down

An excavation Stand-down is a way for

employers and workers to pause during the

workday and talk about excavation safety.

Types of events used:

– Job Safety Analysis talks

– Lunch and Learn

– Toolbox Talks

Stand-down Participant

Certificate

Trenching Safety

“The time to think about worker protection in trenches is before the digging even begins.”

Consider:

The vast majority of trench fatalities are occurring in trenches 5 to 15 feet deep!!!

Consider:

One cubic yard of soil weighs approximately:

3000 lbs.

=

Trenching Picture

Trenching Inspections

Cave in Protection

Adequate protection shall be provided by:

S loping

S horing

S hielding

Vehicle Crushing/Struck-By Hazards

Vehicle Crushing/Struck-By Hazards

Machine Guarding

Machine Guarding

point of operation must

be guarded

Lockout/Tagout

2018

Federal OSHA

• Alex Acosta, Secretary of Labor April 27, 2017

• TBD, Assistant Secretary OSHA Administrator

– Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Loren Sweatt, July 24, 2017.

MNOSHA and Federal OSHA

Web Sites

Minnesota OSHA (New Look May)

• http:/www.dli.mn.gov/MnOsha.asp

Federal OSHA

• http://www.osha.gov

• Safety Lines is an online, quarterly

publication of the Minnesota

Department of Labor and Industry.

• Its purpose is to promote

occupational safety and health and to

inform readers about the purpose,

plans and progress of Minnesota

OSHA.

• Sign up via e-mail to receive

notification at

ww.dli.mn.gov/OSHA/SafetyLines.asp

Questions?

Resources • Bureau of Labor Statistics

– www.bls.gov

– www.bls.gov/iif

• Minnesota Department of Labor & Industry

– www.doli.state.mn.us

This material can be provided to you in a different format (Braille, large print or audio) if you call the MNOSHA Training/Outreach Office at (651) 284-5050; toll-free at 1-877-470-6742 .

Material contained in this publication is in the public domain and may be reproduced, fully or partially, without permission of the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry or MNOSHA. Source credit is requested but not required. For more information, contact: Minnesota Department of Labor & Industry Occupational Safety & Health Division 443 Lafayette Road St. Paul, MN 55155-4307 Toll-free: 1-877-470-6742 E-mail: OSHA.Compliance@state.mn.us

http://www.dli.mn.gov/MnOsha.asp

Revised 3/21/16