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EEI - OSHA UPDATE April 25, 2017
Presented by: Melissa A. Bailey (Washington, D.C.)
202 887-0855
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© 2016, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
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Agenda
Update on Amended Recordkeeping Rule
Electronic submission
Status of online portal
Will OSHA still post the data?
Status of challenge to anti-retaliation provisions: Safety
incentive programs and drug testing
Volks Repeal
Legal Updates (silica, cranes, PSM, fall protection)
Silica – Status of Lawsuits
Cranes – Proposed amendments
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Agenda (cont.)
PSM/RMP Update – status of the revisions
Amended Fall Protection Standard – impact on electric
utilities
Enforcement Update
Scott Mugno: Next Asst. Sec. of Labor?
OSHA’s Shaming Campaign: Over?
Will Trump “turn the ship?”
Case law updates – Ag Retailers
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Update: Recordkeeping Amendments
On May 12, 2016, OSHA amended the Recordkeeping
regulation
Some employers required to electronically submit injury and
illness records to OSHA annually
Provisions requiring a “reasonable” system for employees to
report injuries and prohibiting retaliation
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Recordkeeping Amendments
Employers with establishments of certain sizes must
submit injury and illness data electronically, including
OSHA 300 Logs and 301 forms
OSHA will post data on the internet
Because the data will be public, employers will look for
ways to deter employees from reporting injuries and
retaliate when they do
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Filing Dates
Beginning in 2019, reports due on March 2 of each year
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Online Portal Update
No online portal yet to submit
OSHA 300’s
OSHA missed internal
deadline to go live
First compliance deadline fast
approaching – 7/1/17
Will it get done in time?
Compliance deadline delay?
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Publication of OSHA 300 Data
Even if online portal is finished, does OSHA still plan to
publish data online for public view?
Final rule was clear agency would make data public
Statement confirming this was recently removed from
website
Will new OSHA leadership complete the project?
Will OSHA get congressional appropriation to complete portal
and publish data?
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Anti-Retaliation Provisions
Section 1904.35(b)(1)(iv): Anti-Retaliation
Employers “must not discharge or in any manner discriminate
against any employee for reporting a work-related injury or illness”
January 2014: Public Hearings
“Prevalent concern” was creating “motivations for employers to
under-record injuries and illnesses, since each covered
establishment’s” data would be public
“Some employers already discourage employees” from reporting by
“disciplining or taking other action against employees” who are
injured
Blanket post-accident drug testing and safety incentive plans are
ways employers deter employees and engage in retaliation
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Proof Scheme
OSHA’s proof scheme:
The employee reported** a work-related injury or illness;
The employer took adverse action against the employee
(that is, action that would deter a reasonable employee from
accurately reporting a work-related injury or illness); and
The employer took the adverse action because the employee
reported a work-related injury or illness
** Important implication: Employee doesn’t “report” it
(broken leg at work) – provision does not apply
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Anti-Retaliation Provisions
Drug Testing Policy
Safety Incentive Programs
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Drug Testing as a Violation
How can a post-accident drug test be a violation?
Employee reports a work-related injury
Employer’s policy states: any employee who requires
medical treatment will be drug tested
Employee complains to OSHA that injury was reported and
employer retaliated by mandating drug test where it was not
warranted
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Drug Testing: Compliance Guidance
OSHA will consider the following:
Reasonable basis for testing?
Were other employees involved in the accident tested?
Does the employer have a “heightened interest” in identifying
drug impairment given the hazardousness of the work?
Testing conducted to comply with other state and
federal laws is not retaliatory
Blanket testing to obtain workers’ compensation
discount not retaliatory
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Drug Testing: Compliance Guidance
Examples:
Employee with carpal tunnel syndrome tested under blanket
policy – retaliatory
Employee drives forklift into stationary piece of equipment –
not retaliatory
Employer does blanket testing based on bargaining
agreement provision – test could be retaliatory; CBA offers
no protection
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Incentive Plan as a Violation
Employer administers a policy that takes a bonus away
from employees when a recordable injury is reported
Employee reports an injury and employee or group of
employees lose a bonus
Employee complains to OSHA
Employee reported an injury
Employer took an action – taking away the bonus – that
would generally deter reporting
Employer took that step because the injury was reported
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Incentives – Compliance Guidance
Incentive programs not banned
“If an employee reports an injury or illness, and is
subsequently denied a benefit as part of an incentive
program, this may constitute retaliatory action”
Employers should encourage programs that reward:
Worker participation in safety programs/activities
Completion of training
Reporting hazards and near misses
Participation in auditing
Compliance with work rules
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Incentives – Compliance Guidance
Scenario 1 – Retaliatory
Employees not permitted to participate in monthly cash
drawing for “substantial cash prize” because one employee
reports a lost-time injury
No safety rules violated
Employer retaliated by cancelling drawing “solely because an
employee was injured and reported the injury without regard to
the circumstances surrounding the injury”
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Incentives – Compliance Guidance
Scenario 2 – Not Retaliatory
Employer holds drawing for “substantial cash prize” when no
employees disciplined for violating safety rules
Employee X has lost-time injury resulting from failure to wear
fall protection
Employer cancels the drawing
Drawing cancelled because “Employee X violated a legitimate
work rule,” not because injury reported
“OSHA encourages employers to enforce legitimate workplace
safety rules by monitoring for compliance with those rules and
taking consistent, appropriate corrective action”
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Incentives – Compliance Guidance
“Blended” programs
Component of employee bonus based on unit or company
meeting injury/illness rate goals
OSHA does not address these programs in compliance
guidance
VPP Memo #5 is still “good law”
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Industry Challenges Amendments
NAM, ABC, Great American Insurance, and others
challenge reporting/anti-retaliation provisions in TX
Focus is post-accident drug testing and safety incentive
programs
Section 11(c) (OSH Act whistleblower provision) provides the
remedy for retaliation
OSHA has no authority to create a new remedy
OSHA says repeatedly that this is not new – Section
11(c) already prohibits this behavior
Does OSHA have the authority to create a new
remedy?
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The Lawsuit
11/28: Judge denies the motion for a preliminary
injunction
Evidence from employer groups too conclusory (We
“believe that incentive programs/drug testing reduce
injuries…”)
No per se ban on testing or incentives, and “plenty of
room” to modify programs
Decision on the merits “left for another day”
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Two Lawsuits
National Association of Home Builders of the United
States et al v. Perez et al (OK): Industry challenges
recordkeeping rule. OSHA’s counsel asks judge to
delay litigation to talk settlement
Texo ABC/AGC et al. v. Perez (TX): Same request
made by OSHA’s counsel.
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Trump’s Options to Repeal
OSHA’s counsel waves the white flag?
DOJ may concede plaintiffs’ position and settle
More rulemaking?
Repeal through notice-and-comment rulemaking – takes time
and resources
Withdraw compliance guidance?
Withdraw all of the compliance guidance and announce that
post-accident drug testing and administration of safety incentive
programs are not violations of provisions
Unofficial “reluctance” to issue citations
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What Happens Next?
At end of the day…Section 11(c) is still there
Even if anti-retaliation provisions are eliminated and OSHA
cannot issue a citation for retaliation, employees can always
file an 11(c) claim
Remedies are limited – if OSHA does not find cause,
employee has no right to hearing before an ALJ or District
Court
Plaintiffs’ attorneys have gotten smart: Look for another
statute that may apply to allow for a hearing,
backpay/punitive damages, reinstatement and attorney’s fees
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Volks Recordkeeping Issue
Statute of limitations for OSHA violation: 6 months
OSHA’s position on recordkeeping
Violations are “continuing”
An injury not recorded on January 1, 2015 is still unrecorded on
January 1, 2017 – violation of the regulation
Statute of limitations for a recordkeeping violation is 5 years
plus 6 months
Volks D.C. Circuit: OSHA, you’re wrong.
OSHA circumvents court and issues new rule: 5 years plus
6 months to issue recordkeeping citations.
The end?.......
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Volks Recordkeeping Issue
D.C. Circuit in Volks: OSHA is wrong – 6 months
means 6 months
5th Circuit in Delek: Same reasoning applies to certain
PSM violations
OSHA does not appeal
Instead, OSHA issues final rule changing the recordkeeping
regulation to “clarify” the statute of limitations
How can OSHA change its own statute of limitations?
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Volks Regulation Repealed
Congressional Review Act – repeal regulation within
60 days of implementation
House and Senate vote to repeal regulation
President Trump repeals regulation on 4/3/17
What happens now?
OSHA is not permitted to promulgate a “substantially similar”
regulation
The Good: OSHA cannot enforce beyond 6 months
The Bad: Much less incentive to record properly; “bad
apples” are rewarded
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Rulemaking Updates: Silica, Cranes,
PSM and Walking/Working Surfaces
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Silica – Multiple Challenges
Labor argues the rule doesn’t go far enough…
North America’s Building Trades Unions v. OSHA (D.C. Cir.): medical
testing provisions must be improved
United Auto Workers (UAW) (3RD Cir.): new PEL of 50 of µg/m3 is too
low – should be 25 µg/m3 or lower
Industry argues rule goes too far…not technologically and
economically feasible
National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) (11TH Cir.).
Challenges also filed in 5th, 8th and 10th Circuits.
Cases consolidated under D.C. Cir. North America’s
Building Trades Union
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Silica
Final briefs filed 3/23/17
OSHA’s position:
“It is undisputed that silica causes serious, even fatal, health
effects in exposed workers”
PEL and other provisions are appropriate
Secretary of Labor nominee Alexander Acosta
declined to commit to defending the silica rule during
congressional testimony
What’s next? Would new regime at DOL/OSHA decline
to defend the rule in court?
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Silica – Legal Update
4/6/17: OSHA announces enforcement delay of silica
standard for construction
Original date: 6/23/17
Now: 9/23/17
Delay so that OSHA can “conduct additional outreach and
provide educational materials and guidance for employers”
“The agency has determined that additional guidance is necessary
due to the unique nature of the requirements in the construction
standard”
Rumor mill: compliance documents are far from being completed;
input of new Administration needed
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Crane Amendments – Will They Happen?
Two planned amendments in 2016, but will they ever
get done?
1) General amendments to crane standard; e.g.,
clarifying and correcting standard terms, clarifying the
use of demarcated boundaries for work near power
lines.
Last update: NRPM expected by Oct. 2016
Nothing issued
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Crane Amendments – Will They Happen?
2) Revising Operator Certification Requirement: OSHA
expected to issue a proposal stating that ongoing
evaluations of operator competency are required; 3rd
party certification no longer sufficient
Operator certification deadline extended to Nov. 2017
Dec. 2016: Report that OSHA was close to sending proposal
to OMB for review
No indication that ever happened
Will compliance deadline be delayed?
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Crane Amendments – Will They Happen?
Underground issue
Range of material handling equipment used in underground
construction, beyond digger derricks
No exemption for underground construction equipment other
than digger derricks (e.g. knuckle booms)
Hazards are arguably less significant than those presented
during overhead construction
Underground environments typically do not have exposed
energized parts
Materials moved close to ground level
Is OSHA willing to expand the digger derrick exemption to
cover equipment used in this work?
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PSM/RMP Updates
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Revised RMP Rule – Two Categories
Accident Prevention Program Revisions
Emergency Response Enhancements
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Revised RMP Rule
Third Party Audits – Facility must use an independent
third party to conduct its next scheduled audit if it has
had a RMP reportable accident or a recent finding of
non-compliance
The auditor would have to meet the criteria for auditor
competence and independence
Incident Investigations and Root Cause Analysis –
Incident investigation after any incident that resulted in
or could have resulted in a catastrophic release
Report completed within 12 months
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Revised RMP Rule
Local Coordination – Increased communication with
Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs) by
requiring annual coordination by facilities with LEPCs
to clarify response needs, emergency plans, roles, and
responsibilities
Emergency Response Exercises – Annual emergency
notification response exercises
Periodic tabletop and field exercises would also be required
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Revised RMP Rule – On Hold
Currently stayed through at least June 19, 2017
EPA has proposed extending the stay until February 19,
2019
Public hearing was held on Wednesday, April 19th.
Written comments due May 19th.
No obligation to implement new requirements while stay is place.
While CRA is unlikely, Rule may be modified
EPA Administrator Pruitt authored a letter opposing the RMP
Revisions while he was AG for the State of Oklahoma
ACC and others challenged Rule; unions and public
interest groups intervened
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Revised RMP Rule – On Hold
Practical impact
EPA’s interprets its General Duty Clause as broader than
OSHA’s
[And does not seem shy about using it]
Will EPA career staff look to “enforce” proposed provisions
through the General Duty Clause?
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2017 PSM Covered Chemical Facilities NEP
Replaces the 2011 Chemical NEP
Potential Inspection Targets
1) Employers whose principal highly hazardous chemical is
anhydrous ammonia
(2) Refiners
(3) Chemical manufacturers; and
(4) all others (TQ of chlorine at electric utility)
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2017 PSM Covered Chemical Facilities NEP
Selecting the Inspection Sites
Each year, OSHA’s national office intends to create a target
list of facilities to be inspected within each OSHA Region.
Within each region, the breakdown for non-refinery,
programmed inspections will be as follows:
Group 1 facilities will comprise roughly 25 percent;
Group 3 facilities will comprise 45 percent;
Group 4 facilities will comprise the remaining 30 percent.
Group 2 refineries – will like all be inspected at some point
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2017 PSM Covered Chemical Facilities NEP
Before the Inspection
OSHA will review the facility’s RMP submission
Emphasis on RMP reportable accidents
Offsite consequence analysis
During the Inspection
OSHA will use a dynamic list of questions
The inspection will include a concurrent inspection of onsite
contractors
After the Inspection
“Violations of the PSM standard should not normally be classified
as ‘other-than-serious’”
Notification to EPA of findings are encouraged
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2017 PSM Covered Chemical Facilities NEP
PSM NEP inspections are a unique animal
Lengthy and burdensome
Strategic questions about how much information to prepare
in advance
Significant cooperation with EPA seems to be a reality this
time
SVEP implications
Will OSHA have the resources?
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Important PSM Case
Delek Refining, LTD
v.
Sec. of Labor
December 29, 2016
(U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit)
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Delek
The Good
The OSH Act Statute of Limitations applies to PSM Citations
Applicability breadth? Unknown
“We, like the Volks court, do not decide whether OSHA may be
able to use the continuing violations theory to toll Section
658(c)’s statute of limitations in cases involving continuing,
unlawful risks to employee health and safety”
Applies at least to:
1910.119(e)(5) citations – failure to address PHA
Recommendations
1910.119(o)(4) citations – failure to respond to audit findings
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Delek
The Bad
Scope of process equipment and the related mechanical
integrity inspection requirements broadened considerably
Safety equipment likely considered “process equipment” under
the PSM Standard as it “mitigates” the consequences of a
catastrophic release
E.g. a control room positive pressurization unit (PPU) is
considered process equipment subject to the mechanical
integrity inspection requirements
Possible expansion?
Safety showers? Eye wash stations?
Fireproofing on structures?
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Delek
The Ugly
Broad application of the OSH Act’s Statute of Limitations may
shift process safety enforcement away from OSHA and
towards the EPA
EPA's enforcement of the RMP rule is more protracted, less
transparent and much higher penalties
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Revised Walking/Working Surfaces
and Fall Protection Standard
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Final Rule
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Final Rule – Dates
Final rule: November 18, 2016
Effective date: January 17, 2017
Training required by May 17, 2017
Some equipment grandfathered – changes not
required until equipment replaced
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Fall Protection Methods
OSHA’s goals
Consistency with construction standards
Flexibility in type of method used
Engineering control – guardrail, safety net system
PPE – personal fall arrest system, travel restraint, positioning
systems
Designated areas if certain conditions met
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Final Rule
1910.28 – Fall protection options when work is performed
at heights over 4 feet:
Guardrail system
Designated areas (infrequent, temporary work more than 15
feet from the edge)
Safety net system
Travel restraint system
Personal fall arrest system
Alternate systems for residential roofs where traditional fall
protection is not feasible
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Fall Protection Methods
Section 1910.28: Duty to protect from fall hazards
Exemptions
Portable ladders
When inspecting or assessing work conditions prior to start of
work or after work is completed; if system is present, must be used
All work covered by Section 1910.269(g)(2)(i)
Specifications for fall protection equipment
Fall protection from aerial lifts
Pole/tower climbing
Result: Little impact on T&D work; some impact on
generation
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Fall Protection Methods
Work on low-slope roofs
Less than 6 feet from edge – guardrail, net system, travel
restraint or personal fall arrest
More than 6 feet, but less than 15 feet – designated area if
work is infrequent and temporary
15 feet or more – no protection if infrequent and temporary
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Fall Protection Methods
If infeasible or greater hazard on residential roof, fall
protection plan that meets 1926.502(k)
Controlled access zone
Presumption that fall protection is feasible
Training requirements
*** Burden on employer to prove infeasibility or greater
hazard
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Fall Protection Methods
Fixed ladders more than 24 feet above lower level
Ladder safety or personal fall arrest system must be installed
New ladders installed after 11/19/18
Repaired or replaced on or after 1/17/17
By 11/18/36 – all ladders must be compliant
“Gradual phasing out of cages and wells means that
employers may continue to use existing fixed ladders during
the 20-year phase out period”
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Equipment Changes
Ladderway openings – 1910.28(b)(3)(iv)
“Self-closing gate” must be used
Purpose: “Provide a means of access to ladderway floor
holes and, when closed, to provide guardrail protection”
Use of chains explicitly rejected
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Equipment Changes
Ladders – 1910.23
Specifications on rungs and steps are consistent with ANSI
standards and flexible, e.g. ladder rungs – between 10 and
14 inches wide; vertical spacing for step stools between 8
and 12 inches
Exception for manhole ladders – 9 inches wide
Ladder safety rules, e.g. three-point contact
7 inches minimum clearance from permanent objects in back
of the ladder – no grandfather provision
Non-caged ladders – general rule is 30 inches of space
between centerline and nearest object on climbing side (no
grandfather)
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Equipment Changes
Step Bolts
Corrosion resistant (GF)
Uniform spacing (12 – 18 inches), width of 4.5 inches, 7
inches clearance in back (4.5 inches if obstruction (no GF))
Existing step bolts – support maximum intended load
Installed after 1/1/17 – support four times maximum intended
load
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Equipment Changes
Step Bolts/Manhole Steps – 1910.24
“Construction” v. “Maintenance” distinction is important
OSHA’s goal is to harmonize requirements
Reason for climbing with step bolts or using manhole steps will
dictate which standards apply
Grandfather provisions – most provisions apply only to steps
installed after effective date (1/1/17)
New construction
Regular inspection reveals that equipment must be replaced
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Equipment Changes
Manhole steps installed after 1/1/17
Slip-resistant
Corrosion resistant if dictated by environment
Minimum step width of 10 inches, uniform step spacing 4.5
inches clearance from the back
Properly designed, constructed, maintained
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Fall Protection Training
Training must include
Fall hazards in the area and how to recognize them
Required procedures
How to maintain systems used
Correct use of PPE
Retraining when changes, evidence that employee does not
understand
Training completed by May 17, 2017
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General Provisions
Section 1910.22(a)(3): Ensure walking-working
surfaces are free from hazards like “loose boards,
corrosion, leaks, spills, snow, ice and sharp or
protruding objects”
Ensure “all walking-working surfaces are maintained
free of recognized hazards”
Includes “working place” and “passageway”
Scope broader than “slips, trips and falls”
Example: Nail protruding from a wall could pose a hazard if
an employee bumps into it
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Motor Vehicles
Fall protection while working on motor vehicles, such as
headache racks of trucks
No specific requirements for fall protection on motor
vehicles
Final Rule: “this Final Rule does not include any specific
requirements for fall protection on rolling stock and motor vehicles
and OSHA's current existing enforcement policies on rolling stock
and motor vehicles will remain in effect.” 81 Fed. Reg. 82494,
82505 (Nov. 18, 2016)
“Since the Agency did not propose any specific fall protection
requirements for rolling stock or motor vehicles, OSHA has not
included any in this final rule.” 81 Fed. Reg. at 82509
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Motor Vehicles
10/18/96 OSHA LOI: it is not appropriate to cite
employers for fall hazards on rolling stock under the
walking-working surfaces standards
Same is true for GDC unless feasible means of abatement
exists
Erickson Air – no notice of duty to provide fall
protection
OSHA states that the “walking-working” surface
definition includes motor vehicles
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Motor Vehicles
OSHA believes it is technologically feasible to provide
fall protection on motor vehicles “in many cases.”
Final Rule: OSHA “believes the evidence employers and
industry associations submitted shows it is technologically
feasible in many cases for employers to provide fall
protection for rolling stock and motor vehicles regardless of
their location”
OSHA will “continue to consider the comments it has
received” and “may determine whether it is appropriate
to pursue any action on this issue”
GDC citation?
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OSHA Enforcement Update
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Our Next Sec. of Labor?
Alexander Acosta
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Possible Next Sec. of Labor: Alex Acosta
History of public service
2002: Member of National Labor Relations Board
2003: Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the
United States Department of Justice
2005: U.S. Attorney for Southern District of Florida
Most recent position: Dean of Florida International
University College of Law (2009 – present)
2/16/17: Trump announces Acosta as Sec. of Labor pick
Hearings completed and voted out of Senate HELP
Committee
Confirmation vote expected week of 4/24 or 5/1
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Alex Acosta: The Future of OSHA
Regulation
Good for regulation and labor?
Acosta endorsed by unions (Firefighters, Operating Engineers,
LIUNA)
Mainstream reputation with public service experience
Or not…
At Senate confirmation hearings, Acosta declined to confirm
whether he would enforce new silica rule
Acosta: “The president has directed each cabinet officer to review all
rules. I cannot make a commitment because the Labor Department
has an order to review all rules”
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.): Acosta is “hiding behind
[Trump’s] executive order”
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Our Next Asst. Sec. of Labor?
Scott Mugno
VP of Safety, Sustainability and Vehicle Maintenance
at FedEx Ground
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Our Next Asst. Sec. of Labor: Scott Mugno
Started with FedEx in 1994
In-house Counsel
2000 – 2011: Managing Director, Corp. Safety, Health and Fire
Prevention
2011 – Present: VP of Safety, Sustainability and Vehicle
Maintenance
Critical of FMSCA’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability
(CSA) program, which identifies operators with the highest
crash risk – measures all crashes, regardless of fault.
“[We’re] frustrated by the delays in resolving this fundamental flaw
in the system [as it] now appears that FMCSA may not be poised to
even propose a solution, let alone implement one, until three years
after the agency first began studying the issue.”
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Our Next Asst. Sec. of Labor: Scott Mugno
Sunset Provisions
In 2006, Mugno suggests some OSHA standards should be
terminated at the end of a fixed period, unless renewed.
“We've got to free OSHA from its own statutory and regulatory
handcuffs.”
Increased employee responsibilities
In 2006, Mugno suggests employees need to get more involved in
safety matters
“We’ve got to look harder at the employee”
Part of greater discussion that OSH Act does not address employee
responsibilities
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Enforcement Update
Is Dr. Michaels’ public shaming campaign over?
Only two enforcement press releases since Trump took office
Effect: will make settlement more tenable.
Future of SVEP?
Will political appointees be able to “turn the ship?”
Eliminating press releases is fairly easy, but how do you
prevent an Area Office from issuing unwarranted “willful”
violations?
Can/will the Solicitor’s Office serve as a moderating force?
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The “New” OSHA and EPA
Budget impact on process safety enforcement
What impact will budgeting play?
21% cut in Dept. of Labor Budget ($2.5 Billion)
Increased focus on compliance assistance?
Proposed elimination of OSHA’s Susan Harwood Training
Grant Program ($11Million)
25-30% cut in EPA Budget ($2.6 Billion)
Staff reduction of 25%
Proposed elimination of voluntary activities
Elimination of the Chemical Safety Board
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Questions?
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Thank You
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EEI - OSHA UPDATE April 25, 2017
Presented by: Melissa A. Bailey (Washington, D.C.)
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