CONN-OSHA
Breakfast Roundtable Discussion Group Meeting
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
The safety and health of any company can sometimes be an overlooked priority. The Labor Department’s CONN-OSHA division has taken steps to help your business keep up to date on the latest information and resources. On the third Tuesday of every month, CONN-OSHA offers Breakfast Roundtable Meetings that cover subjects ranging from evacuation plans and fire extinguishers to air quality and ergonomics. The intent of these free 90-minute workshops is to discuss safety and health issues in a supportive and informal environment. The roundtable meetings are held from 8:15 am to 9:45 on the third Tuesday of the month at the Connecticut Department of Labor:
CT Dept. of Labor
200 Folly Brook Boulevard
Wethersfield, CT 06109
Phone (860) 263-6900
Directions
Ø Route I-91 (North or South) to Exit 28 (Route 5/15 South)
Ø Take first exit, Exit 85 (Route 99 South, Silas Deane Highway)
Ø At first traffic light, take Right onto Jordan Lane
Ø At Stop sign, go straight
Ø At traffic light, turn left onto Folly Brook Boulevard, Labor Department is on your left
Ø Enter front door, sign in with Security Guard, proceed to second floor conference room A
Pre-registration is required. Those interested in attending shouldreply to this e-mail or send an email to .
The focus subject for the December 16, 2014 meeting is:
“NFPA 70E-2015 Updates and Changes”
Donald Garner, CSP, Loureiro Engineering Associates, Inc. and Robert Gernat, EE, Southern New England Electrical Testing, LLC will present this seminar emphasizing the 2015 updates and changes to the NFPA 70E “Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace.” Estimating the arc flash risk, personal protective equipment categories, maintenance requirements and approach boundary topics, among others, will be covered.
Donald Garner, CSP
Donald Gardner, CSP is Sr. Manager/Technical Director, Health & Safety at
Loureiro Engineering Associates, Inc. Don has over 35 years of hands-on and management experience in the health and safety field. He graduated from Harvard University and started his career in insurance loss prevention. He then spent many years in the manufacturing environment, including aerospace, electronics and automotive industries. Don has been actively consulting for business and industry for the last 12 years.
His electrical safety focus started in 2004 when he was asked to update the worldwide Electrical Safety Program document for one of the United Technologies companies, basing it on NFPA 70E. He has since helped many other large and small companies create similar documents, as well as providing electrical safe work practices training for clients all over the country.
Robert Gernat, EE
Bob has over 45 years in the electrical field; over 30 of which were for General Electric in a series of progressive engineering jobs. Bob holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Bridgeport. He is an active member of the NFPA and has been a supporting member of the Association for Facilities Engineering (AFE) since 1980.
He currently performs the safety manager’s role; provides internal and external training; and conducts electrical power systems studies (short circuit/coordination/arc flash). Over the years, he has provided power studies and customized training for many Fortune 500 companies including GE, General Dynamics, Northeast Utilities, Verizon, ATT, UBS, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan Chase, Iroquois Pipe Line, Aetna and The Hartford Insurance.
CONN-OSHA
Breakfast Roundtable Discussion Group
Agenda
December 16, 2014
· Welcome and Introduction
o John Able, CSP
Occupational Safety Training Specialist
CONN-OSHA
· “NFPA 70E-2015 Updates and Changes”
o Donald B. Gardner, CSP
Sr. Manager/Technical Director, Health & Safety
Loureiro Engineering Associates, Inc.
100 Northwest Drive
Plainville, CT 06062
860-410-2997
www.loureiroengineering.com
Bob Gernat, EE
Sales Engineer
Southern New England Electrical Testing, LLC
3 Buel Street, Unit 4
Wallingford, CT 06492
203-269-8778
· Low/No-Cost Training/Certification/Educational Opportunities
o The Western Massachusetts Section American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) is having a dinner meeting on Tuesday, December 9 at the Munich House in Chicopee MA at 5:30 pm. The presentation will be “Review of Asbestos Management and New MassDEP Rules Effective June 2014” presented by Michael Matilainen, CIH, CSP, Cardno ATC, West Springfield, MA. Click here for more information.
o The CT Chapter of the Academy of Hazardous Materials Managers (CTACHMM) will have a meeting on Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at 5:30 pm at J. Timothy’s in Plainville. The subject of the presentation will be “Lithium Metal & Lithium-Ion Battery, New 2015 DOT Shipping Regulations.” Click here for more information.
o CONN-OSHA is offering a no-cost OSHA Recordkeeping class on Thursday, December 18, 2014 from 10 am – 12 noon at the CT Dept. Of Labor. To register send an e-mail to .
o CONN-OSHA is offering a no-cost “Intro to OSHA” training class on Wednesday, January 7, 2015 from 10 am – 12 noon at the CT Dept. Of Labor. To register send an e-mail to .
o The 3rd Tuesday January 20, 2015 CONN-OSHA Breakfast Roundtable Discussion Group topic will be OSHA Recordkeeping.
o CONN-OSHA is offering a no-cost Powered Industrial Truck safety training class on Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from 10 am – 12 noon at the CT Dept. Of Labor. To register send an e-mail to .
· Ongoing Educational Opportunities
o The OSHA Training Institute Education Center at Keene State College has just updated their course schedule for classes scheduled in CT through April 2015. Click here for more information.
§ The OSHA Training Institute Education Center is also offering “Principles of Ergonomics” #2255 December 1st – 3rd in Uncasville, CT. Click here for more information.
§ The OSHA Training Institute Education Center is also offering “OSHA and Governmental Safety & Health Requirements for Contractors” #EM 385-1-1 December 15 – 19 in Wethersfield. This 40-Hour training course will cover the requirements of the United State Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) EM 385-1-1 and pertinent OSHA Standards. Course completion includes the 30-Hour DOL Construction Outreach Card, 40-Hour EM 385-1-1 certificate of attendance with 4.0 CEUs from Keene State College. Click here for more information.
o The University of Connecticut (UCONN) offers a bachelor’s degree program with a concentration in Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety (OEHS), and it also offers a 5 course (15 credits) Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) post-baccalaureate certificate program. The OSH certificate program can be completed entirely online. For more information on these programs, visit the following websites or email or call Mr. Paul Bureau, UCONN OSH Academic Programs Director, at , or at 860-486-0040.
Bachelor in Allied Health Sciences with an OEHS Concentration:
http://www.alliedhealth.uconn.edu/majors/oshConcentration.php
Occupational Safety and Health Certificate: http://osh.uconn.edu/
· New Business/News
o The State of Massachusetts Dept. of Public Safety (MA DPS) as of November 14th, 2014, has suspended the need to get a hoisting license and / or in-house training program approved by MA DPS for most private companies without a public exposure. They now state if you do not have a public exposure such as a lumber yard for example, then you only have to comply with OSHA regulations for forklifts, 29CFR1910.178. For additional information, go to:
http://www.mass.gov/eopss/consumer-prot-and-bus-lic/license-type/hoisting/in-service-training-and-company-property-exemption.html
o New OSHA web resource for residential construction employers to protect workers from falls. To assist employers in selecting effective fall protection methods to protect workers in residential construction, a new website (http://www.ot.wustl.edu/fptech/index.htm) provides details about equipment highlighted in OSHA's Guidance Document for Residential Construction(https://www.osha.gov/doc/guidance.pdf).
A description or purpose of each fall protection device is listed, as well as the stage of construction where the device could be used, pictures of the device in use, installation instructions, and information about the manufacturer, vendors, and cost. The site, which incorporates input from residential construction workers, safety personnel, trainers, and contractors, was developed by Dr. Vicki Kaskutas, a researcher from Washington University School of Medicine, with support from the Center for Construction Research and Training through a National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health cooperative agreement.
o OSHA Expands Requirement for Reporting Fatalities and Severe Injuries and Updates the List of Industries Exempt From Recordkeeping Requirements.
A final rule announced Sept. 11 requires employers to notify OSHA when an employee is killed on the job or suffers a work-related hospitalization, amputation or loss of an eye. The rule, which also updates the list of employers partially exempt from OSHA record-keeping requirements, will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2015 for workplaces under federal OSHA jurisdiction.
"Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 4,405 workers were killed on the job in 2013. We can and must do more to keep America's workers safe and healthy," said U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez. "Workplace injuries and fatalities are absolutely preventable, and these new requirements will help OSHA focus its resources and hold employers accountable for preventing them."
"Hospitalizations and amputations are sentinel events, indicating that serious hazards are likely to be present at a workplace and that an intervention is warranted to protect the other workers at the establishment," said Dr. David Michaels, assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health.
Under the revised rule, employers will be required to notify OSHA of work-related fatalities within eight hours, and work-related in-patient hospitalizations, amputations or losses of an eye within 24 hours. Previously, OSHA's regulations required an employer to report only work-related fatalities and in-patient hospitalizations of three or more employees. Reporting single hospitalizations, amputations or loss of an eye was not required under the previous rule.
Employers can report these events by telephone to the nearest OSHA Area Office during normal business hours or the 24-hour OSHA hotline 1-800-321-OSHA [6742], or electronically through a new tool which will be released soon and accessible at www.osha.gov/report_online.
In a final rule posted in the Federal Register on Sept. 11, OSHA has also updated the list of industries that, due to relatively low occupational injury and illness rates, are exempt from the requirement to routinely keep injury and illness records. The rule will go into effect Jan. 1, 2015 for workplaces under federal OSHA jurisdiction.
The previous list of exempt industries was based on the old Standard Industrial Classification system and the new rule uses the North American Industry Classification System to classify establishments by industry. The new list is based on updated injury and illness data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The new rule maintains the exemption for any employer with 10 or fewer employees, regardless of their industry classification, from the requirement to routinely keep records of worker injuries and illnesses.
OSHA has posted a new website with plain language materials about the new requirements. For more information on the industries now exempt from keeping records or new industries now covered, please visit www.osha.gov/recordkeeping2014. OSHA has also posted training material and other guidance on how to keep OSHA records to make it easy for newly covered employers to comply.
All employers covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act, even those who are exempt from maintaining injury and illness records, are required to comply with OSHA's new severe injury and illness reporting requirements. For more information, see the news release, and also see Assistant Secretary Michaels' statement, and OSHA's new Web page on the revised rule.
o Attention Safety Colleagues! Rebuild Hartford Annual Event. Saturday, April 25, 2015, the last Saturday in April is the annual Rebuild Hartford event in which volunteers help people maintain their homes. Volunteers are needed with Safety experience to provide direction to other Rebuild Hartford volunteers. Your focus as a Safety professional is to ensure that the safety of the volunteers remains a priority. Contact Dick Pfeiffer at to register or for additional information.
o If you cannot make it to the December 16th Roundtable Meeting, have a safe and happy Holiday Season!
· Announcements from the floor
· Adjourn