OSHA's Top 10: The more things change ...

Please let us know when the Mfg. must have the MSDS changed to SDS. What is the final date?

As I read the above, I wonder how many workers were killed or maimed when they were not adequately trained due to English Not being their primary language

With the instant legalization of 5(+) million Hispanic workers, how will OSHA assist in the training of workers with a limited grasp of English language

When OSHA admits to only 40,000 inspections per year, how will they be able to focus on residential building where the majority of falls occur

I hear over and over again that safety increases cost because it takes longer to do a job safely. Safety needs to turn into a habit instead of a nuisance. The GC needs to make it known that short cuts on safety will not be tolerated. Class "A" violation as Tie off, lock out tag out, scaffolding, and excavation, etc will result in removal of the violator from the job, no question asked. Not only class "A" violation need to be enforced but all safety rules, like safety glasses, hardhats, ear plugs, glove uses, ect. You cannot deviate from your program. Another helpful hint is to have a safety program that is stricter than OSHA's. Your contractors need to understand your expectations in the bid process in case he wants to decline from a bid. Is it easy, by no means. But if you stick to your guns eventually it will get easier. One more thing, you client needs to back you 100%.

It would have been useful to include an estimate of the cost to implement the changes that would have prevented the above incidents. Then a true comparison could be seen. Cost of fine Vs cost to initiate safety requirements.

The fact that the "Top Ten" list doesn't change very much should be an alarming statistic to OSHA.It clearly demonstrates that rules,penalties,and inspections do not serve the intended purpose of reducing the numbers of citations.That is because all of these things do not and cannot change the culture of a workplace that permits such practices to continue to occur. Until there is a culture shift in this country towards recognizing that the worker is the most valuable asset in any company,there will never be appreciable reductions in these redundant citations.

Sorry, I couldnot figure out how to put a comments on the osha hearing article http://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/11539-michaels-psm-update-years-away-stronger-penalties-needed Check out a anecdoke(sp?) by Dr Michaels at 40 minutes in about upping penalties. Delaware refinery worker death fined $175,000 by osha, crab and fish death from I think the same accident fined $10million by epa. what's wrong with this picture????

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Hey discussion , I was fascinated by the specifics ! Does someone know if my company could possibly get ahold of a fillable 338th Army Band version to edit ?

We try extremely hard to educate all workers,but have found that sometimes its not always a language issues. Sometimes the worker themselves are only there for the Paycheck. It makes it hard to watch workers constantly when they themselves have no regard for safety or Life itself. I am constantly reminding workers that the Family they leave every day is the most important and they need there Father/Mother to come home at night with all fingers/toes and eyesight. Some listen and others pretend,so how does OSHA help with this issue. We try very hard to convey safety everyday but that's not enough. If anybody has a helpful solution I am all ears.