Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Shaun Jameson & Ryan Delgado

About OSHA

• Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 lead congress to create OSHA on April 28, 1971

• It is an agency of the U.S. Department of Labor• Mission: to assure safe and healthy working

conditions for working men and women• Set and enforce standards and by providing

training, outreach, education and assistance.

Effect on Workplace

• Encourages employers to reduce workplace hazards

• Provide research in solving occupational safety and health problems

• Encourages employers to keep records and reporting requirements

• Provide for development, analysis, evaluation, and approval of sate occupational safety and health programs

OSHA Violations1. Scaffolding, general requirements, construction (29 CFR 1926.451)2. Fall protection, construction (29 CFR 1926.501)3. Hazard communication standard, general industry (29 CFR 1910.1200)4. Respiratory protection, general industry (29 CFR 1910.134)5. Control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout), general industry (29 CFR

1910.147)6. Electrical, wiring methods, components and equipment, general industry

(29 CFR 1910.305)7. Powered industrial trucks, general industry (29 CFR 1910.178)8. Ladders, construction (29 CFR 1926.1053)9. Electrical systems design, general requirements, general industry (29 CFR

1910.303)10. Machine guarding (machines, general requirements, general industry) (29

CFR 1910.212)

OSHA Coverage

• Small agency• State partners approximatley 2,200 inspectors• Inspectors responsible for 130 million worker

within 8 million worksites around nation• 10 regional offices • 90 local area offices

OSHA Inspections

• 2011 Total Federal inspections 40,648• 2011 Total State Plan inspections: 52,056

OSHA Jurisdiction

• Covers private sector employers• Excludes self-employed, family farm workers,

and government workers (except in state plan states)

• Approves and monitors 27 State Plan states which cover private and public sector employees

• Assists Federal Agency Programs

OSHA Inspections

• Conducted without advance notice• On-site inspections• Phone/ Fax investigations• Highly-trained compliance officers

Inspection Priorities

• Imminent danger situations• Fatalities and catastrophes• Complaints• Referrals• Targeted inspections• Follow-ups• Planned or programmed investigations

Fatalities

• 4,690 workers were killed on the job in 2010• 90 a week or 13 deaths every day• Construction’s “Fatal Four” (774 or 18.7%

deaths in construction in 2010)1. Falls: 264 deaths (34%)2. Electrocutions: 76 (10%)3. Struck by Object: 64 (8%)4. Caught-in/between: 33 (4%)

OSHA Budget

• 2011: $573,096,000• 2012: $583,386,000