Directorate of ConstructionAGA Executive Leadership Safety

SummitNovember 8, 2017

Scott C. Ketcham, Deputy Director Directorate of ConstructionOccupational Safety and Health Administration

AGENDA

• Statistics

• Enforcement

• Regulatory Update

• Fall Campaign

• Safety leadership

The Construction Industry

• 90% of Construction Employers have 20 or less employees

• The industry typically has very high employment turnover rates

• Most are multi-employer worksites• 50.5% of OSHA compliance inspections are

construction (three year average, FY13-15)

Fatal falls to lower level by height of fall, 2015

Construction Industry Fatalities

Years 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Total Fatalities All Construction

774 738 806 828 899 937

Fatality Rates All Construction

9.8 9.1 9.9 9.7 9.8 10.1

Source of fatality data: Bureau of Labor Statistics

OSHA TOP 10 Most Cited Violations

1. Fall Protection2. Hazard Communication3. Scaffolding4. Lockout/Tagout5. Respiratory Protection6. Ladders7. Machine Guarding8. Powered Industrial Truck9. Electrical –Wiring. 10.Fall Protection TrainingNote: All Industriesas of Sept. 30, 2017

Crane Operator Requirements Extension• Maintains Current Crane Operator Competency

Requirements• Extends the Effective Date of Crane Certification

Requirements to November 10, 2018

Crane Operator Competency (NPRM)• Maintains Employer Obligation to Ensure Crane

Operator Competency• Provides Crane Operator Competency

Evaluation Criteria• Clarifies Crane Operator Training Requirements• Revises Certification Requirements (not by

capacity)

Crane Operator Qualification

Settlement agreement with Association of American Railroads (AAR)

• Clarification of design , construction and modification requirements particular to railroad cranes

• Clarification of Railroad Crane Operator Requirements

• Provides an exemptions for certain railroad hoisting equipment used in the rail right of way

• Will add section 1926.1442 to Subpart CC• Litigation settlement

Crane Rail Road Amendments

Regulatory ActivitiesDeregulatory/Correction Rules

– Standards Improvement Project IV (Final Rule) – 19 affected rules

• The purpose of this SIP-IV rulemaking is to remove or revise outdated, duplicative, unnecessary, and inconsistent requirements in OSHA’s safety and health standards.

• The Agency believes that improving OSHA standards will increase employers’ understanding of their obligations, which will lead to increased compliance, improve employee safety and health, and reduce compliance costs.

• SIP rulemakings do not address new significant risks or estimate benefits and economic impacts of reducing such risks.

• Overall, SIP rulemakings are reasonably necessary under the OSH Act because they provide cost savings, or eliminate unnecessary requirements.

Regulatory ActivitiesSIP(IV) examples:

• Removes requirements for social security numbers on 17 health standard record requirements

• Permits storage of x-rays in digital formats. OSHA adopted the existing requirement for storage of x-ray film before the existence of digital x-ray and storage technology.

• Updates the lung-function testing (spirometry) requirements for the cotton dust standard to make them consistent with current medical practices and technology.

• Existing requirements in the sanitation standard for Shipyard Employment specify that employers must maintain workplaces in a manner that prevents vermin infestation. OSHA proposes to remove the term "feral cats" from the definition of vermin in the standard.

• Exempts single family dwellings from a requirement to post maximum safe-load limits for floors in buildings under construction, reducing a burden for residential builders.

Crystalline Silica in Construction

• Publish Date: March 25, 2016• Effective Date: September 23, 2017• The standard establishes a new 8-hour time-weighted

average (TWA) Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 50 µg/m3, an action level (AL) of 25 µg/m3, and a host of ancillary requirements.

Silica Construction Outreach

• OSHA Small Entity Compliance Guidehttps://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3902.pdf• Fact sheets• Web pagehttps://www.osha.gov/dsg/topics/silicacrystalline/construction.html

Construction Guidance Document

Process Safety OSHA 3918 Revised OSHA 2226 Excavation

Small Entity Compliance GuideOSHA 3902-07R 2017Confined Space Rescue Plan OSHA 3849

Trenching Injuries & Deaths

Job Growth Training and The Future of Work

• Workforce development

• Apprenticeships

2018 National Fall Safety Stand-Downs to be held May 7-11

2017 National Safety Stand-Down• To recognize the often fatal hazard of falls, tens of thousands of employers and

more than a million workers across the country joined OSHA in 2018 for week long Fall Safety Stand-Down, the largest occupational safety event ever held.

• The Safety Stand-Down is part of OSHA’s ongoing fall prevention campaign to raise awareness of fall hazards in construction.

• More than 2 million workers reached = 1,041,307 from certificates (plus 1.5 million from the Air Force)

• Number of unique entries/stand-downs = 4,669

• Number of companies that held stand-down events on more than one day = 2839

SAFETY LEADERSHIP

• Culture• Promoted beliefs, attitudes, and values

• Norms about how things are done in the organization.

Climate• Employee perceptions of what actually happens on the

worksite – compared to promoted culture

• Integration of safety climates from different entities

• Local conditions

• Better opportunity for improvement

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Strengthening Safety Climate Workbook

Worksheets for 8 leading indicators of safety climate and ideas for strengthening them.

Assess company’s safety culture maturity level

Review and prioritize a list of ideas they might implement to improve that leading safety climate indicator.

1. Demonstrating management commitment 2. Aligning and integrating safety as a value 3. Ensuring accountability at all levels 4. Improving site safety leadership 5. Empowering and involving workers 6. Improving communication 7. Training at all levels 8. Encouraging owner/client involvement

8 Leading Indicators of Jobsite Safety Climate

Safety programs

Safety incidents

Safety climate

Enhancing Safety Climate Through Safety Leadership

Develop a leadership module to be offered as an elective within the OSHA 30-hour course to introduce trainees – particularly those with supervisory responsibilities – to a number of critical leadership skills and actions.

A safety leader is:

A person who has the courage to demonstrate that s/he values safety by working and communicating with team members to identify and limit hazardous situations even in the presence of other job pressures such as scheduling and costs.

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• 2-2.5 hours

• Leadership characteristics:

L Lead by Example

E Engage Team Members

A Actively Listen andPractice 3-Way Communication

DE Develop Team Members through Teaching,Coaching and Feedback

R Recognize Team Members for Going Above & Beyond for Safety

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Foundational material re: ineffective & effective leadership (55)mins)

Skills training: 7 scenarios (95 mins) Animated videos, Reading, Role plays Discussion questions

Knowledge assessment Hard hat sticker and wallet reference card

Questions?