The USF SafetyFlorida Consultation Program www.usfsafetyflorida.com 1
Thank you Bernie Little Distributors, Inc. For this opportunity 2
OSHA Consultation Presentation 1/16/2015 3
Our Goal • Help businesses profit from workplace safety and eliminate workplace hazards that cause injury, illness or death • Assist small businesses comply with OSHA standards Services are always confidential
Why is there a need for our services? • Florida’s small businesses are suffering from high costs for workers’ compensation because of high rates of workplace injuries , illnesses , and fatalities . 5
The National Facts • Every day, 12 workers die on the job in the U.S. • Every year, more than 4.1 million workers suffer a serious job-related injury or illness. Source: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 2012
Florida Workplace Injuries • In 2009, 180,000 workplace injuries and illness were reported in Florida. • Each week, 3,600 employees are injured or become ill in the Florida workplace. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 7
Florida Workplace Fatalities • In 2009, workplace accidents killed 243 workers in Florida, of which 26 were the result of contact with electric current. • This averages to more than one Florida worker dying every work day. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 8
Most Frequently Cited OSHA Standards in 2013 Fall Protection – Duty to Have Protection 1926.501 Hazard Communication 1910.1200 Scaffolds – General Requirements 1926.451 Respiratory Protection 1910.134 Electrical 1910.305 Powered Industrial Trucks (Forklifts) 1910.178 Ladders 1926.1053 Lockout-Tagout 1910.147 Electrical 1910.303 Machine Guarding 1910.212 9
The Impact of Florida’s OSHA Inspection Citations Florida OSHA Violations Florida OSHA Penalties Willful 19 $673,950 Repeat 177 $673,484 Serious 4,157 $3,970,077 Unclassified 0 0 Other 1,034 $185,681 Failure-to-Abate 16 $68,570 Total number of citations: 5,403 $5,571,762 Source: OSHA Region IV 10
Why would a company want our services? We provide free and confidential workplace safety consultation to Florida’s Small Private Businesses . 11
Why would a company want our services? Confidentiality is the key: You can ask the questions that - you might otherwise not choose to ask OSHA enforcement. 12
On-Site Consultation Comprehensive consultation assistance provided by OSHA includes an appraisal of all aspects of the employer’s existing safety and health management system and a hazard survey of the worksite or your jobsite. In addition, the service offers assistance to employers in developing and implementing an effective safety and health management system. 13
What We Do • Provide free on-site safety and health consultations upon request, • Assist businesses with identifying hazardous work areas, and • Offer guidance to help mitigate hazardous or potentially hazardous areas
On-Site Consultation • No penalties or citations are issued for hazards identified by the consultant. The employer’s only obligation is to correct all identified serious hazards within the agreed-upon correction time frame and provide a written statement about the abatement. 15
The Benefits of Using Our Services • The mission of USF SafetyFlorida is to provide free, confidential consultation that helps Florida’s small businesses be in compliance with OSHA standards and save money by eliminating workplace hazards that cause injury, illness, or death. 16
Who We Are Florida’s workplace safety and health consultation program for small businesses
CONSULTATION vs. OSHA ENFORCEMENT • No Citations * • No Penalties • Reduction in OSHA penalties • (*) All serious hazards identified must be corrected 18
How do you schedule a consultation visit ? Our Services Begin with the Employer’s Request 19
The Employer Requests a Consultation • Initial contact via USF SafetyFlorida website, • phone, or • in writing. 20
USF Website Request a Free Consultation 21
How to Request a Consultation Simply click on the first green tab – “Request a free Consultation” Visit on the top task bar. Fill out your company information profile. www.USFsafetyflorida.com
How to Request a Consultation The Employer Requests a Consultation Complete a consultation request online at www.safetyflorida.usf.edu
How to Request a Consultation There is box in the center of the Request form that asks “how can we help”.
USF SafetyFlorida Prioritizes Requests on a “Worst to First” Basis Small, High-Hazard Employers 1. High incident rates 2. High-hazard SIC codes 3. Alternative high-hazard listing 4. Secondary SIC 5. Process hazardousness 6. Small, non-high hazard employers 7. Large employers
Employers are Contacted to: • Verify that OSHA has no pending enforcement activities, • Establish the scope of services, • Ensure that employer is aware of the employer rights and responsibilities (abatement of serious hazards is required), • Set up Opening Conference visit date and time. 26
What your Consultant Does: • Opening conference • Audit your required written safety programs • Hazard assessment and hazard survey of your facility or your jobsite • Follow-up visits • Closing conference
What your Consultant Does: • Assist with - Hazard Communication Program - Lockout-Tagout your written - Fire Protection safety program - Fall Protection - Ladder Safety • Help with - Crane Safety understanding - Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - Respiratory Protection Program the training and - Injury & Illness RecordKeeping education requirements for management and employees
What your Consultant Does: • Hazard assessments for both Construction and General Industry 30
Your consultant will review your OSHA Injury and Illness RecordKeeping forms
• Sent to company within 14 days of closing conference. Written Report 32
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