b'ary\'sCornerAft ~ ~ _____.___ __ __ _o \\ _OSHA\'s Top Ten~ By Gary Auman,L Counsel MRCAegal Th isa lot todiscussthisI can\'ttelyou thatth ishasTherearenoexcusesfor ereI month, so Igoing to divide theoccurredeither becauseOSHAisemployees notwith amcomplyingyour ffortle ll information I want toprovide intoputting moree in keeping ansafetyru s whenit comes to fatwo articles for th issue ofMRandeye on theindustry,orprotection and there is nofor isconstructionroom the next one.becauseworkincons ionisshort cuts.If your safetyprogram tructOSHAs issued its "Top Ten"muchmoreinthepublic eye.Idoes not completelyfall proha cover Ifor FY 2007 in general indus rea y think it is ain oftection,there can be no qu ion istsll comb ationsoestis try and construction. Itof interestboth.inanyone\'smindthat you takeit \'Toptheitrethat just about all of theTen"In the \'Top Ten,"leading vio seriously,needs to bevised. citations issued inconstructionlation found by OSHA for Ifyour training program does ntheconstruc ot industry apply to ourtionin2007wasvio tionofprovide comprehensive training members.la to Our lawmakersOfevengreatersignificanceisSection1( ,toyour employees inIion, it 1926.50 (b)13) failurefatprotectare beginning tothefact thatof the approximatelyusetall protectioninresidentialneedstobere-writtena your nd 15,000 citations issued in FYconstructionmorethansixfeetemployeesn tobere-trained 2007eed hardtheaterial.ty take alook atthat make up the Top Ten" in bothabovetheground.Therewerewithnew m If your safeconstruction and general industry,2,043viola issued for viola enforcementprogramdoesnot worker safety.tions abouttwo-thirdsofthem weretion of thisdard.make fall protection subject to stan the issued in constru Thesecond-mostcitedsectionhighest level of discipline, it needs ction. was 1926.501 (b) (1 ), failure to pro to berevised.Therecanbeno vide fall protection whenworkingexcuses in any area of safety,but aroundunprotectedsidesandfa protectionr uiresan even lleqDO THERIGHT THING!edges. There were 1,889 violationshigherlevelofcompliancearr"\') of this st rd cited.commitment. andaT remainder of the \'Top Ten"Ifnumbers areenough, in hethenot were, in o my n a Idiscuss w t is rder:extrticlewiha11 Head protection (1,612)goingonin Washington asit Fallprotectiononscaffoldsrelatestosafetyand OSHA.Our (1,480)lawmakers are beginning to take a F uretotieoffin aerialliftshard look at worker safety. ail(1,463)Ha h criticism wasleveled at rsD iencieslack of ahaz OSHA and employers bytnesses efic offallwiardsrecognition trainingpro before ateitteeon Sena Subcommgram (1,247)April1st. This was followed by a Failuretoensurethatportablereport by the Majority S of the taff ladders extend more than 3tCommitteeonHealth, Education, feeabovethelandingsurfaceLabor and Pensions onil. Apr 29th(1,219)The staff report is titled "DiscountScaffold access issues ( ing Death: OSHA\'s Failure to Pun1,206)Im p platformconstructionishSafetyViolationsThatKill pro er inffolds (1,155)Workers".I will providein ts OSHA 29 CFR 1926.501Considerssca sighScaffold training (889)in this report and the SenatetotesSkylights to Be "HOLES" in Roofs.There were also 359 g raltimony in my n article. ene dutyext clause violations issued in the construction industry. T precedingconfirmsthe he @PLASTECO, Inc.emphasis of OSHAin fall protec800-231-6117 X307tionissues.Theyaretakingthis Website: www.plasteco.comseriouslyso must we. and'