Meeting Related, OSHA Related

January’s Meeting Announcement

From Bob Kunz – “Team SAFER,

The next meeting is January 4, 2017 7:30 am – 10:00 am at NEIT’s 2nd Floor -Hall of Fame Room, 2480 Post Road, Warwick, RI.

Save the date – get the new year off on the right (or left) foot by celebrating with your colleagues.  There is lots to speak about, including:

  • The CPWR Foundations for Safety Leadership program
    • OSHA 500/502 trainers will now be trained to deliver this wonderful program, effective January 1, 2017.
    • Safety leadership is not an innate trait, but rather a trained set of skills
    • This “free” program will provide your organization with the opportunity for improvement that you strive for…..
    • Visit CPWR.com for more information.
  • The CPWR Safety Climate Assessment Tool (S-CAT)
  • OSHA Recordkeeping

Wishing you a happy, healthy and safe Hanukkah, Merry Christmas and New Year”.

Meeting Related

December’s Meeting Announcement

The next meeting is December 7,  2016 from 7:30 am – 10:00 am in room CT245 at the New England Institute for Technology (NEIT) 2500 Post Road, Warwick, RI. From Bob Kunz:

“Team SAFER,

This month our topic is “the well-being of the worker”.  To stimulate the discussion, we have arranged for two guest speakers to join us, as follows:

David Brown, Sr. Site Safety Manager (Sgt. First Class, US Army Special Forces retired) for Dimeo Construction Company will be introducing Situational Awareness – see several resources below:

Construction Context:

http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/lwit/assets/downloads/situational-awareness.pdf

Personal Context:

http://feinet.com/sites/default/files/Situational%20Awareness%20WP_formatted.pdf

General Industry Contact:

http://www.airbus.com/fileadmin/media_gallery/files/safety_library_items/AirbusSafetyLib_-FLT_OPS-HUM_PER-SEQ06.pdf

Is situational awareness an innate sense? Or, is it something else?  Could we eliminate incidents (including near misses), If we (the construction industry) committed to improving the situational awareness of management personnel and workers?

On September 13, 2016, OSHA Region 1 held a “Cut-It-Out” Stand Down is response to “….local accidents involving Cut-Off Saws resulting in severe injuries, including amputations and in at least one case a fatality”.  This stand-down was posted on our website www.buildingSAFERinRI.org.  Despite this effort to raise awareness, the local construction industry experienced another fatality involving the use of a cut-off saw – see link:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/11/19/construction-worker-killed-duxbury-work-site/5xXtOZbqfF8qH3WFPI8NTO/story.html .

While the incident remains under investigation, it is clear that we must raise the level of (contractor and worker situational) awareness to a higher point.  To that end, we have prepared a lesson learned, which will take a retrospective look at past incidents (from OSHA’s website), as well as cut-off saw manufacturer’s promotional material and safety guides, and material manufacturer “suggestions”.  The lesson learned will be followed by a presentation by Husqvarna Construction Products, which will discuss cut-off tool use and an alternative chain saw for cutting ductile iron pipe, for example.  Husqvarna is sponsored by Matt Particelli from Pro Equipment Rental.

Please RSVP to bkunz@dimeo.com with SAFER in subject line.

Meeting Related, OSHA Related

November’s Meeting Announcement

From Bob Kunz:

“Team SAFER,

SAFER November 2, 2016 7:30 am – 10:00 am New England Institute for Technology (NEIT) 2500 Post Road, Warwick, RI Room CT 235

The November meeting is located room CT 235 (NOT the Hall of Fame Room).  Is your employer working on a multi-employer worksite (NOT limited to a construction worksite)?  If they are, your employer may be considered to be controlling, correcting, exposing or creating?  Why does this matter, you ask – join us Wednesday to learn more about OSHA CPL 2-0.124 Multi-Employer Citation Policy .

Here are some additional resources that you may find informative:

  1. OSHA Field Operations Manual  CPL 02-00-160 FOM – see Chapter VII Section 3 paragraph 3-19
  2. American Bar Association white paper entitled, FOUR BIRDS WITH ONE STONE? ISSUES IN MULTI-EMPLOYER WORKSITE
  3. US Court of Appeals Eight Circuit 07-2191 Summit Contractors vs. OSHRC

Please RSVP to Bob Kunz at bkunz@dimeo.com if you would like to attend.  Please ensure that SAFER is in subject line”.