2. • Occupational Injury and Illness Recording
and Reporting Requirements – NAICS
Update and Reporting Revisions
• Two parts:
• Requires the reporting of any in-patient
hospitalizations, amputations, and loss of an
eye…
• Updates the list of industries partially
exempt from the requirement to keep work
related injury and illness records due to
lower rates…
• Effective January 1, 2015
New Updated ‘1904’ Regulation
3. • Fatalities, hospitalizations, amputations, and loss of an eye will
get triaged into three categories (1, 2, or 3)
• Category 1 that will be inspected. Examples:
• Fatalities, hospitalization of 2 or more, underage workers, history of
multiple injuries, Repeat offenders, SVEP/NEP/LEP, imminent danger
• Category 2* will be evaluated. Examples:
• Current hazard exposure, safety program failures, serious hazards,
temporary/vulnerable workers, OSHA history, health issues
• Area Director evaluates and determines inspect or handle as a
Category 3 Rapid Response Investigation (RRI)
Updated ‘1904’ Regulation
4. • 41 Incidents Investigated HS
• 15 Construction
• 13 Hospitalizations
• 2 Amputations
• 26 Manufacturing
• 19 Hospitalizations
• 7 Amputations
• 26 Incidents Investigated HN
• 6 Construction
• 6 Hospitalizations
• 20 Manufacturing
• 9 Hospitalizations
• 11 Amputations
About 284 incidents reported and 67 Incidents
investigated Jan 1st through June 30th, 2015
Updated 1904 Reporting Requirements
If two or more employees are covered from same employer it was counted as one case
If two or more employees are covered for different companies a case was counted for each company
6. • An updated NEP on Amputations was
issued effective Aug 13, 2105
• Updated NAICS and industries
• There will be outreach to the
affected industries and inspections
will then be conducted
Updated 1904 Reporting Requirements
7. • Temporary workers are entitled to the SAME protections under
the OSH Act as all other covered workers
• Staffing agency should evaluate the host employer’s worksite &
have staff trained to recognize safety and health hazards
• Both employers must communicate, coordinate, and collaborate
in their efforts
• Although the host, generally, has primary responsibility for
identifying hazards and complying with worksite specific health
and safety requirements, the staffing agency also has a duty to
ensure a safe workplace
Temporary Employees
8. • A temporary worker requested a safety harness and not
provided with it fell 12 feet through the roof resulting in his
hospitalization with fractured arms and severe contusions.
• $362,500 penalty for seven violations (including one willful and
four willful egregious) for failing to provide fall protection and
not promptly reporting the hospitalization. Cited also for not
training employees in the use of fall protection and ladders
• The staffing agency also received a serious citation
Temporary Employees
10. • Final Rule published May 4, 2015
• Effective date August 3, 2015
• Full enforcement postponed until
October 2, 2015
• Full enforcement for residential
construction postponed until
January 8, 2016
• Requires a good faith effort….
Subpart AA
Confined Spaces in Construction
11. • Detailed provisions requiring coordination of activities on a
multi-employer worksite
Differences Between Cnst and GI
12. • A competent person must evaluate the worksite and identify
confined spaces including permit spaces
• Requiring continuous atmospheric monitoring whenever
possible
• Requiring continuous monitoring of engulfment hazards
• Allowing suspension of a permit instead of cancelation under
certain circumstances
Differences Between Cnst and GI
13. • Employers who direct workers to enter without using a complete
permit system must prevent worker exposure to physical hazards
through elimination of the hazard or isolation such as LOTO
• Employers resulting on local emergency services for emergency
services must arrange for the responders to give the employer
advanced notice if they will be unable to respond
• Training must be in a language and vocabulary the worker
understands
Clarifications to the GI Standard
14. GHS
• The major changes to the HCS include:
• Hazard Classification
• Labels
• Safety Data Sheets
• Information and Training
• December 1, 2013 workers were to be trained
on the new labels and Safety Data Sheets
• CPL 02-02-079 Inspection Procedures for the
Hazard Communication Standard (HCS 2012)
• Effective July 9, 2015
16. • Silica
• Primary Metals Industries
• Process Safety Management
• Shipbreaking
• Trenching and Excavation
• Combustible Dust
• Federal Agencies
• Hazardous Machinery
• Hexavalent Chromium
• Isocyanates
• Lead
National Emphasis Programs (NEP):
17. • The Severe Violator Enforcement
Program (SVEP) is outlined in Compliance
Directive 02-00-149
• Applies to NAICS…
• 211111 Oil and Gas Extraction
• 213111 Drilling Oil and Gas Wells
• 213112 Support Activities for Oil and Gas
Oil and Gas E & P
18. • Two or more Willful or Repeated
violations or Failure-To-Abate notices or
any combination of these
violations/notices based on high gravity
serious violations related to upstream oil
and gas activities will now be considered a
severe violator enforcement case
Oil and Gas E & P
19. • First R-VI EEP case June 2015 based on two
Willful, seven Serious, and one Repeat
citations with $221,200 in proposed
penalties issued related to a multiple
fatality inspection
• The Willful citations: Use of a open flame
potable heater on the rig floor and failure
to provide and use FRCs for protection from
flash fires had been previously cited
• Repeat was for egress from the derrick not
properly installed
Oil and Gas E & P
20. • Clarification of Employer's Continuing Obligation
to Make and Maintain Accurate Records of Each
Recordable Injury and Illness 1218-AC84
• Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and
Illnesses 1218-AC49 at OMB
• Walking Working Surfaces and Personal Fall
Protection Systems (Slips, Trips, and Fall
Prevention) at OMB
Current Rules On the Radar
21. • OSHA penalties could increase in 2016
• Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment
Act Improvements Act of 2015
• Penalties could be adjusted for inflation
from 1990
• Maximum for a Willful citation from
$70,000 to possibly about $124,000
• Maximum for a Serious citation from $7,000
to possibly about $12,000
• Would probably occur no later than August
2016
Items of Interest
22. • Whistleblower protections
• 1099 ‘workers’
• Darden Factors and WHD
‘Economic Realities’
• WHD task force in wages
• Citation format pilot program
• New ‘Enforcement Weighting
System’
Items of Interest
23. • Safety and Health Program
Management Guidelines
open for comments
• Update of the 1989
Guidelines
• Voluntary not a mandatory
standard
• Comments accepted until
February 15, 2016
Items of Interest
25. • Upstream Oil & Gas
• High Noise in Manufacturing
• Fabricated Metal
• Falls in Non-Construction
• Healthcare*
• Construction
• Heat Illnesses
• Cranes in Construction
• Grain Handling
• Poultry Processing*
Regional Emphasis Programs (REP)
* New for FY 16
26. Inspection information was taken from the OSHA public website
and is not meant to be an exact or official count of inspections.
‘No Inspection’ entries were not included. ‘Accidents’ which would
be from New Mexico, a State-Planned State, were included into
the OSHA fatalities/catastrophies aka ‘Fat/Cat’ category. Incidents
were edited to removed cases that appeared to be outside OSHA
jurisdiction such as vehicle accidents on public roadways and
natural causes. Narratives were edited and may not reflect the
final findings or a later determination that they were non-work
related etc. hence they are not an exact or official count of
incidents. The data is meant to give an overall picture of activity
for accident prevention purposes
Data Disclaimer
29. Standard Cited Narrative
1910.151(c) 3 Where the eyes or body of any person may be exposed to injurious corrosive
materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body
shall be provided within the work area for immediate emergency use
1910.106(b)(6) 2 "Sources of ignition." In locations where flammable vapors may be present,
precautions shall be taken to prevent ignition by eliminating or controlling
sources of ignition. Sources of ignition may include open flames, lightning,
smoking, cutting and welding, hot surfaces, frictional heat, sparks (static,
electrical, and mechanical), spontaneous ignition, chemical and physical-chemical
reactions, and radiant heat
1910.134(d)(1)(iii) 2 The employer shall identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the
workplace; this evaluation shall include a reasonable estimate of employee
exposures to respiratory hazard(s) and an identification of the contaminant's
chemical state and physical form. Where the employer cannot identify or
reasonably estimate the employee exposure, the employer shall consider the
atmosphere to be IDLH
Top 5 MFC FY15 (Fed OSHA R-VI)
NAICS 211111
30. Standard Cited Narrative
1910.151(b) 2 In the absence of an infirmary, clinic, or hospital in near proximity to the
workplace which is used for the treatment of all injured employees, a person or
persons shall be adequately trained to render first aid. Adequate first aid supplies
shall be readily available
1910.307(c)(3) 2 Safe for the hazardous (classified) location. Equipment that is safe for the location
shall be of a type and design that the employer demonstrates will provide
protection from the hazards arising from the combustibility and flammability of
vapors, liquids, gases, dusts, or fibers involved
Top 5 MFC FY15 (Fed OSHA R-VI)
NAICS 211111
31. • Employee at a team building event fell off a ""Segway"" personal
transporter vehicle she was riding as part of a sightseeing tour.
The Segway hit a uneven patch of roadway and the employee's
head made contact with the concrete surface
Fatalities R-VI NAICS 211111
33. FY 13 FY 14 FY 15
Planned 90 124 69
Fat/Cat 12 14 10
Pgm Related 7 9 8
Complaint 18 9 4
UnPgm Related 8 5 5
Referral 4 3 4
F-Up 1 2 1
Pgm Other 0 1 0
ER Referral 0 0 7
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
OSHA Website Inspection Search
Planned Fat/Cat Pgm Related Complaint UnPgm Related Referral F-Up Pgm Other ER Referral
Inspections R-VI NAICS 213111
34. Standard Cited Narrative
OSH ACT of 1970
Section (5)(a)(1)
16 Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of
employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely
to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees
1910.23(c)(1) 14 Every open-sided floor or platform 4 feet or more above adjacent floor or ground
level shall be guarded by a standard railing (or the equivalent as specified in
paragraph (e)(3) of this section) on all open sides except where there is entrance
to a ramp, stairway, or fixed ladder. The railing shall be provided with a toeboard
wherever, beneath the open sides…
1910.151(c) 9 Where the eyes or body of any person may be exposed to injurious corrosive
materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body
shall be provided within the work area for immediate emergency use
Top 5 MFC FY15 (Fed OSHA R-VI)
NAICS 213111
35. Standard Cited Narrative
1910.305(g)(2)(iii) 9 Flexible cords and cables shall be connected to devices and fittings so that strain
relief is provided that will prevent pull from being directly transmitted to joints or
terminal screws
1910.304(g)(5) 7 Grounding path. The path to ground from circuits, equipment, and enclosures
shall be permanent, continuous, and effective
Top 5 MFC FY15 (Fed OSHA R-VI)
NAICS 213111
36. • Worker was found dead atop a drilling rig
• Employees suffered serious burn injuries when the vapors from an
open frac tank were ignited. The crew had been tasked to replace the
existing wellbore pipe to a smaller diameter in order to increase
pressure to force well water and other chemicals to pour out of the
well faster and be routed to a frac tank. A potential ignition source
was a portable generator with light pole 12’ feet from the frac tank
• Two employees were traveling from a work site in a personal vehicle.
The two employees reached a highway construction zone and were
directed to stop their vehicle by highway flaggers. While stopped, the
vehicle occupied by the two employees was struck from behind by an
18-wheeler at full speed. One employee passed away at the scene
while the second employee passed away while being transported to
the hospital
Inspections R-VI NAICS 213111
37. • Worker was working as the motorman with an 8 inch coupler and
tubular pipe, pushing it towards the V Door located on the rig floor.
The pipe came unthreaded from the collar, falling and striking the
worker on the back
• An employee was assisting a backhoe operator to move a frack tank.
The employee walked between the frack tank and the backhoe and
was crushed between the frack tank and the bucket of the backhoe
• Employee was struck in his chest area and knocked backwards.
Employee struck his head on metal tongs lying on the rig floor of
a drilling rig
Inspections R-VI NAICS 213111
38. • Worker was working on derrick and fell
• Four of a five man drilling rig crew were on the drilling rig floor
preparing to make a connection (insert a length of drilling pipe into
the drilling string) when a flash fire occurred on the floor work area.
All four employees clothing caught fire along with all the combustible
debris and floor materials. Two of the employees expired on the well
site and two were hospitalized in critical condition. The fifth
employee was on the mud pits and received severe burn to the hands
when aiding the other members; the employee was treated and
released. The ignition source appears to be a forced air diesel heater
with the oil based drilling mud the initial and main fuel
• Employee was in the process of tripping pipe. He had leaned over to
pull slips, he grabbed the iron roughneck (extended the handle of the
roughneck) catching his head between the roughneck and the pipe
Inspections R-VI NAICS 213111
39. • Three workers died from an explosion on a work over rig
• Employee was struck by casing and was thrown off the drilling
platform approximately fifty feet and was dragged along the
ground by the casing
• Employee was working on the derrick and complained about
feeling hot and around 10am, he came down and drank water,
went back up, and complained about not feeling well and told
operator he was getting too old around 12pm. He came down
off the derrick and then asked for a lighter to smoke in the
shade. Around 1:30 pm he was pale and breathing became
labored, the operator called 9-1-1 from the gate on the highway
Inspections R-VI NAICS 213111
40. • Employees were fishing. Bringing in fish and the fish got stuck.
Service rig tipped over killing the derrick hand and severely injuring
the rig supervisor
Inspections R-VI NAICS 213111
42. FY 13 FY 14 FY 15
Planned 80 134 111
Pgm Related 17 29 8
Fat/Cat 29 27 29
Complaint 30 24 28
UnPgm Related 17 21 20
Referral 22 11 18
F-Up 4 2 0
Other 0 2 1
ER Referral 0 0 21
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
OSHA Website Inspection Search
Planned Pgm Related Fat/Cat Complaint UnPgm Related Referral F-Up Other ER Referral
Inspections R-VI NAICS 213112
43. Standard Cited Narrative
OSH ACT of 1970
Section (5)(a)(1)
21 Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of
employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely
to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees
1910.23(c)(1) 12 Every open-sided floor or platform 4 feet or more above adjacent floor or ground
level shall be guarded by a standard railing (or the equivalent as specified in
paragraph (e)(3) of this section) on all open sides except where there is entrance
to a ramp, stairway, or fixed ladder. The railing shall be provided with a toeboard
wherever, beneath the open sides…
1910.106(b)(6) 7 "Sources of ignition." In locations where flammable vapors may be present,
precautions shall be taken to prevent ignition by eliminating or controlling
sources of ignition. Sources of ignition may include open flames, lightning,
smoking, cutting and welding, hot surfaces, frictional heat, sparks (static,
electrical, and mechanical), spontaneous ignition, chemical and physical-chemical
reactions, and radiant heat
Top 5 MFC FY15 (Fed OSHA R-VI)
NAICS 213112
44. Standard Cited Narrative
1910.151(b) 7 In the absence of an infirmary, clinic, or hospital in near proximity to the
workplace which is used for the treatment of all injured employees, a person or
persons shall be adequately trained to render first aid. Adequate first aid supplies
shall be readily available
1910.303(b)(2) 6 Installation and use. Listed or labeled equipment shall be installed and used in
accordance with any instructions included in the listing or labeling
Top 5 MFC FY15 (Fed OSHA R-VI)
NAICS 213112
45. • Two vehicles were operating on a private lease road. A truck collided
with a semi-truck and trailer causing extensive damage to the driver's
side of the oilfield services truck and fatal injuries to the driver
• Employee died when he was potentially exposed to H2S at an oil &
gas site. He was wearing an H2S monitor but it was on test mode.
Decedent was found in middle of the road about a mile away from his
truck which was parked near a well site
• Air mixed with gas and there was a spark in the well. violent
explosion on the surface. Large debris was dislodged. Four
employees were struck by the debris, one died
Fatalities R-VI NAICS 213112
46. • Employee was driving a tractor trailer on a private ranch road leaving
the fuel tanks and as he went around a curve the vehicle turned over
onto the operators side
• Decedent fell from height while working on heater treater
• An employee was struck-by a pressurized pipeline enclosure door
during gas line servicing operations
• An employee was assigned to an oil tank battery to gauge and
monitor oil production. The employee was found by a delivery driver,
at the bottom of stairs next to the tank battery
• Servicing rig derrick collapsed
Fatalities R-VI NAICS 213112
47. • The victim was working on fixing a piece of equipment (changing
a steel line bump unit) when a wrench struck the employee in
the head
• Decedent was found lying under a transport truck with a
detached arm and clothing was found wrapped around the drive
shaft from the PTO to the pump mounted on the truck
• Employee was struck by tubing pipe that fell from the elevators
• Front end loader equipped with forks was off loading drill pipe
from a semi trailer and was backing up and struck the truck
driver
Fatalities R-VI NAICS 213112
48. • Worker was grinding on a tank pipe and there was a fire and
explosion that blew the tank lid off and he fell in the tank
• Employees were attempting to disengage the drivetrain of a disabled
truck to put it on a trailer for towing. The truck began to roll and
rolled over the decedent, causing fatal injuries
• Primping a perforation gun when it unexpectedly exploded
• The drill line broke/split and the block and elevator fell and struck the
employee
• Truck driver was found dead in the pipe yard. Two 9 5/8" pipes had
rolled off the rack on top of him
Fatalities R-VI NAICS 213112
49. • A crew was working on pressuring a 10 inch pipeline when a plumbers
plug blew out of the line striking one employee and two other
employees were struck by the released pressure. Two employees
were treated and the other worker died
• A worker was at the site to treat the well by injecting treatment
chemicals from a truck. He was working alone and was found with
blunt force trauma to his head. The well has approx. 450 lbs of
pressure and it appears the victim opened a valve that released well
pressure causing a pipe to dislodge at the well and struck him in his
head
• Employee on an oil and gas well drilling rig remove the pin on the A
leg and was struck in the head resulting in fatal injuries
Fatalities R-VI NAICS 213112
50. • The employee was standing on top of the draw works of a work-over
rig. The employee victim fell into the point of operation of the drill
cable line when the employee victim attempted to exit the draw
works area. The employee victim's left leg was wrapped by the drill
cable line as it lifted a rig block. The drill line cables force pulled the
employee victim into the spool drum during rotation. The employee
victim sustained head injuries as the drill line cable pulled the
employee victim out from the rotating spool drum
• "The victim was part of a four man crew tasked with replacing filters
on a separator vessel for a contractor. The employee passed out; he
came to and felt dizzy, disoriented and then sat in the truck trying to
cool off. He was driven two and half hours home where he was
dropped off and he passed away a short time after his arrival
Fatalities R-VI NAICS 213112
51. • Worker was raising a oil/gas separator with a rough terrain forklift
when the upper boom contacted a 7.2kv powerline. Others made
three attempts to rescue him. The first two attempts a worker tried to
knock him away from the forklift but the electrical energy threw him
back. On the 3rd attempt the employee tried to lift his legs and his
boots melted in his hands. An employee approached to put out the fire
with a metal fire extinguisher and as he approached an electrical arc
struck the fire extinguisher knocking him back approximately 20 feet
resulting in his hospitalization. The forklift operator died at the scene
• Three employees were lifting a pipe handler off a flat bed truck using a
gin pole truck. The decedent and a second employee had hooked the
chain slings up to the pipe handler. The chain slings were connected to
part of the support structure of the equipment. When lifting, one of
the support structures broke at the weld and the pipe handler fell to
the ground striking one of the employees in the back and he died
Fatalities R-VI NAICS 213112
52. • Truck driver for company was in process of picking up a load of
produce water for energy company. He exited the truck while backing
up for unknown reason and was struck-by the truck and ran over.
• The employee had just left a fracking site and had pulled his truck over
along a leased road. The truck operator had called the dispatch and
stated he was hot and needed to cool off and was going to get
something to drink. The truck operator was subsequently found dead.
Potential heat stress
• Employee was caught in a pumping unit
• Employee was operating a bulldozer to move coke debris to load into a
hopper when the dozer entered a drainage pit for water to enter the
processing area opposite the dividing wall/drains. Employee backed
the dozer into the pit, completely submerging it. The temperature of
the water was approximated by the emergency response crew to be
200 degrees
Fatalities R-VI NAICS 213112
54. • From Oct 1st, 2008 to September 31th,
2015 there have been approximately 358
fatalities/catastrophes in the area of the
Houston North and Houston South Area
Office jurisdictions
• The numbers are estimates and are not
meant to be an exact count of incidents
inspected or under OSHA’s jurisdiction.
The information is for prevention
purposes and not a statistical study
Houston Fatalities and Catastrophes
55. 27
18
26
29
23
27 28
40
27
23
25 25
20 20
67
45
49
54
48 47 48
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
FY 09 FY 10 FY 11 FY 12 FY 13 FY 14 FY 15*
Hou North Hou South Hou Total
• Incidents appear
steady with no big
change in either the
North or the South
overall
• Fatalities long term
appear to be trending
upward on the North
side and downward on
the South side
Houston Activity Overall
* FY 2015 Data Search Oct 1, 2015
56. 31
29 30
28
31
33
28
36
16
19
26
17
14
20
67
45
49
54
48 47 48
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
FY 09 FY 10 FY 11 FY 12 FY 13 FY 14 FY 15*
Hou GI Hou Const Hou Total
• General Industry
(1910) was lower in
FY15 after tapering up
for several years
• Construction (1926)
which seemed to be
trending downward
rose sharply in FY15
Houston Activity Overall
* FY 2015 Data Search Oct 1, 2015
58. 0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
FY 13 FY 14 FY 15
General Industry Focus 4
Struck By Caught Between Falls Electrical Other
• General Industry Focus Four
• Electrical, Caught Between,
Struck By, and Falls decreasing
with Other increasing
• A big factor in the increase in
Other incidents were the four
heat related fatalities
Houston General Industry Activity
59. 1910 Standard # Requirement
1910.212(a)(1) 44 One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the
operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those
created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and
sparks…
1910.1200(e)(1) 31 Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written
hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified
in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning,
safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which
also includes…
1910.212(a)(3)(ii) 26 The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury,
shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate
standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so
designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his
body in the danger zone during the operating cycle…/
Top 10 MFC General Industry Houston*
60. 1910.215(b)(9) 19 Safety guards of the types described in Subparagraphs (3) and (4) of this paragraph,
where the operator stands in front of the opening, shall be constructed so that the
peripheral protecting member can be adjusted to the constantly decreasing
diameter of the wheel. The maximum angular exposure above the horizontal plane
of the wheel spindle as specified in paragraphs (b)(3) and (4) of this section shall
never be exceeded, and the distance between the wheel periphery and the
adjustable tongue or the end of the peripheral member at the top shall never
exceed one-fourth inch….
1910.1200(g)(8) 18 The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data
sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible
during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s)...
1910.215(a)(4) 18 On offhand grinding machines, work rests shall be used to support the work. They
shall be of rigid construction and designed to be adjustable to compensate for wheel
wear. Work rests shall be kept adjusted closely to the wheel with a maximum
opening of one-eighth inch to prevent the work from being jammed between the
wheel and the rest, which may cause wheel breakage…
Top 10 MFC General Industry Houston*
61. 1910.305(b)(1)(ii) 18 Unused openings in cabinets, boxes, and fittings shall be effectively closed.
1910.1200(h)(1) 16 Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on
hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and
whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained
about is introduced into their work area…
1910.147(c)(1) 16 The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures,
employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee
performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the
unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause
injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and
rendered inoperative…
1910.147(c)(4)(i) 16 Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of
potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered
by this section.
Top 10 MFC General Industry Houston*
*Top 10 MFC 1910 Standards does not include Standards such as 5(a)(1) or .1904
which could apply to either industry. Standards such as 1910.1200 which could also
apply to either industry are included under Part 1910
62. Questions?
• Houston North Area Office
Joann Figueroa, Area Director
Jim Shelton, CAS
690 S. Loop 336 W., Suite 400
Conroe, TX 77304
shelton.james@dol.gov
• Keep up to date with the Houston
North Area Office email list. Contact
Jim Shelton at the above email
63. Disclaimer
• This information has been developed by an OSHA Compliance Assistance Specialist and is intended
to assist employers, workers, and others as they strive to improve workplace health and safety.
While we attempt to thoroughly address specific topics [or hazards], it is not possible to include
discussion of everything necessary to ensure a healthy and safe working environment in a
presentation of this nature. Thus, this information must be understood as a tool for addressing
workplace hazards, rather than an exhaustive statement of an employer’s legal obligations, which
are defined by statute, regulations, and standards. Likewise, to the extent that this information
references practices or procedures that may enhance health or safety, but which are not required by
a statute, regulation, or standard, it cannot, and does not, create additional legal obligations. Finally,
over time, OSHA may modify rules and interpretations in light of new technology, information, or
circumstances; to keep apprised of such developments, or to review information on a wide range of
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