DOSH Inspections: Are you prepared? · • Walk-around safety inspections ... “Effective in...
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DOSH Inspections: Are you prepared?
WA State Grape Society Annual Meeting Jeff Lutz, Safety Director, WA Farm Bureau
Safety is no accident!
Have a Plan
DOSH Contact and Opening Conference
Assigned Staff Written documents
Common Violations • Citations: up to $7000 per violation • Written Programs – Documentation
– Training • Physical hazards • Health hazards
Accident Prevention Program (APP)
• Safety Plan • Outlined in writing • Tailored to the dairy operations • New employee safety orientation • Monthly safety meetings, documented • Walk-around safety inspections
– Monthly – Employee representative – “Effective in practice”
APP: New Employee Orientation
• Review outline of APP Safety procedures – general & specific - On-the-job review, hands-on
Report hazards Responsibilities - Management, Supervisor, Worker
Accident reporting and first aid procedures What to do in an emergency
• Document – Name, Date, Sign – Checklist
• Disciplinary policy?
Safety Information Board
Chemical Hazard Communication (HAZCOM) Program
• Tells employees about: – Hazardous chemicals
on the job – How employees will be
protected – SDS – Employee Training – PPE
Missing Labels – No Info
Chemical Handling
• Goggles • Gloves – Nitrile • Emergency Eyewash – Required when
handling caustic/corrosive
Other Programs/Procedures • Lock-out/Tag-out – Maintenance of equipment • Confined Space – Do employees enter any? • Respiratory Protection
– Formaldehyde, pesticides, dust – Required or Voluntary?
• Training: – Machinery – tractors, ATV, loaders, forklift,
harvester, feed truck – Animal handling – Heat Stress
Eye Hazards • Welding, grinding, cutting • Dust • Pneumatic tools • Pressure washer
Ladder Safety • Proper type
– Type I & I-A, II, III (prohibited) • Train before starting work
– Use, care, and inspection – Hands-on
• Tag unsafe ladders
Ladder Safety
First Aid & Fire Extinguisher • 1st Aid Training
– 1 person trained and available – Other training or knowledge
• 1st Aid Kit – Supplies meet needs for basic
first aid at worksite • Fire Extinguisher
– Every 75-feet (each building) – Fueling areas, dry barn, hay
storage – Machinery
Tractors • ROPS and seatbelt
– When available for tractor – When no overhead clearance issues
• Master shield (over PTO stub) • PTO drive shaft guards • Slow Moving Vehicle Triangle
– When taken on public roads • Lights
– When operated on public road in dark
Machine Hazards • Guard moving parts
– Sprockets and chains – Belts and pulleys – Shafts and couplers – Cutting and sanding – Compacting and crushing – Automatic machinery
Electrical
Electrical
Electrical
Housekeeping
Material Handling & Storage
Railings/Handrails
• Provide railings on all walkways, platforms and open sided floors more than 4 feet high.
• Top rail should be 42 inches high plus or minus 3 inches with mid-rail.
• Stairways with 4 or more risers have mounted railing 30-34 inches high.
Railings/Handrails
Signs/Tags
Resources
• Farm Bureau Retro/Safety – www.wsfb.com/retro-safety
• Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) – Consultation – www.lni.wa.gov/safety