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Weathering the Storm - OGE and OSHA
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Weathering the Storm
David Bates, Area Director, OSHAWilliam Young, Lead Safety Consultant, OG&E
Planning Phase
• Industry discussions were held prior years• Ice Storm / Tornado Events• Orientation is key for mutual assistance
contractors• Past fatalities investigated after weather
events
May 18, 2013
• Severe lightning and wind up to 100 mph
• 24,000 outages
• 21 transmission poles down on major street blocking businesses and trapping cars
May 19, 2013
• Tornadoes hit Edmond, Shawnee, Wellston, Carney and Norman
• I-40 blocked by downed transmission lines
• 8,000 outages
May 20, 2013
• EF5, mile-wide tornado hits south Oklahoma City and Moore
• Thousands of homes,businesses, and twoelementary schools destroyed
• 41,000 outages
• Crossroads Mall established as main staging site for OG&E and mutual assistance crews
• Mutual assistance crews and transmission crews arrive
• May 18th and 19th storm damage work completed
• OSHA begins interventions
May 21 - 23, 2013
May 31, 2013
• Widest tornado ever recorded at 2.6 miles travels 16 miles from El Reno through south Oklahoma City to Midwest City
• Widespread damage with 145,000 outages
• I-40 blocked by downed power lines
On-the-Ground
OSHA• Cooperative mode with
interventions and training from May 22 – June 19
• 12 of 18 Compliance safety and health officers (CSHO’s)
• Outreach / Cooperative staff assisted also
OG&E• May 18 – 20 storms
– 6 OGE teams– 1,132 personnel
• May 31 storms– 947 personnel
Daily Safety Briefings
• Conducted for all OG&E members, mutual assistance crews, and contractors
• Co-presented by OG&E and mutual assistance company safety professionals, FEMA, and OSHA
OSHA Experience in Other Events
• World Trade Center• Hurricane Katrina• Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill• Superstorm Sandy
• The effect on S&H can be much greater when OSHA is integrated into and functions as part of the Incident Command System
OSHA Interventions
• 64 different interventions in Edmond, Moore, Newcastle, and Oklahoma City
• Over 830 employees covered
• Quick Cards and Fact Sheets distributed
OSHA Interventions
OSHA Interventions
Hazards Observed
• PPE – eye, head, hand, foot, hearing, masks
• Fall protection• Work zone areas• Portable equipment• Portable generators• Heat stress• Sunburns• Hazardous chemicals in
debris (Asbestos, Lead)
FEMA Coordination
• Joint Federal Operations (JFO)• Interagency S&H Committee– FEMA, OSHA, OK DOL, OEM, Corps of Engineers,
City of Moore & OKC, Volunteer Organizations, Contractors, Small Business Administration
Safety Incidents
• Minimal number of incidents– Crane– Eye injury– Snakebite– Electrical contact
• OSHA in cooperative mode until June 19th
Future Events & Cooperative Efforts
• Enhance the orientation process• Possible joint crew visits with OG&E Health &
Safety and OSHA• Real-time information sharing via conference
calls• Develop S&H response tools for events more
difficult to access– Remote access areas– Ice storms
By-the-Numbers
• 217,597 outages• 1,347 poles destroyed• 1,452 crossarms destroyed• 481 transformers
destroyed• 189 transmission
structures destroyed• 1,200 OG&E members,
contractors, and mutual assistance crews
• 17 OSHA personnel• 64 interventions
covering 830 employees• 4 OSHA recordable
safety incidents• 24-hour logistics
operation• 1,100 meals three times
per day• 600 hotel rooms
THANK YOU