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ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CONSTRUCTION SAFETY AND HEALTH (ACCSH)
ACTION ITEMS/SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
June 10-11, 1999 Meeting
U.S. Department of Labor
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| ACTION ITEM # |
ACTION |
ACTION ITEM ASSIGNED TO |
ACTION TARGET DATE |
| 1 |
Safety and Health Work Group re-visit work product (a draft
proposed standard) to determine
whether examples (e.g. of model
programs) or other input should
be recommended to DOC. Report
to ACCSH at next meeting. |
Cloutier |
August
ACCSH |
| 2
|
DOC determine whether
interpretive quips and letters
can be included on the DOC web
page. |
DOC
(Villanova) |
August
ACCSH |
| 3 |
DOC determine the feasibility of
providing a private web site for
ACCSH members to pass
information and discuss ACCSH
business. |
DOC
(Villanova) |
August
ACCSH |
| 4 |
DOC determine the feasibility of
including the ACCSH Charter as a
tab or a hot link on the DOC web
site. |
DOC
(Villanova) |
August
ACCSH |
| 5 |
Provide a draft letter for OSHA
to consider sending to BLS
defining concerns about the SIC
to NAIC shift. |
Buchet |
21
June
1999 |
| 6 |
DOC agreed to provide dates on
all future action items included
in the ACCSH minutes, and to
provide periodic updates on the
status of action items. |
DOC |
August
ACCSH |
| 7 |
DOC to arrange for a briefing to
ACCSH on the distance learning
proposal for Compliance Officers
at the next ACCSH meeting. |
DOC |
August
1999
ACCSH |
| 8 |
Silica Work Group to submit
progress report at next ACCSH
meeting. |
Edington |
August
1999
ACCSH |
| 9 |
DOC to arrange briefing by Salt
Lake City representative at next
ACCSH meeting. |
DOC |
August
1999
ACCSH |
ACCSH voted to dissolve the following Work Groups: Sanitation;
Scaffolding; Safety Excellence Program; Enforcement
Priorities; and the Task Force on ACCSH Structure and
Responsibilities.
ACCSH voted to constitute two new Work Groups: Diversified
Construction Workforce Initiatives (Williams/Edington Chairs);
and Construction Certs and Paperwork Review (Williams/Ayers
Chair). Formation of the Construction Certs and Paperwork
Review Work Group was in response to a request by Assistant
Secretary Jeffress.
ACCSH members agreed that if they had comments or
recommendations on the proposed PPE standard, they would
provide them directly to Glen Gardner, due to the fact that
the hearings would occur in August, prior to the next ACCSH
meeting.
ACCSH voted to recommend the Work Group product of the Multi-employer Work Group, in the form of the revised FIRM (with
attachments) be provided to OSHA. In addition, ACCSH agreed
to continue the Work Group to consider other related issues.
ACCSH voted to recommend the draft ACCSH Rules and Guidelines,
as amended, be provided to OSHA.
ACCSH voted to accept the draft minutes for the January ACCSH
meeting.
ACCSH agreed to recommend to DOC that the two remaining ACCSH
meetings for calendar year 1999 be scheduled to take place in
August (on the 26th and 27th)and December (on the 9th and 10th).
These dates fall on Thursdays and Fridays and, as per current
practice, the Work Groups will be planned for the Tuesdays and
Wednesdays of the week of the ACCSH meetings.
ACCSH requested that DOC consider holding a future ACCSH
meeting at a venue other than Washington D.C.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CONSTRUCTION SAFETY AND HEALTH
(ACCSH)
Minutes of June 10-11, 1999, Meeting
US Dept of Labor
Frances Perkins Building
Rooms N-3437
A B & C
200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC |
The meeting of the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety
and Health (ACCSH) was called to order by the Acting Chair,
Stewart Burkhammer, at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 10, 1999.
The following members were present for all or part of the meeting:
Stewart
Burkhammer
Acting Chair |
Mgt. |
VP & Mgr. Of Safety and Health
Services, Bechtel Corporation |
| Felipe Devora |
Mgt. |
Safety Dir., Fretz Construction |
| Robert Masterson |
Mgt. |
Manager, Safety and Loss Control The Ryland Group |
| Owen Smith |
Mgt. |
President, Anzalone & Associates |
| Stephen D. Cooper |
Labor |
Exec. Dir., Intl. Assoc. of Bridge,
Struct. & Orn. Iron Worker |
| Larry A. Edington |
Labor |
Dir. of Safety and Health
Intl. Union of Op. Engineers |
| Mark Ayers |
Labor |
Dir. of Construction &
Maint.
Dept.
Int. Brotherhood of Elec. Workers |
| Stephen Cloutier |
Mgt. |
VP, Safety/Loss Prev. Mgr.
J.A. Jones Construction |
| Jane F. Williams |
Public |
Safety and Health Consultant |
| Michael Buchet |
Public |
Construction Division Manager
National Safety Council |
Labor Representatives Gladys Harrington, and William Rhoten
were unable to attend, as were state representatives Harry
Payne, and Danny Evans, and federal representative Marie Haring
Sweeney. Approximately 25 members of the public were in
attendance at various times. Acting Chair Stewart Burkhammer
introduced himself and welcomed the public. He gave a briefing
on the informal ACCSH work group briefings which were conducted
during the sixth annual International Safety and Health
Conference held in April in Hawaii. A number of ACCSH members
were present, and they presented information on all ACCSH work
groups to approximately 35 field safety and health
professionals. MECP, MSD, and Data Collection generated the
most discussions.
Felipe Devora briefed the board on Multi-Employer Citation
Policy (MECP) Work Group deliberations, with particular
attention to the new draft FIRM, which the work group
developed. Devora requested that ACCSH forward the work group
product to OSHA, but the motion was tabled, to be brought up
the next day, after the members had an opportunity to read the
comments which had been collected on the draft FIRM.
Jane Williams thoroughly briefed the committee on the ACCSH
Rules and Guidelines produced by the Task Force on ACCSH
Structure and Responsibilities. A motion to forward the work
group product was tabled until the next day to give the members
time to read the document.
Michael Buchet briefed the committee on the deliberations of
the Musculoskeletal Disorders Work Group. He discussed the
methodology of identifying successful and unsuccessful
intervention strategies, and documenting them for eventual use
as an outreach tool. In addition he pointed out that the work
is still in the deliberative stage on some issues, but that
looking for trade specific problems, and then deciding how to
collect and arrange the information was one avenue they are
exploring.
Steve Cooper briefed the committee on the deliberations of the
OSHA Form 170 Work Group. Issues which were discussed were
how the lack of data affects MSD's, and OSHA attempts to target
problem areas. Cooper estimated that four or five more
meetings would be required before a report could be generated
for ACCSH consideration.
Stephen Cloutier reported on the activities of the Safety and
Health Program Programs Work Group. The work group reviewed the
General Industry draft proposal, as well as other information
they had collected, and conducted numerous discussions. He
stated that the work group had a number of recommendations
concerning the core requirements for Safety and Health
Programs. They need to be company specific and address in
writing the following issues: management responsibility as well
as employee participation; hazard identification; training; and
record keeping; emergency procedures and preparations.
Cloutier called for the question and requested that these
recommendations be voted on the next morning by ACCSH. Much
discussion ensued, and several members stressed the need for
examples in OSHA directives - Swanson accepted this input.
Burkhammer requested that Safety and Health Work Group re-visit
the previous work product (a draft proposed standard) to
determine whether examples (e.g. of model programs) or other
input should be recommended to DOC to ensure that the key
elements are addressed. The work group was requested to submit
a report to ACCSH on this issue at the next meeting.
Jane Williams briefed the committee on the HAZWIC Report, and
recommended that although the Sanitation Work Group had
fulfilled its charter, that the report raised other issues that
should be pursued by the Work Group under a different name -
Diversified Construction Workforce Initiatives. The work group
would address open items from the HAZWIC Report, and issues
relating to a diversified work force. The motion was passed
unanimously by the board.
Anthony Brown gave a presentation on a voluntary agreement
between OSHA and the National Commission for the Certification
of Crane Operators. The purpose of the agreement is to provide
a non-regulatory means of recognizing a program that validates
the competency and certifies the qualifications of crane
operators.
Camille Villanova briefed the committee on the Directorate of
Construction Web Page. As the DOC representative she took a
number of action items to determine the following: whether
interpretive quips and letters can be included on the DOC web
site; the feasibility of providing a private web site for ACCSH
members to pass information and discuss ACCSH business; and the
feasibility of including the ACCSH Charter as a tab or a hot
link on the DOC web site.
Richard Feehan (MSHA), and Steve Turow (OSHA) briefed the
committee on MSHA/OSHA Jurisdictional Issues. They included
the following items in their brief: the Mine Act and how it
gives MSHA a different charter from that of OSHA; inter-agency
agreements; how MSHA sites differ from typical construction
sites; and MOU's concerning jurisdiction.
Glen Gardner gave a briefing on the proposed standard for
Personal Protective Equipment. He stressed that the original
proposal had been revised to reflect ACCSH concerns. ACCSH
members agreed that if they had comments or recommendations on
the proposed PPE standard, they would provide them directly to
Glen Gardner, due to the fact that the hearings would occur in
August, prior to the next ACCSH meeting.
Cathy Oliver gave an update on Voluntary Protection Programs
VPP/Short Term Construction Demonstration Program Partnership
elements.
Michael Buchet briefed the committee on the recent
deliberations of the Data Collection Work Group. As a result of
concern about how the shift from SIC's to NAIC's, he took an
action item to provide a draft letter for OSHA to consider
sending to BLS, defining concerns about the SIC to NAIC shift.
Steve Cloutier briefed the committee on the status of the
Training Work Group.
Noah Connell gave the committee a Standards Update.
Berrien Zettler gave the Directorate of Construction Report.
Public comment came from Bill Mott of Huber, Hunt, and Nickles
Construction, and Carl Heinlein, Director of Safety, Associated
General Contractors of America. Mott discussed the uneven
nature of enforcement across the country, and the possible
utilization of more detailed check lists to ameliorate this
situation. Heinlein had questions concerning record keeping and
the VPP.
Burkhammer adjourned the meeting at 4:00 p.m. to reconvene at
9:00 a.m. the next morning.
Jane Williams and Steve Cooper finished briefing and answering
questions on the ACCSH Rules and Guidelines. ACCSH voted to
recommend the draft ACCSH Rules and Guidelines, as amended, be
provided to OSHA.
Assistant Secretary of Labor, Charles Jeffress thanked the
board for their advice and input, and gave a briefing on a
variety of issues, including: OSHA funding; year 2000 budget
preparations; safety audits; the emphasis of the agency in the
near term; standards status; and how congressional actions
could impact OSHA. He emphasized that although enforcement
would continue to be a tool to maintain high standards of
safety and health in the work place, voluntary compliance
programs would continue to be investigated and utilized. He
also discussed the fact that OSHA staff is now better prepared
to give information to victims, and the fact that he has
attempted to put funding in the budget for CO training, using
computer/internet methodologies. This generated an action item
for DOC to schedule a distance learning proposal for CO's at
the next ACCSH. Discussions with board members followed. In
response to a request by Assistant Secretary Jeffress, ACCSH
agreed to consider how Construction Certs and Paperwork could
be reduced.
Felipe Devora finished briefing the board on Multi-Employer
Citation Policy (MECP) Work Group draft FIRM. ACCSH voted to
recommend the Work Group product of the Multi-employer Work
Group, in the form of the revised FIRM (with attachments) be
provided to OSHA. In addition, ACCSH agreed to continue the
Work Group to consider other related issues
Burkhammer requested that DOC arrange a briefing by Salt Lake
City representative at next ACCSH meeting.
Burkhammer requested that the Silica Work Group submit a
progress report at next ACCSH meeting.
ACCSH voted to dissolve the following Work Groups: Sanitation;
Scaffolding; Safety Excellence Program; Enforcement Priorities;
and the Task Force on ACCSH Structure and Responsibilities.
ACCSH voted to constitute two new Work Groups: Diversified
Construction Workforce Initiatives (Williams/Edington Chairs);
and Construction Certs and Paperwork Review (Williams/Ayers
Chair). Formation of the Construction Certs and Paperwork
Review Work Group was in response to a request by Assistant
Secretary Jeffress.
ACCSH voted to accept the draft minutes for the January ACCSH
meeting.
DOC agreed to provide dates on all future action items included
in the ACCSH minutes, and to provide periodic updates on the
status of action items.
ACCSH agreed to recommend to DOC that the two remaining ACCSH
meetings for calendar year 1999 be scheduled to take place in
August (on the 26th and 27th)and December (on the 9th and 10th).
These dates fall on Thursdays and Fridays and, as per current
practice, the Work Groups will be planned for the Tuesdays and
Wednesdays of the week of the ACCSH meetings.
ACCSH requested that DOC consider holding a future ACCSH
meeting at a venue other than Washington D.C.
The meeting was adjourned at 1200 on Friday, 11 June 1999.
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