Cathy Goedert, Deputy Director

Directorate of Technical Support and

Emergency Management (DTSEM)

March 12, 2009

ASSE/AIHA

DTSEM Update

Salt Lake Technical

Center

National Office

Wash, D.C.

Cincinnati Technical

Center

Occupational Health Nursing Occupational Medicine Science and Technology Assessment Technical Programs and Coordination

Activities Technical Data Center Emergency Management

• New Name – Directorate of Technical

Support and Emergency Management• New Director – Thomas Galassi• New Office Directors:

Tamara Bradford Technical Data Center

John Ferris Emergency Management

Rosemary Sokas Occupational Medicine

Emergency Emergency ManagementManagement

Emergency Management:Coordination & Planning

• Coordination with Emergency Management community

• Operational Procedures defining roles of FEMA and OSHA in responses

• National Exercises• Strategic Planning for Federal Response

“If OSHA is not involved, worker safety and health issues are overlooked or inadequately addressed.”

Strategic Strategic Guidance Guidance StatementStatement

Strategic Plan

Concept PlanConcept Plan(CONPLAN)(CONPLAN)

Operations Plan

(OPLAN)

Describes the concept of operations for integrating and synchronizing existing Federal capabilities to accomplish the mission essential tasks, and describes how Federal capabilities will be integrated into and support regional, State, and local plans

Identifies detailed resource, personnel and asset allocations in order to execute the objectives of the strategic plan and turn strategic priorities into operational execution and contains a full description of the concept of operations, with supporting support function annexes as appropriate

Outlines strategic priorities, broad national strategic objectives, and basic assumptions; describes the envisioned end-state; and establishes the general means necessary to accomplish that end

Defines the mission, identifies authorities, delineates roles and responsibilities, establishes mission essential tasks, determines required and priority capabilities, and develops performance and effectiveness measures

Tactical PlanTactical Plan Identifies individual task, actions, and objectives tailored to specific situations and fact patterns at an operational level.

OSHA participates in national-level planning initiatives

Terrorist Use of

Explosives (TUE)

Improvised Nuclear Device (IND)

Biological Attack (BIO)

Radiological Dispersal

Device (RDD)

Chemical Attack (CML)

Natural Disaster

(ND)Cyber

Pandemic (PI)

Technical Assistance During Disasters

• Midwest Flooding.• Hurricanes Hanna, Gustav, & Ike.• Nominating Conventions &

Inauguration.

•Biological•Chemical

Specialized Response Teams

•Structural Collapse•Ionizing Radiation

ER Technical Assistance

Directorate of Technical Support and Emergency Management

Safety & Health Information Bulletins

• Flammable Liquids in Cutting Laminated Glass. • Compactor Rollover Hazard • Transporting, Unloading, Storing & Handling Stone Slabs • Auger Drilling • Wood Chippers• Flammability Hazard: Oilfield Exploration and Production (E&P) Waste Liquids.

OSHA E-Products WEB-based Resources

• Safety and Health Information on over 170 selected topics – Hospital e-tool

• Newly Revised Sections: Bloodborne Pathogens and the Surgical Suite

• New Modules: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Sonography

– Powered Industrial Trucks (Forklift) eTool • Exploring new technologies – forums, blogs,

wiki-pages

Young Workers Initiative

• ’09 Teen Summer Job Safety Campaign

Face Book?

• Volunteer issues

Occupational Medicine Residency

Nurse Intern Program

Training Future Leaders

Directorate of Technical Support and Emergency

Management

IH Chemistry

Our AIHA (ISO17025) accredited laboratory analyzes over 400 chemicals.

Analytical Investigative Services

Mass Spec Analysis - unknowns

Combustible Dust testing

Sampling and Analytical Methods Development Material Failure Testing

and Investigations

Blood Carboxyhemoglobin to Environmental Carbon

Monoxide Concentration Back Calculations

Soil Testing

SLTC Analyses FY 2008

Metals54%

Liquid Chromatography2%Asbestos

3%

X-ray Diffraction7%

Gravimetric Analysis15%

Non-chemical Analyses(Soil, Explosibility,

Material Failure, etc)3%

Solvents (Gas Chrom.)11%

Ion Chromatography5%

Biological(including

carboxyhemoglobin)0%

National Samples > PEL 2004-2008

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90Lead 7368

Silica 5962

Metals 4754

PNOC-R 856

PNOC-T2392Styrene 500

Arsenic 538

CO2 72

MDI 1336

Perchlor 122

Toluene 1234

Formald 900

Asbestos 1136

MeCl2 529

Enforcement SupportHealth Response Team, Occupational Medicine & Nursing provide

assistance to field personnel on unusual or complex cases.

• Chemical hazards • Biological hazards • Physical energy • Ergonomics

• Medicine• Recordkeeping• Microbiology• Toxicology

Engineering and Program Support

Technical Data Center

• Docket Office– WWW.REGULATIONS.GOV– http://dockets.osha.gov/– Public Reading Room

• Technical InformationResource Center

– Extensive collection of safety and industrial hygiene publications– Open to the public

Journals, Books and Historical

Documents

Full Service Library

Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories (NRTL) Program• NRTLs test and approve products to assure they

are safe to use in U.S. workplaces.• 2008 American Council of Independent

Laboratories (ACIL) Alliance• Three alliance products of interest. 

– Registered Certification Marks of NRTLs – pocket card

– "Identifying Counterfeit Items – Quick Tips" – "The Threat of Counterfeit Product Approval

Marks Warrants Aggressive Detection and Enforcement Action"

Registered Certification Marks of NRTLs

• Applied Research Laboratories (ARL) - Terminated in January 2008

• Electrical Reliability Services, Inc. (ERS) (formerly, Electro-Test, Inc. (ETI)) - Terminated in June 2008

Two Former NRTLs

• October 2008 --- RFI in response to a proposal from European Commission (EC) to adopt SDoC for electrical products

• The driver--- April 2007 trade-related agreement between the U.S. and European Union

• SDoC involves a manufacturer certifying its own products with post-market surveillance

• NRTL approvals are “pre-market” system

Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity (SDoC)

Variances from OSHA Standards

• Allows for flexibility from specific requirements of an OSHA standard where levels of employee protection are maintained

Alternative must provide employees safety and health protection equivalent to the standard

• On average OSHA processes approximately 12 variance applications a year

• Currently OSHA has 20 active or granted variances

Variance Program:Four Variance Types

• Permanent Variance: alternative procedures that are as safe as those required by the standard.

• Temporary Variance: allows employer additional time to achieve compliance with new standards.

• National Defense Variance: reasonable variations and tolerances to and from the OSHA requirements “to avoid serious impairment of the National Defense.”

• Experimental variance: allows employer to try new techniques which they believe will improve health or safety of workers.

Thank you

Cathy Goedert, Deputy DirectorDirectorate of Technical Support and Emergency Management (DTSEM)

(202)693.2300