Unit I Assignment
Part 1
Draft a letter in response
to the complaint. Your letter should summarize why you believe the complaint is
invalid and no on-site inspection is required.
Keep in mind, simply
stating that the complaint is invalid is not adequate. You must support your
opinions in the letter.
Part 2
Answer the questions below
in a few sentences.
1. Where does this type of
complaint fit on OSHA’s Priority criteria?
2. What factors could have
made this complaint non-formal rather than formal?
3. What steps could you
take as the employer to identify the employee who filed the complaint?
4. What factors could
result in this complaint being reclassified as a formal complaint?
Save both parts of this
assignment in one word document to submit for grading.
Unit II Assignment
You receive a follow-up
call from the area director saying the employee filing the original non-formal
complaint has provided additional information about the alleged health
situation and submitted a formal complaint using the OSHA-7 form, making the
complaint a formal complaint. A few days later, an OSHA compliance officer
shows up at your facility to perform a comprehensive inspection. The compliance
officer presents the proper credentials, and you verify that the compliance
officer is employed by OSHA and assigned to the local office.
During the opening
conference, the compliance officer provides you with the formal complaint,
alleging that employees are exposed to hazardous concentrations of metal fumes
in welding areas of the plant, that you have not performed any air sampling to
determine exposure levels, that adequate ventilation is not present in welding
areas, and that adequate respiratory protection has not been provided to
welders. As a part of the inspection, the compliance officer requests the
following documents:
Chemical inventory
list;
OSHA 300 logs; · Hazard
Communication Program, including training records;
Any sampling data that you
have;
Respiratory Protection
Program, including medical clearance letters and training records;
Written hazard assessment
for personal protective equipment (PPE) used at the facility;
Safety Data Sheets (SDSs)
for the metals you use in the production process and any welding rods/wire used
in the welding area; and
Any other written programs
you have that are required by an OSHA regulation.
The compliance
officer takes a walk-through tour of the facility, spending extra time in the
welding areas. During the walkthrough, the compliance officer points out
several issues believed to be apparent violations. The issues are as follows:
Heavy haze is present in
the welding area.
Individuals wearing
half-mask air-purifying respirators have full beards.
Employees are using
chemicals that could be injurious to the eyes, and no emergency eyewash is
present.
Eyewash is present in
another area of the plant that is covered in dust, and there is no indication
of recent
Employees are using
chemicals that could be absorbed through the skin and are not using any gloves.
Employees are performing maintenance inside a press with no lock-out/tag-out
applied.
No written lock-out/tag-out
program is available at the time of the inspection.
Welding operation is
performed near flammable materials, and no fire watch present.
There is no record of
training for fork truck drivers.
Extension cords are
stretched across walkways.
Three containers are
present in the plant with no label present on any of the containers.
An employee could not find
a SDS for the chemical he or she was using.
The compliance officer asks
for a private conference room and a list of non-managerial employees. He tells
you that he intends to interview four non-managerial employees before leaving
for the day. He also states that he will return the next day to collect some
air samples at the facility.
You are worried about the
number of citations and penalties that you may face. Provide a document
summarizing the steps you would take as soon as the compliance officer leaves,
and the steps you believe you could have taken during the walk-through that may
have resulted in a quick-fix penalty reduction.
Your document must be at
least three pages in length, not counting the title or reference pages. You
must also include at least one reference using appropriate APA style
Unit III Assignment
You receive a document
(linked below) by certified mail. After reading the document, prepare a
response that summarizes the approach you would take to the citations and
penalties that have been proposed. Be sure to include the following in your
response:
Steps you are required to
take,
Options available to you,
Contacts you would make, and
Documentation necessary to
respond to the citations and penalties.
Your response must be a
minimum of two pages in length, using at least one reference. All sources must
be cited and a reference provide using APA style.
Unit IV Assignment
Based on the Citation and
Notification of Penalty letter you received in Unit III, prepare a document
that summarizes at least five actions you would take as soon as possible after
you reviewed the letter. For each of the actions, you must state the following:
The exact action,
Why you believe the action
is required for the citations and penalties,
How you believe the actions
will assist in responding to the citations and penalties, and
Resources you would use to
accomplish the action.
You must support your
actions with reliable sources. Your response must be a minimum of two pages in
length, using at least one reference. All sources must be cited, and a
reference must be provided using APA style.
Unit V Assignment
You managed to schedule an
informal conference with the area director at the regional OSHA office four
days after you receive the Notice of Citations and Penalty. Based on the
citations and penalties you received in Unit III, prepare a document that lists
the citations and penalties you wish to discuss with the area director.
You should summarize what
you are trying to accomplish in regard to each citation/penalty you choose, to
include:
The information you will
use to try and accomplish your goal,
The information you will
take with you to the meeting, and
Who will accompany you to
the meeting.
You must support your
actions with reliable sources. Your grade will be based on your ability to
present a case to your professor (serving as the area director) to reduce
either the severity of some citations, or the amount of some penalties. If you
simply state that you accept the citations and penalties as written, you will
receive a minimal score on the assignment.
Your response must be a
minimum of two pages in length, not including the title page and reference
page. You must use at least one reference in the paper. All sources must be
cited in the text and on the reference page, using APA style
Unit VI Assignment
You fail to reach an
informal settlement agreement with the area director. You file a Notice to
Contest within the required 15-day period. Your case is assigned to an
administrative law judge (ALJ). Prepare a document summarizing the case you
will submit to the ALJ. The document should discuss the following at a minimum:
Which citations and
penalties you would contest,
The reasoning behind each
contested citation and/or penalty,
Documents you would bring
to the hearing,
Individuals you would use
at the hearing,
How the case before the ALJ
differs from the informal conference,
What information will be
presented before the ALJ that was not presented in the informal conference, and
What information you would request from OSHA as part of discovery.
You must support your
actions with reliable sources. Your grade will be based on your ability to
present a case to your professor, serving as the ALJ, to reduce or vacate
either the severity of some citations or the amount of some penalties. If you
simply state that you accept the citations and penalties as written, you will
receive a minimal score on the assignment.
Your response must be a
minimum of two pages in length, using at least one reference. All sources must
be cited in the text and on the reference page, using APA style
Unit VII Assignment
Assume that a fatality
occurred at your facility one month prior to the OSHA inspection. Review the
citations and penalties that were assessed to your facility, and respond to the
following questions:
Which of the citations
could be referred to the U.S. DOJ for criminal proceedings?
What conditions would have
to be met before the citations could be referred for criminal proceedings?
Which individuals working
at your facility could face criminal charges under the Act?
What would be the maximum
prison sentence and fines that any individual would face?
What would be the maximum
fine that the company would face?
If you were facing criminal
charges under the Act, what would be your best defense?
How could you involve the
OSHRC in the criminal case(s)?
Your response must be a
minimum of two pages in length, using at least one reference. All sources must
be cited in the text and on the reference page, using APA style.
Unit VIII Assessment
Question1
Discuss the benefits that
OSHA alliances provide to employers and workers in general industry. Your
response should be at least 200 words in length.
Question 2
Summarize the procedures
required to achieve Star status under OSHA's Voluntary Protection Program
(VPP). Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
Question 3
Describe the role that
Challenge Administrators play in the OSHA Challenge voluntary cooperative
program. Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
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