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ELECTRIC TIMES
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VOLUME 30, NUMBER 04 www.TheElectricTimes.com
JANUARY
2023
IEC-AZ honors 2022 class of apprentice graduates
Alan M. Petrillo
Electric Times
The Arizona Chapter of the Independent
Electrical Contractors (IEC-AZ) honored its
eight 2022 mid-year apprentice graduates at
ceremonies early in December at the Pera
Club at 1 E. Continental Drive in Tempe.
At the graduation ceremonies, Jon Pastiak
, IEC board of director and co-chair of the
A&T committee and owner of WAV Electric
, served as emcee for the event, and
guest speakers included Jeff Fleetham,
director of the Arizona Registrar of Contractors
office, and Sharon Bonesteel of Salt
River Project (SRP), which once again hosted
the IEC-AZ graduation.
The 2022 apprentice graduates were
Andrew Tyler of Hawkeye Electric, Bret
Schooler of Golka Electric, Edgar Santizo
of IPS, Jason Armstrong of Armstrong
Service Electric, Kevin Vazquez of Thomas
Electrical, Leona Charley of Canyon State
Electric, Robert Munguia of Look Electric,
See ‘Grads’ page 8
OSHA mum on rescheduling public hearing on federalizing
Arizona workplace safety inspections and enforcement
The federal Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA) has yet to
announce the rescheduling of a postponed a
public hearing on its proposal to revoke the
Arizona State Plan, where the Arizona Division
of Occupational Safety and Health
(ADOSH) – in place of OSHA – conducts
workplace safety inspections and enforcement
.
In August, OSHA reopened the comment
period for another two months and
postponed a public hearing scheduled for
later that month after it received nearly 200
public comments on its plan to revoke the
State of Arizona’s workplace safety authority
. The agency has not yet announced the
results of the additional comment period,
From left, Andrew Tyler (Hawkeye Electric), Robert Munguia (Look Electric), Leona Charley (Canyon State
Electric) Kevin Vazquez (Thomas Electrical), Jeff Fleetham (Registrar of Contractors Director) Ryan Moore
(Integrity Electrical Services), Jason Armstrong (Armstrong Service Electric) and Bret Schooler (Golka Electric).
nor announced a rescheduling of the public
hearing.
The Occupational Safety and Health
(OSH) Act covers most private sector
employers and their workers, in addition to
some state and local government employers
and their workers in the 50 states and certain
territories and jurisdictions under federal
authority.
State Plans like Arizona’s are OSHAapproved
workplace safety and health programs
operated by individual states or U.S.
territories. There are currently 22 State
Plans covering both private sector and state
and local government workers, and seven
State Plans covering only state and local
government workers. Arizona’s State Plan
covers both private sector and state and
local government workers.
OSHA requires that State Plans be monitored
by OSHA and be at least as effective
as OSHA in protecting workers and in preventing
work-related injuries, illnesses and
deaths.
Section 18 of the OSH Act encourages
states to develop and operate their own job
safety and health programs and precludes
state enforcement of OSHA standards unless
the state has an OSHA-approved State Plan.
OSHA approves and monitors all State Plans
and provides as much as 50 percent of the
funding for each program. OSHA provides
coverage to certain workers specifically
excluded from a State Plan (for example,
those in some states who work in maritime
industries or on military bases).
In its April of 2022 announcement of the
proposal to revoke the Arizona State Plan,
OSHA cited what it termed the State of Arizona
’s “decade-long pattern of failures” in
enforcing private workplace safety.
At that time, OSHA stated that, if it
revokes Arizona’s authority to regulate
worker safety in the state, “Federal authority
for discretionary concurrent enforcement
would resume, allowing federal
OSHA to ensure that private sector employees
in Arizona are receiving protections that
are at least as effective as those afforded to
employees covered by Federal OSHA.”
Construction law experts have predicted
that if OSHA follows through on its threat
to strip workplace safety enforcement from
the state, Arizona employers should expect
a much harsher regulatory environment.
Michael Thal, an attorney for the con-
See ‘OSHA’ page 2
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Code Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Allied Group Sales holds industry open house . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Canyon State Electric named to Best Business list . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Major battery manufacturing facility planned near Tucson . . . . . 5
Construction employment grows in most metro areas . . . . . . . 6
SRP plans advanced solar generation at Copper Crossing . . . 8
YCCA to hold ‘Weed in Workplace’ seminar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Trade workers desire innovative tools, study finds . . . . . . . . . 12
Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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