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Cooperative Programs: Working With OSHA

Cooperative Programs: Working With OSHA. Paula O. White Director, Cooperative and State Programs Occupational Safety and Health Administration National Electrical Contractors Association Association Executives Institute March 1, 2004. Safety & Health on the Job: Increase the Possibilities.

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Cooperative Programs: Working With OSHA

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  1. Cooperative Programs:Working With OSHA Paula O. White Director, Cooperative and State Programs Occupational Safety and Health Administration National Electrical Contractors Association Association Executives Institute March 1, 2004

  2. Safety & Health on the Job: Increase the Possibilities

  3. Benefits of an Alliance • Build a cooperative and trusting relationship with OSHA • Network with other organizations committed to workplace safety and health • Leverage resources to maximize worker protection

  4. OSHA/NECA Alliance • Signed August 2003 • Reducing and preventing exposure to electrical and construction hazards • Providing information • Providing guidance • Access to training

  5. OSHA/NECA Alliance Goals • Outreach and Communication • OSHA’s Directorate of Construction preparing articles for Electrical Contractor Magazine • OSHA exhibit and workshop at NECA Expo • NECA participation in OSHA Compliance Assistance Conference

  6. OSHA/NECA Alliance Goals • Training & Education • Identify training needs related to electrical construction and maintenance • Develop new training • Deliver to NECA chapters

  7. OSHA/NECA Alliance Goals • Promoting National Dialogue • Share information on NECA worksite best practices • Promote best practice implementation through print and electronic media • Participate in forums, roundtables and stakeholder meetings on electrical contracting industry problems

  8. Who’s Entering Alliances?

  9. OSHA Strategic Partnership Program (OSPP) • 212 active partnerships, 302 total • Over 12,600 employers and 475,000 employees impacted since 1998 • 11 National partnerships

  10. Wisconsin ABC • Encompass Electrical Technologies Midwest, Inc. • lost workday cases have dropped from 15 in 1999 to 8 in 2001. • 2001 LWDIR rate was .92, • workers compensation average was .68 or thirty two percent below the average for that trade.

  11. Philadelphia Communications Towers • 39 employees protected through completion of the Pre-work Communication Tower Safety and Health Checklists. • All hazards were abated prior to employee exposure. • There were no injuries or illnesses reported by workers covered under the auspices of this agreement

  12. Shreveport Associated General Contractors • During the first year of this partnership 87 employees completed the OSHA 10-hour construction training course • These trained employees then conducted 2,592 self inspections of the various job sites and found and abated 1,121 hazards and violations of OSHA regulations.

  13. United States Postal ServiceOSPP • Ergonomic Risk Reduction Process (EERP) • 170 sites over 3 years • 36 sites launched as of January 2004

  14. Idaho OSHA-General Contractor Partnership Program • Reduced construction fatalities • Improved OSHA’s relationship with stakeholders • Fostered other partnerships • Saved contractors money

  15. Fatality Rate 2.1 1.0 0.42 per 10K Employees Years

  16. Idaho Claims Rate Injuries per 100 Employees 25.0 21.0 21.0 20.9 201 18.9 17.8 15.1 15.2 14.9 14.2 Year

  17. Contact Paula White white.paula@dol.gov 202-693-2200

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