Cooperative Programs: Working With OSHA

1. Cooperative Programs:Working With OSHA Paula O. White Director, Cooperative and State Programs Occupational Safety and Health Administration American Meat Institute April 20, 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-AMI Alliance • Signed October 2002 • Focus on: • Ergonomics • Best Practices • Technical Knowledge

5. OSHA-AMI Alliance Goals Outreach & Communication • Develop and distribute materials • Disseminate information and guidance in Spanish and other languages • Speak, exhibit, or appear at conferences

6. RESULTS!

10. Outreach & Communication Results • Conferences and meetings • Published articles

11. OSHA-AMI Alliance GoalsTraining & Education • Develop and deliver training and education programs on ergonomic issues. • Cross-train OSHA and industry safety and health personnel in AMI’s ergonomic best practices or programs.

12. Training & Education Results • Region IV Training Class – April 2004 • Orientation to the Meat Industry • Unique Meat Packing Successes • Nebraska Meat Industry/OSHA Partnership • Ergonomics: Setting the Gold Standard • AMI Foundation & Bettcher Industries, Inc. • Ergonomic issues specific to meat-packing facilities.

13. OSHA-AMI Alliance GoalsPromoting National Dialogue • Encourage AMI members to act as industry liaisons and resources for OSHA’s cooperative programs and Compliance Assistance Specialists. • Share information on best practices of AMI members with others in the industry.

14. Who’s Entering Alliances?

15. Society of the Plastics Industry Airlines Industry The Dow Chemical Company Washington Group International Other Alliance Successes

17. Other Cooperative Programs • VPP • Partnerships • SHARP

18. VPP • Over 270 Different Industries Participate • Size Independent • Smallest Employer: 6 Employees • Largest Employer: 17,700 Employees + 14,000 Contract Employees • 47% Have < 200 Employees

19. VPP Works • Successful because it’s replicable! • Total Cases rates 53% below respective industry average (CY2002) • Equal to 10,532 cases avoided (CY2002)

20. VPP - Success Stories • GE – 73 facilities in VPP • Mary Kay – Lost workday injury and illness rate 58% below industry average • Superior Industries – Annual recordables dropped from 202 to less than 38 • Georgia Pacific – Wood i-beam production plant injury rate cut in half; from 4.2 to 2.1

21. VPP Success Stories • Columbia Foods/Kraft in MO • TCIR: 59% below industry average • DARCIR 52% below industry average • Aurora Packing Co. in IL • TCIR: 57% below industry average • DARCIR 75% below industry average

22. What’s Next for VPP VPP Construction Challenge VPP Corporate

23. OSHA Challenge • Road Map for safety and health • Recognition • Conserve OSHA resources • Increase and expedite participation

24. VPP Corporate • Maximize reliance on corporate pre-screening • Streamline applications • Streamline onsite evaluations • Maximize leadership and outreach

25. VPP for Construction A Redesign • Provides flexibility to meet unique aspects of industry • Companies may attain recognition at corporate, division or business unit level

26. OSHA Strategic Partnership Program (OSPP) • 214 active partnerships, 302 total • Over 13,223 employers and 558,000 employees impacted since 1998 • 12 National partnerships

27. Current National Partnerships National Park Service Koch Industries ABC USPS AGC Johnson & Johnson Ford Motor Co./UAW AMEC Construction Visteon/UAW Tysons Food National Ready Mix Concrete Association

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

30. Soldier Field Success Story • No fatalities with more than 3.8 million man-hours logged • Days Away from Work rate over 47% below the National BLS rate for the construction • Industry BLS Average: 3.2; Site total: 1.7

31. 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

32. Consultation: Help for Small Businesses • Helps employer identify and correct hazards • Identifies sources for further assistance • Assists employer in developing or maintaining an effective safety and health management system • Offers training—on-site or off-site • No citations issued or penalties proposed

33. Develop and implement a safety and health management system Maintain injury and illness rates below the industry average Removed from programmed inspection list for at least 1 year Recognition and promotion Safety & Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP)

34. Compliance Assistance • Compliance Assistance Specialists • Web: www.osha.gov • Publications, fact sheets, manuals, expert advisors, eTools & Safety & Health Topic Pages

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