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Cooperative Programs: Expanding OSHA’s Impact. Paula O. White Director, Cooperative and State Programs Occupational Safety and Health Administration Quarterly Alliance Program Orientation May 19, 2003. Assistant Secretary Henshaw’s Priorities for OSHA.
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Cooperative Programs:Expanding OSHA’s Impact Paula O. White Director, Cooperative and State Programs Occupational Safety and Health Administration Quarterly Alliance Program Orientation May 19, 2003
Assistant Secretary Henshaw’sPriorities for OSHA • Expanded outreach, education, and compliance assistance efforts • Improved voluntary and partnership efforts • Strong, effective, and fair enforcement
Current OSHA Alliances 25 National Alliances • 15 Ergonomic-Specific Alliances • Other topics include: • Biological hazards • Lockout/tagout • Construction hazards • Reactive chemicals • Falls and electrocutions • Confined space entry
Newly Signed Alliances • American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine • American Association of Occupational Health Nurses • Air Conditioning Contractors of America • National Home Builders Association • National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration/Longterm Care • Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, Center for Business & Public Policy
Onsite Consultation Program Confidential and free for the asking to businesses that are: • Small (<250 onsite and <500 corporation-wide) • High-hazard industry or processes • Committed to abating all serious hazards found • Available in all states and territories
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- or off-site • No citations issued or penalties proposed
Partnerships and Recognition Programs • Voluntary Protection Programs • OSHA Strategic Partnerships • Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program
Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) • 951 workplaces in the Federal and State Plan State programs • Over 575,000 employees covered • In 2001, participants achieved injury rates 54% below their industry averages, with 5,876 lost workday cases avoided
INDUSTRIES IN THE VPPFEDERAL ONLY Chemical - - Food Products -- Plastics - Misc. Industries - Warehouse & Storage Construction - - Petroleum Textiles - Other - Electricity Wood Products - - Services Paper Products - - Other Manufacturing Number of Sites as of 4/30/03 Source: OSHA, Office of Partnerships & Recognition
Citizen’s Memorial Health Care • Implemented comprehensive ergo program • Over a five year period (1994-1999) • Reduced lost workday cases from over 200 to 39 • Reduced lifting injuries by 50% • Direct savings of $150,000 in Worker’s Comp • Current total rate is 57% and lost workday rate is 37% below the national average for their industry
What’s Next for VPP? • VPP Jump Start • Facilitating corporate participation • Targeting ISO sites
OSHA Strategic Partnership Program (OSPP) • 185 active partnerships • Over 257 partnerships since 1998 • 53 new partnerships in FY 02 • Average 51 new partnerships last 3 years • 13 Partnerships with ergonomic focus
Idaho OSHA-General Contractor Partnership Program • Reduced construction fatalities • Improved OSHA’s relationship with stakeholders • Fostered other partnerships • Saved contractors money
Fatality Rate 2.1 1.0 0.42 per 10K Employees Years
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
UAW-Ford-Visteon Partnership 00 02 <% Vehicle operations • Ergo lost time rate 3.4 0.9 74% • Ergo severity rate 54.2 12.0 78% Power Train • Ergo lost time rate 0.8 0.2 75% • Ergo severity rate 11.5 3.2 72%
Responsibilities: Develop and implement a safety and health management system Maintain injury and illness rates below your industry average Benefits: Removal from programmed inspection list for at least 1 year Recognition and promotion Safety & Health Achievement RecognitionProgram (SHARP)
Responsibilities: Begin to develop and implement a safety and health management system Have potential to attain injury and illness as well as total recordable case rates below your industry average Have potential to meet SHARP requirements within 18 months Pre-SHARP Inspection Deferral
Benefits of Pre-SHARP Inspection Deferral • Removal from programmed inspection list for up to 18 months • Assistance from OSHA consultation to achieve SHARP status
Laser Technologies, Inc. • 1993: 60-70 lost workdays/year • 1994: qualified for SHARP • 1994-present: • 0 lost workdays • 20% lower WC premiums • Dramatically lower turnover • Company quadrupled in size
Office of Small Business Assistance • Primary point of contact with OSHA for small business owners • MOU with SBA • Developing materials on ergonomics • Developing outreach materials
Office of Training & Education • Training for the OSHA family • Education Centers • Compliance assistance materials • Training grants
Compliance Assistance • Compliance Assistance Specialists • e-Tools & Safety & Health Topic Pages • e-Correspondence • Web: www.osha.gov
Contact Paula White paula.white@osha.gov 202-693-2200