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The Dow Chemical Company
(originally signed January 13, 2003; renewed May 26, 2004; renewed May 12,
2006)
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From L–R: Dow's Vice President, Environment, Health and Safety, David Graham, and OSHA's then-Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Labor, Jonathan L. Snare, renew national Alliance on May 12, 2006.
From L-R: OSHA's then-Assistant Secretary of Labor, John Henshaw and Dow's Vice President,
Environment, Health and Safety, David Graham, renew national Alliance May 26, 2004.
From L-R: OSHA's then-Assistant Secretary, John Henshaw with Dow's, Vice President, Environment,
Health and Safety, David Graham, and Dow's Manager, North American Health and Safety Regulatory
Affairs, Mark Spence, renew national Alliance May 26, 2004.
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The Dow Alliance focuses on enhancing a culture of prevention while sharing
proven practices and technical knowledge in the areas of but not limited to process safety
management (PSM) and ergonomics. The goals of the Alliance include:
Outreach and communication:
- Work with OSHA to provide expertise in developing information on the recognition and prevention
of workplace hazards, and to provide expertise in developing ways of communicating such information
(e.g. print and electronic media, electronic assistance tools and OSHA's and Dow's Web sites) to
employers and employees in the industry.
- Share information among OSHA personnel and industry safety and health professionals regarding
Dow's best practices or effective approaches and publicize results through outreach by Dow and
through OSHA- or Dow-developed materials, training programs, workshops, seminars, and lectures (or
any other applicable forum).
- Work with other Alliance participants on specific issues and projects on ergonomics and PSM that
are addressed and developed through the Alliance Program.
Promoting the national dialogue on workplace safety and health:
- Develop and disseminate case studies illustrating the business value of safety and health and
publicize their results.
- Convene or participate in forums, round table discussions, or stakeholder meetings on ergonomics
and PSM issues to help forge innovative solutions in the workplace or to provide input on safety
and health issues.
Milestones and Successes
Related Documents
Alliance Agreements
Alliance Annual Reports
Alliance News Releases
Activities and Events
- May 4-10, 2008:
2008 North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week. The Dow Chemical Company and
a number of other Alliance Program participants are supporting 2008 NAOSH Week, "Safety is Good
Business." Sponsored annually by the American Society of Safety Engineers and the Canadian Society
of Safety Engineering, the Week focuses on the importance of preventing injuries and illnesses in
the workplace.
- May 3, 2007: OSHA Region I Compliance Assistance Specialist and On-site Consultation Project
Managers Meeting, Mystic, Connecticut. Kevin Shaughnessy, Senior Process Safety Technology Leader,
The Dow Chemical Company, presented "OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) Standard: The Dow
Approach" during the meeting.
- October 18, 2006: Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) meeting, Southfield, Michigan.
- Mark Spence, Manager, Health & Safety Regulatory Affairs, The Dow Chemical Company; gave an
update on the OSHA and Dow Alliance to approximately 20 attendees.
- August 10, 2006: ORC Worldwide's Occupational Safety and Health Workgroup Meeting, Washington,
D.C. Mark Spence, Manager, Health & Safety Regulatory Affairs, The Dow Chemical Company, gave an
update on the OSHA and Dow Alliance to approximately 100 attendees.
- January 13, 2006: Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) Technical Steering Committee
Meeting, Hyatt Houston Intercontinental Airport, Houston, Texas.
- "Managing Chemical Reactivity Hazards: a Workshop for Non-Chemists." This course was
organized and sponsored by the OSHA and Chemical Reactivity Hazards Management Alliance. It was
designed for small chemical manufacturers, warehouse facilities, distributors and batch
processors. It provided information on chemical reactivity hazards and strategies and tools for
identifying and preventing reactivity accidents at manufacturing facilities. In addition,
representatives from The Dow Chemical Company, an Alliance Program participant, helped to
develop the workshop. Additional sponsors of the workshop are the National Federation of
Independent Business, also an OSHA Alliance Program participant, and the East Harris County
Manufacturers Association.
- November 16-17 2005: OSHA and Dow Alliance Workshop, "OSHA's Process Safety Management (PSM)
Standard: The Dow Approach," The Dow Chemical Company's West Virginia Operations, South Charleston.
A workshop was held for OSHA's Region III staff that covered how Dow addresses and implements the
PSM standard in its workplaces and discussed various aspects of the standard, including process
safety information, process hazard analysis procedures, and layers of protection analysis and
safety instrumented systems.
- September 26, 2005: Chlorine Institute's 2005 Fall Meeting, Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia.
- "Managing Chemical Reactivity Hazards: a Workshop for Non-Chemists." This course was
organized and sponsored by the OSHA and Chemical Reactivity Hazards Management Alliance. It was
designed for small chemical manufacturers, warehouse facilities, distributors and batch
processors. It provided information on chemical reactivity hazards and strategies and tools for
identifying and preventing reactivity accidents at manufacturing facilities. In addition,
representatives from The Dow Chemical Company, an Alliance Program participant, helped to
develop the workshop. Additional sponsors of the workshop are the National Federation of
Independent Business, also an OSHA Alliance Program participant, and the East Harris County
Manufacturers Association.
- September 18-22, 2005: National Safety Council's Congress and Expo, Orlando, Florida.
- September 22, 2005, Paula White, Director, Directorate of Cooperative and State Programs,
USDOL-OSHA; Mark Spence, Manager, Health and Safety Regulatory Affairs, and a representative from
the OSHA and Graphic Arts Coalition Alliance participated on a panel entitled, "Successes of
OSHA's Ergonomic Alliances."
- October 13-14, 2004: OSHA/The Dow Chemical Company Workshop,
"OSHA's Process Safety Management (PSM) Standard: The Dow Approach," The Dow Chemical Company's
Louisiana Operations, Plaquemine, Louisiana. A workshop was held for OSHA's Regions IV and VI staff
that covered how Dow addresses and implements the PSM standard in its workplaces and discussed
various aspects of the standard, including process safety information, process hazard analysis
procedures, and layers of protection analysis and safety instrumented systems. [More…]
- May 14, 2004: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Ergonomics Roundtable, Washington, D.C. At a meeting hosted by
AAOS, Karen Kerns, Senior Industrial Hygienist, Global Industrial Hygiene Expertise Center, The Dow Chemical Company, made a presentation to Alliance Program participants, including
AAOS, the Graphics Arts Coalition (GAC) and the American Society of Safety Engineers, on a new workplace quantitative ergonomics risk assessment tool. Representatives from GAC and AAOS also made presentations to the group.
- September 16, 2003: OSHA/The Dow Chemical Company Workshop, "OSHA's Process Safety Management (PSM) Standard: The Dow Approach." OSHA Training
Institute, Arlington Heights, Illinois. A workshop was held for OSHA's Region V staff that covered how Dow addresses and implements the PSM standard in
its workplaces and discussed various aspects of the standard, including process safety information, process hazard analysis procedures and management of
change.
- June, 12, 2003: 2nd Annual OSHA Compliance Assistance Conference, Tysons Corner Marriott, Vienna, Virginia. Samuel L. Smolik, Vice President, Environment,
Health and Safety, The Dow Chemical Company, "A Vision and Culture of Zero," spoke to the Compliance Assistance Conference attendees about
the Dow Chemical Company's tips and techniques that have helped the company reduce injuries and illnesses of Dow employees and contractors by 73 percent
globally since 1994.
Products and Resources
OSHA Safety and Health Topics Pages
OSHA eTools
Case Studies
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Overview of OSHA and The Dow Chemical Company Case Studies. OSHA. May 2007. This slide
presentation provides a summary of the ergonomics and motor vehicle-related case studies
developed through the OSHA and The Dow Chemical Company Alliance.
- "Motor Carrier Safety Case Study:
A Collaborative Approach to Reducing Motor Carrier Incidents." OSHA. March 2006. This case study
describes how The Dow Chemical Company worked with one of its motor carriers, Transport Service
Company (TSC), to successfully implement a new behavior-based safety program to reduce TSC's
rear-end collisions.
- "Motor
Vehicle Accident Case Study: The Dow Chemical Company's Use of Six Sigma Methodology." OSHA.
December 2006. This case study describes the Six Sigma methodology and how Dow used it to
successfully reduce motor vehicle accidents in the company's Hydrocarbons and Energy business
unit.
- "Ergonomics Case
Study: The Dow Chemical Company's Use of the 'Six Sigma' Methodology." OSHA. May 2004. This
case study describes the Six Sigma methodology and how Dow used it to successfully address
ergonomics hazards in the company's design and construction division.
Areas of Emphasis
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