TEXT VERSION OF SLIDE:
Title: Alliance Results and Successes - Publications, Case Studies and Success Stories
Content:
- Publications
- CMAA Toolbox Talks and Ladder Safety Toolbox Talks
- ILMA's Metalworking Fluids in Small Business: A Health and Safety QUICKSTART" and Dermal
Assessment Guides
- Case Studies
- Graphic Arts Coalition (1), Washington Division of URS Corporation (1), The Dow Chemical
Company (3), The Steel Group (1), Abbott (8)
- Success Stories
- OSHA Region VII, Wilmington Area Office, Delmarva Safety Association
- OSHA and Club Managers Association of America (CMAA) Alliance, Nantucket Club Works with OSHA
On-Site Consultation Program to Enhance Safety and Health Program
[Includes the Alliance and OSHA logos]
Speaker Notes:
Publications
Through the Alliance Program, participants are developing materials and resources that cover safety
and health hazards in the workplace (e.g. toolbox talks, fact sheets, safety alerts). For example
OSHA and Club Managers Association of America (CMAA) Alliance, the association developed the
following tool box talks for membership clubs. The topics of the toolbox talks are Avoiding Heat
Stress , Cold Weather Safety, Employee Safety and Health Orientation, How to Use Toolbox Talks for
Club Employees, The Importance of Handwashing, Ladder Safety, Make Safety a Priority, Pesticides
and Fertilizer Spraying, Safety and Health Education (Form), Slips and Falls Inside the Clubhouse,
and Youth Workers.
ILMA's Metalworking Fluids QUICKSTART Guide: Through its Alliance with OSHA, the Independent
Lubricant Manufacturers Association (ILMA) developed a Web-based product called the Metalworking
Fluid QUICKSTART Guide. The guide provides a brief step-by-step outline on how to work safely with
metalworking fluids (MWFs) and is designed to help small businesses and their employees effectively
manage the health, safety, and environmental impacts of MWFs. The guide is posted on ILMA's Web
site and linked to from OSHA's Safety and Health Topics page Metalworking Fluids and the OSHA and
ILMA Alliance Web page.
Dermal Assessment Guide. This Guide is a product of the OSHA/ILMA Alliance. It is designed as a
tool to help small businesses understand the possible connection between instances of employee
dermatitis and facility operations that use metal removal fluids. This guide was designed primarily
as a tool for managers and business owners to help them understand the possible connection between
instances of employee dermatitis and facility operations that use metal removal fluids (MRF).
Through the Alliance Program:
- The Construction Roundtable's Fall Protection Workgroup developed a series of toolbox talks
focusing on ladder safety. The topics are Choosing the Right Ladder, Inspect Ladders Carefully!,
Do's and Don'ts of Using a Ladder, Set Up and Use of a Ladder, Extension Ladder Safety and Using
a Stepladder Safely.
- The American Foundry Society (AFS) has developed two guides, for the Selection & Use of
Personal Protective Equipment & Special Clothing for Foundry Operations and for Control of Silica
Exposure in Foundries.
- The Forging Industry Association (FIA) has developed two tips sheets and a brochure. The
topics of the tips sheets are Help Prevent Eye Injuries and Help Prevent Hand Lacerations. FIA
also developed the OSHA Cooperative Programs brochure that discusses the agency's On-site
Consultation, Strategic Partnerships and Voluntary Protection Programs.
Case Studies
- Graphic Arts Coalition's member Ritrama, a multi-national corporation, designed and
implemented a safety and health program to educate the managers, supervisors and employees about
safe work practices and company-specific procedures at its manufacturing plant in Minneapolis,
Minnesota. As a result of the program, the company reduced its workers' compensation premiums,
increased productivity and product quality, and improved its employee recruitment and retention.
Posted to the Web site in June 2007.
- Washington Division of URS Corporation worked with OSHA to develop a case study describing how
the company incorporated its design for safety process into the construction of the U.S.
Department of Energy's Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Facility in eastern Idaho.
The Dow Chemical Company worked with OSHA to develop 3 case studies addressing ergonomics, motor
vehicle accident, and motor carrier safety which were posted to OSHA's Web site in May 2004,
December 2005, and March 2006 respectively. The ergonomics and motor vehicle accident case studies
describe Dow's approach to identifying and implementing safety and health solutions through the use
of Six Sigma. The motor carrier safety 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. A member of the OSHA and The
Steel Group Alliance, Chaparral Steel, worked with OSHA to develop a case study on its "Manager
Accountability for Safety and Health Program" to reduce injuries and illnesses in the workplace.
This case study was posted to OSHA's Web site in December 2005.
The OSHA and Abbott Alliance developed the following case studies, posted on OSHA's Web site in
March 2005, that can be incorporated into business school curricula to communicate the business
value and competitive advantage of an effective safety and health program:
1. Auto Parts Manufacturing: "Auto Parts Manufacturing Corporation"
2. Ergonomics in Manufacturing: "Ergonomic Improvements in Manufacturing"
3. Ergonomics in Nursing Homes: "Countryside Care Nursing Home"
4. Ergonomics in an Office Setting: "Blue Cross Blue Shield Rhode Island"
5. Fleet Safety: "Fleet Safety at Abbott"
6. Global Safety and Health: "Abbott of Costa Rica"
7. Occupational Exposure Limits: "Procuring R-Active at Abbott"
8. Stadium Construction: "The Great American Ballpark"
In addition, a slide presentation was developed to accompany the case studies.
Success Stories
Working through OSHA's Cooperative Programs, many employers and other organizations have improved
their workplace safety and health performance or developed tools and resources that contribute to
improved safety and health. Success stories highlight some of these successful measures. Through
the Alliance Program, 23 regional and area office success stories, eight ergonomics success
stories, and four national success stories were developed and posted on OSHA's Web site, during
this fiscal year.
A Regional Success Story Example:
Through the OSHA Region VII, Wilmington, Delaware Area Office and Delmarva Safety Association
Alliance, this success story was developed during June 2005 and updated during February 2008:
Alliance Between OSHA Region VII and the Ozark Underground Laboratory Protects Cave
Workers/Visitors and Cave Environments. The update on the original story tells that this Alliance
was renewed twice (in 2006 and 2007), and its Cave Radiation Management Strategy was adopted by the
National Caves Association (NCA) as a requirement for new or continued membership in the
Association. The strategy requires each member cave to prepare a Cave Radiation Management Plan, be
monitored by NCA at least once for radon, estimate the exposure of employees to radon, submit a
detailed plan for training employees and managers about radiation hazards to the Ozark Underground
Laboratory (OUL), and adopt best management practices appropriate to the cave and its facilities.
A National Success Story Example:
Through the OSHA and Club Managers Association of America (CMAA) Alliance, we developed a success
story: Nantucket Club Works with OSHA On-Site Consultation Program to Enhance Safety and Health
Program which was posted on our web site during February 2008. The story explains the outcome of
the Westmoor Club, a private club on Nantucket Island, who worked with the Massachusetts On-site
Consultation Program to enhance its workplace safety and health program. Since the initial On-site
Consultation visit, the club has had no OSHA recordable workplace fatalities, injuries, or
illnesses.
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