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Alliance Between
Michigan Occupational Safety & Health Administration (MIOSHA) & AGC, Greater Detroit Chapter
Purpose and Scope of Alliance:

Purpose: The purpose of this alliance is to provide enhanced awareness of worker safety and health of AGC, Greater Detroit Chapter members through the use of banners, promotion of training opportunities, and allowing the MIOSHA CET Division access to member sites in order to conduct job site safety and health hazard surveys.

Target Audience: Contractors that construct and renovate commercial buildings such as office buildings, schools and universities; perform heavy civil work such as airports and transportation, and construct industrial facilities such as water treatment plants, factories, power plants and chemical facilities. (Primarily member contractors working in SIC codes 15, 16 & 17)

Major Alliance Activity: Promote regular CET Division safety and health hazard surveys, whenever CET staff is available to do so. Promote the safety and health alliance at participating job sites via alliance banners. Promote Safety and Health Training opportunities at the job sites, at contractor facilities and at the AGC, Greater Detroit Chapter.

Alliance Benefit: Increased worker awareness of construction safety and health, implementation of accident prevention programs on members’ sites, increased compliance and understanding of MIOSHA rules and regulations, and better awareness of AGC, Greater Detroit Chapter and MIOSHA programs and service available to members.

Alliance Positive Impact: The AGC, Greater Detroit Chapter membership, through their participation in the Alliance, will make a safe and healthy worksite better through the assistance of the AGC, Greater Detroit Chapter and MIOSHA CET Division working together in the spirit of cooperation.

Goals and Objectives of Alliance:
  • Outreach and Communication:

    To increase worker awareness and safety and health protection on AGC, Greater Detroit Chapter member worksites. The intention is to solicit AGC, Greater Detroit Chapter membership to voluntarily participate in the alliance. Each member who participates will be placed on a list to allow MIOSHA CET consultants to conduct safety and health hazard survey at their facilities and work sites.

    1. AGC, Greater Detroit Chapter will solicit ten (10) member contractors who meet the criteria in the "Target Audience" to voluntarily participate in the Alliance.
    2. Participating contractors will announce their participation in the alliance by posting banners at their job sites.
    3. A minimum of 10 promotional announcements will be made by the AGC, Greater Detroit Chapter to promote the alliance through newsletters and website.
    4. Participating contractors will include an announcement of the alliance on their web sites if applicable, as well as through internal communication.
  • Training and Education:

    1. After the CET safety and health hazard survey:
      • Members will be provided with instruction and material on how to develop and implement an accident prevention program.
      • How to comply with MIOSHA rules and regulations
      • Members will receive written documentation of specific hazards noted during the survey and agree to correct all serious hazards.
    2. Each participating contractor will advertise and promote training opportunities such as:
      • Michigan Construction Safety Day Event
      • MIOSHA Construction Workshops at the Contractors facilities
      • MIOSHA Construction training on the job
    3. Ongoing co-sponsorship by AGC and contractors with CET on workshops and seminars.
  • Promoting Dialogue

    1. The Associated General Contractors, Greater Detroit Chapter will advertise the Alliance initiative on their website and in other publications.

    2. Each participating contractor job site will promote the safety and health alliance and promote via banners at their locations.
Roles and Responsibilities:

The Associated General Contractors, Greater Detroit Chapter:
  1. Enroll participating contractors in the alliance and provide a list of participating job sites to the CET Division
  2. Create a banner announcing the alliance with MIOSHA and posting these banners at participating job site entrances.
  3. Promote safety and health training opportunities at participating job sites.
  4. Promote the establishment of accident prevention programs at all member’s job site.
  5. Promote the alliance through AGC newsletters and website.
MIOSHA:
  1. CET Division will conduct safety and health hazard surveys to participating contractors.
  2. MIOSHA enforcement will consider maximum penalty reductions based on the MIOSHA policies for good faith reductions for effective safety and health programs for participating contractors.
  3. Promote the alliance through MIOSHA website and MIOSHA Newsletter.
Outcomes of Alliance Activities:
  1. A minimum of 10 (ten) contractors to participate in alliance program.
  2. A minimum of 500 construction employees to be impacted by this positive effort.
  3. A minimum of 10 (ten) news releases recognizing the alliance program though AGC, Greater Detroit Chapter via mailings, internet websites and media publications.
  4. Increased awareness of “how to develop and implement an accident prevention program.
  5. Increased awareness and compliance of MIOSHA construction safety and health standards.
  6. Information/publicity about AGC, Greater Detroit Chapter Alliance in MIOSHA News.
Initiation and Cancellation of Agreement:

The alliance agreement is effective on the date of signing and will be in effect for 3 Years.

Prior to the expiration of the agreement, the parties will confer and evaluate whether the agreement should be extended. Without regard to the term of the agreement, any of the parties can terminate the agreement with 30 days written notification.
 


 
James E. Cole, Jr.
Chairman,
Greater Detroit Chapter AGC
Executive Vice President,
Skanska USA Building

 
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Doug Kalinowski
Director, MIOSHA

 
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Michael P. Smith
President and CEO
AGC Greater Detroit Chapter

 
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Connie O’Neill
Division Director, CET

 
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Page last updated: 04/20/2010