Partnership Overview:
At the time of signing, the National Park Service (NPS) had experienced the highest employee injury and illness rates of all Department of Interior (DOI) bureaus.  Recognizing this problem, the NPS approached the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) asking for help in improving the employee safety and health programs at establishments with high Days Away, Restricted or Transferred (DART) rates.

Participating Facility:

• National Park Service, Padre Island National Seashore, Corpus Christi, Texas

Partnership Goals:

• Develop and implement an effective safety and health program in accordance with 29 CFR 1960 – Basic Program Elements for Federal Employee Occupational Safety and Health Programs
• Reduce the total case rates for selected park units by three percent per year, while at the same time increasing the timeliness of reporting new injuries and illnesses to the Employment Standards Administration, Office of Workers Compensations Programs, for each agency by five percent per year based on the NPS 5-year average DART
• Reduce the DART rates for selected park units sector by 10 percent per year
• Identify and correct the primary causal factors in employee injuries and illnesses, in particular those behind the top three causes of injuries and illnesses
• Improve employee productivity and quality of life by providing safe and healthful occupational environments
• Improve the safety and health program to become qualified and eligible to participate in the Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP)

Partnership Results:
By the completion of this Partnership, the Park's DART rate decreased by 63% due to dramatic improvements in safety and health performance. Because of this Partnership, all employees now receive safety training and are strongly encouraged to participate in safety related activities. Additionally, the Partnership has enabled the Park to implement root cause analyses of all recordable injuries allowing for identification and correction of at-risk conditions and behaviors.

Partnership Overview:
During Fiscal Year 2000, Albuquerque Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) Area Office, Region VI OSHA Regional Office, Albuquerque-Santa-Fe Federal Executive Board, Roadrunner Federal Safety and Health Council, and the Federal Inter-Agency Training Council convened to develop alternative approaches to have a greater influence on changing their safety culture and to get managers and employees to give safety and health issues higher priority.  One of the ideas included a comprehensive intervention activity on the part of OSHA and the convening members to conduct safety and health training.  Therefore, as part of this Partnership, the parties agreed to enter into this Agreement to seek long-term safety and health improvements in the federal sector.

Partnership Goals:

• Reduce the rate of injury and illness compensation costs by educating federal employees and managers in support of the Federal Worker 2000 Initiative
• Develop and implement an effective, comprehensive safety and health program consistent with 29 CFR 1960, Basic Program Elements for Federal Employee Occupational Safety and Health Programs, and the OSHA Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines, FRN 54:3904-3916, January 26, 1989
• Reduce the total lost time case rate by 3% per year for the next five years
• Reduce the lost production days rate (lost time due to injury or illness per 100 Federal employees) by 2% per year
• Limit increases in the annual workers compensation charge back costs to no more than the annual rate of inflation

Partnership Results:
The Partnership was not followed through as originally executed; therefore the participating members explored the possibility of creating an alliance.

Partnership Overview:
In an effort to decrease the number of injuries and illnesses that were occurring in the shipbuilding industry the local Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) offices along with the National Shipbuilders Council of America teamed up to identifying and addressing those hazards that were causing the most injuries to shipbuilding employees. By focusing its efforts and utilizing the skills and resources of the SCA trade association, their members' employees, and with assistance by OSHA, it is believed that through this cooperative and voluntary program, hazards and serious injuries could be reduced in the Houston area.

Partnership Goals:

• Provide a safe and healthful work environment for employees engaged in shipyard activities in the Greater Houston Area
• Prevent serious accidents within the industry through increased training and implementation of enhanced safety and health programs.

Participating Facilities:

• Bollinger Ship Yards, Texas City, Texas
• First Wave Marine, Houston, Texas
• Orange Ship Building, Orange, Texas

Partnership Results:
Under the auspices of this Partnership, during the initial years, the participating members held training courses on the following subjects: Lead Compliance Procedures, Eye Safety, Housekeeping, Body Mechanics, hazard communications, Fall Protection, Facility Emergency Response Procedures, Eye and Face Protection, Flotation Devices, Safe Hot Work Practices, Blood Borne Pathogens, Injury and Illness Prevention, Medical Surveillance, Safety Discipline, Ventilation, live fire training, water rescue, confined space rescue, hazard analysis, eye protection, accident reporting, hand tool safety, forklift certification, lock out/tag out, personal protective equipment, tool safety, crane safety, spill prevention and response, and fuel transfer procedures.

During the first years of the Partnership, the participating members experienced a 68% reduction in their Days Away, Restricted or Transferred (DART) rate, from an average of 4.91 in the first full year of the Partnership to 1.46 in 2005.  However, one participating member was sold in 2006 and the remaining two were impacted by Hurricane Rita and Katrina.  As a result, they were unable to participate fully in the Partnership and did not provide any data for evaluation purposes.   Therefore, on October 29, 2007, this Partnership was terminated.

Partnership Overview:
The Arkansas Timber Producers' Association entered into this Partnership with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Arkansas Department of Labor to seek innovative ways to provide a safe and healthy workplace for Arkansas employees engaged in logging activities.

Partnership Goals:

• Collect and analyze injury data to determine the problem areas at the logging worksites in order to reduce fatalities, injuries, and illnesses in the logging industry
• Share knowledge and information of the best industry practices to educate the members in the safest performance of job tasks
• To improve safety and health programs by involving employees in every aspect of the site inspection process
• To promote a cooperative relationship between the participating parties

Partnership Results:
Due to lack of interest and participation among the members of the Arkansas Timber Producers' Association, this Partnership was terminated on July 23, 2004.

Partnership Overview:
To achieve an heightened sense of the importance of safety and health in the workplace among future employees, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) agreed to provide outreach activities and cooperative initiatives that can have a significant impact on the safety and health of our future workforce and will put in place the necessary training, resources, and support systems to make this happen.  Therefore, the partners agree to construct a Partnership based on the mutually shared principle that the information and training to be shared with the students participating in these presentations is of the utmost importance and that it is essential they receive this information prior to them leaving the school district and entering the workforce.

Therefore, the leadership of OSHA, the El Paso Chapter of the Associated General Contractors (AGC), and the Socorro Independent School District (SISD) through a common vision were committed to providing safety and health training to all SISD students enrolled in courses provided by the Division of Career and Technology Education.   Furthermore, OSHA and the AGC extend their commitment by offering to provide safety and health training to the parents of the students participating in Career and Technology Education.   

The Socorro Independent School District is located in the southeastern portion of El Paso County, Texas. It serves Socorro, Horizon City, and the eastern portion of the City of El Paso.

Partnership Goals:

• Provide SISD Career and Technology Education (CATE) Instructors with an overview of OSHA's history, current purpose, applicable and relevant OSHA standards and available services
• Provide students/parents training on applicable and relevant OSHA regulations
• Share with students/parents OSHA's Inspection protocols and procedures; and explain employee and employer rights to students/parents to include 11(c) investigations
• Provide students/parents with a basic understanding and recognition of OSHA's history, current purpose, and available services

Partnership Results:
Approximately a year after the signing of the agreement, AGC decided not to continue with this Partnership due to personnel resource limitations and an emphasis being placed on their specific OSHA Partnerships.  In light of this, the local area office director decided to terminate the Partnership and attempt to create an Alliance between OSHA and the Socorro Independent School District.   

Partnership Overview: 
This agreement established a cooperative program between the Fort Worth/Tarrant County Chapter of the Associated Independent Electrical Contractors of America (IEC) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Fort Worth Area office involving construction activity occurring within the Fort Worth jurisdiction for the purposes of reducing occupational injuries and illnesses.  The Partnership was implemented at the employer level, among the contractor membership of the IEC, and will be based upon the implementation of comprehensive safety and health programs for employees working for the endorsing contractor member.

Partnership Goals:
Each Partner:

• Must develop and implement a comprehensive safety and health program which includes participation by its worksite specific subcontractors or specialty contractors
• Must adopt and implement procedures to record and provide immediate and appropriate response to identified safety hazards at the worksite
• Must maintain all required OSHA logs of occupational injuries and illnesses
• Must ensure that at least 10 percent of its worksite employees have obtained OSHA 10-hour certification with a minimum of one certified employee per multi-employer worksite

Partnership Results:
Due to no participation by the contractors, this Partnership was terminated on November 1, 2004.

Partnership Overview:
Operating two establishments in the state of Oklahoma, Coors Technical Ceramics Company (Coors) approached the Oklahoma City Area Office of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) with an interest in forming a Partnership to reduce the company's injury and illness incidence rates and improve the effectiveness of its safety and health programs at its establishments.

Participating Facility:

• Coors Technical Ceramics Company, Norman, Oklahoma

Partnership Goals:

• Ensure that a minimum percentage of managers and supervisors are trained through an OSHA-10 hour course or its equivalent
• Train its employees on injury prevention
• Ensure that its safety and health programs include the elements of Management Commitment and Leadership, Hazard Prevention and Control, Employee Involvement, and Employee Training

Partnership Objectives:

• The objective of the Partnership is to have a program and safety culture in place that will qualify its facilities for participation in OSHA's Voluntary Protection Programs

Partnership Results:
Due to the consolidation of Coors' two facilities, active efforts to have its safety and health program qualify for participation in the Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) was suspended.  As a result, the Partnership closed six months earlier than the projected data.  However, its safety and health program will be instituted at the new site with specific modifications.

During the course of the Partnership, the participating facility did experience marked decreases in its injury and illnesses rates, with over 80% reductions in its Total Case Incidence Rate (TCIR) and Days Away, Restricted or Transferred (DART) rates between 2003 and 2005.  The facility completed a gap analysis of their Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) program using OSHA's VPP onsite evaluation worksheet, with the only element not documented as a written element in the sites program being the site's Industrial Hygiene Exposure Assessment and Sampling Strategy Program. At the time of the Partnership's closure, the site was in the process of addressing this element.  In addition, the site focused on the completion of department safety and health self-assessments, where one topic was addressed per month and supervisors completed self inspections of their areas; and the completion of a review / revision or development of a number of specific programs as part of their overall development and implementation of their site's program.

As a result of the Partnership, Coors experienced an increased comfort level in contacting OSHA for assistance and in raising safety issues with OSHA for discussion and it has recognized an increased interest and reception on the part of employees as a result of the efforts of the company in improving their safety and health program and further advancing a safety culture.

Partnership Overview: 
This Partnership focused on employee safety in nursing homes as there is a high incidence of injuries, particularly musculoskeletal injuries/disorders related to patient handling, slips, trips, and falls, in the nursing home setting. The partners worked cooperatively to reduce these injuries and increase awareness about muscular injuries, bloodborne pathogens, tuberculosis exposure, and workplace violence.

Partnership Results:
This Partnership had 210 participating employers and almost 10,000 employees.  Starting in 2002, the Partnership took positive steps towards reducing injuries and illness in the nursing home industry.  Annually, the Office of State Consultation visited facilities to assist in hazard identification and abatement to improve self-inspections at the facilities.  

After seven years of Partnership activities, site visits, and training; the partners worked cooperatively to address the musculoskeletal injuries/disorders related to patient handling, slips, trips, and falls in the nursing home, in order to meet established goals that would best serve, promote, and effect a change in the safety culture at the nursing facility.   As a result, OSHA and LNHA agreed to conclude the Partnership as of September 21, 2009.  The Compliance Assistance Specialists in the Baton Rouge Occupational Safety and Health Administration Area Office will continue to provide outreach assistance as needed.

Partnership Overview:
In a joint effort to reduce injuries, illnesses and fatalities, V& R Drywall, El Paso, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) agreed to improve the safety and health management programs of its subcontractors.  In doing so, V&R Drywall agreed to implement a comprehensive written safety and health program based on the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) A10.38-1991 Guidelines or the OSHA 1989 Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines and ensure that written, site-specific, safety and health plans are used at all of its projects.

Participating Facilitiy:

• V&R Drywall, El Paso, Texas

Partnership Goals:

• To reduce annually the number of injuries, illnesses, and fatalities affecting participant employers, with an emphasis on reducing injuries and fatalities resulting from those hazards that are the four leading causes of death on construction sites (falls, struck-by, caught in/between and electrocutions)
• To implement an effective safety and health programs and provide effective safety and health training for management, supervisors and employees
• To recognize the Employer with exemplary safety and health programs and effective site-specific safety and health plans

Partnership Results:
Due to lack of participation and failure to adhere to the Partnership requirements after several efforts by the Area Office to establish communication, this Partnership was terminated.

Partnership Overview:
Mid-America and Moore Norman Technology Centers, approached the Oklahoma City Area Office of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in November of 2001 with an interest in forming a Partnership to eliminate or effectively reduce  work-related musculoskeletal injuries and disorders in nursing homes and those recognized workplace risk factors contributing to their occurrence.  The Partnership expected to accomplish this goal through a nursing home training and education program developed by Mid-America Technology Center's Health Science Technology staff for managers, supervisors and healthcare providers. In addition, the Nursing Home Association of Oklahoma recognized the focus of the program to be critical to a significant and successful injury prevention program.

The Partnership was to focus on the institution of effective training and education programs directed toward the reduction of musculoskeletal injuries and disorders and the development and implementation of effective safety and health programs in nursing homes. Such programs was incorporate applicable program management, worksite analysis and hazard control recommendations detailed in current and/or future "Industry and Task Specific Ergonomic Guidelines" developed by OSHA for the Nursing Home Industry.

Participating Facilities:

• McCaskill Nursing Home, Maysville, Oklahoma
• Senior Village Nursing Home, Blanchard, Oklahoma
• Sunset Estates, Tecumseh, Oklahoma

Partnership Goals:

• Prevention of nursing home serious injuries and illnesses, reflected in:
• The reductions in the incidence rate for or number of musculoskeletal injuries and disorders when compared to the establishment's experience
• A reduction in lost work days cases due to musculoskeletal injuries / disorders
• A progressive reduction in incidence rate for Days Away; Restriction and/or Transfers (DART) cases, for the establishment with the development and implementation or improvement of an effective safety and health program
• Improvement in workplace safety and health, reflected in:
• The number of job tasks and activities evaluated for ergonomic risk factors that could lead to musculoskeletal disorders or injuries
• The number of job tasks, practices and patient handling equipment replaced, eliminated or modified as a result of screening surveys or injury investigations
• The development and implementation or improvement of a site-specific safety and health programs
• Increase the level of employee training
• Ensure meaningful employee involvement through the utilization of screening surveys, accident and injury investigations, and self-inspections conducted with employee participation

Partnership Results: 
At the conclusion of its term, the Partnership yielded several benefits.  The Partnership assisted the participating nursing homes as they developed safety and health programs that incorporated the elements of Management Leadership and Employee Involvement, Worksite Analysis, Hazard Prevention and Control, and Safety and Health Training.

Also, the facility maintenance staffs have expressed an increased awareness of safety hazards as a result of the workplace assessments conducted, the nursing homes have experienced increased comfort levels in contacting OSHA for assistance and in raising safety and health compliance issues with OSHA for discussion, and nursing home administrators as well as nursing aides have expressed enthusiasm for the patient handling training received and benefits to the employees as the jobs are easier to perform and a decrease in client tears and bruising as a result of better patient handling.  Finally, the staffs have experienced more confidence in conducting independent self-inspections.

Partnership Overview:
This Partnership was entered into by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Producers Rice Mill, Inc., and Arkansas Department of Labor - OSHA Consultation Division (ADOL), with the intent to enhance the safety and health protection for Producers Rice Mill, Inc.'s employees through the implementation and continued improvement of its comprehensive safety and health programs.  When appropriate, OSHA will facilitate the application process for three (3) Producer's Rice Mill, Inc., sites in Stuttgart to apply for recognition in OSHA's Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP).

Producers' Rice Mill entered into this Partnership voluntarily to establish cooperative relationships and to reduce the incidence of employee injuries and illnesses at its sites.  It also acknowledged that voluntary cooperation is an effective means of achieving safety and health excellence through compliance with OSHA safety and health regulations and the implementation of an effective safety and health program. It also acknowledged that management commitment and employee involvement are central to the implementation of an effective safety and health program.  Through this agreement, it was anticipated that lessons learned will work to improve worker protection at Producers Rice Mill, Inc. corporate-wide.

Participating Facilities:

• Producers Rice Mill, Stuttgart Dryer Divisions, Stuttgart, Arkansas
• Producers Rice Mill, Stuttgart Parboil Mill, Stuttgart, Arkansas
• Producers Rice Mill, Stuttgart Regular Rice Mill, Stuttgart, Arkansas

Partnership Goals:

• Improve the safety and health culture
• Ensure the correction of identified compliance and safety and health program issues
• Provide ongoing support
• Strengthen the management accountability system
• Continue to balance the competing pressures of production with safety and health commitments

Partnership Results: 
At the conclusion of the Partnership, Producers Rice Mill reduced its Days Away, Restricted or Transferred (DART) rate to below the Bureau of Labor Statistics' national average for the Rice Milling NAICS classification (311212) with a rate of 2.4, twenty percent below the average rate of 3.0.  During the Partnership, the participating facilities worked on implementing and enhancing their safety and health management programs by providing training to its employees and performing regular self-inspection audits.

Partnership Overview:
Prior to the signing of this Partnership, Odom's Tennessee Pride Sausage, Inc. with the assistance of Arkansas Department of Labor developed its "General Industrial Safety & Health Program."  To build on this success, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) along with Arkansas Department of Labor and Odom's Tennessee Pride Sausage, Inc. entered into this agreement to better use their collective expertise to help foster a culture of prevention while sharing best practices and technical knowledge, especially in the area of maintaining an effective safety and health program.   

In this Partnership, OSHA and Arkansas Department of Labor agreed to assist Odom's Tennessee Pride Sausage in achieving an effective safety & health program based on OSHA 1989 Safety & Health Program Guidelines by working with the site management and employees to identify actions that will strengthen the Odom's Tennessee Pride safety and health culture and program.

Participating Facilities:

• Odom's Tennessee Pride Sausage Little Rock Facility, Little Rock, Arkansas

Partnership Goals:

• Provide Odom's Tennessee Pride associates with information and guidance on protecting the safety and health of its employees, particularly in reducing and preventing exposure to hazards 
• Provide mentoring and guidance in developing, implementing or improving safety and health management programs 
• Provide training in conjunction with Odom's Tennessee Pride Sausage on safety and health management programs techniques, program structure, and applications in the meat industry

Partnership Results:
Insufficient data was provided for analysis to determine whether this Partnership was a success.   Due to lack of communication, this Partnership was terminated in 2008.

Partnership Overview:
The Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) at Three Rivers, Texas and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) entered into this Agreement pursuant to the authority of the Federal Bureau of Prisons Policy Statement 1600.8 and sections 19 and 24 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 and Executive Order 12196 that allowed OSHA to give help to specific sites categorized as Federal Agencies.  The purpose of this agreement was to place FCI at Three Rivers in a technical assistance mode, rather than on a targeted inspection list.

Under this agreement, OSHA agreed to help the Three Rivers, Texas site identify safety and health needs by reviewing its Documented Safety Program and provide practical help as needed including identifying the primary casual factors in injuries and illnesses, in particular the three top hazards at this site and develop countermeasures for correcting those hazards.  Also, OSHA agreed to provide access to training resources including a safety management training session as the need arises and resources are available for department heads and the Union and access to OSHA Training Institute.

Participating Facility:

• Three Rivers Federal Correction Institution, Three Rivers, Texas

Partnership Goals:

• Strengthen the existing comprehensive safety and health program currently in place, ensuring compliance at all institutional levels
• Reduce the total case rates for the Federal Correctional Institution at Three Rivers, Texas by 10% per year, while at the same time increasing the timeliness of reporting new injuries and illnesses to OWCP
• Identify and correct the primary casual factors in employee injuries and illnesses, in particular those behind the three top causes of injuries and/or illnesses
• Improve employee productivity and quality of life by providing safe and healthful occupational environments
• Improve the safety and health program to become qualified and eligible to participate in the Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP)

Partnership Results: 
Prior to the closure of the Partnership, the facility improved its safety and health management system by implementing an on-line hazard reporting system, allowing employees to report safety hazards online and track them to resolution.   Also, within this Partnership, the union and administration have formed a close working relationship, with the union having representation in all areas of the safety program, from serving on accident investigation teams to participating on inspection teams.

The employer has seen a reduction in costs and the number of lost man hours and this is attributed to the facility's implementation of a comprehensive training program with OSHA on the subjects of recordkeeping, accident investigation, OSHA updates and Industrial hygiene assistance.  Also, the facility implemented a self-inspection regimen to identify workplace hazards.  Such hazards identified and abated during this Partnership included installation of machine guards, utilization of personal protection equipment, and abatement of identified electrical hazards.

Partnership Overview:
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has been involved in various efforts designed to address the issue of workplace injuries and illnesses, especially in construction, however, accidents and fatalities had continued to occur at an unacceptable rate.  In an attempt to develop a more comprehensive approach to this issue, OSHA implemented a voluntary Strategic Partnership Program to provide direction and assistance to employers who want to proactively address hazards common to their industry and these programs have represented a significant commitment toward the improvement of the nation's safety record.  Therefore, Arkansas Asphalt Pavement Association (AAPA), a trade association focused on construction of asphalt streets and highways, with over 100 member companies and over 6000 employees, agreed to enter into an agreement with OSHA to ensure a safe and healthful workplace for all employees engaged in asphalt pavement construction activities in the state of Arkansas, and to help reduce injuries and illnesses within the industry through increased training and implementation and monitoring of enhanced safety and health training programs.

Participating Facilities:

• None

Partnership Goals:

• AAPA is to promote safety awareness and serve as a safety and health resource for its members including providing information, education, referral and training
• Reduce the rates of employee injuries, illnesses and deaths, equipment damage, workers compensation costs, insurance costs, downtime and monetary penalties

Partnership Results:
The Partnership concluded with no participation among the AAPA members after two years of efforts to generate interest.

Partnership Overview:
In a joint effort to reduce employee fatalities and injuries, this Partnership was entered to by Lee Lewis Construction, Inc. and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).  This Partnership also sought to increase the number of subcontractors and specialty contractors with effective safety and health management systems by providing effective safety and health training for management, supervisors and employees.  With this agreement, Lee Lewis agreed to implement a comprehensive written safety and health program based on the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) A10.38-1991 Guidelines or the OSHA 1989 Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines and to ensure that these written, site-specific plans were used at all Lee Lewis projects.

Participating Facilities:

• None

Partnership Goals:

• To reduce annually the number of fatalities, injuries, and illnesses affecting Lee Lewis Construction, Inc.'s employees
• To reduce annually the number of injuries and fatalities from those hazards that are the four leading causes of death in the construction industry, falls, struck-by, caught in/between, and electrocutions

Partnership Results:
Due to lack of participation among Lee Lewis's employees and contractors, this Partnership was terminated on December 13, 2005.

Partnership Overview:
In a joint effort to reduce employee fatalities and injuries, this Partnership was entered to by Saulsbury Industries, Inc. (Saulsbury) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).  This Partnership also sought to increase the number of subcontractors and specialty contractors with effective safety and health management systems by providing effective safety and health training for management, supervisors and employees.  With this agreement, Saulsbury agreed to implement a comprehensive written safety and health program based on the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) A10.38-1991 Guidelines or the OSHA 1989 Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines and to ensure that these written, site-specific plans were used at all Saulsbury projects.

Partnership Goals:

• To reduce annually the number of injuries, illnesses, and fatalities affecting participant employers, with an emphasis on reducing injuries and fatalities resulting from those hazards that are the four leading causes of death on construction sites: falls, struck-by, caught in/between, and electrocutions
• To increase the number of subcontractors and specialty contractors working with/for Saulsbury Industries to implement effective safety and health programs and provide effective safety and health training for management, supervisors, and employees
• To recognize employers with exemplary safety and health programs and effective site-specific safety and health plans

Partnership Results: 
Through its participation in the Partnership, Saulsbury has benefited from its relationship with OSHA through its efforts to implement effective safety and health management programs.  Over the life of the Partnership, the injury and illness rates have reduced.  Its Total Case Incidence Rate reduced by 62 percent, and at the end of the Partnership, its annual Days Away, Job Restricted or Transferred (DART) rate was at zero. 

Over the life of the Partnership, Saulsbury developed and implemented its revised training program designed for new contractors and employees.  Also, it provided training at no cost to local operators and contractors on the following subjects: Supervisor Drug and Alcohol Awareness, Scaffolding, Fall Protection, and Heavy Equipment (Backhoe, Forklift, Crane, Aerial Lifts and Riggers) Safety.

According to Saulsbury management, the Partnership greatly increased the ease of communication with OSHA while developing solid relationships built upon a common goal to "improve and promote safety awareness".   Saulsbury continued its collaborative relationship with OSHA with a new Partnership Agreement which is summarized at this link: 618: Saulsbury Industries.

Partnership Overview:
With this Partnership, Austin Industrial Services, LP (Austin) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) agreed to work together to improve safety and health performance at Austin work sites.  Through its participation, Austin agreed to promote the establishment of safety and health management systems, and the integration of those systems into the overall business management system; support the Austin work sites in working toward Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) participation; support Austin employees who participate in the Special Government Employee (SGE) program; support an overall workplace culture that values safety and health as part of daily business operations; and continue an internal audit program that consists of Health, Safety and Environmental compliance and management system reviews.

Partnership Goals:

• Prevent and reduce employee injuries and illnesses within Austin
• Expand awareness within Austin of the value of safety and health management systems that address hazards, and promote leadership and management commitment, and employee involvement
• Reduce injuries and illnesses related to Industrial, Construction and Maintenance activities
• Achieve stronger communication between OSHA and Austin to help share best practices, Partnership impact measures and technical information, as well as analyze industry and site trends
• Expand Austin's participation in OSHA's Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP)

Partnership Objectives:

• Expand awareness by providing technical assistance and guidance for implementing the Austin Health, Safety and Environmental Management Control Process at the work sites that will establish a proactive safety and health culture, continue implementation of a comprehensive Health, Safety and Environmental Management Control Process at work sites, and share knowledge and lessons learned from Partnership to help reduce injuries and illnesses at other Austin sites
• Achieve a stronger communication link between OSHA and Austin by establishing contacts between OSHA Area and Regional Offices and Austin work sites to assist in obtaining consistent regulatory interpretation and policy information and sharing best practices and lessons learned
• Expand Austin's participation in OSHA's VPP by identifying interested work sites and seeking assistance from the Voluntary Protection Programs Participants' Association to link the interested sites with participant mentors and increasing participation in the Special Government Employees' (SGE) program

Partnership Results: 
This Partnership has met its goals outlined in the Agreement.  Its three-year Total Case Incidence Rate (TCIR) and Days Away, Job Restricted or Transferred (DART) rate at the conclusion of the Partnership were 70 percent and 75 percent below industry averages for the Construction industry as determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Austin was recognized for excellence in the provision of safety training.  First, Austin is an approved Construction and Maintenance Education Foundation (CMEF) training facility and its Company Structured training program was recognized as a VPP best practice.  At its sites, thirty minute training segments are conducted and management/supervisory training are conducted monthly through the training manager with specific training conducted when required.  Verifications by OSHA personnel have determined that its training programs are working and continue to be effective. 

Its safety and health management programs have been effectively implemented as they are able to withstand management structure changes and new personnel as its commitments continued, unaffected of changes.  Its data collection processes have been refined and expanded to develop trending into HSE management system implementation. Employee-owner involvement continues to improve.  At the end of the Partnership's term, two Austin work sites received VPP Star recognition and three have submitted VPP applications.

Partnership Overview:
In March of 2004, Flintco Constructive Solutions (Flintco) approached the Oklahoma City Area Office of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) with an interest in working with OSHA in a cooperative and collaborative effort to reduce work-related injuries and illnesses.  With its signing of the Agreement, Flintco recognized the importance of providing a safe and healthful work environment in the construction industry.

With this Partnership which covered the construction of a Wal-Mart store, Flintco agreed to develop and implement a project site safety and health program that contained the elements of a safety and health program as set forth in OSHA 1989 Voluntary Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines: Management Commitment; Hazard Prevention and Control including hazard analysis, hazard reporting, self-inspections, hazard tracking and abatement; Employee Training and Involvement.  For the duration of the project, Flintco was to hold contractors and subcontractors mutually responsible and accountable for the implementation of an effective program and actions to be taken for failure to meet program performance requirements, by requiring them to either develop and implement a site specific safety and health program that conforms to the project site safety and health program or adopt the project site safety and health program within 30 days of working on site or 30 days of implementation of the Partnership. 

Partnership Goals:

• Prevention of construction fatalities and serious injuries and illnesses, reflected in a reduction of 5% a year in the Total Recordable Incidence Rate (TCIR) and Days Away, job Restricted, or Transferred case (DART) rate and a reduction in the risk of fatalities as a result of reducing exposures to the four leading causes of fatalities in construction (falls, struck by, caught-in/between and electrical related hazards)
• Improvement in workplace safety and health, reflected in the number of hazards identified and corrected through contractor self-inspections and hazard reported inspections, the number of contractors who developed or improved safety and health programs as a result of this initiative, and increased employee awareness as indicated by the completion of the OSHA 30-hour course by safety committee members
• Meaningful employee involvement in day –to- day implementation of the employer's safety and health program, such as participation  in contractor self-inspections, accident investigations, safety meetings, hazard assessment and /or other meaningful activities

Partnership Results:
The construction project continued for a year after the signing of the Partnership Agreement.  For that duration, the project achieved TCIR and DART rate 65 percent and 46 percent below the national averages for the construction industry as determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2003).   In addition, OSHA personnel performing the verification noticed an increase in hazard awareness among the employees and subcontractors working on the site.  Through the collaborative work with the Oklahoma City Area Office, this project advanced a more favorable impression of OSHA among the site contractors and their employees.

Partnership Overview:
The Austin Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Area Office and the Austin Chapter of Texas Masonry Council (TMC) mutually recognized the importance of providing a safe and healthful work environment for the state of Texas' construction workforce. To advance the mutual goal, both parties entered into the Partnership to develop a working relationship that would create mutual trust and respect for respective roles of each organization in the construction safety process.  Implementation of this program under the Partnership Agreement was expected to result in decreased injuries, illnesses, and fatalities in the construction industry and improvement of existing safety and health programs.  To support the efforts, this agreement provided for incentives to construction contractors that voluntarily participated in the Partnership and demonstrated implementation of effective safety and health programs.

Participating Facilities:

• None

Partnership Goals:

• To reduce the number of injuries, illnesses, and fatalities affecting participant employers, with an emphasis on reducing injuries and fatalities resulting from those hazards that are the four leading causes of death on construction sites (falls, struck-by, caught in/between and electrocutions)
• To increase the number of general and specialty contractors who implement effective safety and health programs and provide effective safety and health training for management, supervisors and employees
• To recognize those contractors with exemplary safety and health programs and effective site-specific safety and health plans

Partnership Results:
As no employers took the initiative to participate, this Partnership was terminated less than two years after the signing of the agreement.

Partnership Overview:
In November of 2003, Lippert Brothers, Inc. (Lippert) approached the Oklahoma City Area Office of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) with an interest in working with OSHA in a cooperative and collaborative effort to reduce work-related injuries and illnesses.  With its signing of the Agreement, Lippert recognized the importance of providing a safe and healthful work environment in the construction industry.

With this Partnership which covered the construction of the Galleria Parking Garage, Lippert agreed to develop and implement a project site safety and health program that contained the elements of a safety and health program as set forth in OSHA 1989 Voluntary Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines: Management Commitment; Hazard Prevention and Control including hazard analysis, hazard reporting, self-inspections, hazard tracking and abatement; Employee Training and Involvement.  For the duration of the project, Lippert was to hold contractors and subcontractors mutually responsible and accountable for the implementation of an effective program and actions to be taken for failure to meet program performance requirements, by requiring them to either develop and implement a site specific safety and health program that conforms to the project site safety and health program or adopt the project site safety and health program within 90 days of working on site or 90 days of implementation of the Partnership. 

Partnership Goals:

• Prevention of construction fatalities and serious injuries and illnesses, reflected in a reduction of 2% a year in the Total Recordable Incidence Rate (TCIR) and Days Away, job Restricted, or Transferred case (DART) rate and a reduction in the risk of fatalities as a result of reducing exposures to the four leading causes of fatalities in construction (falls, struck by, caught-in/between and electrical related hazards)
• Improvement in workplace safety and health, reflected in the number of hazards identified and corrected through contractor self-inspections and hazard reported inspections, the number of contractors who developed or improved safety and health programs as a result of this initiative, and increased employee awareness as indicated by the completion of the OSHA 30-hour course by safety committee members
• Meaningful employee involvement in day –to- day implementation of the employer's safety and health program, such as participation  in contractor self-inspections, accident investigations, safety meetings, hazard assessment and /or other meaningful activities

Partnership Results:
At the completion of the project, the Partnership did not meet the goal to reduce injuries and illnesses by two percent as compared to the established baselines.  However, OSHA verification documented an increased awareness of hazard identification among the site employees and contractors.  Also, through the collaborative work with the Oklahoma City Area Office, this project advanced a more favorable impression of OSHA among the site contractors and their employees.  Through the duration of the construction, Lippert provided training to its employees and subcontractors on various toolbox issues and fall protection. Self inspections were also performed which allowed Lippert to identify and correct or abate hazards that prevented the potential of injuries among its employees and subcontractors. In addition, an enforcement verification inspection was performed which resulted in no citations issued.

Partnership Overview:
The hazards associated with the construction industry are well documented, and furthermore, construction activities involving highway work zones with multi-employers have added complexities.  By entering into this Partnership Agreement, James Construction Group (James) supported Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) efforts towards the reduction and elimination of these hazards in this regard, and recognized the importance and value of exerting leadership by bringing their respective skills to bear in a cooperative, focused, voluntary effort to ensure a safe and healthful environment for all employees involved in the I-10/Picardy Interchange Project.

The goal of this Partnership was to develop a relationship that would encourage James and the subcontractors of the I-10/Picardy Interchange Project to improve their safety and health performance; to assist them in striving for the elimination of the four hazards (falls, electrical, caught in/between and struck-by hazards), which account for the majority of fatalities and injuries in this industry; to assist in minimizing and/or eliminating the hazards associated with highway work zones; to prevent serious accidents during the estimated 24 months of this project through implementation of enhanced safety and health programs and increased employee training, to include safety training in an employee's primary language for those employees working in hazardous situations.

Participating Facilities:

• ABS Services, Inc., Lafayette, Louisiana
• C.E.C., Inc., Lafayette, Louisiana
• Jack B. Harper Contractors, Walker, Louisiana
• James Construction Group, LLC, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• PAC Unlimited, Inc., Calhoun, Louisiana
• Premiere Concrete Products, Inc., Denham Springs, Louisiana
• United Rentals Highway Technologies, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Partnership Goal:

• Achieve an injury and illness incident rate for the I-10/Picardy Interchange Project that is 5% less than the companies' overall rate for the previous year with James' 2003 injury and illness rates as the baselines

Partnership Objectives:

• Encourage all of James Construction Group's subcontractors on the I-10/Picardy Interchange Project to participate in this Partnership
• Improve and promote worker safety and health on the I-10/Picardy Interchange Project
• Provide leadership, guidance and setting a positive example to subcontractors, associates, public agencies and authorities
• Encourage subcontractors to explore the possibility of participating in specific Partnerships with OSHA or becoming a signatory of this Partnership
• Prevent occupational related fatalities and serious injuries for all workers involved at the I-10/Picardy Interchange Project by enforcing the James Construction Group safety and health policy
• Immediately correct all serious hazards, acts or conditions when observed or given notification
• Encourage employee involvement in the day-to-day implementation of work site safety and health programs through the project safety and health committee

Partnership Results:
After the signing of the Agreement, the project did not experience an injury.  This Partnership has brought the general contractor and subcontractors together to support the goal of increased safety and health at this worksite.  Training received emphasis by James. At the inception of the Partnership, a 10 hour construction class was provided to James Construction and two of their subcontractors in where 27 individuals participated, and through monthly meetings, the general contractor has successfully coordinated safety and health efforts, specifically involving PPE usage.

Partnership Overview:
Honeywell's Security & Custom Electronics Division is the world's largest manufacturer of electronic security systems and it is an advocate of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP).  This agreement between Honeywell's Security and Electronics Division located in El Paso, Texas and OSHA was intended to support the mutual goal of improving workplace safety and health by having joint cooperation.   With this Partnership, both parties expected to achieve a higher level of workplace safety and health performance with reductions with its injury and illness rates with the goal of achieving a Total Case Incident Rate (TCIR) of 0.5 and Days Away, Job Restricted or Transferred (DART) rate of 0.1 and maintained below the national averages for SIC Code 4226 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  In addition, Honeywell expected to enhance its contractor safety program.  By the conclusion of the Partnership, Honeywell intended to use its experience as a stepping-stone towards its overall goal of achieving VPP participation.  To assist Honeywell, the Lubbock Area Office and El Paso District Office of OSHA will provide resources avail themselves to provide off-site technical assistance. 

Partnership Goals:

• To achieve VPP Star Status
• Achieve a TCIR of 0.5 and maintain a DART rate below 0.1
• Heighten the safety awareness at all organization levels
• Maintain effective comprehensive safety and health management systems that comply with 29 CFR 1910 and ANSI Standards.

Partnership Results: 
Honeywell used this Partnership to enhance its management of its safety and health programs.  Honeywell increased its offerings of safety training for its employees covering a variety of topics including forklift operations, personal protection equipment usage, emergency action plan development, ergonomics, and hazard communication.  It also now conducts daily walkthroughs to identify potential hazards before they occur with each issue brought to the attention of its management team.  However, while its injury and illness rates increased during the Partnership due to company expansion and increases in number of employees, both its TCIR and DART rates remain below the BLS industry averages.  

As a result of this Partnership, Honeywell experienced an increased comfort level in contacting OSHA for assistance and in raising safety and health compliance issues with OSHA for discussion.  Also, among its employees, there was increased awareness of safety hazards due to the regular workplace assessments.  At the time of the Partnership's closure, Honeywell was working on its VPP application and expected to submit it shortly thereafter.   Approximately a year later, the participating site received its VPP recognition on October 18, 2007.

Partnership Overview:
JOBE Concrete Products, Inc. was established in 1983 and its operations include ready-mix concrete, hot mix asphalt, aggregate and landscaping material supplier with its headquarters located in El Paso, Texas.  JOBE Concrete Products, Inc. operates 11 quarry and sand pit locations, 18 concrete plants, 6 asphalt plant, and 7 retail landscape material and supply centers.   It is an advocate of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP). 

This agreement between JOBE Concrete Products, Inc. and OSHA was intended to support the mutual goal of improving workplace safety and health by having joint cooperation.   With this Partnership, both parties expected to achieve a higher level of workplace safety and health performance with reductions with its injury and illness rates with the goal of achieving a Total Case Incident Rate (TCIR) of 0.8 and Days Away, Job Restricted or Transferred (DART) rate of 0.1 and maintained below the national averages for SIC Code 3273 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  By the conclusion of the Partnership, JOBE Concrete Products intended to use its experience as a stepping-stone towards its overall goal of achieving VPP participation.  To assist JOBE Concrete Products, the Lubbock Area Office and El Paso District Office of OSHA will provide resources avail themselves to provide off-site technical assistance. 

Partnership Goals:

• To achieve VPP Star Status
• Achieve a TCIR of 0.8 and maintain a DART rate below 0.1
• Heighten the safety awareness at all organization levels
• Maintain effective comprehensive safety and health management systems that comply with 29 CFR 1910 and ANSI Standards

Partnership Results:
This Partnership did not experience a recordable injury in 2005 at the conclusion of its first evaluation period, which represents a significant improvement from its 20.6 TCIR in 2004.  However, the site's ownership changed hands and resigned the agreement to reaffirm its support of its participation in the Partnership but nothing was done to continue its Partnership efforts.  Therefore, it was terminated with no additional data or information collected.

Partnership Overview:
The Austin Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Area Office and the Central Texas Chapter of American Subcontractors Association mutually recognized the importance of providing a safe and healthful work environment for the state of Texas' construction workforce. To advance the mutual goal, both parties entered into the Partnership to develop a working relationship that would create mutual trust and respect for respective roles of each organization in the construction safety process.  Implementation of this program under the Partnership Agreement was expected to result in decreased injuries, illnesses, and fatalities in the construction industry and improvement of existing safety and health programs.  To support the efforts, this agreement provided for incentives to construction contractors that voluntarily participated in the Partnership and demonstrated implementation of effective safety and health programs.

Participating Facilities:

• None

Partnership Goals:

• To reduce the number of injuries, illnesses, and fatalities affecting participant employers with an emphasis on reducing injuries and fatalities resulting from those hazards that are the four leading causes of death on construction sites, falls, struck-by, caught in/between and electrocutions
• To increase the number of general and specialty contractors who implement safety and health programs and provide effective safety and health training for management, supervisors and employees
• To recognize those contractors with exemplary safety and health programs and effective site-specific safety and health plans

Partnership Results:
As no employers took the initiative to participate, this Partnership was terminated.

Partnership Overview:
The Lubbock Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Area Office and Reliant Holdings, LP mutually recognized the importance of providing a safe and healthful work environment for Reliant Holdings, LP workforce. To advance the mutual goal, both parties entered into the Partnership to develop a working relationship that would create mutual trust and respect for respective roles of each organization in the construction safety process.  Implementation of this program under the Partnership Agreement was expected to result in decreased injuries, illnesses, and fatalities at Reliant Holdings, LP facilities and improvement of existing safety and health programs.  To support the efforts, this agreement provided for incentives to Reliant Holdings, LP if they voluntarily participated in the Partnership and demonstrated implementation of effective safety and health programs.

Partnership Goals:

• To reduce annually the number of injuries, illnesses, and fatalities affecting participant employers, with an emphasis on reducing injuries and fatalities resulting from falls, struck-by, caught in/between and electrocutions hazards found in gas plants and general industry
• To increase the number of sub-contractor and specialty contractors working with/for the Participant to implement effective safety and health programs and provide effective safety and health training for management, supervisors and employees
• To recognize the Employer with exemplary safety and health programs and effective site-specific safety and health plans
• To achieve Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) Star Status

Partnership Results:
After several attempts to verify Reliant Holdings, LP progress made under the Partnership with no response, this Partnership was terminated due to lack of commitment.

Partnership Overview:
This Partnership agreement covered the construction of the CFAN Expansion, an 110,000 square foot building addition, now located at the CFAN manufacturing facility site in San Marcos, Texas. CFAN is an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) Star participant.  During construction, MST Constructors, Inc. provided the administration and coordination of construction contracts and encouraged compliance with construction environmental, health and safety practices. This included federal, state, local, project and owner rules and regulations.

In an effort to eliminate serious hazards and achieve a high level of worker safety and health on the CFAN Project, this partnering agreement facilitated the process of identifying project health and safety performance goals; developed plans for achieving those goals; cooperated in hazard control implementation; and measured and established a vehicle to communicate the successes and ultimately learning from the process.

Partnership Goals:

• Reduce illnesses and injuries of participating employers by 3% over the time period of the construction project
• Implement and improve effective safety and health management systems that contain four interdependent elements; Management Leadership and Employee Involvement; Worksite Analysis, Hazard Prevention and Control; and Safety and Heath Training
• Improve relationship between MST Constructors and OSHA
• Conduct over one hundred self inspections, showing a reduction in hazards found over the time period of the Partnership

Partnership Results:
At completion, there were no recordable injuries at this site for the duration of the Partnership. The lack of injuries is attributed to the implementation of an effective safety and health management system.  During the Partnership, CFAN assisted MST in improving their safety and health programs in the areas of creating a comprehensive written program and in doing worksite inspections.  MST, CFAN, and third party verification self inspections by CSHI, Inc. were conducted, at an average rate of 7-9 inspections per month of the 110,000 plant expansion.  Also, both CFAN and CSHI, Inc. provided abatement assistance during the project to ensure worker safety and OSHA compliance.  CSHI provided bilingual safety instruction to workers during their third party verifications.

Partnership Overview:
This construction Partnership agreement was intended to ensure safety during the Cowboy Stadium Construction Project. It established a cooperative effort in ensuring safety and maintaining open lines of communication between the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and contractors on the worksite.

The goal of the Partnership was to provide a safe and healthful work environment for employees involved in the construction of the Stadium and to prevent serious accidents and fatalities within the industry through increased training, implementation of best work practices, enhanced safety and health management systems (SHMS), and compliance with applicable OSHA standards and regulations.

Partnership Goals:

• Achieve a "Zero Lost Time Accident" job site by providing a safe and healthful work environment for employees at the Dallas Cowboy Stadium Construction Project
• Increase the number of safety and health programs and best practices implemented among subcontractors
• Increase the number of employees, employers and supervisors who have completed relevant safety training

Partnership Objectives:

• Achieve a "Zero Lost Time Accident" job site at the Dallas Cowboy Stadium Construction Project
• Develop a model safety and health program
• Create and disseminate new safety and health materials to all sub-contractors
• Mentor and train subcontractors and their employees
• Increase communication and mutual respect between stakeholders
• Mentor the Dallas Cowboy Stadium Project for approval as an OSHA Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) Star Work Site
• Develop a business/labor/government cooperative approach to safety management; and
• Direct OSHA resources towards the construction industry whose safety and health efforts require the most assistance

Partnership Results: 
With 72 employers or subcontractors and over 2,100 employees, the Partnership developed, implemented, and maintained a safety and health management system.

In support of the SHMS, over 2,100 employees received almost 40,000 hours of safety-related training including regular safety meetings, 10 and 30 hour OSHA courses, CPR/first aid, and fall protection.  The Partnership also provided support through consultation visits, in which over the duration of the project, 10 such visits were made.

With the large number of contractors, the Partnership took steps to ensure the effective implementation of SHMSs among the subcontractors.  Among the requirements were: hazard analyses by each subcontractor for their work activity on a weekly basis; regular/frequent site safety audits by general contractors and subcontractors; requiring contractors with 25 or more workers to have a full-time safety professional on site; three (3) self-audits are required of each subcontractor each week; and group safety walks are conducted twice a week to observe site conditions/worker behavior.  Also, an accident review board convened when necessary to review all recordable accidents to determine root causes.

Partnership Overview:
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) agreed to a Partnership with KCK Utility Construction, Llano Utility Services, and Starling Richardson Construction and participating contractors to enhance workplace safety and health through the strategy of implementing fully written safety and health programs. The overall goals were to reduce serious injuries and illnesses by one percent per year and to reduce the occurrence of the four major hazards in the categories of falls, electrocutions, struck-by and caught-between by ten percent per year. Employers involved in the Partnership received OSHA assistance and annual on-site enforcement inspections in accordance with approved protocols in lieu of programmed inspections.

Participating Facilities:

• KCK Utility Construction, Allen, Texas
• Llano Utility Services, Corinth, Texas
• Starling Richardson Construction, Richardson, Texas

Partnership Goals:

• Promote voluntary compliance with the OSHA requirements;
• Reduce the number of serious injuries, illnesses,  and fatalities experienced by the utility construction industry within the Dallas Area; and
• Improve training efforts to educate employees on the hazards associated with utility construction.

Partnership Results:
After the signing of the Partnership, none of the signatories expressed interest in participating.  Therefore, the Partnership was terminated.

Partnership Overview:
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) entered into a Partnership with James Construction Group, LLC and participating contractors to enhance workplace safety and health during the construction of the Perkins Road Expansion Project through the strategy of implementing fully written safety and health management systems (SHMS). The overall goal of this Partnership was to reduce serious injuries and illnesses by one percent per year and to reduce the occurrence of the four major hazards in the categories of falls, electrocutions, struck-by and caught-between by ten percent per year.

Participating Facilities:

• James Construction Group LLC, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Diamond/Toomer, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Partnership Goals:

• Reduce serious injuries and illnesses using as a minimum one percent per year
• Reduce the occurrence of the four major hazards in the categories of falls, electrocutions, struck-by and caught-between, using as a minimum ten percent per year

Partnership Results: 
The Perkins Road Expansion Project began in January 2007, at an estimated cost of $27 million and was completed one month ahead of schedule.  Project employers experienced no employee related fatalities and minimal employee related injury/illness during their operations in the highly trafficked work zone.  At the completion of the Perkins Road Expansion Project, a total of 1600 workers were impacted by the Partnership Agreement.

During the project, the Partners worked on improving and enhancing their SHMS.  The partnering companies held training sessions for the employees and supervisors. The areas covered were hazard communication standard and OSHA's Big Four Focus Hazards in construction, falls, struck by, electrocution and caught in between.   Also, consultation staff participated in quarterly meetings to provide feedback, areas of improvement, industry updates, and other topics related to project safety.  Self inspections were performed with all identified hazards abated.   The project inspections reflected improvements from 2007, eliminating physical hazards such as unprotected catch basin rebar and identifying trends towards back strains.

As a result of the SHMS improvements, one of the partnering companies experienced a lower cost of doing business putting it in a position to lower its payroll burden insurance rates included in bids and charged to projects.  Also, its' safety performance continued to improve as indicated by the increased number of reported work hours, surpassing the totals reported over each of the past last eight years, while recordable cases continued to decline.  Finally, worker compensation cost claims continued to fall and the three years of safety efforts under this Partnership led to the lowest rate in its history.

Partnership Overview:
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) agreed to a Partnership with the Black Contractors Association to enhance workplace safety and health through the strategy of implementing fully written safety and health programs. The overall goals were to reduce serious injuries and illnesses by a minimum of one percent per year and to reduce the occurrence of the four major hazards in the categories of falls, electrocutions, struck-by and caught-between by a minimum of ten percent per year. Employers who were in the Partnership received OSHA assistance and annual on-site enforcement inspections in accordance with approved protocols in lieu of programmed inspections.

Participating Facilities:

• None

Partnership Goals:

• Reduce serious injuries and illnesses using as a minimum one percent per year
• Reduce the occurrence of the four major hazards in the categories of falls, electrocutions, struck-by and caught-between, using as a minimum ten percent per year

Partnership Results:
Due to no interest among the Black Contractors Association members in participating, this Partnership was terminated.

Partnership Overview:
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) entered into a Partnership with V & R Drywall, Inc. to enhance workplace safety and health through the strategy of implementing fully written safety and health management systems. The overall goals were to reduce serious injuries and illnesses by a minimum of one percent per year and to reduce the occurrence of the four major hazards in the categories of falls, electrocutions, struck-by and caught-between by a minimum of ten percent per year.

Partnership Goals:

• Reduce serious injuries and illnesses using as a minimum one percent per year
• Reduce the occurrence of the four major hazards in the categories of falls, electrocutions, struck-by and caught-between, using as a minimum ten percent per year

Partnership Results:
For the duration of the Partnership, over 6700 employees were trained. The training topics included scaffold erection, housekeeping and personal protective equipment.  Benefits realized from this Partnership were increased safety and health awareness, improved relationships with OSHA and improved employer - employee relationships.   However, after a regional review of current Partnerships, this Partnership was terminated because of a new policy directive in place prohibiting Partnerships with single-entity businesses.   V & R Drywall was recommended to participate in the OSHA Challenge program to improve on its safety and health management systems.

Partnership Overview:
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) entered into a partnership with Saulsbury Industries to enhance workplace safety and health through the strategy of implementing fully written safety and health management systems (SHMS).

This employer is a general contractor. The intent of this partnership is to reduce injuries and illnesses through a trickle down effect on subcontractors who work with Saulsbury Industries. Saulsbury Industries has consistently maintained Total Case Incidence Rate (TCIR) and Days Away, Job Restricted or Transferred Activity (DART) rates significantly below the national averages for their industry and the intent is to help subcontractors working under Saulsbury Industries to develop their own effective SHMS.

Partnering Facility:

• Saulsbury Industries, Odessa, Texas

Partnership Goals:

• Reduce serious injuries and illnesses by a minimum of one percent per year
• Reduce the occurrence of the four major hazards in the categories of falls, electrocutions, struck-by and caught-between by a minimum of ten percent per year

Partnership Results:
During the most recent evaluation period, the OSP continued its success. The OSP was able to reduce its annual TCIR by 50 percent, from 0.4 to 0.2 and did not experience a DART incident for the second straight year, thereby maintaining its rate at 0.0. Its three-year TCIR remained stable at 0.28, which is significantly lower than the Bureau of Labor Statistics National Average Rate of 3.7.

The improvements are attributed to Saulsbury Industries' extensive use of training and self-inspections. First, the most recent evaluation reported that over 2,500 of its employees received over 60,000 hours of training. Also, Saulsbury Industries revised its employee training program and new employee orientation to enhance the materials and to address trends identified throughout the previous year including: About OSHA, Hand Safety, Spotter Training, Material Handling, and Operator Safety. Second, self-inspections have received significant emphasis from the employer as all work sites conduct daily worksite inspections with the results documented on a weekly inspection form. Additional inspections are carried out by safety and management personnel, with audit results communicated to senior level management.

According to Saulsbury Industries, the OSP has been a success as it greatly increased communication with OSHA while developing solid relationships built upon a common goal to "improve and promote safety awareness" and "the slogan created in the early stages of the OSP, "Working Together in Partnership for a Safer Tomorrow" has proved itself to be true. With the results attained through the efforts of this OSP, Saulsbury Industries is now taking the initial steps needed to apply for Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) recognition with an expected application submittal sometime in 2012.

Partnership Overview:
OSHA, through its Little Rock Area Office and CDI Contractors, LLC (CDI) signed a comprehensive safety and health partnership agreement to provide safe and healthful working environments for employees of CDI Contractors, LLC and the contractors they hire in the state of Arkansas. The partnership will focus in particular on construction industry hazards such as: falls; electrocutions; caught in-between and struck-by.

Partnering Facility:

• CDI Contractors, LLC, Little Rock, Arkansas

Partnership Goals:

• Implement and maintain an effective Safety and Health Management Systems (SHMS)
• Reduce or eliminate injuries and illnesses involving CDI employees, and others on CDI worksites
• Endeavor to maintain a DART Rate equal to or less than the current Bureau of Labor Statistics rate for general contractors

Partnership Objectives:
The hazards associated with the construction industry are well documented. The purpose of this OSP was to reduce and/or eliminate those hazards, thus reducing injuries and illness involving CDI employees, and other contractors that may work on CDI jobsites. Implementation of this OSP agreement was expected to result in decreased injuries, illnesses, and fatalities, with a resultant decrease in workers' compensation costs. This OSP agreement also provided for incentives for adhering to the program guidelines and demonstrating the continued implementation of an effective safety and health management system.

Partnership Results:
The closeout evaluation showed the impact of implementing effective Safety and Health Management Systems (SHMS) at the various construction projects operated by CDI Contractors, LLC in the state of Arkansas. Compared to its baseline injury and illness rates established at the beginning of the OSP, the OSP closed out with a Total Case Incidence Rate (TCIR) which was 81 percent below, and also 85 percent below the industry average as established by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for the 2009 year. Also, its Days Away, Job Restricted or Transferred (DART) rate at the end of the OSP was 73 percent below its corresponding baseline rate. The final DART rate was also 86 percent below the BLS industry average for 2009.

According to a Compliance Assistance Specialist (CAS) working with the OSP, "CDI has an excellent SHMS that is practiced and enforced, not only towards CDI employees, but also directed to the employees of on-site sub contractors. Hazard recognition and hazard removal has reduced the employer's injury incidence rate, as well as that of the on-site sub contractors." As a result of the OSP, CDI now has a policy of correcting hazards immediately after identification and conducting refresher training when appropriate.

Training is also an integral part of CDI's effective SHMS. All of its foremen completed the OSHA 10-hour training course, and all of its superintendents completed both the OSHA 10-hour and 30-hour training courses. During the OSP, CDI upgraded its training to include heat stress issues and other regional/national emphasis program issues. Also, CDI's website has online safety training courses, including the OSHA 10 & 30 Hour Courses for assigned employees and they are also available to its subcontractors.

At the completion of the OSP, CDI was in the process of seeking Voluntary Protection Programs recognition under the mobile workforce program.

Partnership Overview:
OSHA and the Audubon Bridge Constructors, a joint venture of Flatiron Constructors Inc.; Granite Construction, Inc. and Parsons Transportation Group, signed an OSHA Strategic Partnership (OSP) to address construction and roadway workzone industry hazards such as falls, electrical, caught in-between and struck-bys during the construction of the John James Audubon Bridge.

The John James Audubon Bridge project involved the construction of a Mississippi River crossing between Pointe Coupee Parish and West Feliciana Parish near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The project installed a 2.44 mile four-lane elevated cable-stayed bridge structure with two 11-foot travel lanes in each direction with 8-foot outside shoulders and 2-foot inside shoulders; approximately 12 miles of two-lane roadways; and four new intersections to existing roadways.

Participating Facilities:

• Flatiron Constructors, Inc., Longmont, Colorado
• Granite Construction, Inc., Watsonville, California
• Parsons Transportation, Washington, District of Columbia

Partnership Goals:

• Attain a Total Case Incidence Rate (TCIR) and Days Away Restricted, Transfer Case Incidence Rate (DART) below the 2009 National BLS Average for the NAICS construction code
• Improve safety and health management systems for subcontractors at partner sites
• Develop a program to assist Spanish speaking workers (at selected projects) understand and follow SHMS requirements

Partnership Objectives
The hazards associated with the construction industry are well documented. Construction activities involving bridge construction and highway work zones with multi-employers have added complexities. The partners' goals went towards reducing and/or eliminating these hazards. In this regard, it recognized the importance and value of exerting leadership by bringing their respective skills to bear in a cooperative, focused, voluntary effort to ensure a safe and healthful environment for all personnel involved in the John James Audubon Bridge Project. This OSP ensured that the Audubon Bridge Constructors and its subcontractors worked towards improving their safety and health performance and reducing or eliminating safety and health hazards through implementation of effective safety and health management systems.

Partnership Results: 
Prior to the signing of the OSP, the John James Audubon Bridge Project experienced TCIR and DART rates of 6.4. Upon completion in May 2011, the project's TCIR and DART, while under the OSP, rates were 3.5 and 1.4 respectively, representing reductions of 45% and 78% respectively.

The decreases were a result of the collaborative work between the project managers and OSHA as an effective Safety and Health Management System (SHMS) was developed and implemented. Training was an integral component with over 50 sessions held on a variety of safety and health topics including fall protection, heat stress, scaffold, trenching & excavations, forklifts, aerial lifts, and confined space. In addition, employees were provided a sense of ownership of the safety and health management system at the project.

According to its first annual evaluation, "[t]he OSP between OSHA and Audubon Bridge Constructors has provided for greater hazard awareness and enchantment of the safety culture for project workers. The goal for the project continues to be zero lost time and recordable accidents and the project managers believe the OSP plays a vital role in these developments."

Finally, as stated in the closeout evaluation report of this OSP, "[t]he efforts between OSHA and Audubon Bridge Constructors have created awareness for all employees and have created an enhanced safety culture. The goal continues to be zero lost time and recordable accidents and this program played a vital role in these developments."

Partnership Overview:
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Safety Program Specialist (SPS) Safety Association signed an OSHA Strategic Partnership (OSP) agreement to reduce or eliminate fatalities and serious injuries in the construction industry. The OSP focused in particular on construction industry hazards such as falls, electrocution, struck-by, trenching and excavation and caught in between.   With this OSP, the SPS Safety Association supported the efforts of OSHA towards the reduction and/or elimination of these hazards and recognized the importance and value of leadership's commitment in this regard. To facilitate OSHA's goal of reducing occupational illnesses and injuries, OSHA and SPS Safety Association agreed to the joint implementation of this OSP at all projects that include SPS sub contractors.

Partnering Facilities:

• Amistad Plumbing, El Paso, Texas
• Carefree Homes, El Paso, Texas
• Safety Program Specialist Safety Association, El Paso, Texas

Partnership Goals:

• Attain a Total Case Incidence Rate (TCIR) and Days Away Restricted, Transfer Case Incidence Rate (DART) below the 2009 National BLS Average for the NAICS construction code
• Improve safety and health management systems for subcontractors at partner sites
• Develop a program to assist Spanish speaking workers (at selected projects) understand and follow SHMS requirements

Partnership Objectives:
The hazards associated with the construction industry are well documented and these hazards increase in complexity in typical multi-story worksites or large complex interior renovation type projects.  The SPS Safety Association supports the efforts of OSHA towards the reduction and/or elimination of these hazards and recognizes the importance and value of leadership commitment in this regard.  To facilitate OSHA's goal of reducing occupational-related fatalities and serious injuries in the construction industry, OSHA and SPS Safety Association agree to the joint implementation of this OSP at all projects.

Partnership Results:
Under this OSP, SPS and OSHA worked with employers to implement effective safety and health management programs at their worksites. The OSP saw positive results.  For its duration, the participating employers achieved a zero incidence rate at its projects.

SPS provided assistance through monthly training opportunities and the provision of technical assistance.  Training topics included risk management, CPR/First Aid, scaffolding, 10/30 Hour courses, and heavy equipment operations.

By the end of the OSP's term, SPS expected to have in place a continual program for all of its employers and their workers, including those who speak Spanish, allowing for allow greater sharing of information to enable the developments and implementations of effective safety and health programs based on the unique needs of each employer.

The OSP concluded a year earlier due to the lack of participation among the participating employers.

Partnership Overview:
Recognizing the importance of providing a safe and healthful working environment for construction industry workforce, OSHA and the San Antonio Masonry Contractors Association (SAMCA) signed a three year partnership agreement to develop a working relationship that will result in decreased serious injuries and illnesses rates in addition to improvements of existing safety and health management systems of the participating member companies. SAMCA is a local trade group of more than 50 member companies committed to providing the San Antonio, Texas metropolitan area with quality masonry products and services. The Partnership focused in particular on construction industry hazards such as falls, struck by, caught in/caught between and electrocutions. Partnering companies were committed to develop and share best practices as well as to provide specialized training to their employees so that they may correctly recognize commonly encountered hazards.

Participating Facilities:

• Brazos Masonry, Waco, Texas
• C & S Contractors, San Antonio, Texas
• C.L. Crow, Helotes, Texas
• Curtis Hunt Restorations, Inc., Elmendorf, Texas
• DJM Masonry Enterprises, Boerne, Texas
• Groesbeck Masonry Contractors, Inc., San Antonio, Texas
• Guad Masonry Contractors, San Antonio, Texas
• LS Masonry, Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas
• Lundberg Masonry Inc., Boerne, Texas
• Rick Stone Masonry, Inc., Helotes, Texas
• Rudd & Adams Masonry, Inc., Boerne, Texas
• Shadrock & Williams Masonry, Ltd., Helotes, Texas

Partnership Goals:

• Attain overall Total Case Incidence Rate (TCIR) and Days Away Restricted, Transfer Case Incidence Rate (DART) that are below the 2007 National Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) averages for the construction industry
• Implement effective Safety and Health Management Systems
• Provide effective safety training in employees' primary language(s)

Partnership Objectives:
To facilitate OSHA's goal of reducing occupational-related fatalities and serious injuries in the construction industry, as outlined in the Agency's strategic plan, OSHA and SAMCA agreed to the joint implementation of this partnership. The hazards associated within the construction industry are well documented. Construction activities involving masonry construction and worksites involving multiple employers have added complexities. The partners’ goals were to reduce and/or eliminate these hazards. In this regard, the partners recognized the importance and value of exerting leadership by bringing their respective skills to bear in a cooperative, focused, voluntary effort to ensure a safe and healthful environment for all personnel involved.

Partnership Results:
After the completion of the Partnership's second year, its participants experienced the positive results of their efforts in implementing and enhancing their safety and health management systems. Compared to their baseline Total Case Incidence Rate (TCIR) and Days Away, Job Restricted or Transferred (DART) rate established at the start of the Partnership (2007), the participants in the aggregate experienced TCIR and DART rates which were 45 and 21 percent below, respectively. Also, compared to the previous year (2008), the participants made a 31 percent reduction with its DART rate. With the 4.7 TCIR rate experienced in 2009, this represented a rate 8 percent below the national average rate for specialty trade contractors.

The participants focused on safety training as a strategy to improve their safety and health performance. In addition to the almost 20,000 hours of training provided in 2008, more than 10,000 additional hours of training were provided in 2009 covering a variety of topics impacting the masonry industry. Also, the participants reinforced their Safety and Health Management Systems (SHMS) by conducting regular self-inspections. A total of 1501 self-inspections were reported by the Partners which resulted in 318 hazards identified and abated.

Partnership Overview:
Continuing the beneficial relationship between Odom's Tennessee Pride Sausage and OSHA developed during a prior Partnership, both parties agreed to enter another Partnership agreement to assist Odom's Tennessee Pride as they improve the management of their safety and health management system (SHMS). The Partnership focused on eliminating and/or minimizing the major hazards in the food processing industry. The Partnership planned to improve the SHMS by developing a tracking system to document hazards and their abatements and holding training for its employees in their primary languages. With this Partnership, OSHA provided technical assistance, including interpretations of OSHA standards, both on and off site, as resources allowed, in reviewing site-specific safety and health management system; help identify, through the review of OSHA 300 data and/or site accident reports, the primary causal factors in injuries and illnesses, and provided technical assistance as required to assist in the hazard correction; and provided access to training, as resources allowed, including available OSHA training institute courses and information on other available sources for training.

Participating Facility:

• Odom's Tennessee Pride Sausage, Little Rock, Arkansas

Partnership Goals:

• Develop employer/government relationships that will encourage personnel with Odom's Tennessee Pride to improve their safety and health performance
• Minimize and//or eliminate the major hazards (cuts, electrical, strains, sprains, slips hazards) which account for the majority of fatalities and injuries in this industry
• Prevent serious accidents at this facility through implementation of Safety and Health Management Systems (SHMS) and increased employee training
• Include safety training in an employee's primary language for those employees working in hazardous situations

Partnership Objectives:
The hazards associated with the food processing industry are well documented. Cuts, strains, sprains, electrical, and slips are the major hazards in this industry so the goal of the Partnership was to reduce and/or eliminate these hazards. In this regard, the partners recognized the importance and value of exerting leadership by bringing their respective skills to bear in a cooperative, focused, voluntary effort to ensure a safe and healthful environment for all personnel involved. To facilitate OSHA's goal of reducing occupational-related fatalities and serious injuries in the industry, as outlined in the Agency's strategic plan, OSHA and Odom's Tennessee Pride agreed to the joint implementation of this Partnership.

Partnership Results:
During the first year of the Partnership, Odom's Tennessee Pride Sausage worked on improving its safety and health management system. The facility performed a gap analysis using OSHA Challenge tools to identify its areas of strengths and weaknesses. The primary focus during the first year was the completion of job safety analyses for the various work tasks throughout the facility. Training was another focus, and with assistance from OSHA, the facility also provided training to its employees on facility-specific hazards, frequently cited standards for sausage and other prepared meats, fatality descriptions for state of Arkansas for fiscal year 2010, and upcoming OSHA agenda items. Also, the safety committee members attended various safety conferences to learn more about what other employers are doing with their safety programs.

Partnership Overview:
The San Antonio International Airport Project involved the demolition and new construction of Terminal 2. This project is the single-largest Capital Improvement project in San Antonio history and included nearly 300,000 square feet of new terminal space, renovation of existing terminal space in excess of 40,000 square feet, a new Central Utility Plant, and over 9000 linear square feet of baggage handling systems. During peak construction activity, this project employed about 400 workers.

The Partnership attempted to prevent construction fatalities and serious injuries with the establishment of a foundation of pro-active measures. 100% of the contractors working on this project were required to have effective safety and health management systems (SHMS) and this was accomplished through the development of a site-specific safety program by the General Contractor along with the requirement that all prime contractors were to develop and implement a comprehensive site-specific SHMS complying with the criteria of the site-specific safety program and OSHA's 1989 Voluntary Safety and Health Management Guidelines. In addition to any training required by specific OSHA standards or regulations, and prior to working on the project, all employees received job-site orientation and training. Prime contractors and tier-subcontractors were required to provide to their employees site-specific safety program training.

Participating Facilities:

• Clark Construction, San Antonio, Texas
• Thos. S. Byrne, Ltd., San Antonio, Texas

Partnership Goals:

• Attempt to prevent construction fatalities and serious injuries by establishing a foundation of pro-active measures with a goal of reducing injuries and illnesses by 10% below these 2006 BLS rates through the development, implementation, and maintenance of effective comprehensive safety and health programs in accordance with 29 CFR 1926, OSHA interpretations and guidelines, ANSI Standards and the OSHA multi-employer policy and the development and provision of training necessary to enhance safety awareness and proactively addressing job-related hazards.
• Require 100% of the contractors working on this project to have effective safety and health programs. This will be accomplished through the development of a site-specific safety program by the general contractor. This will require all prime contractors to develop and implement a comprehensive site-specific safety and health program that will comply with the criteria of the SSSP and OSHA's safety and health program guidelines; and a review of site-specific safety programs by the general contractor as a part of the bid-acceptance procedure.
• Implement a comprehensive audit program to ensure that employees are not exposed to serious hazards. All of the hazardous conditions found during these audits will be corrected.

Partnership Objectives:
This Partnership represented a voluntary agreement affording Clark Construction an alternative to traditional OSHA enforcement. The purpose was to foster open communication between OSHA, Clark Construction and the sub-contractors working on the project. The level of activity needed to complete the project on schedule will necessitated a cooperative effort to assure that a safe and healthy work environment was maintained at all times. This effort expanded OSHA's reach, allowing OSHA to work with the companies involved to promote safety programs, management systems, and work methods utilizing the latest technologies and the safest available methods. This also supported the Agency's Strategic Plan by developing strategies to improve safety and health in the construction industry.

Partnership Results:
This Partnership was concluded prior to the scheduled completion date of the project because the parties did not comply with the data sharing requirements of the agreement which prevented OSHA from being able to verify progress made. Due to the inability to collect data, OSHA decided to conclude the Partnership earlier than scheduled

Partnership Overview: 
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) entered into a Partnership with Burton Construction Company, the general contractor, and its participating contractors at the Caterpillar Project to enhance workplace safety and health through the strategy of implementing fully written safety and health management systems at the site, located in Seguin, TX.

The project involved the construction of an 800,000 square foot diesel engine manufacturing plant in Seguin, Texas. The site employed approximately 350 total employees. Trades represented at the site included electrical, mechanical, pre-cast concrete, and steel erection contractor, roofing, waterproofing, painting and fire protection.

Participating Facility:

• Burton Construction, Sugar Land, Texas

Partnership Goals:

• Attain a Total Case Incidence Rate (TCIR) and Days Away Restricted, Transfer Rate (DART) below the 2007 National average for the NAICS construction code as determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Improve the Safety and Health Management System (SHMS) covering the project 
• Develop a program to assist Spanish speaking workers to understand and follow SHMS requirements.

Partnership Objectives:
The hazards associated with the construction industry are well documented. Construction activities involving multi-employers have added complexities. The partners' goals were to reduce and/or eliminate these hazards. In this regard, the partners recognized the importance and value of exerting leadership by bringing their respective skills to bear in a cooperative, focused, voluntary effort to ensure a safe and healthful environment for all personnel involved.  To facilitate OSHA's goal of reducing occupational-related fatalities and serious injuries in the construction industry, as outlined in the Agency's strategic plan, OSHA and contractors at the Caterpillar Project agreed to the joint implementation of this Partnership.

The objectives of this Partnership were to develop contractor/government relationships that will encourage contractors at the Caterpillar project to improve their safety and health performance; to assist them in striving for the elimination of the four major hazards (falls, electrical, caught in/between and struck-by hazards) which account for the majority of fatalities and injuries in this industry; to assist in minimizing and/or eliminating the hazards associated with masonry work sites; to prevent serious accidents during this project through implementation of SHMSs and increased employee training and to include safety training in an employee's primary language for those employees working in hazardous situations such as the four major hazards.

Partnership Results:
Prior to the signing of the Partnership, the project experienced a TCIR of 4.5 and a DART of 1.1.  During the final year under the auspices of the Partnership, the project did not experience a single incident.  This allowed the Partnership to achieve its goal of attaining a TCIR and DART below the 2007 national average for the construction industry as determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.   During construction, Burton Construction provided more than 8,000 hours of safety related training to its employees and supervisors.  In addition, regular self-inspections contributed to the implementation of an effective safety and health management system in where more than 100 hazards were identified and corrected before being able to injure an employee.

Partnership Overview:
To facilitate OSHA's goal of reducing occupational-related fatalities and serious injuries within the construction industry, OSHA and Balfour/Russell/Pegasus ("BRP") agreed to enter into a cooperative partnership agreement with respect to the Dallas Convention Center Hotel project (Project) which effectively implemented all facets of jobsite safety and achieved self-compliance through cooperative efforts from labor, management, and OSHA. The overall goal was to create a working relationship that focused on preventing work-related fatalities, controlling or eliminating serious workplace hazards, and establishing a foundation for the development of an effective SHMS.

Participating Facilities:

• Balfour/Russell/Pegasus, Dallas, Texas
• Pegasus Texas Construction, LP, Dallas, Texas
• H.J. Russell, Atlanta, Georgia
• TEXO, Inc., Dallas, Texas

Partnership Goals:

• Achieve a zero incidence rate at the project site by providing a safe and healthful work environment
• Increase the number of safety and health management systems (SHMS) and best practices implemented among subcontractors
• Increase the number of employees, employers and supervisors who have completed relevant safety training

Partnership Objectives:
The objective was to provide a safe and healthful work environment for employees involved in the construction industry and to help prevent serious accidents and fatalities within the industry through increased training, implementation of best work practices, enhanced safety and health programs, and compliance with applicable OSHA standards and regulations. This initiative represented a voluntary agreement and afforded a partnership alternative to the traditional OSHA enforcement procedures.

Partnership Results:
During the first year of construction of the Dallas Convention Center Hotel, the project experienced a Total Case Incidence Rate of 3.3 and a Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred rate of 0.7. Both rates were 28 percent and 72 percent, respectively, below the national averages for the Construction industry according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest published rates. This was attributed to the Partnership’s emphases on training and self-inspections. During the first evaluation period, a total of 672 workers, including contractors, received more than 5,700 hours of training. The training sessions included the OSHA 10 and 30 Hour sessions, a crane seminar, and the Hartford Leadership course. Also, the site performed an emergency rescue mock exercise to prepare the workers should it happen. Second, weekly walkarounds or self-inspections by the general contractor and the main subcontractors also contributed to the below-average injury and illness rates as a total of 379 hazards were identified and corrected before being able to cause an injury.

The purpose of the partnership is to improve workplace safety and health and reduce work related injuries and illnesses, through the development and implementation of comprehensive safety and health management programs, that reflect the current program elements of OSHA's Voluntary Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines. This will be accomplished through the establishment of partnership goals and measures; data collection; on site and off site guidance, resources and assistance; verification inspections and annual program evaluations.

Devon Energy selected Holder-Flintco A Joint Venture to build its base headquarters and this Partnership will cover the construction. At completion, the headquarters will be a 54-story office building with 5-story podium and rotunda buildings along with a 10-story parking deck additions, and it will entail 1.9 million square feet of space. The project has begun in the month of October 2009. Construction is expected to take approximately 33 months. There will be approximately 62 subcontracts on each project.

The goals of the agreement are:

• Reduce the number of serious injuries and illness through the development and implementation of effective safety and health management programs, analysis of project site injury data and work site self- inspection data to identify trends and implementation of appropriate intervention strategies;
• Increase the number of subcontractors with effective safety and health management systems through the provision of training and technical assistance; and
• Increase the number of workers, supervisors and foremen who have received the OSHA 10-hour Construction Course or equivalent training.

Partnership Overview:
The San Antonio Military Medical Center Project (Project) was an expansion and extension of the Brooke Army Medical Center and Fort Sam Houston to create a medical complex encompassing both Army installations in San Antonio. This project included nearly 700,000 square feet of new hospital space, renovation of existing medical space in excess of 280,000 square feet, a new Central Energy Plant, and a new parking structure with a total of nearly 5,000 new parking spots.

Participating Facility:

• Clark/Hunt, a Joint Venture, Fort Sam Houston, Texas

Partnership Goals:

• Attempted to prevent construction fatalities and serious injuries by establishing a foundation of pro-active measures with a goal of reducing injuries and illnesses by 10% below these 2006 BLS rates through the development, implementation, and maintenance of effective comprehensive safety and health programs in accordance with 29 CFR 1926, OSHA interpretations and guidelines, ANSI Standards and the OSHA multi-employer policy and the development and provision of training necessary to enhance safety awareness and proactively addressing job-related hazards.
• Required 100 percent of the contractors working on this project to have effective safety and health programs. This was to be accomplished through the development of a site-specific safety program by the general contractor. This required all prime contractors to develop and implement a comprehensive site-specific safety and health program that complied with the criteria of the SSSP and OSHA's safety and health program guidelines; and a review of site-specific safety programs by the general contractor as a part of the bid-acceptance procedure.
• Implemented a comprehensive audit program to ensure that employees were not exposed to serious hazards. All of the hazardous conditions found during these audits will be corrected.

Partnership Objectives:
The partnership represented a voluntary agreement which affords Clark/Hunt, a Joint Venture, an alternative to traditional OSHA enforcement. The purpose of this partnership was to foster open communication between OSHA, Clark/Hunt, and the subcontractors working on the project. The level of activity needed to complete the project on schedule necessitated a cooperative effort to assure that a safe and healthy work environment was maintained at all times. This partnership expanded OSHA's reach into this project, allowing OSHA to work with the companies involved to promote safety programs, management systems, and work methods utilizing the latest technologies and the safest available methods. This partnership supported the Agency's then Strategic Plan by developing strategies to improve safety and health in the construction industry.

Partnership Results:
In its first year, the Partnership exceeded its goal of maintaining its Total Case Incidence Rate (TCIR) and Days Away, Restricted or Transferred (DART) rate below the national averages for the Construction industry as established by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the year 2009. The project experienced TCIR and DART rates of 3.2 and 0.7 respectively, which are 26% and 70% below the industry averages.

Clark/Hunt was able to keep the injury and illness rates below the industry averages through the provision of over 10,000 hours of training to its workers and supervisors. As a requirement prior to working on the project, training in the form of jobsite orientations were held on a daily basis and were offered in both English and Spanish. Also, the OSHA 10 hour course is required for all Clark/Hunt supervisors and managers. OSHA provided a training session on the new crane standard. In addition to the training, Clark/Hunt performed self-inspections on a daily basis and a total of 84 hazards were corrected or abated before they were able to injure a worker.

OSHA also provided assistance by answering technical questions and conducting four site walk-through visits.

Partnership Overview:
The agreement covered the construction of twelve separate Company Operations Facility buildings at Fort Bliss to support two Infantry Brigade Combat Teams. These buildings provide operational support space for over 7,000 soldiers. It is anticipated that we will have approximately 25 subcontractors that will join the partnership, which should include nearly 850 employees by the end of the project. The M.A. Mortenson Construction Company will request specialty or trade contractors to join the partnership at the time they start working on the site. The partnership provided benefits to M.A. Mortenson Construction Company, and the specialty or trade contractors, which include, among others, special recognition from OSHA and priority in compliance assistance programs, as appropriate.

Participating Facility:

• M.A. Mortenson Construction, Fort Bliss, Texas

Partnership Goals:

• Prevention /elimination of hand injuries through proper use of hand positioning/gloves
• Special emphasis on education of workforce regarding fall hazards.
• Improve crews' abilities to identify changes and stop and reevaluate work when process has changed or hazardous conditions present themselves
• Share knowledge of the best practices
• Foster open and continuing communication between the partners.

Partnership Objectives:
The Partnership recognized the importance of ensuring a safe and healthful work environment in the construction industry in the State of Texas through a formalized cooperative effort through the partnership; committed to encouraging companies to improve their safety and health performance voluntarily; providing methods to assist them in their efforts; and recognizing companies with exemplary safety and health programs, as appropriate .

Partnership Overview and Objectives:
To facilitate OSHA’s goal of reducing occupational-related fatalities and serious injuries within the construction industry, OSHA and Hensel Phelps Construction Company (Hensel) agreed to enter into an OSHA Strategic Partnership (OSP) agreement with respect to the San Antonio Public Safety Headquarters Project (Project) which effectively implemented all facets of jobsite safety and achieved self-compliance through cooperative efforts from labor, management, and OSHA.

Partnership Objective

The objective of the OSP was to provide a safe and healthful work environment for employees involved with the Project and to prevent serious accidents and fatalities through increased training, implementation of best work practices, enhanced safety and health programs, and compliance with applicable OSHA standards and regulations. The OSP intended to achieve its goals through vigorous self-inspection and implementation and verification of written comprehensive safety and health programs among participating employers.

Participating Employers:

• IASCO, San Antonio, Texas
• Myrex Industries, Houston, Texas
• Olmos Equipment, San Antonio, Texas
• Patriot Erectors, Dripping Springs, Texas
• Pecos Fence, San Antonio, Texas
• Pioneer Fire Systems, Rockport, Texas
• Rider Wash Systems, San Antonio, Texas
• Samuel Glass, San Antonio, Texas
• Southwest Electric, San Antonio, Texas
• Thyssen Krupp, San Antonio, Texas
• Torre Crane, San Antonio, Texas
• Turner Roofing, San Antonio, Texas
• Young and Pratt, Manor, Texas

Participating Goals:

• Achieve a "Zero Lost Time Accident" job site at the Project
• Develop a model safety and health program
• Create and disseminate new safety and health materials to all subcontractors
• Mentor and train subcontractors and their employees