1. Fall Hazards
2. Electrocutions
3. Caught-between & struck-by-injuries

• The partnership has eight employers participating in the step program
• Offering over 12,500 safety and health training hours to 860 employees to include supervisors
• Performed over 1,450 self inspections and identified and corrected approximately 2,550 hazards
• The partnership 2008 Total Case Incident Rate (TCIR) and Days Away, Restricted and Transferred (DART) rates increased slightly from the last two year, however the rates still remain below The Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) national average for 2007. The partnership's three year TCIR and DART are 30% and 29% respectively below 2007(BLS) national average

• The partnership has eight employers participating in the step program.
• Offering over 12, 000 safety and health training hours to 938 employees to include supervisors.
• Performed over 1500 self inspections and identified and corrected approximately 2500 hazards.
• The partnership 2008 Total Case Incident Rate (TCIR) and Days Away, Restricted and Transferred (DART) rates increased slightly from the last two year, however the rates still remain below The Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) national average for 2007. The partnership three year TCIR and DART are 30% and 18% respectively below 2007(BLS) national average.

1. Maintaining a lost time incidence rate below the BLS national average without fatalities;
2. Conducting jobsite inspections utilizing a system developed by the Partnership Members;
3. Ensuring employees receive safety training;
4. Implementing a Fall Protection Plan to include fall protection in all cases where work is being performed six feet or more above a lower surface;
5. Requiring all subcontractors who have written safety and health programs to submit them to S.M. Wilson & Co. before the start of any on-site work;
6. Apply for participation in OSHA's Voluntary Protection Programs when construction has been ongoing for one year; and
7. In addition to the implementation of a broad-based safety and health program, the following special focus areas will be maintained throughout the duration of this project: working on or around Metrolink, FAA helicopter communication procedure, public protection/signage program, medical gas tank area, post-incident investigation process, pre-activity meetings for each subcontractor verifying recognition of hazards, safe work methods and utilization of training.

Partnership Overview:
This OSHA Strategic Partnership (OSP) was formed to create a working relationship that will allow participants to promote safety and health during the construction of the new hospital patient tower The goals of the OSP are: to provide a safe and healthful work environment for employees involved in the construction industry; help prevent serious accidents and fatalities by addressing key hazards (falls, electrocution, caught between, and struck-by) through increased training, implementation of best work practices, recognized employers that develop and implement safety and health management systems and maintain a lost time incidence rate below the BLS national average without fatalities.

Partnership Goals:

• Reduce the aggregate Days away, Restricted and Transferred (DART) rate and aggregate Total Case Incident (TCIR) rate by 10 % below the previous three years aggregated rates, which was 1.7 and 3.6 respectively
• Implement and maintain a Safety and Health Management Program in accordance OSHA 1989 guidelines
• Increase training for participant's employees

Partnership Overview:
The goal of the Work Safe Partnership Program II (WSPPII) was to improve the safety and health record of Contractor members of the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association's, Kansas City Chapter (SMACNA-KC). To accomplish this goal, a cooperative partnership was established between the SMACNA-KC, labor, and government that encouraged SMACNA members and their employees to improve their safety and health performance.

The partnerships aimed to qualify, monitor, and assist them in their efforts, and recognize members who demonstrated exemplary safety and health performance as "the best of the best" in worker safety in western Missouri and Kansas. The partnership was conducted within the jurisdictional area of both the Kansas City Area Office and Wichita OSHA Area Office.

Partnership Goals:
Some of the goals of the partnership included:

• Periodic analysis of accident statistics of the partnership participating members; analysis of insurance industry loss ratios; and feedback from the different groups.
• Evaluation of the Injury/Illness Incidence rates of participants. The primary incident rates used for evaluating the performance of contractors participating in this partnership will be both the Fatality Incidence Rate (FIR) and Days Away Case Rate (DACR). Each participating member's injury/illness and employee work hour data will be provided to OSHA on an annual basis for use in OSHA's required internal evaluation.
• OSHA will also compute the Days Away, Restricted and Transferred rate (DART) and the Total Case Injury and Illness Rates (TCIIR) as part of the annual evaluation, but will not be used as a primary partnership measure as they can be elevated due to the presence of aggressive early return to work programs and medical reporting programs, which are designed to lower the costs of injuries and illnesses for both workers and the partner companies.

Partnership Results:
Results from the Partnership's first annual evaluation (2009-2010) included: Partnership participants offered 127 safety and health training sessions consisting of over 4,700 hours to workers. Partnership participants offered Safety Supervisor's (foreman) training and a comprehensive Health Hazard Refresher course. The Partnership's participants had a Total Case Incident Rate (TCIR) that was 5 percent above the 2009 Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) national average and a Days Away, Restricted, and Transferred (DART) rate 37 percent below the national average for NAICS 23822 Industry.

Results from the Partnership's second annual evaluation (2010-2011) included: OSP participants offered 70 safety and health training sessions consisting of over 3,000 hours to workers. Topics of the safety and health training included 10-Hour and 30-Hour OSHA instruction courses, rigging/signal qualified person training, aerial lift, confined space and First Aid/CPR. Seventeen participating contractors implemented or improved their safety and health programs. There were 42 self–inspections conducted during the reporting period.

Partnership Overview:
The St. Louis Area Office of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, (OSHA), Clayco/Legacy Mo Bap 1, LLC, (Joint Venture) Murphy Company and Sachs Electric, project subcontractors, and labor organizations recognized the need for a safe and healthy jobsite and  entered into this partnership agreement to ensure the Missouri Baptist Medical Center was a safe work environment for all employees. This partnership was designed not only to address the hazards within the construction industry, but also to promote and recognize jobsites that demonstrate an effective safety and health program.

The project encompassed the construction of a new eight level tower addition and a new four level parking garage at the BJC-Missouri Baptist Medical Center in Town and Country, Missouri.

Partnership Goals:
The overarching goal for this partnership agreement was to promote effective safety management, training, job hazard recognition, hazard controls, self inspection practices, abatement efforts, accountability measures and cooperative attitudes among all partners resulting in the reduction/elimination of accidents, injuries and illnesses on the project.

The specific goals of this partnership included:

• Achieve a reduction of accidents, injuries and illnesses on the project; zero fatalities
• Develop a contractor/government partnership that will encourage involvement of the owner, construction manager and subcontractors in the improvement of safety and health performance
• Implement innovative strategies to eliminate serious accidents, including the four primary construction hazards (falls, struck-by, caught in, and electrical)
• Provide for worker/union representation involvement

Partnership Participants:
Clayco Inc.
Ahrens Contracting
B&P Construction
Ben-Hur Construction
Budrovich
Byrne & Jones
Capitol Restoration
Concrete Strategies
Drilling Services
Engineered Fire Protection
Fire Technology
J.H. Berra
Kienlen Constructors
Kuenz Heating and Cooling
Kuesel Contracting
Legacy Interiors
Lindberg Waterproofing
Murphy Company
Niehaus Construction
National Glass and Glazing
O'Neill Painting II
Sachs Electric
Taylor Excavating
The Phillips Company
Town & Country Masonry
Western Waterproofing
Badger Day lighting
Leonard Masonry
Midwest Aerial Lifts

Partnership Results:
Results from the OSP's 2011 annual evaluation include OSP participants offering 446 safety and health training sessions consisting of over 16,400 hours to 1,289 workers, managers, and supervisors. Emphasis was placed on offering Site Specific Orientations, Rigging training, Scissor Lift training, Confined Space training, Excavation training, Public Protection training, Fall Protection training, Pre-Construction Safety and Coordination training, Lock Out/Tag Out training, Emergency Evacuation training, etc. The OSP participants performed 210 self-inspections resulting in the identification and abatement/correction of over 600 hazards. Also the OSP participants achieved a Total Case Incident Rate (TCIR) eight percent above the 2010 Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) national average); and a Days Away, Restricted, and Transferred (DART) rate 100 percent below the national average for the construction industry. The partnership concluded in August 2012.

Partnership Overview:
Fred Weber, Inc. and the project's subcontractors recognized the need for a safe and healthy jobsite. The primary goal of this partnership agreement was to help ensure that the construction of Route 141 south of Ladue Boulevard to Olive Boulevard Project (Rte. 141 Project) provided a safe work environment for all workers. This Partnership was designed to not only address hazards within the construction industry, but also to promote and recognize those subcontractors that have implemented and demonstrated an effective safety and health program.

To improve the flow of traffic to the subdivisions and Parkway Central, Fred Weber, Inc., constructed a six-lane road east of the existing Route 141 with two through lanes in each direction along Route 141 between Ladue Road and I-64/Route 40. The project included grading, paving, construction of bridges, and installation of sound walls. The Partnership concluded on November 30, 2012.

Partnership Goals:

• Reduce accidents, illnesses, injuries and to have zero fatalities for the duration of the project
• Increase participant training
• Increase awareness of the four primary hazards within the construction industry: falls, struck-by, electrocution, and caught-in-between.

Partnership Results:
Results from the OSP's 2011 annual evaluation include Partnership participants offering more than 100 safety and health training sessions consisting of over 522 hours to 125 workers, 11 managers and supervisors. Emphasis was placed on offering 10-Hour and 30-Hour OSHA instruction courses, competent excavation (e.g., initial and review), work-zone training (Including flagger training), First Aid/CPR, and a variety of other industry-specific training.

The Partnership participants achieved an aggregated Total Case Incident Rate (TCIR) that was 15 percent above the 2010 Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) national average); and a Days Away, Restricted, and Transferred (DART) rate 45 percent above the national average for this industry.

Other results over the duration of the Partnership included training sessions were conducted; safety and health programs were implemented and improved and safety self-inspections were conducted with hazards that were identified and abated.

Partnership Overview:
This partnership is for the construction of the Ameren-Maryland Heights Landfill Gas to Energy Plant in Maryland Heights, Missouri. The construction project will include grading, underground and aboveground utilities, industrial building complex, various types of process piping and equipment, electrical equipment, paving and landscaping. The partnership will remain in effect until completion. The partnership is supported by the Ameren Missouri, St. Louis Building and Construction Trades, Carpenters District Council and Eastern Missouri Laborers.

Partnership Goals:
The overall goal for the partnership is to promote effective safety management, training, job hazard recognition, hazard controls, self inspection practices, abatement efforts, accountability measures and cooperative attitudes among all partners resulting in the reduction/elimination of accidents, injuries and illnesses on the project.

Partnership Results:
Results from the Partnership's annual evaluation included: conducting more than 400 training sessions, consisting of 5,265 hours to 450 employees and 14 supervisors. Partnership participant companies conducted 450 self-inspections which resulted in the identification and abatement/correction of 100 hazards and/or violations. The participants of the OSP worked 70,000 hours between December 2, 2010 and April 6, 2012 and experienced one recordable incident and attained an aggregated Total Case Incident Rate (TCIR) of 2.8 (25 percent below the 2009 Bureau of Labor Statistics' [BLS] national average), and a Days Away, Restricted, and Transferred (DART) rate of 0.0 (100 percent below the national average for the utility industry construction).

Partnership Overview:
The Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., Heart of America Chapter partnered with OSHA to improve safety and health in the construction industry.  The partnership attempted to focus on construction industry hazards such as: falls; struck-by; electrocutions; and caught-in and caught-between.  During the only year for this Partnership, there was no activity and no participation.  Due to the lack of communication, lack of contractor participation and changes in the organization's management structure, the Kansas City Regional Office concluded this Partnership.

Partnership Goals:
Goals of the partnership included:

• Reducing the injuries and illnesses total case incident rate (TCIR) and days away, restricted and transferred rate (DART) of 1.7 and 3.6 respectively by 10% for the duration of the partnership
• Increase the number of general and specialty contractors who implement effective safety and health programs
• Provide effective safety and health training for management, supervisors and employees.