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Associated General Contractors (AGC)/Construction Health and Safety Excellence (CHASE)
Rhode Island
#246
   
Partners: Rhode Island Building Trades Council
Date Signed: September 13, 2002 (Renewed September 13, 2005)
Contact Information: Providence Area Office, (401) 528-4669
Links: Amputation Emphasis
Construction
Silica and Related Disease Emphasis
 
Overview:
The Associated General Contractors of America and OSHA partnered to improve safety and health at construction sites. Goals include annual reductions of 3% in injuries, illnesses, and fatalities, implementation of effective safety and health programs at partner sites and the provision of training to management, supervisors and employees.

Results:
This partnership impacts 7 employers and 682 employees. For the combined partnership participants, 1300 training sessions were conducted by non-OSHA staff, with a total of 516 employees attending the trainings and a total of 2200 self-inspections were conducted. For all CHASE participants combined, when comparing the 2006 rates versus the Construction Industry 2005 BLS data, the CHASE participants TCIR is 6.4% below the 2005 BLS rate.

Dimeo Construction's TCIR and DART, respectively, are 29% and 9% below the national average, when compared to the Construction Industry's 2005 BLS data.

Associated General Contractors (AGC)/Construction Health and Safety Excellence (CHASE) Massachusetts
#284
Partners: Associated General Contractors of America Massachusetts Chapter
Date Signed: June 19, 2003; renewed June 19, 2006; renewed December 8, 2009
Contact Information: Braintree Area Office, (617) 565-6924
Links: Partnership Agreements
Construction Industry Partnerships
Partnership Overview:
The Associated General Contractors of America Massachusetts Chapter and OSHA partnered to improve safety and health at construction sites. Goals of the partnership include: reducing by 3% annually the number of injuries, illnesses, and fatalities affecting participant employers, and implementation of effective safety and health programs at partner sites with a provision of training to management, supervisors and employees.

The partnership continues to focus on construction industry hazards such as: falls; struck-by; electrocutions; and caught-in and caught-between.

Partnership Results:
Results from the OSP’s 2010 annual evaluation include the OSP offering over 533 safety and health training sessions consisting of 2,600 hours to 5,504 workers. The OSP’s participating companies conducted 13,399 self-inspections which resulted in the identification and abatement/correction of 15,688 hazards and/or violations.

The participants of the OSP attained an aggregated Total Case Incident Rate (TCIR) of 1.8, and a Days Away, Restricted, and Transferred (DART) rate of 0.3 which were 57 and 82 percents below 2008 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) respectively for the Nonresidential building construction.
 
Armed Forces Reserve Center
#714
   
Partners: J & J Contractors
Date Signed: March 3, 2009
Contact Information: Methuen Area Office (617) 565-8110
Springfield Area Office (413) 785-0123
Links: Construction
Partnership Agreement
Press Release
 
Overview:
In an effort to create a working relationship that will allow participants to focus on eliminating and reducing fatalities and injuries to employees during the design and construction of a new Armed Forces Reserve center located in Ayer, MA and achieve a high level of workers safety and health the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)'s Methuen and Springfield Area Offices and J&J Contractors of Lowell, Massachusetts signed a safety and health partnership on March 3, 2009.

Goals of this partnership agreement include:
  1. Reduce the Total Case Incident Rate (TCIR) and Days Away, Restricted and Transferred (DART) rate by 20% below the 2007 BLS national average for NAICS Code 2362, Nonresidential building construction without fatalities.

  2. Requiring all subcontractors to develop and implement written safety and health management systems prior to the start of any on-site work.

  3. Identify opportunities for enhancing safety and health practices related to the operation and maintenance of cranes and other material handling equipment involved in the project.

  4. 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: falls, struck-by, caught in between and electrocution.

The project encompasses the erection of six buildings and the construction of a 5,900 square foot parking area. The project is scheduled to be completed in January 2012.
 
Marshall Conant Science Building
#731
   
Partners: Barr & Barr Inc
Massachusetts Division of Safety’s Onsite Consultation Program
Date Signed: June 4, 2009
Contact Information: Braintree Area Office (617) 565-6924
Links: Construction
 Silica and Related Disease Emphasis
Partnership Agreement
Press Release
 
Overview:
To enhance Barr & Barr safety and health efforts while performing work on the Marshall Conant Science Building on the campus of Bridgewater State College they entered into a Strategic Partnership agreement with the Massachusetts Division of Occupational Safety’s Onsite Consultation Program and OSHA. The partnership will include project –specific safety and health guidelines; comprehensive and task-specific analyses of work-related hazards; mandated safety and health training; meeting to discuss safety and health issues.

The project consists of multiple phases with the first phase beginning in June 2009 with demolition and infrastructure work. The second phase will begin in September 2009 and includes the construction of a new 150, 000 square foot building. The third phase will begin in August 2011 and includes interior demolition of the existing east wing. Construction of a new 22,000 square foot south wing and renovation of the existing west wing will be the final phase and it’s expected to start in March of 2012.

University of New Hampshire Parsons Hall Renovation
#754
   
Partners: Gilbane Building Company
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
Date Signed: March 22, 2010
Contact Information: Concord Area Office (603) 225-1629
Links: Construction
Partnership Agreement
 
Overview:
This OSHA Strategic Partnership (OSP) was formed to promote safety and health during the renovation of Parsons Hall on the campus of the University of New Hampshire. Parsons Hall primarily houses the chemistry department. It is estimated that 116, 000 of the 146, 000 gross square feet will be renovated as part of this project. The renovated facility will accommodate wet teaching laboratories, research labs, a university instrumentation center and general classroom space.

The primary goals of the OSP are: to provide a safe and healthful work environment for employees involved in the construction industry; to prevent serious accidents and fatalities by addressing key industry hazards (falls, electrocution, caught between, and struck-by) through increased safety and health training and self-inspections; to develop and implement effective safety and health management systems (SHMS); and to be in-compliance with applicable OSHA standards and regulations. The OSP is limited to Gilbane Building Company, Gilbane Building Company will request subcontractors to participate in achieving the goals set forth in the partnership at the time they start working at the site.

The project is expected to be completed in December of 2012.

Whitney Center Renaissance Project
#755
   
Partners: KBE Building Corporation and State of Connecticut Department of Labor, Division of Occupational Safety and Health (CONN-OSHA)
Date Signed: March 31, 2010
Contact Information: Bridgeport Area Office (203) 579-5581
Links:

Partnership Agreement

  • Partnership Agreement March 31, 2010

Construction
 
Overview:
This Strategic Partnership focuses on promoting a safe and healthful work environment for employees during the erection of a seven story independent living facility, known as the Whitney Center Renaissance Project located in Hamden, Connecticut. In addition to the facility, the project will also include construction of a one story parking garage.

It is anticipated that the partnership will impact about 300 employees. The project is expected to be completed during September 2011.

Partnership Goals:
Some of the goals include:
  • Reduce workforce fatalities, serious injuries, and illnesses and provide a safe work environment for employees at the Project.
  • Limit the number of injuries, illnesses, and fatalities to less than the national incident rate for residential construction. With an emphasis on reducing injuries and fatalities resulting from falls, struck-by, caught-in-between, electrocution and trenching.
  • Allow OSHA and CONN-OSHA to focus resources on companies that require attention from OSHA, rather than on companies that have demonstrated existence of effective safety programs.
  • Make OSHA and CONN-OSHA safety and health resources available to KBE Building Corporation, and its subcontractors on site.

University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy
#762
   
Partners: Suffolk Construction Company, Inc.
Date Signed: September 2, 2010
Contact Information: Providence Area Office (401) 528-4669
Links:

Partnership Agreement

  • Partnership Agreement September 2, 2010

Construction
 
Overview:
The partnership, which has been developed for Suffolk Construction Company, Inc., is for the construction of the College of Pharmacy project on the campus of the University of Rhode Island (URI) located in Providence, RI (“the Project”). Although the partnership will be limited to Suffolk Construction Company, Inc., Suffolk Construction Company, Inc. will request subcontractors to participate in achieving the goals set forth in the partnership at the time they start working on the site.

The Project consists of the erection of a 145,000 square foot five story College of Pharmacy building on the University of Rhode Island campus. The facility will include teaching and research laboratories, laboratory support space, and office space. The Project is expected to employee about 350 employees at the peak of the Project.

The expected completion date for the Project is anticipated to be January 1, 2012.

Partnership Goals:
Some of the goals include:
  • Develop a contractor/government partnership that will encourage involvement of the general and sub-contractors 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)
  • Identify opportunities for enhancing safety and health practices related to the operation and maintenance of material handling equipment involved in the Project.
  • Reduce workforce fatalities, serious injuries and illnesses and provide a safe work environment for employees at the Project.

Wayland High School
#769
   
Partners: Shawmut Design and Construction
Date Signed: November 1, 2010
Contact Information: Andover Area Office (978) 837-4477
Links:

Partnership Agreement

  • Partnership Agreement November 1, 2010

Construction
 
Overview:
This strategic Partnership agreement was developed to create a working relationship that will allow participants to focus efforts on eliminating and reducing fatalities and injuries to employees during the design and construction of a new 154,000 square foot High School for the Town of Wayland, MA (the Project). The Project consists of an administration building, a classroom building, a waste water treatment building, and the renovation of the existing 42,000 square foot field house. The Project also includes the demolition of the existing structures and an extensive site improvement package. The Project value is roughly $56 Million. The Project start date is June 2010 with a substantial completion date of August 2012.

In addition to Shawmut Design and Construction, the opportunity for participation in this Partnership agreement will be extended to those subcontractors involved in the Project.

The Project is expected to start during June 2010 with an anticipated completion date during August 2012.

Partnership Goals:
Some of the goals include:
  • Develop a contractor/government Partnership that will encourage involvement of the general 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)
  • Identify opportunities for enhancing safety and health practices related to the operation and maintenance of material handling equipment involved in the Project