I. OVERVIEW AND IDENTIFICATION OF PARTNERS
The primary participants of this Partnership are,
L. F. Driscoll Company
OSHA, Marlton Area Office
New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Monmouth and Ocean Counties Building and Construction Trades Council
Jersey Shore University Medical Center
This partnering agreement was developed jointly by the United States Department of Labor,
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Marlton Area Office (OSHA) and the L. F. Driscoll
Company. The common objective Marlton Area Office purpose of this program is to develop a
contractor/government partnership that will encourage all construction contractors within the State
of New Jersey to improve their safety and health performance, assist them in doing so, strive for
the elimination of serious accidents in the construction industry, and recognize those contractors
with exemplary safety and health programs. Specifically, this agreement will provide a safe and
healthful work environment for construction workers at the construction site over the next two
years.
Expected outcomes of this program include: developing model criteria for a multi-employer worksite
safety and health program which identifies the responsibilities of each Subcontractor; making safety
and health information available to all Subcontractors onsite; achieving participant recordable
illness and injury rates below the national average for the construction industry; offering the
10-Hour Outreach Training Course for Subcontractor foremen and stewards on the jobsite; and focusing
OSHA enforcement activity on Subcontractors who need to improve their safety and health efforts.
The agreement provides incentives to participating Subcontractors who voluntarily improve their
safety and health performance. Incentives will include an award of participation from OSHA, focused
inspection, and deferral from programmed inspections for a period of twelve months following a
successful OSHA verification inspection.
This agreement is consistent with OSHA's long-range effort to develop a contractor/government
partnership approach to safety management. It allows for better use of OSHA resources, innovation in
safety management and encourages more participation in the safety process by each stakeholder.
Therefore, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the JSUMC project team are entering
into this partnership to foster a safer and healthier workplace for workers by having joint
cooperation as prescribed within the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
II. BACKGROUND
L.F. Driscoll Co. is the largest locally-based construction manager in the Philadelphia region. The
company offers an exceptional team of construction professionals who have been serving New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland since 1929.
L.F. Driscoll takes pride in its preconstruction and construction services. The company experience
includes a broad range of Owner/Builder contract types including Construction Management At-Risk,
Agency Construction Management, Design/Build and General Construction arrangements.
L. F. Driscoll Co. understands its' clients expectations on complicated and schedule-driven projects
and is uniquely equipped to assist with site, market and regulatory hurdles inherent to the
Tri-State Region.
By providing strong leadership, the firm has demonstrated an outstanding record of performance in
the four key measures of success: quality, safety, schedule and budget.
They are especially proud of their preconstruction services, which are among the finest in the
nation. Their staff of estimators and specialists are capable of producing accurate, user-friendly
estimates and schedules early in the design process.
Jersey Shore University Medical Center –Expansion/Renovation Project
The Jersey Shore University Medical Center is being constructed as a General Hospital. The expansion
gross area will be 380,386 square feet. The approximate height to the roof will be 106 feet to the
penthouse.
The proposed expansion consists of the following building components.
- Northwest Pavilion: Five floor bed tower wing designed for a future vertical expansion of three
additional floors. The initial construction includes buildout of four floors with one shell floor
including a roof top mechanical equipment penthouse. This wing is classified as high rise
construction due to the ultimate three floor expansion and will be designed in accordance with
building code high rise requirements.
- Diagnostic and Treatment Pavilion: Three floor wing including buildout and roof top mechanical
equipment penthouse.
- Atrium/Circulation Core: The two Pavilion wings are connected to an atrium core and a three level
north/south circulation concourse connecting to the existing hospital buildings.
Site Description: The site is located on a hospital owned tract of land currently
used as surface parking by the hospital. The site is bounded by parking on three sides and the existing
helipad on the fourth side. Construction will not begin until completion of new parking garage to the
east and relocation of the helipad.
III. GOALS, STRATEGIES, AND MEASURES
The primary goal of the partnership is to eliminate injuries, illnesses and fatalities through a
cooperative relationship between the L. F. Driscoll Company, its contractors, and OSHA. This goal
will be accomplished by implementing and following the plan outlined, below, an evaluating these
actions as indicated:
- The L. F. Driscoll Company will develop, implement and maintain effective, comprehensive safety
and health programs in accordance with OSHA's 1989 Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines
or its equivalent.
- The L. F. Driscoll Company will evaluate the site-specific safety and health programs of
participating contractors who will be expected to enhance these programs as necessary to meet the
partnership performance criteria. The L. F. Driscoll Company will evaluate participants' programs
who have mobilized onsite activities
- OSHA will evaluate contractor safety and health programs during the OSHA verification inspection
and will observe whether the safety and health management systems in place are adequately protecting
employees.
- Achieve participant recordable illness and injury rates below the national average for the
construction industry. A partnership goal is to keep the DART rate (cases with days away from work,
job-transfer, or restriction) below the national average for the most recent year published for
NAICS 2362 which was 3.0 for the year 2004. The partnership goal is to further reduce this level
annually by at least 4% for the duration of the agreement. The intent is to reduce worker injuries
and illnesses to the lowest possible reasonable level.
- Primary causal factors in worker injuries and illnesses will be evaluated and corrected. The top
three causes of injuries and illnesses will be determined by OSHA during the initial OSHA
verification inspection, and may be adjusted based on experience. Injury and illness incidence in
the targeted areas will be evaluated through the OSHA 300 logs and other relevant accident reports.
- Systems will be established to identify and correct accidents and near misses.
- OSHA will meet quarterly with partners to examine the injury and illness experience of
participants and to make corrections and adjustments as needed.
- DART rates and injury and illness experience will be evaluated through the OSHA 300 log and any
other relevant accident reports.
IV. STATEMENT OF AGREEMENT
- OSHA agrees to:
- Help identify programmatic needs at this site by reviewing the documented safety program and by
providing practical help in implementing the program.
- Help identify, through the collection of OSHA 300 data and site accident and near miss reports,
the primary causes of injuries and illnesses, in particular the three top hazards at this site, and
develop countermeasures to reduce or eliminate those hazards.
- Help small business subcontractors establish safety and health programs and training. OSHA will
use its best efforts to include small business Subcontractors in all applicable small business
programs.
- Provide assistance to training resources including:
- OSHA Training Institute Courses (OTI)
- Information on other available sources of training
- Provide timely interpretation and clarification of OSHA standards and policy.
- Participate in training sessions and meetings.
- Ensure priority service to qualified employers from the OSHA funded free consultation program,
which will emphasize development of effective construction safety and health programs.
- The L. F. Driscoll Company agrees that it will administer this partnership program, as outlined
herein, and will serve as the principal safety resource in support of participating Subcontractors,
and:
- Provide notice to all subcontractors that the Jersey Shore University Medical Center Expansion
Project is subject to a strategic Partnership with OSHA. All employees will be informed of the
partnership and provided a fact sheet during orientation, Appendix A.
- Act as liaison for Subcontractors with OSHA. Subcontractors will be able to contact The L. F.
Driscoll Company with questions, who will, in turn, contact OSHA for responses when necessary.
- Offer on-going information on safety or health topics of importance to subcontractors.
- Provide up-to-date occupational safety and health materials and brochures from OSHA and other
appropriate sources.
- Organize and provide to Subcontractors OSHA's interpretations of major standards and local
interpretations of issues so they can better understand and properly apply OSHA standards in the
workplace.
- Administer the overall partnership program, including but not limited to the initial contact and
evaluation of each Subcontractor's safety and health program and documentation to determine whether
the Subcontractor meets the criteria specified within this partnership initiative.
- Notify OSHA on a regular and recurring basis of the names of Subcontractors that have met the
partnership criteria and the status of those that have not.
- Monitor participating subcontractors to ensure that they carry out their partnership commitments
- Monitor subcontractor compliance regarding tool box talks, training verifications, pre-planning
meetings, various jobsite permits such as hot work permits and aerial lift permits and subcontractor
jobsite inspections.
- Conduct required worksite inspections to identify significant work hazards effecting multiple
trades, conduct written weekly inspections, monthly jobsite safety audits and meeting, attend
stewards meetings and encourage employee involvement.
- Conduct pre-planning meetings for all high risk activities, require subcontractors to conduct
job hazard analysis and provide documentation of same, and, to the extent possible, maintain
awareness of how the site's safety and health is impacted by job scheduling and sequence.
- Establish a jobsite Labor-Management Safety and Health Committee to discuss issues regarding
safety and health, review accidents, and implement corrective actions as required.
- Meet with OSHA, quarterly, to examine the injury and illness experience of participants and to
make correction s and adjustments as needed.
- The L. F. Driscoll Company and all Subcontractors agree to:
- Apply all relevant components of their respective comprehensive safety and health programs to the
project.
- Incorporate into a written safety and health program all essential elements of a basic safety and
health program including management leadership, worker involvement, worksite analysis, hazard
prevention and control, and safety and health training.
- Comply with all current OSHA standards.
- Have supervisors provide visible leadership in implementing the safety and health program. This
includes:
- Establishing clear lines of communication with project workers,
- Setting an example of safe and healthful behavior,
- Creating an environment that allows project workers access to their top management and for
Subcontractor management to have access to The L. F. Driscoll Company's project management, and,
- Ensuring that all project workers are provided equally high quality safety and health protection.
- Plan for safety and health as part of the overall management planning process. This includes
pre-job planning and preparation for different phases of construction as the work progresses.
- Establish and communicated safety and health program responsibilities to all project workers.
- Permit employees to participate in Site Safety Committee if selected to do so.
- Permit employees to participate in Site Safety Committee jobsite inspections.
- The Jersey Shore University Medical Center agrees to:
- Provide a representative to:
- Attend the verification inspection for the Subcontractors.
- Attend the Site Safety Committee meetings.
- Encourage all Subcontractors to take advantage of the opportunities presented by this partnership
agreement.
The Jersey Shore University Medical Center, and its owners, through its participation in this
partnership, does not assume any obligation or liability for safety and health compliance by
Subcontractors.
- The Monmouth and Ocean Counties Building & Construction Trades Council agrees to:
- Provide a representative to:
- Attend the verification inspection for the Subcontractors.
- Encourage safety consciousness and safe working behaviors.
- Encourage all workers on this project to take advantage of the communication and training
opportunities presented by this partnership agreement.
- Encourage all workers on this project to follow all safety and health regulations, policies, and
procedures applicable to their work.
- Participate in the project Labor-Management Safety and Health Committee Meetings as needed.
The Building & Construction Trades Council AFL-CIO, through its participation in this partnership,
does not assume any obligation or liability for safety and health compliance by Subcontractors.
V. SUBCONTRACTOR PROGRAM PARTICIPATION
All participating site Subcontractors shall adopt and comply with the Jersey Shore University
Medical Center Expansion/Renovation Project Site Safety Manual. Subcontractors must meet the
following criteria:
- Subcontractors shall adopt an effective overall safety and health program, which shall include the
following elements:
- Management Leadership
- Employee Participation
- Identification of Hazards through Worksite Inspections
- Hazard Prevention and Control
- Employee and Supervisory Training
- Enforcement of the Safety Program
- Subcontractors shall have personnel on site that are responsible for, possess the authority, and
are capable of effectively implementing the overall site safety and health program.
- Eligible site Subcontractors must comply with the terms of this agreement in order to participate.
OSHA may disqualify a Subcontractor if the Subcontractor fails to correct a serious hazard or fails
to comply with the terms of this agreement.
Subcontractors will be able to take advantage of this opportunity to partner with
OSHA. Subcontractors participating in this partnership agreement must:
- Sign a letter of agreement with the L. F. Driscoll Company indicating their intent to participate
in this partnership initiative. Appendix C.
- Verify that a comprehensive written safety and health program exists or will be implemented
within 30 days of the signing of this agreement which is at least equivalent to the criteria
referenced herein, including the Subcontractor's implementation of policies and procedures
establishing that safety rules and procedures are enforced at the site.
- Certify that their policy and procedures hold supervisor(s) and worker(s) accountable for
following established safety rules and OSHA regulations.
- Provide employees the level of training required by OSHA regulations either through their own
training personnel or other consultant / trainers.
- Ensure that all competent persons, supervisory personnel or other personnel serving in the
capacity as a competent person will have completed the OSHA 30-hour course for the construction
industry (or its equivalent) within 90 days. Records of training certification will be provided to
The L. F. Driscoll Company and made available for review.
- Provide periodic safety related data or statistics concerning such issues as man-hours worked,
lost workday injuries, accident records and OSHA inspection results. The L. F. Driscoll Company will
provide a summary of and analysis of pertinent safety related information for review by OSHA. The
purpose of such summary information will assist in preparing a report necessary for the evaluating
the merits of the program and making recommendations for continuous improvement.
VI. PROJECT SAFETY ANALYSIS
The parties agree and acknowledge that management of safety and health depends upon an ability to
recognize hazards to which workers may be exposed and the ability to correct or control all known
hazards as they arise. Accordingly, the L. F. Driscoll Company will ensure that all Subcontractors
reasonably demonstrate the use or existence of the following:
- Safety and Health Programs
- Review all new and acquired work, materials, chemicals, and equipment before construction
activity begins to determine potential hazards and to plan for their prevention or control.
- Routine examination and analysis of hazards associated with individual jobs, processes, or phases
of construction.
- Routine self-inspections and hazard abatement.
- A system for project workers to notify management, without fear of retaliation, about conditions
that appear hazardous.
- A system for investigating accidents and near-misses, including procedures or guidance, reports
of findings, and the tracking of hazard correction to completion.
- A system to analyze trends through a review of site injury and illness data, and the hazards
identified through inspections so that patterns of common causes can be identified and eliminated.
- Hazard Prevention and Control
- The Subcontractors must eliminate or control recognized hazards by the following methods:
- Engineering controls;
- Administrative controls;
- Personal protective equipment; and
- Safety and health rules, including work procedures for specific operations, that are communicated
to and understood and followed by all affected workers and their supervisors;
- Subcontractors must inspect and maintain equipment to prevent or detect the presence of hazardous
conditions. The Subcontractors shall document its ongoing maintenance activities.
- Subcontractors must have a system for initiating timely corrective actions and for documenting
the completion of the corrective actions.
- Subcontractors must have a monitoring program designed to recognize injuries and illnesses and
provide effective and prompt treatment on site.
- Emergency response procedures must be written and communicated to project workers. The procedures
must list emergency telephone numbers, emergency routes, emergency exits, and requirements for
personal protective equipment where required and training and evacuation drills.
- Training
- The L. F. Driscoll Company will inform all workers on the project during orientation how the
partnership agreement operates and the rights of workers under the Occupational Safety and Health
Act.
- All Subcontractors must provide safety and health training for their workers, for the activities
in which they are engaged.
- Safety Committee and Meetings
With respect to all site safety or health hazards, the L. F. Driscoll Company agrees to conduct a
monthly safety meeting (audit) with safety with representatives from major Subcontractors working on
the project.
The L. F. Driscoll Company agrees to form a Site Safety Committee with the required presence of all
designated safety persons and open to designated labor representatives, which will meet as often as
necessary, but not less than once a month. (Not to conflict with safety audit).
A monthly safety audit will be conducted by the L. F. Driscoll Company and subcontractor safety
personnel, followed by a safety meeting with both labor and management representatives to review all
pertinent safety issues on the site, safety observations, anticipated abatement of hazards, upcoming
activities requiring additional safety attention, training or inspection and to address any other
safety and health related issues.
VII. EMPLOYEE/EMPLOYER RIGHTS
This partnership does not preclude employees and/or employers from exercising any right provided
under the OSH Act nor does it abrogates any responsibility to comply with rules and regulations
adopted pursuant to the Act.
The L. F. Driscoll Company and Subcontractors retain all rights guaranteed under the OSH Act,
including the right to have informal conferences and/or contest violations issued by OSHA.
VIII. INSPECTIONS
- The L. F. Driscoll Company Site Inspections
- The L. F. Driscoll Company agrees to exercise a reasonable duty of care over all recognized site
safety or health hazards in any areas of the site and accessible to all subcontractors to eliminate
the potential for injury or illness in accordance with this partnership agreement. For example,
Driscoll will establish the emergency evacuation plan, a fall protection plan and perimeter guards,
and compliance with use of personnel protective equipment, including NFPA 70E.
- With respect to all other site safety or health hazards, The L. F. Driscoll Company will conduct
comprehensive inspections of the entire project, with Subcontractor involvement as warranted, as
often as necessary, but not less than once a week.
- The L. F. Driscoll Company may delegate the task of inspecting part or the entire site to a
smaller compliment of representatives, provided that representatives of labor and management
participate in the inspection process, and provided further that the findings and recommendations of
each inspection are reviewed at monthly safety and health meetings.
- Complaint Investigations
This partnership provides for the immediate response to each allegation of a safety or health hazard
brought to its attention by any person. Upon a finding that an allegation is valid, the employer
shall promptly abate the hazard. OSHA agrees that a copy of each non-formal complaint related to the
work at the site and filed with OSHA will be forwarded by fax, or mailed, to the L. F. Driscoll
Company site office. In accordance with applicable law, the identity of a complainant requesting
confidentiality will not be revealed. The L. F. Driscoll Company agrees to investigate these
complaints, regardless of the employer involved and provide OSHA with a written response according
to the following timetable:
- non-formal complaints/referrals alleging a serious hazard: 4 business hours
- non-formal complaints/referrals alleging an other-than-serious hazard: 24 hours
Failure to meet these time frames, or providing a response determined by OSHA to be inadequate, will
place the complaint/referral outside the scope of this partnership and OSHA will respond as it would
to any complaint of a similar nature.
- Inspections
- The L. F. Driscoll Company and Subcontractors, if participating in this partnership, will be
granted a twelve month inspection deferral from programmed inspections following a successful onsite
verification inspection while working on this site.
- Contractors and subcontractors remain subject to OSHA inspections and investigations in
accordance with established agency procedures. OSHA personnel will continue to conduct
investigations under local and national emphasis programs, workplace complaints, referrals,
fatalities, catastrophes, other accidents or significant events, and will investigate contractors
whose employees are exposed to or are creating plain view hazards at partnering worksites. These
investigations will be conducted outside of this partnership agreement in accordance with
established OSHA enforcement policy. Violations documented during such investigations may result in
the issuance of citations and penalties.
- During OSHA inspections of non-participant subcontractors, participant subcontractors whose
program has been previously verified by an OSHA inspection will not be included in the inspection
unless the compliance officer verifies that the participant subcontractor is responsible for
employee exposure to hazards.
IX. OSHA ON-SITE VERIFICATION INSPECTION AND INCENTIVES
In order to qualify for partnership, OSHA will conduct a verification inspection of the site within
90 days of the signing of this agreement. This verification inspection will determine L. F. Driscoll
Co., and contractor compliance with the terms of this agreement. It will also include a
comprehensive review of each onsite subcontractor's Safety and Health program for its effectiveness
in eliminating the four major construction hazards (falls, electrical, caught in/between and
struck-by hazards). Citations and penalties may be issued, when appropriate, as a result of this
inspection. Enforcement verification inspections are performed in accordance with the applicable
sections of the OSHA FIRM and other enforcement guidance documents. As such, a focused inspection,
concentrating on the project safety and health program/plan, and the four leading hazards in
construction: falls, electrical hazards, caught in/between, and struck by hazards may be done where
upon initial inspection of the site the OSHA compliance officer (CSHO) determines that the
contractor meets the requirements of the Focused Inspection Initiative. Subcontractors who are
determined, either by L. F. Driscoll Co., or OSHA, to be outside the aforementioned criteria for
inclusion in this partnership agreement will be subject to traditional OSHA inspection and
enforcement actions.
The top causes of injuries and illnesses will be determined by all parties during the initial OSHA
verification inspection, and may be adjusted based on experience. Additionally, corrections will be
identified by all parties and implemented by The L. F. Driscoll Company. Injury and illness
incidence in targeted areas will be evaluated through the OSHA 300 log and any other relevant
accident reports.
OSHA will meet with signatories, quarterly, to mutually review partnership issues and to examine
updated DART rates and the injury and illness experience of Jersey Shore University Medical Center
Expansion Project jobsite and its contractors at this site. OSHA shall provide feedback on any noted
incident trends and patterns.
The L. F. Driscoll Company and Subcontractors, if participating in this partnership, will be granted
a twelve month inspection deferral from programmed inspections following a successful onsite
verification inspection.
OSHA will not issue penalties to for other-than-serious violations, provided the violations are
immediately abated. OSHA reserves the right to issue penalties for regulatory violations for which
mandatory penalties are established pursuant to the policy set forth in the Field Inspection
Reference Manual.
When calculating initial penalty reduction, OSHA may provide an additional 10% penalty reduction for
good faith to participating site contractors or subcontractors provided they have taken steps to
adopt into their safety program all of the provisions of the partnership agreement. This additional
reduction will not apply to high gravity serious, willful, failure to abate or repeat citations. In
cases where a contractor's or subcontractor's total penalty reduction is 100 percent or more, the
minimum penalty provisions of OSHA's FIRM will apply.
X. EVALUATION
The partners will prepare a joint evaluation of the partnership annually. The evaluation will review
the success of the partnership, lessons learned, and changes that will be made to meet the goals of
the partnership. The annual performance evaluation report format from Appendix C of the OSHA
Strategic Partnership Program (OSPP) Directive CSP 03-02-002 will be used. Performance measures
listed in Section 3.0 Partnership Goals and Objectives, of this partnership agreement will be
collected and analyzed to determine the partnership's progress toward meeting its goals.
XI. TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT
This agreement will terminate will expire upon the completion of the project. Should OSHA or L. F.
Driscoll choose to withdraw their participation prior to that date, thirty (30) days written notice
of the intent to withdraw must be provided to all other signatories. Any signatory may also propose
modification or amendment of the agreement.
If OSHA chooses to withdraw its participation in the partnership, the entire agreement is
terminated. OSHA will terminate the partnership if a participating employer is issued a citation
related to workplace hazards which resulted in a fatality.
For non-signatory participants of the strategic partnership, OSHA may terminate the participant's
involvement at any time with written notice. Additionally, the participant may withdraw their
participation at any time with a written notice of the intent to withdraw to OSHA.
Signature Page
Based upon a mutual interest to protect construction workers in the Jersey Shore University Medical
Center Expansion Project jobsite, the parties below, on behalf of their respective organizations,
agree to the above terms of an OSHA Partnering Agreement.
Signed this 5th day of December 2007
PARTIES
| For The L. F. Driscoll Company |
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For OSHA |
|
Frank (Mack) Stulb
President
The L. F. Driscoll Company |
|
Patricia K. Clark
Regional Administrator
Region II |
|
Robert J. Miller
Executive Vice President
The L. F. Driscoll Company |
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Gary Roskoski
Area Director
Marlton Area Office |
|
| |
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For New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development |
| |
|
Leonard Katz
Assistant Commissioner
Labor Standards and Safety Enforcement |
|
| ENDORSEES |
|
|
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For the Jersey Shore University Medical Center - Expansion/Renovation Project |
|
For the Building Trades |
|
Steven G. Littleson
President
Jersey Shore University Medical Center |
|
Joseph Colfer
Monmouth and Ocean Counties
Building & Construction Trades Council |
|
Paperwork Reduction Act Notice
Form Approved
OMB# 1218-0244 Expires 01-31-2009
Public reporting burden for the time needed to develop
the Partnership requirements, craft agreement language,
and conduct an internal review process is estimated to
be an average of 11 burden hours per respondent. |
JERSERY SHORE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER EXPANSION PROJECT
SAFETY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
Fact Sheet
Subcontractors
|
Trade
|
Estimated Peak
Man-Power
|
Artisan Tile and Marble Co.
468 Elizabeth Avenue
Somerset, NJ 08873
|
Ceramic Tile |
12 |
American Stair Corporation
642 Forestwood Drive
Romeoville, IL 60446
|
Steel Stairs |
4 |
Bamco, Inc.
30 Baekeland Avenue
Middlesex, NJ 08846
|
Metal Panes & Louvers |
16 |
Barham Group
91 Davis Avenue
Neptune, NJ 07753
|
Mechanical & Plumbing |
70 |
Central Salvage
224 South 20th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
|
Demolition |
4 |
Central Metals, Inc.
1054 S. 2nd Street
Camden, NJ 08103
|
Metal Fabrications |
4 |
Copeland Surveying, Inc.
707 White Horse Pike
Absecon, NJ 08201
|
Layout & Surveying |
2 |
EDA Roofing
600 Center Avenue
Bensalem, PA 19020
|
Roofing |
12 |
Finesse Electric
PO Box 6837
Freehold, NJ 07728
|
Electrical |
6 |
Grafas Painting
20 East Willow Street
Millburn, NJ 07041
|
Painting |
10 |
Hagen Construction, Inc.
2207 State Road
Bensalem, PA 19020
|
Carpentry/Drywall |
37 |
High Concrete Structures
125 Denver Road
Denver, PA 17517
|
Structural Precast |
13 |
Jafco Industries
131 Lincoln Boulevard
Middlesex, NJ 08846
|
Millwork |
2 |
J. Palermo Masonry
500 Scarborough Drive, Suite 312
Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234
|
Masonry |
24 |
Little Silver Electric
68 Birch Avenue
Little Silver, NJ 07739
|
Electrical |
40 |
Macedos Construction
25 Minneakoning Road
Flemington, NJ 08822
|
Cast in Place Concrete |
16 |
Material Distributors, Inc.
Union Avenue & Cynwyd Road
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
|
Wall Protection |
6 |
Meco Constructors, Inc.
684 Dunksferry Road
Bensalem, PA 19020
|
Excavation/Site Work |
6 |
Metropolitan Contract Carpets
625 East Chapel Avenue
Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
|
Flooring |
8 |
Monarch Industries, Inc.
99 Main Street
Warren, RI 02885
|
Millwork |
20 |
National Glass & Metal Co., Inc.
1424 Easton Road, Suite 400
Horsham, PA 19044
|
Windows/Curtainwall |
18 |
Precision Door Company
1498 Clyde Waite Drive
Bristol, PA 19007
|
Overhead Doors |
2 |
Richard Goettle, Inc.
12071 Hamilton Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45231
|
Augured Piles |
10 |
S.A. Comunale
603 Ryan Avenue
Westville, NJ 08093
|
Fire Protection |
6 |
Sodon's Electric
PO Box 408
Atlantic Highlands, NJ 07716
|
Electric |
6 |
Siemens
2000 Crawford Place
Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054
|
Fire Alarm Package |
8 |
Specialty Flooring Systems
603 Washington Blvd.
South Amboy, NJ 08879
|
Epoxy Flooring |
4 |
SteelFab, Inc. of Alabama
3230-B Peachtree Corners Circle
Nocross, GA 30092
|
Structural Steel |
40 |
Superior Scaffolding
520 East Luzerne Street
Philadelphia, PA 19124
|
Scaffolding |
6 |
Superior Concrete Products
1203 Raider Drive
Euless, TX 76040
|
Precast Screenwall |
6 |
Supersky Products
1052 Tinkerhill Road
Malvern, PA 19355
|
Skylights |
6 |
ThyssenKrupp Elevator
2591 Dallas Parkway, Suite 600
Frisco, TX 75034
|
Elevators |
5 |
Uni-Tel Technology
10 Phyllis Street
Hazlet, NJ 07730 |
Fiber/Copper |
22 |
THE L. F. DRISCOLL COMPANY
PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS |
SUBCONTRACTOR SAFETY DOCUMENTATION
All Subcontractors must complete and submit the following information to the Construction Manager.
Information shall be submitted to the attention of John Donnelly, Senior Project Manager. Refer to
the L. F. Driscoll Company Site Specific Safety Program.
- Submit your Company's written Project Specific Safety Plan or Program.
- Submit a written Site Specific Hazard Communication Program.
- Submit Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and an inventory list for ALL hazardous materials
that will specifically be used on this project.
- Submit name(s) and qualification(s) for your designated on site Safety Representative.
- Submit name(s) and qualification(s) of your Company's Corporate Safety Manager and telephone
number.
- Submit emergency telephone numbers for all key personnel. Project Manager, Superintendents, on
site designated Safety Representative(s), Corporate Safety Manager. Include 24 hour emergency
telephone numbers. Phone numbers should include jobsite trailer number, home phone numbers and
cell phone numbers.
- Submit names and qualifications of all OSHA designated competent and qualified personnel
assigned to project.
- Submit any required safety related permits for job specific operations to be performed on this
project.
- Submit signed weekly tool box safety talks for all workers on site later than Friday at 3:00
PM.
- Submit a weekly safety inspection report by no later than Monday at 3:00 PM.
- Submit a copy of your Company's OSHA 300 A summary log by the end of January to be posted in
February for work conducted on this project.
- Submit Accident/Incident Investigation Reports (within 24 hours) for all incidents involving
your workers.
- Participate in the L. F. Driscoll Company Worker Safety Sign-In Program. New workers reporting
to the jobsite for the first time must report to the L. F. Driscoll Company Office and sign-in
prior to working on the jobsite.
- Provide your own safety orientations for all employees working on site.
- Conduct OSHA required training. A copy of training requirements in OSHA Standards is included
in the L. F. Driscoll Company Safety Program for reference. See attachment. Keep copies on file
and make available upon request.
- Provide fall protection certification. Ensure that all employees working on site understand
that fall protection must be used for all activities above six (6) feet and Zero Tolerance Rules.
Six (6) foot fall rule.
- Provide HAZCOM training to all employees.
- Provide stairway and ladder training to all employees.
- Provide personnel protection equipment training (PPE) and confined space entry training (as
required) to all employees. Provide ground fault protection for all temporary electrical power.
- Provide Job Hazard Analysis (JHAs) and/or Safety Task Analysis (STAs) for all work pertinent
activities under your contract.
- Post the Emergency procedures and emergency telephone numbers in all jobsite trailers. Make
available to employees.
- Attend Safety Committee Meetings held monthly for Subcontractors Safety Representatives.
- Distribute safety-meeting outlines, fatal facts or similar safety data to all employees on a
weekly basis.
- The Construction Manager may at any time issue verbal safety warnings and/or issue a Safety
Audit Report to Subcontractors. Subcontractor shall comply with the Safety Audit Report and write
in the date of completion on the report. Correct deficiencies within 72 hours of notice and
respond in writing to any Safety Observations.
- Provide employees an opportunity to receive OSHA 10 hour training, PPE training, first aid,
CPR training. Perform on an as needed basis.
- Inform workers that Subcontractor MSDS sheets are available for review at the L. F. Driscoll
Company field office.
- Maintain a list of all first aid and CPR trained employees.
- Provide and maintain first-aid kits for your employees.
- Provide and maintain fire extinguishers for your work.
- Provide all employees with the project emergency evacuation plan.
- Maintain copies of all safety documentation on file in the jobsite trailer and/or home office.
All safety documentation and files shall be made available upon request.
LETTER OF INTENT TO PARTICIPATE
JERSEY SHORE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER EXPANSION/RENOVATION JOBSITE
SAFETY PARTNERSHIP
Name of Subcontractor: __________________________________________________________
Subcontractor Site Representative:____________________________________________________
Anticipated Number of Workers:___________________________________________________
We have read the requirements to participate in the Jersey Shore University Medical Center
Expansion/Renovation Jobsite Safety Partnership and agree with all aspects of the program, including
the submission of the required information. Specifically, we recognize the need to strive to meet
the following requirements:
- Establishment of a written safety and health program including the following elements:
management leadership, worker involvement, worksite analysis, hazard prevention and control, and
safety and health training.
- Compliance with all current OSHA standards.
- Provision of visible leadership by supervisors in implementing the safety and health program.
Including, but not limited to having a representative complete the OSHA 10 hour construction
training program.
- Planning for safety and health as part of the overall management planning process, including
appropriate job hazard analyses (JHA's) and/or safety task analysis (STA's).
- Establishment and communication of all safety and health program responsibilities to all
project workers.
- Evaluation of safety and health programs at least annually.
- Reporting all site injuries and illnesses so that a site log may be maintained.
- Reporting all deficiencies or damage to site wide programs or protective measures, specifically
site fall protection, immediately upon discovery and taking appropriate interim protective
measures for protection of their employees.
We understand the agreement provides incentives to participating Subcontractors
who undertake these actions to voluntarily improve their safety and health performance. Incentives will
include special recognition from OSHA and focused and reduced enforcement efforts by OSHA.
Based upon the mutual interest to protect construction workers in the Jersey Shore University
Medical Center Expansion Project, we agree to the terms of the OSHA Partnering Agreement.
Signed this 1st day of March 2007
Gary W. Roskoski
Area Director
OSHA Marlton Area Office |
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Dona File
Corporate Safety Director
L. F. Driscoll Company |
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APPENDIX D
OSHA Strategic Partnership Program
Annual Partnership Evaluation Report |
| Goals of Partnership |
| Goal |
Strategy |
Measure |
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| Strategic Management Plan Target
Areas (check one) |
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Construction |
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Manufacturing Amputations |
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Non-Construction |
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| Strategic Management Plan Areas of
Emphasis (check all applicable) |
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Amputations in Construction |
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Oil and Gas Field Services |
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Blast Furnaces and Basic Steel Products |
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Preserve Fruits and Vegetables |
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Blood Lead Levels |
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Public Warehousing and Storage |
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Concrete, Gypsum and Plaster Products |
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Ship/Boat Building and Repair |
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Ergo/Musculoskeletal |
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Silica-Related Disease |
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Landscaping/Horticultural Services |
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Section 1 General Partnership Information |
| Date of Evaluation Report |
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| Evaluation Period |
| Start Date |
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End Date |
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| Evaluation Contact Person |
Joseph Chmielewski |
| Originating Office |
Erie Area Office |
| Partnership Coverage |
| # Active Employers |
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# Active Employees |
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| Industry Coverage (note range or
specific SIC and NAICS for each partner) |
| Partner |
SIC |
NAICS |
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Section 2 Activities Performed |
| Note whether an activity was
required by the OSP and whether it was performed |
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Required |
Performed |
| a. Training |
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| b. Consultation Visits |
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| c. Safety and Health Management Systems
Reviewed/Developed |
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| d. Technical Assistance |
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| e. VPP-Focused Activities |
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| f. OSHA Enforcement Inspections |
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| g. Offsite Verifications |
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| h. Onsite Non-Enforcement Interactions |
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| i. Participant Self-Inspections |
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| j. Other Activities |
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| 2a. Training (if performed,
provide the following totals) |
| Training sessions conducted by OSHA staff |
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| Training sessions conducted by non-OSHA staff |
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| Employees trained |
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| Training hours provided to employees |
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| Supervisors/managers trained |
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| Training hours provided to supervisors/managers |
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| Comments/Explanations (briefly
describe activities, or explain if activity required but not performed) |
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| 2b. Consultation Visits (if
performed, provide the following total) |
| Consultation visits to partner sites |
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| Comments/Explanations (briefly
describe activities, or explain if activity required but not performed) |
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| 2c. Safety and Health Management
Systems (if performed, provide the following total) |
| Number of systems implemented or improved using the 1989
Guidelines as a model |
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| Comments/Explanations (briefly
describe activities, or explain if activity required but not performed) |
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| 2d. Technical Assistance (if
performed, note type and by whom) |
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Provided by OSHA Staff |
Provided by Partners |
Provided by Other Party |
| Conference/Seminar Participation |
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| Interpretation/Explanation of Standards or OSHA Policy |
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| Abatement Assistance |
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| Speeches |
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| Other (please specify) |
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| Comments/Explanations (briefly
describe activities, or explain if activity required but not performed) |
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| 2e. VPP-Focused Activities (if
performed, provide the following totals) |
| Partners/participants actively seeking VPP participation |
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| Applications submitted |
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| VPP participants |
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| Comments/Explanations (briefly
describe activities, or explain if activity required but not performed) |
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| 2f. OSHA Enforcement Activity (if
performed, provide the following totals for any programmed, unprogrammed, and verification-related
inspections) |
| OSHA enforcement inspections conducted |
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| OSHA enforcement inspections in compliance |
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| OSHA enforcement inspections with violations cited |
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| Average number of citations classified as Serious, Repeat, and
Willful |
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| Comments/Explanations (briefly
describe activities, or explain if activity required but not performed) |
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| 2g. Offsite Verification (if
performed provide the following total) |
| Offsite verifications performed |
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| Comments/Explanations (briefly
describe activities, or explain if activity required but not performed) |
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| 2h. Onsite Non-Enforcement
Verification (if performed provide the following total) |
| Onsite non-enforcement verifications performed |
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| Comments/Explanations (briefly
describe activities, or explain if activity required but not performed) |
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| 2i. Participant Self-Inspections
(if performed provide the following totals) |
| Self-inspections performed |
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| Hazards and/or violations identified and corrected/abated |
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| Comments/Explanations (briefly
describe activities, or explain if activity required but not performed) |
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| 2j. Other Activities (briefly describe other
activities performed) |
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Section 3 Illness and Injury Information* |
| Year |
Hours |
Total Cases |
TCIR |
# of Days Away from Work Restricted and
Transferred Activity Cases |
DART |
| 2006 |
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| 2008 |
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| Total |
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| Three-Year Rate (2006-2008) |
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BLS National Average for 2004 |
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2.6 |
| Baseline |
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*Sample Chart – not required format
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Section 4 Partnership Plans, Benefits, and Recommendations |
| Changes and Challenges
(check all applicable) |
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Changes |
Challenges |
| Management Structure |
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| Participants |
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| Data Collection |
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| Employee Involvement |
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| OSHA Enforcement Inspections |
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| Partnership Outreach |
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| Training |
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| Other (specify) |
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| Comments |
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| Plans to Improve
(check all applicable) |
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Improvements |
N/A |
| Meet more often |
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| Improve data collection |
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| Conduct more training |
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| Change goals |
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| Comments |
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| Partnership Benefits (check all
applicable) |
| Increased safety and health awareness |
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| Improved relationship with OSHA |
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| Improved relationship with employers |
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| Improved relationship with employees or unions |
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| Increased number of participants |
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| Other (specify) |
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| Comments |
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| Status Recommendation |
| Partnership Completed |
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| Continue/Renew |
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| Continue with the following provisions: |
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| Terminate (provide explanation) |
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