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Kanawha Valley Builders Association Project
#61
   
Partners: West Virginia Division of Labor
Date Signed: September 12, 2000 (renewed September 30, 2004)
Contact Information: Charleston Area Office, (304) 347-5937
Links: Construction
Partnership Agreement
 
Overview: This partnership strives to provide a safe and healthful work environment for employees engaged in construction activities in the Charleston and Kanawha Valley, WV area, with emphasis on increased training and implementation of enhanced safety and health management systems.

Results: At the end of the evaluation period (December 1, 2007), there are twenty-one (21) members in this partnership. In the past year, members have received approximately 14,000 hours of training, impacting 5,342 employees and 452 supervisors. The training included 10 and 30 Hour OSHA courses, First Aid/CPR, and drug awareness. The aggregate Days Away from Work, Restricted and Transferred Activity (DART) was 1.6 for 2007, which is almost 50% below the baseline established for this partnership.

Of the 21 participants, 9 are recognized as Level 2 Participants, which is accorded to companies who received OSHA enforcement inspections and were recognized for having outstanding, proactive, and effective safety and health programs.



Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) - Delaware Chapter
#64
   
Date Signed: May 30, 2001
Contact Information: Wilmington Area Office, (302) 573-6518
Links: Construction
 
Overview: Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., (ABC) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have entered into this partnership to provide a safe and healthful work environment in the construction Industry. Implementation of this agreement is expected to result in decreased injuries, illnesses, and fatalities for participant contractors with a resultant decrease in worker compensation costs. ABC member construction companies will use the Safety Training and Evaluation Process, or "STEP" program in evaluating their safety and health program performance and their safety and health training programs. The primary goals are to: reduce by 3% annually the number of injuries, illnesses, and fatalities affecting participant employers, with an emphasis on reducing injuries and fatalities resulting from falls, struck-by and caught-in mishaps, and electrocution (focused four construction hazards); increase the number of construction companies that implement effective safety programs; decrease worker compensation costs and OSHA penalties for contractor participants; and, allow OSHA to focus resources on companies that require attention from OSHA, rather than companies that have demonstrated existence of effective safety programs.

Results: At this time, there are currently 13 members in this partnership representing 532 employees. During the most recent evaluation period, 125 employees and 25 supervisors received almost 14,000 hours of training. The training sessions included trench safety, forklift safety, confined spaces, First Aid, Job Safety Analysis, OSHA 10 hour course, electrical safety, and fall protection. Furthermore, none of the participating members had a recorded incident involving any of the four focused categories (falls from elevation, struck by, caught in, and electrocution).

 

Neighborhood Transformation Initiative
#372
   
Partners: City of Philadelphia; Hill International, Inc.; Prime Contractors; and Pennsylvania OSHA Consultation
Date Signed: November 22, 2004 (renewed August 15, 2006)
Contact Information: Philadelphia Area Office, (215) 597-4955
Links: Construction
 
Overview:  The Neighborhood Transformation Initiative Program involves the removal of dangerous buildings throughout the city of Philadelphia. Hill International, Inc. is the city of Philadelphia Program Manager for the Neighborhood Transformation Initiative Program. In this capacity, Hill is responsible for working with the administration and City Council to plan targeted demolition areas, preparing detailed bid packages for bidding out demolition work through the City's standard procurement process, working closely with inspectors and other staff of the City's Department of Licenses and Inspections, and overseeing the demolition work in the field. The demolition program will proceed based on three guiding principles: (1) conduct the demolition in a safe, orderly manner; (2) minimize community disruption; and (3) structure bid documents to decrease costs and meet goals for community participation. Over the life of the project the Prime Contractors will employ approximately 500 individual construction tradespersons at peak construction. The complete work will include: residential demolition, site clearing, waterproofing, stuccoing, and landscaping. The partnership is to be conducted at numerous NTI sites over a one year period, and will be applied to all contractors at the site. The partnership goals are to: encourage demolition contractors to improve their safety and health performance; recognize those contractors with exemplary safety and health management systems; elimination of injuries and illnesses in particular the four causes of construction injuries: falls, struck-by and caught-in incidents, and electrocution; and, maintaining a dart rate below the 2002 national average for SIC 1795 of 3.8.

Results: This partnership involves 42 employers representing 300 employees. During the most recent evaluation period, 200 employees and supervisors received 600 hours of training which included demolition safety, fall protection, electrical hazards, scaffolding, and accident reporting. As a result of this partnership, 8 employers improved their safety and health management systems. Two example of this are where some of the participants worked with site safety management to develop and implement new types of fall protection measures and the development of a standardized orientation power point presentation including the NTI/OSHA safety requirements that was distributed for use by all contractors. Finally, the partners performed approximately 2000 self-inspections and identified and corrected 1750 hazards.

 

Warehousing Log and Material Handling Safety Partnership
#426
   
Partners: Lehigh Career & Technical Institute – Materials Handling/Logistics Technology Department; Warehousing, Storage, Distribution and Transportation Employers; PA/OSHA Consultation Program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Date Signed: July 28, 2005
Contact Information: Allentown Area Office, (610) 776-0592
Links: Public Warehousing and Storage
Partnership Agreement
 
Overview: OSHA, the PA/OSHA Consultation Program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, the Lehigh Career & Technical Institute, and Warehouse, Storage, Distribution and Transportation Industries agreed to a partnership. The primary goal of the partnership is to reduce the number of injuries, illnesses, and fatalities resulting from work activities within the warehousing storage distribution and transportation industry. In an effort to achieve this goal, the partnership participants will: develop an initiative to improve safety and health performance by reducing the Total Rate of Days Away from Work or DART rate of participating employers by 4% per year over the life of the partnership; identify hazard associated with warehousing storage distribution and transportation and develop a strategy to control or eliminate those hazards; reduce employers’ worker compensation costs; aid in the development of a workplace Motor Vehicle safety program ; promote and encourage employer usage of the PA/OSHA Consultation Program to assist in workplace hazard recognition, and finally; recognize those members with exemplary safety and health programs.

Results: The eleven members of this partnership continue to work towards the goal of implementing effective safety and health systems at their own worksites. Approximately 100 employees have received training that focused on Public Warehousing and Storage. One partner has taken advantage of consultation services offered by the Pennsylvania/OSHA Consultation at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Furthermore, several employees have made modifications to their training programs, accident investigation forms and procedures, and their job hazard (safety) analysis processes based on information they received during the sessions held during this evaluation period.

In terms of workers’ compensation, one employer reported that their worker compensation costs in 2005 was $18,000 and in 2006 went down to $14,000. Another partner reported their workers compensation costs went from $164,000 in 2005 down to $10,161 for 2006. Finally, a third partner has reported that the number of injury claims has gone down by 12% and their reserves are down by 19.2%.

 

Associated Builders Contractors, South East Pennsylvania Chapter
#463
   
Partners: Associated Builders Contractors, South East Pennsylvania Chapter
Date Signed: March 30, 2006
Contact Information: Allentown Area Office (610) 776-0592
Philadelphia Area Office (215) 597-4955
Links: Construction
Partnership Agreement
Press Release
Signing Photo
 
Overview: ABC and OSHA mutually recognize the importance of providing a safe and healthful work environment for those employees working in Pennsylvania. To advance the mutual goal, there is a need to develop partnerships that foster mutual trust and respect for the respective roles of each organization in the construction safety process.

This agreement provides incentives to contractors that voluntarily participate in the ABC Safety Training and Evaluation Process (STEP) program and demonstrate implementation of effective safety and health programs. The STEP program, implemented annually by the ABC, is an objective tool that contractor members use to evaluate and strengthen their safety programs, policies and procedures. ABC recognizes participants based on their development and enactment of safety programs, policies and procedures. The four recognition levels are Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum.

Implementation of this agreement is expected to result in an improved awareness of safety concerns, and decreased injuries, illnesses and fatalities for participant contractors with a resultant decrease in worker compensation costs as well as other direct or indirect costs.

Results: The South East Pennsylvania Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors has hosted numerous safety and health classes throughout the year for its 18 participating members. Among them include OSHA 10 and 30 hour certification courses, How to Create a Company Safety Committee, and Adult CPR with AED and First Aid. Furthermore, the Associated Builders and Contractors Safety Training Evaluation Profile (STEP) Program incorporates all of the elements of the 1989 Guidelines and the 18 participants have had 18 effective systems implemented.

Participants:

Platinum members:


Adams-Bickel Associates, Inc., Collegeville, PA
Allan A. Myers, Worcester, PA
Boro Construction, King of Prussia, PA
Ernst & Ernst Building Contractors, Hatfield, PA
Klover Contracting, Quakertown, PA
The Norwood Company, West Chester, PA
The Tri-M Group, LLC, Kennett Square, PA

Gold members:

Corrado & Sons, Inc., Souderton, PA
E. Allen Reeves, Inc., Abington, PA
McCarthy Masonry & Concrete, Inc., Quakertown, PA
Oliver Heating and Cooling, Morton, PA
Paul F. Detweiler & Sons, Inc., Telford, PA
Pincus Elevator, West Chester, PA
Swartley Brothers Engineering, Inc., Lansdale, PA
Thompson Masonry Contracting Co., Pottstown, PA
Tocci Building Corporation, Woburn, MA
Universal Electrical Service, Inc., Souderton, PA
Wargo Interior System, Inc., Telford, PA
Wohlsen Construction Company, Lancaster, PA
Worth & Company, Inc., Pipersville, PA
Zebby Sulecki, Inc., Newtown Square, PA

New in 2008
 
Jamison Masonry Restoration LLC, Oreland, PA
Budget Maintenance, Pottstown, PA
Gorski Engineering, Inc., Collegeville, PA
SILVER
GOLD
PLATINUM
 

 

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) – Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter
#507
   
Partners: Associated Builders and Contractors, Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter
Date Signed: September 27, 2006
Contact Information: Allentown Area Office, (610) 776-0592
Links: Construction
Partnership Agreement
Press Release
 
Overview: This agreement provides incentives to contractors that voluntarily participate in the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Safety Training and Evaluation Process (STEP) program and demonstrate implementation of effective safety and health programs. The STEP program, implemented annually by the ABC, is an objective tool that contractor members use to evaluate and strengthen their safety programs, policies and procedures.

Implementation of this agreement is expected to result in an improved awareness of safety concerns and decreased injuries, illnesses and fatalities for participant contractors with a resultant decrease in worker compensation costs as well as other direct or indirect costs.

2007 Participants

Platinum:


George J. Hayden, Inc.

Gold:

A. J. Trunzo, Inc.
A. Pickett Construction
Burkholder's Heating and Air Conditioning, Inc.
Miller, Miller & McLachlan
Nester Brothers
R.L. Reppert
Semmel Excavating, Inc.
Schlouch Incorporated

New in 2008
 
Adelphia Fire Protection
Baseline Contracting
Dieter Bros. Fuel Co., Inc.
G-C Electric Co., Inc.
Gordon H. Baver, Inc.
JOF Mechanical
McCarthy Masonry
T.A. Silfies Masonry
Klover Contracting
PLATINUM
BRONZE
SILVER
BRONZE
GOLD
GOLD
GOLD
BRONZE
PLATINUM
 

 

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) – Keystone Chapter
#505
   
Partners: Associated Builders and Contractors, Keystone Chapter
Date Signed: September 29, 2006
Contact Information: Harrisburg Area Office, (717) 782-3902
Links: Construction
Partnership Agreement
Press Release
 
Overview: This agreement provides incentives to contractors that voluntarily participate in the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Safety Training and Evaluation Process (STEP) program and demonstrate implementation of effective safety and health programs. The STEP program, implemented annually by the ABC, is an objective tool that contractor members use to evaluate and strengthen their safety programs, policies and procedures.

Implementation of this agreement is expected to result in an improved awareness of safety concerns and decreased injuries, illnesses and fatalities for participant contractors with a resultant decrease in worker compensation costs as well as other direct or indirect costs.

ABC and OSHA will work in partnership to reduce by 4%, annually, the DART rate affecting each participant employer, with an emphasis on reducing injuries and illnesses resulting from falls, struck-by, caught-in mishaps, and electrocution. Additionally, ABC and OSHA will work to increase the number of ABC firms that participate in the STEP program and the number that progress to the next STEP level.

2007 Participants:

Platinum:


B. R. Kreider & Son, Inc.
Benchmark Construction Co., Inc.
Frey Lutz Corporation
Frey Mechanical Group, Inc.
Hogg Construction, Inc.
Keystruct Construction, Inc.
R.S. Mowery & Sons, Inc.
Ragland Corporation
Richard D. Poole, LLC
Wagman Construction, Inc.
Wohlsen Construction Company

Gold:

B & P Neal Enterprises, Inc.
B.N. Excavating, Inc.
Caldwell, Heckles & Egan, Inc.
Conewago Enterprises, Inc.
E.K. Services, Inc.
E.R. Stuebner, Inc.
GEM Wall & Ceiling Contractors
Gettle Incorporated
H.B. McClure Company
James Craft & Son, Inc.
Kinsley Construction, Inc.
Martin Plastering Contractors
Paul Risk Associates
Quality Electrical Services, Inc.
S & S Structures, Inc.
Smucker Company
Tri-Boro Construction Supplies, Inc.
Vision Mechanical, Inc.
Walton and Company, Inc.
Warfel Construction Company
Wenrich Painting, Inc.

Silver:

Clark Mechanical Services, Inc.
EG Stoltzfus Construction, LLC
John E. Fullerton, Inc.
Robert H. Kepler Masonry Contractors, Inc.
Wickersham Construction and Engineering, Inc.
Witmer & McCoy, Inc.

 

Virginia Ship Repair Association
#479
   
Partners: OSHA Norfolk Area Office; Virginia Ship Repair Association, Inc. (VSRA)
Date Signed: December 19, 2006
Contact Information: Norfolk Area Office (215) 861-4912
Links: Shipyards and Ship Building and Repair
Partnership Agreement
Signing Photo
 
Overview: Joint efforts by OSHA and VSRA, through this partnership agreement, will target large populations in the ship repair industry for safety and health focus and will promote a voluntary, cooperative effort between OSHA and the VSRA membership to reduce occupational accidents and save lives.

Major goals of the partnership include the following: (1) Increase the number of ship repair employers who develop, implement, and maintain comprehensive safety and health programs in accordance with OSHA’s 1989 Safety and Health Management Guidelines; (2) Keep the DART rate below the most recently published national average for the industry which was 6.0 for the year 2005; and (3) Further reduce this level of injuries by at least 4% annually for the life of the agreement.

 

Morrisville Train Yard Project
#508
   
Partners: Slattery Skanska, Inc.; Pennsylvania OSHA Consultation at Indiana University of Pennsylvania; S.M. Electric; and Philadelphia Building Trades Council
Date Signed: October 27, 2006
Contact Information: Allentown Area Office (610) 776-0592
Links: Construction
Partnership Agreement
 
Overview: OSHA and Slattery Skanska, Inc. have agreed to joint implementation of a strategic partnership during construction of the Morrisville Train Storage Yard and Service/Inspection Facility located in Morrisville, Pennsylvania (Bucks County) and owned by the New Jersey Transit Corporation. The train yard construction activities involve the installation of new tracks, an overhead catenary system (OCS), 138 KV electrical transmission towers, new substations as well as upgrades to existing substations, site utilities including: catenary lighting, communications, storm, sanitary and water sewers systems, and general site work such as pavement. The train service and inspection facility will include construction of a high bay building which includes concrete track pits, structural steel framing with metal and precast panels and houses posted tracks (elevated) a center platform between the service and inspection tracks and side locomotive roof access platforms. This facility will also include bridge and monorail cranes, a wheel truer machine and car progression system, traction sand dispensing system, a mobile platform gantry and a train signaling system.

 

Barton Malow
#531
   
Partners: Barton Malow Company; Pennsylvania OSHA Consultation at Indiana University of Pennsylvania; and Building and Construction Trades Council
Date Signed: January 25, 2007
Contact Information: Erie Area Office (814) 833-5758
Links: Construction
Partnership Agreement
Press Release
 
Overview: To facilitate OSHA’s goal of reducing the total Rage of Days Away From Work (DART rate) by 4% each year, Region III OSHA in the Erie Area Office and Barton Malow Company have agreed to joint implementation of a partnership during construction of the 78 million dollar Bayfront Convention Center (BCC) and Sheraton Headquarters Hotel.

In this partnership, Barton Malow Company and its contractors will develop, implement and maintain effective and comprehensive safety and health programs and will strive to keep the DART rate at the convention center project below the national average, which was 2.8 in 2005. They will further strive to reduce this rate by 4% annually during the life of the partnership. To accomplish these goals, OSHA and Barton Malow will work together to continuously monitor, identify and correct the primary causal factors in injuries, illnesses and near misses.

 

51 Louisiana Avenue NW
#540
   
Partners: Clark Construction Group, LLC
Date Signed: May 21, 2007
Contact Information: Baltimore Area Office, (410) 865-2055
Links: Construction
Partnership Agreement
Press Release
 
Overview: To facilitate OSHA’s goal of reducing occupationally related fatalities by 3% each year, and reducing the total Rate of Days Away from Work by 4% each year, Region III of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Clark Construction Group, LLC have agreed to the joint implementation of the partnership during construction of the 72 million dollar, 51 Louisiana Avenue NW Project. The Project includes 440,000 square feet Class A office building and atrium two blocks north of the Capitol Building at the corner of New Jersey Avenue and D Street in Washington DC.

The goal of this program is to develop a contractor/government partnership that will encourage construction contractors to improve their safety and health performance, assist them in doing that, strive for the elimination of serious accidents in the construction industry, and recognize those contractors with exemplary safety and health programs.

This agreement between Clark Construction Group, LLC and OSHA is expected to result in decreased serious injuries and illnesses and fatalities for the site and improve existing safety and health programs. It provides incentives to construction contractors that voluntarily participate in the 51 Louisiana Avenue NW Project partnership and demonstrate implementation of effective safety and health programs, for example, limited scope inspections and reductions in penalties. This agreement will not in any way affect employees’ ability to exercise rights under the OSH Act and OSHA regulations, including walk-around rights.

 

Frederick Douglass/South Capitol Street Memorial Bridge Restoration Project
#566
   
Partners: Corman Construction, Inc.
Date Signed: June 4, 2007
Contact Information: Baltimore Area Office, (410) 865-2055
Links: Construction
Partnership Agreement
Press Release
 
Overview: To facilitate OSHA’s goal of reducing occupationally related fatalities by 3% each year, and reducing the total Rate of Days Away from Work by 4% each year, Region III of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) and Corman Construction have agreed to the joint implementation of a strategic partnership during restoration construction of the Frederick Douglass/South Capitol Street Memorial Bridge. The Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge is a structural steel on concrete structural, 3002 feet long by 75 feet wide. The project is located on South Capitol Street in Southeast Washington DC and crosses the Anacostia River. The owner is the District of Columbia Department of Transportation. The time duration of the restoration of the bridge project is 16 months.

The scope of the work entails steel repair and steel member strengthening, sidewalk rehabilitation, deck repair, installation of new lighting, repair of the fender system, removal of the Hess petroleum tanks under the bridge, reworking the approaches to the new baseball stadium, re-painting the steel bridge members, milling, re-paving, and marking the newly paved deck. The number of workers on this project will range between 59 and 100. The number of sub-contractors scheduled to work on the project is 11. The work on the project will be done by working both on the land and water.

The goal of this program is to develop a contractor/government partnership that will encourage construction contractors to improve their safety and health performance, assist them in doing that, strive for the elimination of serious accidents in the construction industry, and recognize those contractors with exemplary safety and health programs.

This agreement between Corman Construction and OSHA is expected to result in decreased serious injuries and illnesses and fatalities for the site and improve existing safety and health programs. It provides incentives to construction contractors that voluntarily participate in the Frederick Douglass/ South Capitol Memorial Bridge Restoration Project partnership and demonstrate implementation of effective safety and health programs, for example, limited scope inspections and reductions in penalties. This agreement will not in any way affect employees’ ability to exercise rights under the OSH Act and OSHA regulations, including walk-around rights.

 

401 M Street S.W. Waterfront Development Project
#648
   
Partners: Clark Construction Group, LLC
Date Signed: May 16, 2008
Contact Information: Baltimore/Washington Area Office (410) 865-2055
Links: Construction
Partnership Agreement
Signing Photo
Press Release
 
Overview: Pursuing efforts to reduce the total Rate of Days Away From Work (DART rate) by 4% each year, OSHA and Clark Construction Group, LLC, signed a partnership agreement during construction of the 401 M Street Waterfront Development Project which will cover redevelopment in S.W. Washington, D.C.

The goals of this Partnership include developing, implementing and maintaining an effective and comprehensive safety and health management system in accordance with OSHA’s 1989 Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines or its equivalent and achieving participant recordable illness and injury rates below the national average for the construction industry

The Project includes in Phase I: demolition; sheeting and shoring; and bulk excavation. Phase II will focus on: structural foundations; roadway construction; construction of 8 story buildings; construction of above ground grocery shell; site work; service roads; landscaping, and plaza work near the Metro Station. Phase III includes: demolition of the existing Safeway building; hazardous materials abatement; excavation for two levels of below ground parking; interim surface parking; and new service road construction. This project covers 13 acres with 1.2 million feet of structural demolition.

The new buildings will consist of cast in place concrete with curtain wall exterior. The two existing buildings will have new curtain walls installed. The project will include 6,000 feet of open retail space with 2 -class “A” lobbies.

Over the life of the project 30 contractors will employ approximately 1000 individual construction tradespersons at peak construction. The project is scheduled to be completed in February 2010.

 
 
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