 Region III
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Kanawha Valley Builders Association Project |
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#61 |
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Partners: |
West Virginia Division of Labor |
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Date Signed: |
September 12, 2000 (renewed September 30, 2004) |
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Contact Information: |
Charleston Area Office, (304) 347-5937 |
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Construction
Partnership Agreement |
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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. |
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Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) - Delaware Chapter |
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#64 |
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Date Signed: |
May 30, 2001 |
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Contact Information: |
Wilmington Area Office, (302) 573-6518 |
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Links: |
Construction |
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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). |
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Neighborhood Transformation
Initiative |
| #372 |
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Partners: |
City of Philadelphia; Hill International, Inc.; Prime Contractors; and Pennsylvania OSHA
Consultation |
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Date Signed: |
November 22, 2004 (renewed August 15, 2006) |
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Contact Information: |
Philadelphia Area Office, (215) 597-4955 |
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Links: |
Construction |
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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. |
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Warehousing Log and Material Handling Safety Partnership |
| #426 |
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| 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 |
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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%. |
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Associated Builders Contractors, South East Pennsylvania Chapter |
| #463 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) – Eastern Pennsylvania
Chapter |
| #507 |
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| 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 |
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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
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BRONZE
PLATINUM |
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Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) – Keystone Chapter |
| #505 |
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| 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 |
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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. |
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Virginia Ship Repair Association |
| #479 |
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| 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 |
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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. |
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Morrisville Train Yard Project |
| #508 |
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| 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 |
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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. |
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Barton Malow |
| #531 |
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| 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 |
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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. |
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51 Louisiana Avenue NW |
| #540 |
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| Partners: |
Clark Construction Group, LLC |
| Date Signed: |
May 21, 2007 |
| Contact Information: |
Baltimore Area Office, (410) 865-2055 |
| Links: |
Construction
Partnership Agreement
Press Release |
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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. |
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Frederick Douglass/South Capitol Street Memorial Bridge Restoration
Project |
| #566 |
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| Partners: |
Corman Construction, Inc. |
| Date Signed: |
June 4, 2007 |
| Contact Information: |
Baltimore Area Office, (410) 865-2055 |
| Links: |
Construction
Partnership Agreement
Press Release |
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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. |
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401 M Street S.W. Waterfront Development Project |
| #648 |
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| 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 |
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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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