Purpose and Scope
The purpose of the partnership is to improve workplace safety and health and
reduce work related injuries and illnesses, through the development and
implementation of comprehensive safety and health management programs, that
reflect the current program elements of OSHA’s Voluntary Safety and Health
Program Management Guidelines. This will be accomplished through the
establishment of partnership goals and measures; data collection; on site and
off site guidance, resources and assistance; verification inspections and annual
program evaluations.
The agreement will apply to the Armed Forces Reserve Center and Field
Maintenance Shop in Norman, Oklahoma and West Oklahoma City (WOKC) Armed Forces
Reserve Center in Mustang, Oklahoma.
Identification of Partners
Partners to this Agreement include the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, Oklahoma City Area Office, the Oklahoma Department of Labor /
Consultation and Korte Construction Company of St. Louis, Missouri. The company
was selected by the Oklahoma Army National Guard to Design-Build two new Armed
Forces Reserve Centers. Each project consists of a new 2-story training facility
and a new flammable material facility, with related parking and infrastructure.
The projects are expected to begin the months of October 2008 for the Norman
ARFC and November 2008 for WOKC AFRC. Construction is expected to take
approximately 15 months with Norman consisting of approximately 220,000 SF and
WOKC consisting of approximately 180,000 SF. There will be approximately 22
subcontracts on each project.
Goals / Strategies
The goals of this agreement include:
- Reduce the number of serious injuries and illness. Strategy:
- Development and implementation of effective safety and health management
programs.
- Analysis of project site injury data and work site self- inspection data to
identify trends and implementation of appropriate intervention strategies
(hazard elimination or control measures, training and education, and /or use
of personal protective equipment).
- Hazard prevention, identification and control through OSHA Consultation
worksite assessments.
- Increase the number of subcontractors with effective safety and health
management systems. Strategy:
- Partners providing training and technical assistance.
- Increase the number of workers, supervisors and foremen who have received
the OSHA 10-hour Construction Course or equivalent training.
Strategy:
- Korte Construction Company providing the OSHA 10-hour Construction Course at
scheduled times during the course of the construction project.
Verification that partnership requirements are being met and partnership goals
are being attained, will be achieved through the performance of OSHA on site and
off site verification activity.
Performance Measures
Performance measurements include:
- Training delivered: Programmed training and unprogrammed such as, training
provided in response to changes in work site conditions, operations, accident
/ near miss incidents and trending data.
- Number of self-inspections performed: Conducted at least monthly and with
coverage of the entire worksite quarterly.
- Number of hazards identified and corrected immediately (that day) by
hazards elimination, hazard control or interim protective measures.
- Number of management. systems developed, implemented and/or improved.
- Reduction in identified baseline injury / illness trends. DART and TCIR
rates for the project site below the industry average.
- Number of contractors, workers, supervisors and foremen provided the
10-hour OSHA Construction Course or equivalent training, at completion of the
project, compared to the number with such training at initiation of the
project.
Partnership Evaluation
An annual evaluation will be written and submitted by the Oklahoma City Area
Office CAS using the guidelines provided in the OSHA Strategic Partnership
Program for Worker Safety and Health Directive, CSP 03-02-002, Appendix C. The
data will be collected by the Oklahoma City Area Office CAS.
Benefits
- On site enforcement inspections in lieu of programmed inspections.
- On site non enforcement verifications.
- Assistance from the Oklahoma Department of Labor, OSHA Consultation in
providing voluntary worksite assessments and technical, compliance and
training assistance.
- The scope of accident and complaint investigations will be limited to
information relevant to the accident or complaint and will not expanded to
other areas unless serious hazards are observed.
Verification Procedures
The progress of the partnership in meeting program goals will be verified
through off site and on site OSHA verification activity.
On Site Verification Activity:
Enforcement Inspections
OSHA will perform a minimum of 1 on site enforcement inspection each year,
which may result in the issuance of citations and penalties, in lieu of
programmed inspections at all partner worksites covered by this agreement.
The Area Office will have the discretion to determine the number and scope of
enforcement inspections to be performed in any year based on: company history,
types of work being performed, phases of construction and the nature of
hazards associated with such work, and quality of the site safety and health
management system.
Non Enforcement Verifications
OSHA will conduct a minimum of 1 on site non enforcement verification each
year.
Off site verification:
OSHA will perform a least two 2 off site verifications annually. At a
minimum the verification will include a review of:
- 300 injury and illness data / accident / near miss data
- Self-inspections performed
- Hazards identified and corrected
- Training.
- Management systems implemented / improved
OSHA Consultation Worksite Assessments
A minimum 2 worksite assessments will be performed each year by the Oklahoma
Department of Labor. Voluntary OSHA Consultation worksite assessments will be
tailored to meet the needs of the individual partner’s site.
OSP Management and Operation
- Korte Construction Company will allow OSHA enforcement inspections in
accordance with the agreement. These inspections may result in citations and
penalties.
- Korte Construction Company will allow OSHA on site verifications,
voluntary OSHA Consultation worksite assessments, and will share information
on it’s safety and health program, program analyses, recordkeeping data,
internal inspection / audit results and other information requested relevant
to the partnership.
- Korte Construction Company will require all subcontractors to meet the
requirements of this partnership.
- Each sub contractor will have a designated person responsible for site
safety with the authority, responsibility and training to correct safety
hazards.
- The OSHA 10-hour Construction Course or equivalent training will be
provided contractor and sub contractor employees working on the AFR Center
project sites.
- Korte Construction Company will have a designated person, at each AFR
Center project site, responsible for site safety with the authority,
responsibility and training to correct safety hazards.
- Korte Construction Company will have a written comprehensive safety and
health management programs implemented, at each AFR Center project site, that
reflects the elements of OSHA’s Safety and Health Management Systems
guidelines.
- All sub contractors working on the AFR Center project sites, will be
required to develop and implement a written safety and health management
program that provides:
- Management Commitment
- Designated person responsible for site safety with authority,
responsibility and training to correct safety hazards.
- Defined roles and responsibilities for safety and health..
- Employee Involvement
- How employee are involved in the site safety and health program.
- Worksite Analysis
- Pre-job / task hazard identification
- Routine self-inspections
- Tracking and correction of hazards
- Health inspections (exposure assessment strategy, sampling / testing and
analysis procedures )
- Reporting of unsafe conditions
- Accident and incident investigations
- Hazard Prevention and Control
- Safety and health rules
- Compliance programs
- PPE
- Institution of engineering and/or work practice controls to eliminate or
control hazards.
- Training
- Sub contractor employees will participate in 3 meaningful ways (ie.
routine inspections, safety meetings/training, accident investigations, JSAs,
etc.) in the sites’ safety and health program.
- Korte Construction Company will obtain and provide the Area Office upon
request, or at least quarterly, the following information:
- 300 injury and illness data / accident / near miss data
- Self-inspection performed
- Number of hazards identified and corrected
- Training provided
- Status of the development /implementation of management systems.
- The Area Office CAS will be the primary OSHA contact responsible for:
- Coordination of the partnership
- Completion and submission of the Annual Partnership Evaluation Report in
accordance with the evaluation criteria set forth in CSP 03-02-002 OSP
Directive, in a timely manner to DCSP.
- Korte Construction Company and OSHA Consultation will work together in
arranging for on site worksite assessments, training and compliance
assistance.
Employee and Employer Rights and Responsibilities
This partnership does not preclude employees and/or employers from exercising
any right provided under the OSH Act, including but not limited to, the right to
file a safety and health complaint without fear of reprisal and the right to
request information collected pursuant to OSHA requirements, nor does it
abrogate any responsibility to comply with the Act.
Term of OSP
This partnership will expire 15 months from the date of signing or earlier with
the completion of partnership goals.
If any signatory of this agreement wishes to terminate their participation prior
to the established termination date, written notice of the intent to withdraw
must be provided to all other signatories.
If OSHA chooses to withdraw its participation in the partnership, the entire
agreement is terminated. Any signatory may also propose modification or
amendment of the agreement.
OSHA will terminate the agreement, if it is determined, with input from all
parties to the agreement, that the partnership goals and/or requirements are not
being met or that reasonable progress is not evidenced.
Signatures
Todd Korte, CEO
Korte Construction Company |
Date
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Lloyd L. Fields, Commissioner
Oklahoma Department of Labor |
Date |
David Bates, Area Director
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Oklahoma City Area Office |
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