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Region 8 Region VIII

Colorado Homesafe
#433
   
Partners: Home Builders Association of Metro Denver
Date Signed: September 27, 2005; Renewed October 7, 2008
Contact Information: Denver Area Office, (303) 844-5285
Englewood Area Office, (303) 843-4500
Links: Construction
Landscaping/Horticulture
Partnership Renewal Agreement
Press Release
Renewal Press Release
 
Overview: Home Builders Association of Metro Denver supports OSHA's efforts to reduce and/or eliminate hazards and recognizes the value of exerting leadership by bringing their respective skills to bear in a cooperative, focused and voluntary effort to ensure a safe and healthful environment for all personnel at Home Safe Master Builder construction sites. Towards that end, the Home Safe Colorado Ten-Point List: A Guide to Safe Work Practices will be utilized by all Home Safe Colorado partners to identify and abate hazards when they are present, as well as prevent hazards by educating workers on proper safety procedures.

This partnership expands OSHA's reach into the construction industry by mutual agreement with the Home Builders Association of Metro Denver to facilitate the goal of reducing occupational-related fatalities and serious injuries in the residential construction industry. The scope of this partnership is limited to Home Safe Master Builder projects in Colorado.

The goals of the Home Safe Colorado Partnership include:
  1. Maintain Total Case Incident rates and Days Away, Restricted or Transferred rates for each Master Builder below the national average for the builder's 3-digit SIC, and to maintain the combined weighted average rate for all Master Builders substantially (at least 10%) below the corresponding national average; and
  2. Document improvement in Home Safe Colorado Partners' Audit scores, both on an individual and a program-wide average basis; and
  3. Demonstrate an increase in the percentage of the Master Builders' supervisors and subcontractors who have received appropriate safety training; and
  4. Demonstrate a decrease in the frequency of unprogrammed OSHA inspections among Master Builders, along with a decrease in the frequency of serious hazards found during unprogrammed or verification inspections.
Results: This partnership impacts 30 employers and over 2,800 employees. During the third year of this partnership (September 2007-2008), 520 self-inspections were performed and 1200 hazards were abated. A total of 27 training sessions were held with a total of over 2,800 employees attending with 178 people attending a 10-hour course.

There are four Master builders that have implemented effective safety and health management systems which meet or exceed the 1989 Guidelines. 17 companies are in the process of improving their programs and processes while attempting to reach Master Builder status.

Each Master Builder continued to maintain TCIR and DART below the national averages for their NAICS. The weighted average was 53% below the national average (5.1). Between October 2004 and September 2008, there have been 282 inspections in NAIS 236115 and out of those inspections; only 1 inspection was for a Master Builders site.

 

Associated General Contractors - Construction Health and Safety Excellence - Colorado
#574
   
Partners: Associated General Contractors of America, Colorado Chapter
Date Signed: March 14, 2007
Contact Information: Englewood Area Office, (303) 843-4500
Denver Area Office, (303) 844-5285
Links: Construction
Partnership Agreement
 
Overview: The purpose of this Partnership between the Colorado chapter of Associated General Contractors of America and the OSHA Englewood and Denver Area Offices is to provide a safe and healthful workplace for all employees engaged in construction activities in the State of Colorado and to help prevent serious injuries and illnesses within the industry through increased training and implementation & monitoring of enhanced safety & health management systems.

Specific goals for this Partnership include:
  1. Reduce by 3% annually the rate of injuries, illnesses, and fatalities affecting participant employers, with an emphasis on reducing injuries and fatalities resulting from those hazards that are the four leading causes of death on construction sites (falls, struck-by, caught in/between and electrocutions);
     
  2. Increase the number of general and specialty contractors who implement effective safety and health management systems and provide effective safety and health training for management, supervisors and employees; and
     
  3. Recognize those contractors with exemplary safety and health management systems and effective site-specific safety and health plans.
The outcome of this Partnership is expected to result in reductions of employee injuries, illnesses, deaths, equipment damage, worker's compensation and insurance cost, down times and monetary penalties.

The partnership is structured after the Construction Health And Safety Excellence (CHASE) model involving a multi-tiered system. The top level participants are removed from programmed inspections after successful completion of on-site enforcement verification inspections.

Results: At the end of 2007, a total of 9 employers representing over 2,600 employees participated in this Partnership. At the end of the year, the aggregate TCIR and DART rates for the Partnership was 5.5 and 1.5 respectively. Both rates are below the 2007 BLS National Industry Averages for the Construction Industry.

Training is an integral component of this partnership and at the end of 2007, a total of over 21,000 training hours were provided to the employees of the Partners. One Partner is now pursuing VPP and is working with Region VIII on the application. Also, two Partners are now participating in the OSHA Challenge Program.

 

Montana Renewable Energy Association and Montana Renewable Energy Installers Guild
#591
   
Partners: Montana Renewable Energy Association and Montana Renewable Energy Installers Guild
Date Signed: January 9, 2008
Contact Information: Billings Area Office (406) 247-7494
Links: Construction
Partnership Agreement
 
Overview: This partnership recognizes the importance of providing a safe and healthful work environment in the renewable energy industry. The Montana Renewable Energy Association (MREA) is a nonprofit corporation with 28 members and associates, referred to as Participating Members, supporting the development of renewable energy throughout Montana. Specific activities of the MREA include expanding the use of renewable energy technologies like solar, wind, small hydro, and geothermal in Montana; affecting public policy in favor of renewable energy; and educating and informing residents of Montana about the benefits and uses of renewable energy. The MREA is attempting to foster a safer working environment for themselves and their member companies.

The purpose of the partnership is to prevent the four major hazards (falls, electrical, caught in/between and struck-by hazards) that account for the majority of fatalities and injuries in the construction industry. This partnership will focus on improving the safety and health management systems of the MREA and their Participating Member companies and strive to eliminate hazards in the targeted areas. The specific goals of this agreement include decreasing the injury/illness rates of the Participating Member companies: increasing the implementation of comprehensive safety and health management systems; increasing the level of safety and health training and its availability for workers and additionally decreasing worker's compensation costs for participants.

Results: Partnership impact has been immediate with several tangible results: the participating member companies now are changing the ways they approach their particular jobs and work activities; employees are more aware of safety and health hazards and are taking steps toward reporting and abating the hazards; and the five participating companies reported no injuries during 2008.

With the goal of improving the SHMS of its members, the Montana Renewable Energy Association worked with five participating members to start the process of writing safety and health management systems for their companies. Also, the Partnership assisted several Partners in the development of job safety analyses.

In the second year of the Partnership, MREA plans to conduct more training to include First-Aid, CPR, Proper Lifting, Changes & Updates to Montana Laws and Regulations pertaining to the Renewable Energy Industry, and any other topics of interest that come to their attention throughout the year.

Finally, non-participating members of MREA are starting to recognize the importance of this Partnership. In total, there are 16 MREA member companies and at the beginning of this partnership, several companies chose not to actively participate but at the first year anniversary of this agreement, nine additional member companies decided to participate. There are now 14 active members with approximately 35 employees participating in this partnership.

  

National Park Service - Glacier National Park
#723
   
Partners: National Park Service - Glacier National Park
Date Signed: March 19, 2009
Contact Information: Billings Area Office (406) 247-7494
Links: General Industry
Federal Agencies
Partnership Agreement
 
Overview: In past years, the National Park Service has experienced the highest employee injury and illness rates of all Department of Interior bureaus. Recognizing this problem, the Glacier National Park approached the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Billings Area Office asking for assistance in improving their employee safety and health management systems and reducing employee injury and illness rates.

In FY 2003, the Glacier National Park and the Billings Area Office entered into a five year partnership to improve the safety and health programs and reduce employee injuries. In 2003 (Base Line) the TCIR was 13.0 and the DART was 5.1. At the conclusion, the TCIR was reduced by 39% to 8.0 and the DART was reduced to 2.5, a 49% decrease. To continue and build on the successes of the previous Partnership, Glacier National Park and the Billings Area Office agree to enter into a new three year Partnership.

The goals of the Partnership are: 1.) Reduce the number of OSHA recordable employee injuries within the park by 15% for each year of the agreement; and 2.) Establish safety and health management systems that will meet the Risk Management Program Elements addressed in the National Park Service Director's Order 50B.

 

Northern Hotel Restoration Project
#743
   
Partner: Zoot Construction Company
Date Signed: October 19, 2009
Contact Information: Billings Area Office (406) 247-7494
Links: Construction
Partnership Agreement
 
Overview: By entering this Partnership for the Northern Hotel Restoration Project, Zoot Construction Company and the Billings Area Office of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) mutually recognize the importance of providing a safe and healthful work environment for employees engaged in the construction industry.

Zoot Construction Company is a General Contractor responsible for the restoration project. The 10 story project is expected to last 17 months. There will be approximately 10 subcontractors with 50 to 80 employees working at the site throughout the duration of the project. All contractors and their subcontractors that work on this project will be considered partners under this agreement.

The goals for the agreement are:
1.) Maintain the Project's DART rate at least 15% below the national average for SIC code 1542 (NAICS 236220) for the duration of the project;
2.) Maintain the site's DART rate for all subcontractors at least 10% below the national average for their particular SIC code;
3.) Ensure that all project supervisors receive at least 10 hours of safety and health training;
4.) Ensure that all site workers receive at least 2 hours of safety and health training on the four major construction hazards, including, electrical, falls, struck-by (including work zone safety issues) and caught in/between; and
5.) Identify and prevent the most common causes of workplace injuries and illnesses in the construction industry, including but not limited to: falls, electrical safety, struck-by (including work zone safety issues), caught in/between, silica, cranes and noise.

 
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