TEXT VERSION OF SLIDE:
Title: Contractor Safety: Texas Operations Contractor Alliance for Safety
Type: Text Slide
Content:
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Problem: How to improve safety
performance of Dow’s contractors
- Solution
- Formation of Texas Operations Contractor Alliance for Safety (TOCAS) made up
of senior managers
from Dow and contractors
- TOCAS basic elements are similar to elements of a safety and health
management system
- TOCAS committees provide training for and analyze performance of all first
line supervisors and
safety contacts
[Includes the Alliance and OSHA logos]
Speaker Notes:
Contractor Safety Case Study: Texas Operations Contractor Alliance for Safety (TOCAS)
at Dow Facility in Freeport, Texas (Sep. 2008)
Problem: How to improve safety performance of contractor firms at Dow’s Texas
Operations in Freeport, Texas. Dow’s efforts to reach out to the contractor
firms at this facility in the early 1990s were not effective because the safety
managers from the contractor firms had difficulty convincing their management
to implement changes to their safety and health programs.
Solution: Dow realized that safety discussions with contractor firms would be
more productive only if the firms’ management participated. To that end, Dow
and the contractor firms formed the Texas Operations Contractor Alliance for
Safety (TOCAS) in 1995. TOCAS includes managers from Dow and its contractors.
The contractor representatives on TOCAS are the decision makers that can commit
their companies to safety programs, employee involvement, and other actions.
The basic elements of TOCAS are similar to the critical elements of an
effective safety and health management system: management commitment and
employee involvement, worksite analysis, hazard prevention and control, and
training. In conjunction with Texas Operations, TOCAS establishes annual
recordable injury performance goals that include Dow and contractor employees.
TOCAS established several standing committees, including a Training Committee
that provides safety and health training for all first line supervisors and
safety contacts two times a year. The Coaching for Safety Committee analyzes
the performance data for each first line supervisor and safety contact. This
committee identifies the bottom 10 percent of performers and provides them with
tools to help them improve their performance.
TOCAS and Texas Operations also train every contractor employee in the Safe
Behavior Process, which is designed to identify and then eliminate or control
hazards. In 2003, Dow implemented a global Contractor Safety Standard that
defined the responsibilities for managing the activities of non-Dow personnel
who provide services on Dow property. The activities of TOCAS are aligned with
the global corporate requirements.
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