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Alliance Report
December 4, 2009
The Permian Basin Services, Transmission,
Exploration and Production Safety Network (PBSTEPS)
- Alliance Background
Date Signed – 09/09/2008
Overview
To promote safe and healthful working conditions for workers in the Permian
Basin who are engaged in one form or another in the business of oil and gas and
also to help people get into, stay in, expand and improve their small business
in the Permian Basin area which includes southeast New Mexico. Provide employers
with information, guidance and access to training resources that will help them
provide to their employees knowledge of safety and health hazards of
construction and general industry with a focus on the four major hazards: falls,
electrical, struck by and caught in between.
- Evaluation Period – 09-2008 through 09/2009
Implementation Team Meetings
2/12/2008
3/11/2008
4/08/2008
5/13/2008
6/10/2008
7/15/2008
8/12/2008
- Events and Products
Training and Education
- Events – Presentations and training provided at the PBSTEPS monthly
meetings
- September 08 : Education on encountering bees; Repetitive
motion/ergonomics
- October 08 : Fleet safety; NORM (normally occurring radioactive material;
NFPA Arch Flash 70E
- November 08: Narcotics; NIOSH’s Oil and Gas Extraction Program; Successful
Leadership
- December 08: OSHA Update; PPE Update; OSHCON Program; Home Fire Safety
- January 09: Pumping Unit Safety; Trenching and Excavation; Worker’s
Compensation Fraud
- February 09: Behavioral Safety; ID Theft; WorkSteps (physical therapy);
ISNetworld Overview
- March 09: Emergency Evacuation; Severe Weather; Fleet Safety
- April 09: Operation Excellence
- May 09: Fall Protection (OSHA); OSHA Challenge, Roadmap to VPP; NFPA 70E;
Respiratory Protection
- June 09: Texas Rangers; Training Methodologies; Weather Emergency
Preparedness
- July 09: DIG TESS; Communication Training; Sharp communication
- August 09: OSHA Update and Employer payment of PPE; Experimental Training.
- September 09: H1N1 Flu Update and CDC recommendations; Flame Retardant
Clothing Update; OSHA Challenge; Hazard Awareness
- Products: PowerPoints for most of the presentations are available for
download on the PBSTEPS (www.pbsteps.com) website.
Outreach and Communication
- Events: All of the events (meetings) that occur monthly have some element
of outreach. An OSHA representative is almost always present.
- Products
No products have yet to be developed under this alliance. However, the concept
of this network has grown throughout Region VI as well as other Regions in
OSHA.
- Promoting the National Dialogue on Workplace Safety and Health
- Events: Each meeting has some element of dialogue on workplace safety.
- This network enjoys a large attendance each month; over 120 persons attend
representing 40 or more companies involved in oil and gas.
- Results: This Safety Network has enjoyed great success. There is a
website and many companies involved help sponsor the meeting place and
refreshments for the monthly meetings. Involvement is key and each month, the
involvement grows. Most of the attendees are safety personnel from companies and
the information/training they receive from these meetings is taken back to the
employee population of each company.
- [Using the table below, list each activity and the number of individuals
reached or trained during the reporting period.]
Type of Activity (Conference, Training,
Print and Electronic
Distribution, etc.) |
Number of Individuals Reached or Trained |
1. September
08: Repetitive Motion/Ergo |
120 |
2. October
08: Arc Flash NFPA 70E |
95 |
3. December
08: OSHA Update/PPE
4. January 09: Trenching/Excavation
5. March 09: Emergency Evacuation
6. May 09: Fall Protection/Respiratory Protection
7. August 09: OSHA Update/Employer Paid PPE
8. September 09: H1N1 Flu |
95
120
90
120
110
120 |
Total: |
870 |
- Upcoming Milestones
The Permian Basin STEPS Network has exceeded expectations as far as content and
involvement of the oil and gas community. Out of this network, others have
blossomed throughout the region as well as in other OSHA regions. The networks
have become connected and a National STEPS is on the horizon and is in the
works. This network looks forward to continuing their association with the El
Paso AO and the Lubbock District Office by renewing their alliance in September
2010.
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