Cooperative Programs and Compliance Assistance

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Cooperative Programs and Compliance Assistance
Paula O. White, Director Cooperative and State
Programs Occupational Safety and Health
Administration ASSE June 13, 2005
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OSHAs Intervention Strategies

• Expanded outreach, education, and compliance
  assistance efforts
• Improved voluntary and partnership efforts
• Strong, effective, and fair enforcement

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OSHAs Cooperative Programs

• Alliance Program
• Voluntary Protection Programs
• OSHA Strategic Partnership Program
• Consultation Program SHARP

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OSHAs Alliance Program

• Broadly written agreements
• Established at OSHAs National,
• Regional, Area Offices or
• by State Plan States
• Formed with trade associations, businesses,
  educational institutions, government agencies,
  unions
• 71 National Alliances
• 278 Regional and Area Office Alliances

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Benefits of Participating in the Alliance
Program

• Build a cooperative and
• trusting relationship with
• OSHA
• Network with other
• organizations committed
• to workplace safety and health
• Leverage resources to maximize worker protection
• Gain recognition as proactive leaders
• in safety and health

Assistant Secretary John Henshaw, USDOL-OSHA and
ASSE's President, James "Skipper" Kendrick, shake
hands after signing the OSHA-ASSE Alliance
renewal agreement.
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ASSE Alliance

• ASSE participating on OSHAs Safety Health
  Topics Page Editorial Boards
• ASSE brochure entitled "Workplace Safety Guide
  for New Workers."
• Professional certification workshop at Safety
  2005 Conference
• North American Occupational Safety and Health
  (NAOSH) Week

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Whose Entering Alliances
General Industry Industrial Truck Association Society of the Plastics Industry American Apparel and Footwear Association American Foundry Society Coordinating Committee for Automotive Repair National Wooden Pallet Container Association Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association Graphic Arts Coalition Construction Construction Management Association of America National Association of Home Builders Construction Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers Gilbane Building Company Modular Building Institute Sealant Waterproofing Restoration Institute Washington Group Intl Professional Societies Association of Occupational Health Professionals Board of Certified Safety Professionals National Hearing Conservation Association Society for Chemical Hazard Communication American Industrial Hygienists Association American Society of Safety Engineers
Maritime Shipbuilders Council of America US Coast Guard Marine Safety Office American Shipbuilding Association National Shipbuilding Research Program Oil and Gas American Petroleum Institute/National Fire Protection Association Association of Energy Service Companies Landscape/Horticulture Professional Landcare Network Tree Care Industry Association
Faith-based and Community Organizations Community Action for Social Affairs NY State Alliance Boys and Girls Clubs Center for Job Readiness Labor Unions The Roadway Work Zone Safety and Health Coalition (International Union of Operating Engineers, Laborers International Union of North America) International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers And many others National Federation of Independent Business IWLA, the Association for Logistics Outsourcing Airline Alliance

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Alliance Program
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Dow Chemical Company Alliance
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Ergonomics Case Study
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America Meat Institute Alliance
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eTools Ammonia Refrigeration
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Airlines Industry Alliance
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eTools Baggage Handling
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VPP Advancing Excellence

• A process for achieving safety and health
  excellence
• Labor Management Government cooperation
• Official recognition of excellence

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VPP Works

• 1,275 workplaces in the Federal and State Plan
  State programs (as of 4/30/05)
• Over half-million employees covered
• Total Cases rates 53 below respective industry
  average (CY2003) (fed. only)
• Equal to 9,898 cases avoided (CY2003) (fed. only)

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OSHA VPP STAR Worksite
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International PaperA Business Case for VPP

• IP has had over 90 sites in VPP since 1992.
• Safety performance at VPP sites was compared to
  non-VPP sites for years 2000 and 2001.

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VPP vs. Non-VPP

• Total Incidence Rate (TIR)
• 2-year Difference VPP sites 28 lower
• Lost Workday Incident Rate (LWIR)
• 2-year Difference VPP sites 48 lower
• Workers Compensation costs
• VPP sites cost 58 less

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Benefits Foregone by Non-VPP

• If non-VPP sites had performed as well as VPP
  sites for the 2 years
• 18 or 165 Recordable Incidents would have been
  prevented
• 45 or 56 Lost Workday cases would have been
  prevented
• 16,523,181 would have been saved in Workers
  Compensation claims

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Whats Next for VPP

• OSHA Challenge
• VPP Corporate
• VPP Construction

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OSHA Challenge

• Road Map for safety and health
• Recognition
• Conserve OSHA resources
• Increase and expedite participation

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Challenge Administrators

• Curtis Lumber Company
• United States Postal Service
• VPP Participants Association
• Black Veatch
• Construction Safety Council
• Ohio Valley VPPAC
• Associated Builders and Contractors
• Associated General Contractors of America
• NEA - Association of Union Constructors
• Independent Electrical Contractors

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VPP Corporate

• Maximize reliance oncorporate pre-screening
• Streamline applications
• Streamline onsite evaluations
• Maximize leadership andoutreach

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VPP for Construction Why?

• Provides flexibility to meet unique aspects of
  industry
• Companies may attain recognition at different
  levels

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OSHA Strategic Partnerships

• 202 active partnerships
• OSPP impacts over 5,000 employers and 575,000
  employees
• 10 National partnerships

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United States Postal Service OSPPOSHA Ergonomic
Strategic Partnership

• Focus on ergonomic risk reduction
• 140,000 employees 93 facilities covered
• Results in 1st Year
• 20 reduction in MSD Rate
• Over 10,000 workers trained
• Over 240 fixes implemented

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Camp Randall Stadium Renovation

• 20 Companies and 250 Employees
• 132 Hazards corrected during self-inspections
• 181,839 hours with no lost or restricted injuries

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National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE)
Partnership

• 504 employees received OSHA 10-Hour Training
• 156 employees received OSHA 30-Hour Training
• OSHA trained over 60 climbers at the 2003 NATE
  Annual Conference

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Maintenance and Construction Safety and Health
Partnering Program (MCSHPP)

• Three-year rate for total cases was 1.92,
• 53 below the national average for 2001
• 367 employees and 64 supervisors/managers
  trained,
• Over 20,800 training hours provided
• 1,365 daily field safety contacts with crews, as
  well as 100 specific field safety audits

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Consultation Help for Small Businesses

• Free, confidential, and professional help for
  employers to identify and correct hazards
• Services include hazard identification, training
  and education.
• Assists small businesses in developing safety and
  health management systems and providing training
• No citations issued or penalties proposed

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Consultations Participation in OSHA
Cooperative Programs

• Signatory on 93 Regional and 24 National
  Alliances.
• Signatory on 64 OSHA Strategic Partnerships and
  supports an additional 77.

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Consultation Program
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Consultation A Phone Call Away
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Safety Health Achievement Recognition Program
(SHARP)

• An effective safety and health management system
• Injury and illness rates below the industry
  average
• Removed from programmed inspection list for at
  least 1 year

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DeBourgh Manufacturing
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Compliance Assistance
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MyOSHA
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Compliance Assistance Quick Start
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Hispanic Employers and Workers Compliance
Assistance
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Hispanic Outreach Module of Quick Start
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Hispanic/ESL Coordinators
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• Hispanic Outreach Fact Sheet

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Small Business Assistance
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OTIECs
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Course Offerings

• 16 OTI Courses
• Outreach Training Program and card distribution
  General Industry, Construction, Disaster Site
  Worker
• Single-day seminars

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Students Trained by OTIECs
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Region VIII AllianceRocky Mountain Education
Center

• Focuses on addressing safety training issues at
  vocational educational level

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Questions or Comments?
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Contact
Paula White white.paula_at_dol.gov 202-693-2200