Cooperative Programs: Working With OSHA

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Cooperative ProgramsWorking With OSHA
Paula O. White Director, Cooperative and State
Programs Occupational Safety and Health
Administration National Electrical Contractors
Association Association Executives Institute
March 1, 2004
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Safety Health on the Job Increase the
Possibilities
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Benefits of an Alliance

• Build a cooperative and trusting relationship
  with OSHA
• Network with other organizations committed to
  workplace safety and health
• Leverage resources to maximize worker
  protection

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OSHA/NECA Alliance

• Signed August 2003
• Reducing and preventing exposure to electrical
  and construction hazards
• Providing information
• Providing guidance
• Access to training

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OSHA/NECA Alliance Goals

• Outreach and Communication
• OSHAs Directorate of Construction preparing
  articles for Electrical Contractor Magazine
• OSHA exhibit and workshop at NECA Expo
• NECA participation in OSHA Compliance Assistance
  Conference

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OSHA/NECA Alliance Goals

• Training Education
• Identify training needs related to electrical
  construction and maintenance
• Develop new training
• Deliver to NECA chapters

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OSHA/NECA Alliance Goals

• Promoting National Dialogue
• Share information on NECA worksite best practices
• Promote best practice implementation through
  print and electronic media
• Participate in forums, roundtables and
  stakeholder meetings on electrical contracting
  industry problems

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Whos Entering Alliances?
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OSHA Strategic Partnership Program (OSPP)

• 212 active partnerships, 302 total
• Over 12,600 employers and 475,000 employees
  impacted since 1998
• 11 National partnerships

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Wisconsin ABC

• Encompass Electrical Technologies Midwest, Inc.
• lost workday cases have dropped from 15 in 1999
  to 8 in 2001.
• 2001 LWDIR rate was .92,
• workers compensation average was .68 or thirty
  two percent below the average for that trade.

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Philadelphia Communications Towers

• 39 employees protected through completion of the
  Pre-work Communication Tower Safety and Health
  Checklists.
• All hazards were abated prior to employee
  exposure.
• There were no injuries or illnesses reported by
  workers covered under the auspices of this
  agreement

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Shreveport Associated General Contractors

• During the first year of this partnership 87
  employees completed the OSHA 10-hour construction
  training course
• These trained employees then conducted 2,592 self
  inspections of the various job sites and found
  and abated 1,121 hazards and violations of OSHA
  regulations.

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United States Postal ServiceOSPP

• Ergonomic Risk Reduction Process (EERP)
• 170 sites over 3 years
• 36 sites launched as of January 2004

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Idaho OSHA-General Contractor Partnership Program

• Reduced construction fatalities
• Improved OSHAs relationship with stakeholders
• Fostered other partnerships
• Saved contractors money

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Fatality Rate
2.1 1.0
0.42
per 10K Employees
Years
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Idaho Claims Rate
Injuries per 100 Employees
25.0 21.0 21.0 20.9 201 18.9
17.8 15.1 15.2 14.9 14.2
Year
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Contact
Paula White white.paula_at_dol.gov 202-693-2200