Youth Employment in North America Seminar

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Youth Employment in North America Seminar

• December 4 -5, 2008
• Mexico City, Mexico

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Carl W. Heinlein, MS, CSP, ARMSenior Safety
Consultant

• American Contractors Insurance Group, Inc.

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Panel IV Safety and Health

• The Numbers
• The Issues
• The Opportunities
• Alternative Strategies
• The Results
• Expectations
• Resources

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The Numbers

• JOB OUTLOOK
• 2006-2016
• Construction 7-13 Growth in Future Jobs
• Transportation 8 Growth in Future Jobs
• Agriculture 2 Decline in Future Jobs
• Fishing 16 Decline in Future Jobs
• Forestry/logging 1 Decline in Future Jobs
• Manufacturing/Assemblers 4 Decline in Future
  Jobs
• Source Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational
  Outlook Handbook 2008-2009 Edition

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The Numbers

• An average of 67 workers under age 18 died from
  work-related injuries each year during 19922000.
  In 1998, an estimated 77,000 required treatment
  in hospital emergency rooms.
• Source NIOSH Publication No. 2003-128
• NIOSH Alert Preventing Deaths, Injuries and
  Illnesses of Young Workers

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The Issues Injuries

• Unsafe equipment
• Stressful conditions
• Inadequate safety training
• Inadequate supervision
• Dangerous work that is illegal or inappropriate
  for youth
• Trying to hurry
• Alcohol and drug use

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The Issues Fatalities

• Homicide
• Driving or traveling as passengers in motor
  vehicles
• Machine-related accidents
• Electrocution
• Falls

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Opportunities

• The Construction Industry is
• Working with Colleges and Universities
• Working with Trade Organizations
• Working with Trade Schools
• Working with High Schools
• Working with Elementary Schools

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Training Opportunities

• Carpenters International Training Fund
• Superintendent Career Training Program
• 18 month program
• 15 (minimum) one-on-one mentoring sessions
  between the trainee and the mentor
• 12 days of training over four, three-day programs
  at the Carpenters International Training Center
• 30 (minimum) specific, on-the-job training
  experiences are selected by the mentor

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Training Opportunities

• Laborers-AGC Education and Training Fund
• SUPERVISOR TRAINING AND EDUCATION PROGRAM
• 24 hrs -Introduction to Construction Supervision
• 10 hrs -Communication for Construction
  Supervisors
• 40 hrs -Introduction to Project Estimating
• 28 hrs -Project Planning and Management for
  Construction Supervisors
• 40 hrs -Safety and Health for Construction
  Supervisors

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Training Opportunities

• AGC of America
• The Supervisory Training Program  (STP)
• is a construction-specific training curriculum
  developed, updated, and field-tested by and for
  contractors.
• The program consists of 12 comprehensive courses
  (including two overview courses) that focus on
  the knowledge and skills that every supervisor
  must have to be an effective manager of people,
  time, equipment and materials.

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Alternative Strategies

• The Occupational Safety and Health Administration
  (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP)
• The Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) promote
  effective worksite-based safety and health.
• In the VPP, management, labor, and OSHA establish
  cooperative relationships at workplaces that have
  implemented a comprehensive safety and health
  management system.
• Approval into VPP is OSHAs official recognition
  of the outstanding efforts of employers and
  employees who have achieved exemplary
  occupational safety and health.

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Results

• In 2005 the Carpenters District Council (CDC),
  in collaboration with the Carpenters Joint
  Apprenticeship Programs Pathways to Careers in
  Construction and Advanced Manufacturing
  (Pathways) Program launched a district-wide
  effort to provide OSHA-10 safety certification
  training consistent with Part 29 CFR 1926 for
  working members. This effort was designed to
  build safety awareness among working carpenters,
  reduce lost time and job related fatal accidents
  and equip the industrys workforce with safety
  credentialing consistent with broad industry
  standards.

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Results

• In late 2007, CDC and Pathways launched an
  informal (not scientific) sample survey among
  construction employers to assess the impact of
  the training on industry safety with a particular
  focus on changes in lost time accidents, safety
  awareness on the job, and worker productivity. In
  conducting this informal study a random sample of
  thirteen (13) construction industry employers
  representing a cross section of carpenters work
  sites (commercial, residential, shop, flooring,
  etc) were asked to respond to a brief survey.

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Results

• Of the thirteen construction employers in the
  initial survey ten (10) or 76 responded. As a
  group they represented all aspects of the
  carpentry construction trades in the industry and
  a total of 2,000 union registered carpenters
  (approximately 11 of working union carpenters
  in the District in 2007).

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Results

• Following are the results of the survey
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• The respondents averaged 200 employees each, with
  a low of 49 and a high of 700 in calendar year
  2007.
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• There have not been any job related industry
  deaths among participating employers in this
  survey since 2005. (There were two reported
  deaths one each in 2003 and 2005)
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• As a group, the number of lost time accidents in
  the pre-training period 2004-2005 reached 175.
  Following training lost time accidents fell to
  111 for the sample group which represents a
  reduction of 38.8 

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Results

• All ten of the respondents indicated that job
  site safety had improved over the previous two
  (2) years(subsequent to OSHA trainings for their
  employees)
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• All ten of the respondents indicated that workers
  were more aware of proper safety practices on the
  job
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• Only two (2) of the 10 respondents indicated that
  productivity, as a result of safety training had
  improved. The remaining eight (8) respondents
  noted that it stayed about the same (None of the
  respondents indicated that productivity had
  declined)
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Results

• Although these survey results are very
  preliminary we can infer the following.
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• First and foremost was the unanimous agreement
  from all those surveyed that the training has
  resulted in improved job site safety and has made
  workers more aware of safety practices on the
  job.
• While there was unanimous agreement on the impact
  of the training on safety and safety awareness
  only 20 of the respondents indicated any impact
  on productivity.

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Results

• Importantly, there was a significant reduction in
  reported lost time accidents of nearly 39 among
  respondents. If this level of reduction is
  applied across the CDC to working carpenters this
  would indicate a reduction of 999 lost days a
  year. If one applies a cost of 600 for each
  lost time day in worker wages/benefits and
  employer productivity this factors out to be a
  savings of nearly 600,000 each year for the
  industry overall.

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Results

• The Carpenters District Council estimates that
  from 1995 to date (March, 2008) 16,000 carpenters
  have completed the construction safety training
  (OSHA-10) offered by the CDC and CJAP, and more
  recently through the Pathways partnership. The
  cost of delivering the training is 65.00 per
  participant and totals more than 1,000,000.
  Needless to say this small investment in its
  workers is already paying large dividends, both
  financially and in a significant reduction in
  lost time accidents. Even if one life is saved as
  a result of this training it is certainly worth
  the costs.

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Results

• Anecdotal Results
• Employees have pride at safe companys
• Employees feel more appreciated at safe companys
• Employees have less injuries at safe companys
• Quality is higher at safe companys
• Production is higher at safe companys

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Expectations

• Management expectations from employees
• Dont be afraid to ask questions
• Follow the rules in order to avoid injury at your
  workplace
• Help yourself and the company be successful

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Expectations

• Employees expectations of employers
• Have education and training opportunities
• Have a Safe workplace
• Have a competent supervisor aware of Occupational
  Safety and Health concerns
• Have reasonable workhours and rest periods, and
  an adequate compensation package
• Have a management team willing to listen to
  employee concerns

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Resources

• The Associated General Contractors of America
  www.acig.org
• Laborers International Union of North America -
  http//www.liuna.org/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx
• United Brotherhood of Joiners and Carpenters of
  America - http//www.carpenters.org/
• Helmets to Hardhats - http//www.helmetstohardhats
  .org/
• Dept. of Labor -http//www.careervoyages.gov/
• OSHA Voluntary Protection Programs -
  http//www.osha.gov/dcsp/vpp/index.html

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Resources

• http//www.cdc.gov/niosh/adoldoc.html
• http//www.osha.gov/SLTC/teenworkers/teenworkers.h
  tml
• http//www.osha.gov/dcsp/compliance_assistance/ind
  ex_hispanic.html

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Hispanic Resources

• http//www.osha.gov/dcsp/compliance_assistance/ind
  ex_hispanic.html

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Questions
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Muchas Gracias - Thank You