Extending OSHA

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Extending OSHAs Impact

• Paula O. White
• Director, Cooperative and State Programs
• USDOL-OSHA
• for
• Integrated Electrical Services

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Assistant Secretary Henshaws Priorities

• Expanded outreach, education, and compliance
  assistance efforts
• Improved voluntary efforts with partnerships on
  every scale
• Leading the national dialogue on safety and
  health
• Strong, effective enforcement

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OSHA ReorganizationRealignment for Results

• Distinct separation of Compliance Assistance and
  Enforcement activities
• Consolidation of outreach and compliance
  assistance in single Directorate
• Creation of the new Office of Small Business

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Directorate of Cooperative and State Programs
(DCSP)

• Office of Partnerships Recognition
• Office of Small Business Assistance
• Office of Outreach Services Alliances
• Office of Training Education
• Office of State Programs

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Alliances Are Flexible

• Few formal program requirements
• No enforcement component
• Less structured than Strategic Partnerships
• Open to all--businesses, labor groups, trade or
  professional organizations, universities, or
  other government agencies
• Low-Risk--designed to initiate dialog with OSHA,
  can serve as a stepping stone toward a more
  structured cooperative relationships

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OSHA-IEC Outreach and Communication Goals

• Develop and disseminate info
• Speak or appear together
• Promote OSHAs cooperative programs

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OSHA-IEC Plan of Action

• Immediate and on-going cross-linking of IECs
  toolbox talks, OSHAs eTools and TechLinks pages
• Quarterly focus on the three major areas of the
  Alliance
• Fall protection
• Material-handling
• Rear-end collision

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VPP Works

• Nearly 820 workplaces and 180 industries in the
  Federal and State Plan State programs
• Over 540,000 employees covered
• In 2001, participants achieved injury rates 54
  below their industry averages, with 5,876 lost
  workday cases avoided

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Construction in VPP SICs 1521-1799

• Sites at the end of FY 02
• Federal 27
• States 17
• Employees covered at end of FY 02
• Federal 5955
• State 2879
• FY 01 Rates
• DART 60 below the national average
• TCIR 64 below the national average

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VPP ConstructionPrograms

• Star Merit
• Short Term Construction Demo
• Mobile Workforce Demo

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OSHA Strategic Partnerships

• OSPs are voluntary, cooperative agreements
  between OSHA and groups of employers, employees,
  and other stakeholders.

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Success Story 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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www.osha.gov

• Compliance Assistance
• eTools
• VPP
• Partnerships
• Alliances
• Consultation Office Directory
• Events
• Publications

• News Releases
• Fact Sheets
• Standards Guidance
• Training and outreach on new guidance regs
• Whats New
• QuickTakes

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Outreach Services

• Coordinating OSHA compliance assistance efforts
• Planning Agencys compliance assistance efforts
• Networking with key health and safety
  organizations and other government agencies

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Office of Training and Education

• OSHA Training Institute
• Education Centers
• Susan Harwood Grants
• Distance Learning

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Contact

• paula.white_at_osha.gov
• 202-693-2200