Achieving Good Safety Performance on Large Construction Projects

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• Achieving Good Safety Performance on Large
  Construction Projects

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Construction Industry Facts

• 636,000 construction companies
• gt7,000,000 persons employed in construction
• Construction industry (risk)
• 18 work related deaths
• 15 all workers compensation cases
• Over 1,000 construction workers are killed each
  year

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First CII Zero Accidents Study Findings - 1993

• High-impact zero accident techniques
• Pre-project/pre-task planning for safety
• Safety orientation and training
• Written safety incentive programs
• Alcohol and substance abuse programs
• Accident/incident investigations

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CII OSHA Recordable Performance - 1993-2000 -
1993-2000
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Zero Accidents - Revisited

• 5,148,000,000 jobhours worked by CII
  Member Companies
• 51 reduction in recordable injuries
• What safety best practices have supported this
  improvement and are at the forefront of safety
  management today?

Making Zero Accidents a Reality CII Project
Team Formed 1999
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Zero Accidents Study 2000/2001

• Methodology two studies
• Large construction firms
• Large construction projects
• Survey of 400 largest construction firms in the
  U.S.
• Based on ENR 400 for 1999
• 400 surveys sent 106 responses

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Zero Accidents Study2000/2001

• Detailed interviews on construction projects
• 38 Projects
• Petrochemical
• Industrial
• Public works
• Transportation
• Hotel-Casino
• Commercial buildings
• U.S. wide geographic area
• 50-600 million

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Nine Industry Best Practices

• Getting to Zero
• Demonstrated management commitment
• Staffing for safety
• Safety planning pre-project / pre-task
• Safety training and education
• Worker involvement and participation
• Recognition and rewards
• Subcontractor management
• Accident/incident reporting and investigation
• Drug and alcohol testing

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Best Practice Results

• Over 30 key findings revealed companies utilizing
  these best practices have significantly lower
  recordable injury rates.

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Zero Accidents Study2000/2001

• Of the thirty-eight (38) construction projects
  interviewed, four (4) projects have achieved zero
  OSHA recordable injury accidents.

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Results from other studies

• A few supporting findings from other research
  studies are also included
• The general nature of these other studies is
  briefly noted

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Demonstrated Management Commitment

• How frequently does top management participate in
  recordable incident investigations?

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Demonstrated Management Commitment

• Does the company president/senior management
  review safety performance reports?

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Demonstrated Management Commitment

• Frequency of home office safety inspections on
  the project

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Demonstrated Management Commitment (power plant
outage finding)

• Frequency of home office safety inspections on
  the project

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Safety Staffing

• Number of workers per safety professional

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Safety Staffing

• To whom does the safety representative report?

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Safety Planning

• Does the project have a site-specific safety
  program?

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Safety Planning

• Are pre-task planning meetings held?

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Safety Training and Education

• Is safety training a line item in the budget?

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Safety Training and Education

• Does every worker on site receive safety
  orientation?

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Safety Training and Education

• Type of safety orientation provided to workers

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Training and Education
Do Salaried Employees, new to the project,
receive orientation training?
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Safety Training and Education

• How much monthly training do workers receive
  after orientation?

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Safety Training and Education

• How much monthly training is provided to
  superintendents and project managers?

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Safety Training and Education

• How many hours of training are offered to
  superintendents and project managers each month?
  (power plant outage finding)

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Safety Training and Education

• When are toolbox safety meetings held?

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Worker Involvement and Participation

• Does a formal worker to worker behavior
  observation program exist on the project?

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Worker Involvement and Participation

• Do management and supervisory personnel receive
  behavior overview training?

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Worker Involvement and Participation

• Total number of safety observation reports filed
  on the project

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Worker Involvement and Participation

• Are safety perception surveys conducted on the
  project?

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Worker Involvement and Participation

• What is the craft makeup of the safety committee?
  (finding on shutdown projects)

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Recognition and Rewards

• Does the project have a formal worker incentive
  program?

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Recognition and Rewards

• How often are incentives given to workers?

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Recognition and Rewards

• How often are incentives given to foremen?
  (power plant outage finding)

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Recognition and Rewards

• Are incentives based on the zero injury
  objective?

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Recognition and Rewards

• Are incentives based on injury occurrence or both
  safe work behavior and injury occurrence?
  (shutdown study)

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Recognition and Rewards

• Do family members attend safety dinners?

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Recognition and Rewards

• Are field supervisors evaluated on safety?

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Subcontractor Management

• Are subcontractors required to submit
  site-specific safety plans?

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Subcontractor Management

• Do all subcontractor employees attend a formal
  (standard) safety orientation?

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Subcontractor Management

• Do all subcontractor employees, new to the
  project, receive orientation?

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Subcontractor Management

• How frequently do subcontractors hold safety
  meetings?

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Subcontractor Management (shutdown study finding)

• Are regular safety meetings conducted without
  subcontractor participation?

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Subcontractor Management

• Are there sanctions for subcontractor
  non-compliance with safety standards?

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Accident/Incident Reporting and Investigation
(shutdown research finding)

• How are near misses defined?

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Accident/Incident Reporting and Investigation
(shutdown research finding)

• When are near misses investigated?

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Accident/Incident Reporting and Investigation
(shutdown research finding)

• Who conducts investigations of near misses?

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Accident/Incident Reporting and Investigation
(power plant outage finding)

• How much time is involved in investigating a near
  miss?

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Accident /Incident Reporting and Investigation

• Number of near misses recorded on the project

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Accident/Incident Reporting and Investigation

• To what extent are recordable incidents
  investigated by top management?

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Drug and Alcohol Testing (shutdown study)

• Is blanket drug testing conducted?

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Drug and Alcohol Testing (shutdown study)

• Is follow-up drug testing conducted?

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Other Findings Outside Assistance

• Is your insurance carrier actively involved in
  project safety? (shutdown study)

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Have OSHA consulting services been used on the
Project? (power plant outage finding)
Other Findings Outside Assistance
Recordable Incidence Rate
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Safety Culture

• Are safety glasses, with side shields, required
  to be worn by all workers?

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Best Practices

• Getting to Zero
• Demonstrated management commitment
• Staffing for safety
• Safety planning pre-project / pre-task
• Safety training and education
• Worker involvement and participation
• Recognition and rewards
• Subcontractor management
• Accident/incident reporting and investigation
• Drug and alcohol testing

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Project Safety Performance

• Results of implementing best practices

3.84
2.00
2 workers per 1000
0.17
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Even if youre on the right track, youll get run
over if you just sit there. Will Rogers
Accident reduction has improved significantly
since 1993, but we wont just sit there. Our
workers are our key core competency. We will
continue to strive for Zero Accidents.
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