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 American Meat Institute April 20,
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-AMI Alliance

• Signed October 2002
• Focus on
• Ergonomics
• Best Practices
• Technical Knowledge

OSHA
Alliance
AMI
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OSHA-AMI Alliance Goals Outreach Communication

• Develop and distribute materials
• Disseminate information and guidance in Spanish
  and other languages
• Speak, exhibit, or appear at conferences

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• RESULTS!

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Outreach Communication Results

• Conferences and meetings
• Published articles

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OSHA-AMI Alliance Goals Training Education

• Develop and deliver training and education
  programs on ergonomic issues.
• Cross-train OSHA and industry safety and health
  personnel in AMIs ergonomic best practices or
  programs.

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Training Education Results

• Region IV Training Class April 2004
• Orientation to the Meat Industry
• Unique Meat Packing Successes
• Nebraska Meat Industry/OSHA Partnership
• Ergonomics Setting the Gold Standard
• AMI Foundation Bettcher Industries, Inc.
• Ergonomic issues specific to meat-packing
  facilities.

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OSHA-AMI Alliance Goals Promoting National
Dialogue

• Encourage AMI members to act as industry liaisons
  and resources for OSHAs cooperative programs and
  Compliance Assistance Specialists.
• Share information on best practices of AMI
  members with others in the industry.

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Whos Entering Alliances?
Abbott Laboratories American Heart Assoc. Health Physics Society National Hearing Conservation Assoc. American Textile Manufacturers Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Assoc. Board of Certified Safety Professionals Club Managers Association of America Center for Business and Public Policy, McDonough School of Business Graphic Arts Coalition
Construction Institute of American Society of Civil Engineers Manufacturers Institute, Inc. Natl Assoc. of Homebuilders Retail Industry Leaders Assoc. Industrial Truck Association Tree Care Industry Association Shipbuilders Council of America Risk Insurance Management Society American Meat Institute International Safety Equipment Assoc.
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Other Alliance Successes

• Society of the Plastics Industry
• Airlines Industry
• The Dow Chemical Company
• Washington Group International

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Other Cooperative Programs

• VPP
• Partnerships
• SHARP

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VPP

• Over 270 Different Industries Participate
• Size Independent
• Smallest Employer 6 Employees
• Largest Employer 17,700 Employees 14,000
  Contract Employees
• 47 Have lt 200 Employees

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VPP Works

• Successful because its replicable!
• Total Cases rates 53 below respective industry
  average (CY2002)
• Equal to 10,532 cases avoided (CY2002)

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VPP - Success Stories

• GE 73 facilities in VPP
• Mary Kay Lost workday injury and illness rate
  58 below industry average
• Superior Industries Annual recordables dropped
  from 202 to less than 38
• Georgia Pacific Wood i-beam production plant
  injury rate cut in half from 4.2 to 2.1

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VPP Success Stories

• Columbia Foods/Kraft in MO
• TCIR 59 below industry average
• DARCIR 52 below industry average
• Aurora Packing Co. in IL
• TCIR 57 below industry average
• DARCIR 75 below industry average

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Whats Next for VPP
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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VPP Corporate

• Maximize reliance on corporate pre-screening
  
• Streamline applications
• Streamline onsite evaluations
• Maximize leadership and outreach

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VPP for Construction A Redesign

• Provides flexibility to meet unique aspects of
  industry
• Companies may attain recognition at corporate,
  division or business unit level

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OSHA Strategic Partnership Program (OSPP)

• 214 active partnerships, 302 total
• Over 13,223 employers and 558,000 employees
  impacted since 1998
• 12 National partnerships

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Current National Partnerships

• National Park Service Koch Industries
• ABC USPS
• AGC Johnson Johnson
• Ford Motor Co./UAW AMEC Construction
• Visteon/UAW Tysons Food
• National Ready Mix Concrete Association

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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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Soldier Field Success Story

• No fatalities with more than 3.8 million
  man-hours logged
• Days Away from Work rate over 47 below the
  National BLS rate for the construction
• Industry BLS Average 3.2 Site total 1.7

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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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Consultation Help for Small Businesses

• Helps employer identify and correct hazards
• Identifies sources for further assistance
• Assists employer in developing or maintaining an
  effective safety and health management system
• Offers trainingon-site or off-site
• No citations issued or penalties proposed

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Safety Health Achievement Recognition Program
(SHARP)

• Develop and implement a safety and health
  management system
• Maintain injury and illness rates below the
  industry average
• Removed from programmed inspection list for at
  least 1 year
• Recognition and promotion

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Compliance Assistance

• Compliance Assistance Specialists
• Web www.osha.gov
• Publications, fact sheets, manuals, expert
  advisors, eTools Safety Health Topic Pages

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Contact
Paula White white.paula_at_dol.gov 202-693-2200