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The partnership signing ceremony held at the Victoria, Texas, U.S. site. Shown from left to
right are: Bob Francois, President, Specialty Materials; Walter Tyler, Global EHS Director; Don
Shalhoub, Deputy Assistant Secretary, OSHA; Jeff Gentry, INVISTA Chairman and CEO; Warren Primeaux,
President, INVISTA Intermediates; and David Dotson, Senior Vice President, Upstream Operations. |
Participating Facilities:
- INVISTA Seaford
- INVISTA Applied Research Center
- INVISTA Athens
- INVISTA Dalton
- INVISTA La Porte
- INVISTA Orange
- INVISTA Victoria
Partnership Purpose/Scope:
To build on the relationship developed through the OSHA Partnership and VPP programs with Koch
Industries, INVISTA desired to establish a similar agreement. This agreement documents and
facilitates the relationship by communicating the commitment to develop strong safety and health
management systems and to strive toward workplace safety and health excellence. INVISTA's
partnership sites allow OSHA to reach out to a diverse industry spectrum and to impact safety and
health in a meaningful way. The lessons learned from the partnership site participation will be used
to further impact health and safety globally. The seven (7) sites included in this partnership
employ 2300 employees and contractors with an additional approximate number of 1175 independent
contractors.
Partnership Goals:
- Prevent and reduce employee injuries and illnesses
- Prevent and reduce employee ergonomic injuries and illnesses at applicable sites
- Improve communication and knowledge sharing between OSHA and INVISTA
- Increase VPP participation
Partnership Objectives:
Partnership goals will be achieved through strategies and objectives that include:
- Implement VPP principles at participating sites
- Continue to Enhance Contractor safety and Prequalification process
- Continue to enhance PSM programs at covered facilities
- Enhance ergonomic program management by establishing systems that identify ergonomic risk
factors, evaluate and control ergonomic risk, and share best practices in ergonomic program
management
- Use tools such as OSHA Challenge to track sites' progresses to VPP qualification
- Increase participation in SGE program
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