I. PURPOSE AND SCOPE
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company and the United States Department of Labor, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Hartford Area Office (HAO) mutually recognize the
importance of ensuring a safe and healthful work environment in the construction industry in the
State of Connecticut. To advance this mutual goal, the partnership between The Whiting-Turner
Contracting Company and OSHA has been established to formalize a cooperative effort between these
entities, committed to encouraging companies to improve their safety and health performance
voluntarily, providing methods to assist them in their efforts, and recognizing companies with
exemplary safety and health programs.
This partnering agreement, which has been developed for The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
Project located on Columbus Boulevard in Hartford, CT, will be limited to The Whiting-Turner
Contracting Company, and specialty or trade contractors at the site. The Whiting-Turner Contracting
Company will request specialty or trade contractors to join the partnership at the time they start
working on the site. The partnership will provide benefits to The Whiting-Turner Contracting
Company, and the specialty or trade contractors, which include, among others, special recognition
from OSHA and priority in compliance assistance programs.
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company project consists of the Connecticut Center for Science &
Exploration, which will consist of a three level cast in place parking garage with a multi level
museum structure constructed on top of the plaza level. The building will have a six story south
tower and a four story north tower connected by a six story atrium space called “Science Alley.” The
plaza level will connect to the existing Riverfront Recapture Bridge to the North. There is a
proposed connector bridge structure that would tie into the South East of the new science center
garage from the existing convention center garage. This is a separate project under the control of
the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CT DOT). The garage project incorporates approximately
183,400 square feet and the building incorporates approximately 152,225 square feet. It is
anticipated that at the peak of the project, The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company and its
approximately twenty (20) specialty or trade contractors will employ approximately two hundred (200)
trade employees on this project.
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company retains all rights guaranteed under the Occupational Safety
and Health Act (OSH Act), including the right to appeal or contest citations issued by OSHA.
II. PARTNERS
The following are identified as partners:
- U.S. Department of Labor-OSHA, HAO.
- The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company.
III. GOALS / STRATEGIES / MEASURES
| GOALS |
STRATEGIES |
MEASURES |
1) Reduce by 5% annually the number of injuries,
illnesses, and fatalities affecting participating employers, with an emphasis on reducing injuries
and fatalities resulting from falls, struck-by, caught-in/between, and electrocution hazards and
trenching.
2) Decrease worker compensation costs and the number of OSHA citations for this project within
HAO’s jurisdiction.
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a. Require all specialty or trade contractors onsite
to work toward implementing a "zero tolerance" safety practice in order to help achieve the
desired reduction of worksite incidents |
i. OSHA’s 300 injury and illness data.
ii. Obtain the total case incidence rate (TCIR) and days away restricted time (DART) rates for
previous three years which will be used as the baseline data.
iii. Number of hazards identified by type and corrected. |
3) Allow OSHA to focus resources on companies that
require attention from OSHA, rather than companies that have demonstrated existence of effective
safety programs.
4) Make safety and health resources available to The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, and its
specialty or trade contractors on site, as resources allow. |
a) Develop and implement a comprehensive safety and
health program that adheres to, or exceeds, both the OSHA Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines.
The comprehensive written safety and health program will, at a minimum:
- Include employee involvement.
- Include effective employee training for avoidance of hazards specific to the company's work
site.
- Provide construction site supervisors and foremen (including supervisors and foremen of
specialty or trade contractors) with training equivalent to OSHA's 10-hour Construction Safety
Course to be able to recognize work hazards and have the authority to take prompt corrective
action. Training curriculum equivalent to the OSHA 10-hour course will be deemed satisfactory.
b) Designate a competent person at the worksite.
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i. A minimum of 1 inspection or more as deemed
necessary will be performed at the site by The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, or any third
party. |
5) It is anticipated with minimal use of OSHA
resources, this OSPP will result in improved safety and health programs, a higher level of
employee safety and health training, and as a secondary benefit, improved job site safety and
health program commitments by other specialty or trade contractors working with/for the OSPP
participants.
6) Foster open and continuing communication between the partners.
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a) Conduct and document weekly safety training at the
worksite.
b) Compile injury and illness data on a quarterly basis to assist with tracking industry trends
and establishing an industry baseline. |
(See above) |
| 7) Share knowledge of the best practices. |
a) Compile a summary of the number of inspections
made by The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company’s Safety Director (or their designee) and any third
party. The report will be broken down into the four major categories of construction-focused
hazards, and will show the number of items within the four (4) categories that were corrected. |
i. Number of best practices identified and
highlighted. |
IV. Evaluation
An annual evaluation of this partnership will be conducted within thirty (30) days of the first
anniversary of the signing of the agreement. The Appendix C of the Directive CSP [03-02-002], "OSHA
Strategic Partnership program for Worker Safety and Health," will be used to provide pertinent
information needed to assess the partnership.
It will be the responsibility of The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company to gather required
participant data to evaluate and track overall results and success of the partnership.
After the first year of the partnership, subsequent evaluations are to be conducted at least thirty
(30) days prior to the anniversary of the signing.
V. Benefits
In good standing, The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company will receive the following benefits from
OSHA:
- Special recognition, which may include but is not limited to, press releases issued by OSHA and
recognition on OSHA’s web page designating The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company as a participant
in the OSPP.
- Availability of informational materials such as safety and health publications and electronic tools.
- Following an onsite enforcement inspection conducted to meet OSHA Strategic Partnership
verification requirements, it will not be necessary to conduct a programmed inspection at the
Columbus Boulevard, Hartford, CT Partnership Agreement project site within the next twelve (12)
months.
- Priority status to The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, and specialty or trade contractors for
compliance assistance and outreach activities, including the OSHA 10- Hour Construction Course, as
resources allow.
- If cited, The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, and specialty or trade contractors that join in
the partnership may be provided an additional 10% reduction for good faith beyond the reductions
provided in the Field Inspection Reference Manual (FIRM) where The Whiting-Turner Contracting
Company, in implementing this OSPP, has taken specific steps beyond those provided in the FIRM, to
implement the Act. This additional reduction will not apply to high gravity serious, willful,
failure to abate or repeat citations.
Although certain benefits described above may modify OSHA enforcement procedures,
OSHA personnel will continue to investigate workplace complaints, referrals, fatalities, catastrophes,
and other significant accidents or events at the site, per standard Agency procedures.
VI. VERIFICATION PROCEDURES
To determine contractor compliance with the terms of the agreement, an on-site comprehensive
enforcement verification inspection will be conducted within thirty (30) days from the signing of
the partnership agreement. Citations and penalties may be issued, when appropriate, as a result of
this inspection. Enforcement verification inspections are performed in accordance with the
applicable sections of the OSHA FIRM, and other enforcement guidance documents.
If additional inspections are necessary they will be conducted in accordance with the FIRM and other
applicable enforcement documents. A focused inspection, concentrating on the project safety and
health program/plan, and the four leading hazards in construction: falls, electrical hazards, caught
in/between hazards, and struck by hazards may be performed where upon initial inspection of the site
the CSHO determines that the contractor meets the requirement of the Focused Inspection Initiative.
VII. MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
- A Partnership Management Team (PMT) with members from The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company and
OSHA will oversee and coordinate this partnership. The team will determine partnership procedures,
which will include measures to be used and data to be collected, hold conference calls, and meet at
least annually to evaluate the effectiveness of the agreement.
- The previous three year TCIR for The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company baseline will be used to
determine whether the annual goal of a 5% reduction in the number of injuries, illnesses, and
fatalities have been met. The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company and HAO are responsible for
collecting baseline and annual performance data upon which the SPP will be measured.
VIII. EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
This partnership does not preclude employees and/or employers from exercising any right provided
under the OSH Act (or, for federal employees, 29 CFR 1960), nor does it abrogate any responsibility
to comply with rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the Act.
IX. Term
This agreement will terminate two (2) years from the day of signing. If either OSHA or The
Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, wishes to withdraw their participation prior to the established
termination date, the agreement will terminate upon receiving a written notice of the intent to
withdraw from either signatory.
X. Signatories
Signed this 20th day of February, 2007
C. William Freeman
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Hartford Area Office |
Doug Walters
Director of Safety
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company |
XI. Participating Subcontractors
# 02D – Site/Civil
Pat McCann
Vice President
Earth Technologies, Inc. |
#03 A&B Foundations / CIP Garage
Ray Barbieri
President
RJB Contracting |
#03C – Building Concrete Slabs
George McDowell
President
McDowell Building & Foundations, Inc. |
#04A – Garage Masonry
Bill Civitillo
President
Civitillo Masonry, Inc. |
#05A – Structural Steel
Lawrence Morgan
Vice President
Cives Corporation |
#05B – Miscellaneous Metals
TBD |
#06A&B Architectural Millwork
TBD |
#07A & B – Foundation &
Garage Waterproofing
Malcolm Ross
President
Peterson Roofing |
#07C – Roofing & Plaza Waterproofing
TBD |
#07E – Metal Wall Panels
TBD |
#07F – Spray Fireproofing
TBD |
#08A – Curtain Wall
Alberto DeGobbi
President
Permasteelisa Cladding Technologies |
#8C – Interior Glazing
TBD |
#9A – Drywall & Metal Framing
TBD |
#9B – Painting
TBD |
#9E – Carpet & Rubber Flooring
TBD |
#10A – Signage
TBD |
#10D – Raised Access Flooring
TBD |
#12B – Casework
TBD |
#14A - Escalators
TBD |
#14B – Elevators
TBD |
#15A, C, D – Underground
Plumbing, Garage Plumbing
Garage HVAC
Robert Smith
Vice President
Tucker Mechanical |
#15B – Garage Fire Protection
Steve Corcoran
President
Smith Automatic Sprinkler |
#15E – Fire Protection
TBD |
#15F – HVAC
TBD |
#15G - Plumbing
TBD |
#16A – Underground Electric
George Milward
Project Manager
RDR Electric |
#16B – Garage Electrical
Art Rose
Owner
ATR Electric |
#16C – Garage Security / Tel-Data
Richard Ducci
President
Ducci Electric |
#16D – Electrical Systems
TBD |
#16E – Telecommunications & Security
TBD |
#16G – Automatic Temperature Controls
TBD |
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