 Partnership Closures: Region VIII
Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC)/Nursing Home Care Unit (NHCU)
Cheyenne Partnership |
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#145 |
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Partners: |
Department of Veterans Affairs, Rocky Mountain
Network,
Veterans Affairs Medical Center of
Cheyenne; American Federation of Government
Employees; International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers
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Date Signed: |
December 3, 2001 |
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Date Closed: |
December 3, 2004 |
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Contact Information: |
Denver Area Office, (303) 844-5285
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Regional Partnership Coordinator |
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Industry/Emphasis: |
Federal Agencies
Health Care Industry
Ergonomics Emphasis |
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Overview: Partners are addressing ergonomic
injuries and illnesses and workplace violence by utilizing best
practices in safety and health management and ergonomic program
management. The lessons learned may be leveraged by other nursing homes
operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs in Colorado, Wyoming and
Utah.
Results: VMAC’s TCIR rate decreased from 15.4 in 2002 to
7.7 in 2003. The Partnership has used the OSHA Form 33 to conduct a
self-assessment of their safety and health management system.
Additionally, Cheyenne VAMC has conducted mentoring for 2 private
nursing homes in their community, providing them with informational
materials, copies of programs, and training on job hazard analysis for
ergonomic issues. |
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HomeSafe II Partnership |
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#144 |
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Partners: |
Homebuilders Association
of Metropolitan Denver |
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Date Signed: |
December 18, 2001 |
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Date Closed: |
April 30, 2005 |
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Contact Information: |
Denver Area Office, (303) 844-5285
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Regional Partnership Coordinator |
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Overview: This Partnership of homebuilders in the seven-county
Denver metro area is working to identify and abate hazards, enhance employee training, and
reduce serious injuries by at least three percent annually.
Results: The companies participating in this Partnership have
conducted 5,831 new employee orientations, 7,268 tailgate meetings, and have sent 211
people through the OSHA 10hr construction course.
Additionally, in 2002 the combined TCIR for the Partnership was 5.7. At the Partnership’s
completion, the three year rate for 2002 – 2004 was 3.5, which is 34% below the 2003 BLS
national average (5.3) for the industry.
The Partnership has become a tool for both builders and sub-contractors alike to ensure
that safety is being enforced and interpreted in the same manner from job to job and
builder to builder. To ensure that the same message is being presented consistently,
builders share the responsibility of presenting information during the 10-hour OSHA
training sessions, and routinely a contractor will provide on-site training for other
contractors. Through this Partnership, a committee was developed to inspect the job sites
of provisional and master Builders. The Partnership created an open line of communication
where best practices can be shared and implemented. With these tools in place, the jobsites
are safer places for employees to work.
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National Park Service (NPS) -
Yellowstone National Park |
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#275 |
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Date Signed: |
May 30, 2003 |
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Date Concluded: |
April 30, 2006 |
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Contact Information: |
Billings Area Office, (406) 247-7494
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Regional Partnership Coordinator |
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Overview: OSHA and Yellowstone National Park entered into this Partnership to address the significant increase in recordable musculoskeletal disorder (MSDs) injuries. The objective of this Partnership is to provide safety and health training to all Park employees on the recognition and avoidance of ergonomic hazards specific to their work assignments, identify and correct the primary causal factors of MSDs to Park employees, and reduce Safety Management Information System (SMIS) cases for ergonomic injuries by 10% for each year of this agreement.
Results:
During 2004, Yellowstone was able to reduce their total number of OSHA recordables from 75
to 61, which is an 18.7% decrease. When looking specifically at ergonomics-related
injuries, which are the focus of this partnership, they achieved a 22% reduction in total
injuries during 2004. They also reduced their TCIR by 16.4%.
In addition to participating in this ergonomic Partnership, the Park worked to improve
overall safety and health. As a result, they achieved Merit status in the Voluntary
Protection Programs, OSHA’s premier recognition program, in August 2004. Yellowstone is
the first National Park to achieve this status.
Also, in 2005, there has been a significant reduction in employee ergonomic injuries
during this partnership. The employee ergonomic injuries were reduced to a total number of
19 from the baseline number in 2003 of 25, which is a 24% reduction. The Park supported
this effort by spending in excess of $30,000 on ergonomics-related items for their
employees in the past two years. Overall, the Park’s TCIR has been reduced from a baseline
rate of 12.8 to 9.5 in 2005, which is a 26% reduction. |
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Associated General Contractors (AGC)/Construction Health and
Safety Excellence (CHASE) - North Dakota |
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#292 |
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Date Signed: |
June 16, 2003 |
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Contact Information: |
Bismark Area Office (701) 250-4521
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Regional Partnership Coordinator |
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Overview:
The Associated General Contractors of America and OSHA partnered to improve safety and
health at construction sites. Goals include annual reductions of three percent in
injuries, illnesses, and fatalities, implementation of effective safety and health
management systems at partner sites and the provision of training to management,
supervisors and employees.
Results: This Partnership covers 33 sites and affects over 190 employees. Supervisors have
been trained in the OSHA 10- hour course. |
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AGC CHASE Colorado Building Chapter |
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#328 |
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Date Signed: |
March 25, 2004 |
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Date Concluded: |
March 25, 2007 |
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Contact Information: |
Denver Area Office, (303) 844-5285
Englewood Area Office, (303) 843-4500
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Regional Partnership Coordinator |
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Overview: The primary goals of the Partnership are
to reduce illness, injury and fatality rates by three percent annually, increase
the implementation of effective safety and health management systems
and related training, and recognize those contractors with exemplary
safety and health management systems.
Results: During the first year of this Partnership, three companies (Swinerton Builders,
Kenny Electric, and RK Mechanical) chose to participate and successfully underwent both
OSHA and AGC inspections. OSHA also held three training sessions for the Partners, two on
Steel Erection and one on Recordkeeping. A total of 105 employees attended these
trainings. Additionally, Baseline data for the Partnership was also established. |
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Sta-Safe II |
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#348 |
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Partners: |
Mortenson/Civil Technology |
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Date Signed: |
August 18, 2004 |
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Date Concluded: |
August 18, 2005 |
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Contact Information: |
Denver Area Office, (303) 844-5285
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Regional Partnership Coordinator |
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Overview: The Sta-Safe II project is located
in Denver Colorado. This project includes: Site grading, trenching,
excavating, utility installation, road and bridge construction and
landscape and horticultural planting. This partnership is between OSHA
and Mortenson/Civil Technology. The primary goals of this partnership
are to: (1) Prevent the occurrence of incidents resulting in lost
workdays cases. (2) Maintain a DART rate at least 10% below the
corresponding Bureau Labor Statistics (BLS) average for its Standard
Industry Code (SIC), and strive towards the goal of a zero DART. (3)
Maintain or reduce at the end of every six-month period the total
project recordable injury rate. (4) Provide narrative reports on all
significant incidents, "near misses," saves, etc., detailing
corrective action taken (if any). (5) Have no serious violations
during any OSHA inspections. (6) Implement a comprehensive safety and
health program for the site that will meet or exceed the criteria
developed in the site-specific project safety and health program, the
1989 OSHA Safety and Health Program Guidelines. |
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AGC South Dakota Building Chapter |
| #346 |
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| Partners: |
Associated General Contractors of America, South
Dakota Chapter |
| Date Signed: |
July 27, 2005 |
| Date Concluded: |
September 4, 2007 |
| Contact Information: |
Bismarck Area Office (701) 250-4521
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Regional Partnership Coordinator |
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Overview: The Associated General Contractors of America, South Dakota
Chapter, and OSHA entered into a partnership agreement to improve safety and health at partnering
sites. The goals of this partnership includes; annual reduction of 3% in injuries, illnesses, and
fatalities, increase the number of contractors who implement effective safety and health programs
and recognize contractors with exemplary safety and health programs.
Results: This partnership impacts 10 employers and 590 employees. During the first year of this
partnership, 4002 self-inspections were performed and 2085 hazards were abated. OSHA held two
training sessions with a total of 590 employees attending these trainings. Additionally, baseline
data for the Partnership was also established. There are four participants in the VPP Challenge
Program. |
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Crow/Northern Cheyenne IHS Hospital |
| #421 |
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| Partners: |
Indian Health Service, Crow/Northern Cheyenne, IHS
Hospital of Crow Agency, Montana |
| Date Signed: |
August 9, 2005 |
| Date Concluded: |
August 9, 2007 |
| Contact Information: |
Billings Area Office (406) 247-7494
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Regional Partnership Coordinator |
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Overview: This partnership is designed to improve the safety and health
of the employees working at the Crow/Northern Cheyenne hospital, OSHA and the Crow/Northern
Cheyenne has agreed to a partnership. The 27 bed, full service hospital, with 271 full time
employees is located in Hardin, Montana. The goals of the partnership are: to reduce the number of
blood borne pathogen related injuries by 10% each year of the partnership; increase employees’
awareness of safe blood borne workplace practices.
Results: This partnership impacts 1 employer and 226 employees. During
this evaluation period, two training sessions were conducted with a total of 32 employees
attending. Additionally, IHS Hospital had made vast improvements to their electronic data
reporting/recording system, in terms of training personnel in the proper use and methods of
inputting information. The hospital's TCIR and DART rates are 85% below and 73% below,
respectively, their industry’s averages. |
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