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ALLIANCE
ANNUAL REPORT
PRINTPACK, Texas Engineering Extension Services (TEEX) and OSHA
December 15, 2008 |
- Alliance Background
Date Signed. August 11, 2005
Date Renewed. August 21, 2007
Overview: OSHA, PrintPack and TEEX formed this Alliance to provide
members and others with information, guidance, and access to training resources
that will help them protect employee’s health and safety particularly in
reducing and preventing exposures to workplace hazards involved with the
production of packaging for food, personal care and pet products.
Implementation Team Members
Susan Monroe- Cooperative and State Program, OSHA
Susan Slagle- Project Manager, TEEX
Ford Best- EHS, PrintPack
Evaluation Period
August 11, 2005 through August 21, 2008
- Events and Products
- Susan Monroe did a tour of the Grand Prairie Plant and took pictures of
packaging best work practices. They were approved by PrintPack and given to
OSHA for posting and use
- Elements
- Training and Education
- Over the last several years PrintPack has sponsored and encouraged all of
their Safety and Health professionals across the nation to get the CSHO
designation from TEEX
- The Deputy Regional Administrator attended and spoke at the graduation dinner
- Outreach and Communication
- OSHA presented safety and health topics during training programs
- Promoting the National Dialogue on Workplace Safety and Health
- Ford Best attended the last two VPP Region VI conferences and worked with the
TEEX booth encouraging attendees to train with OSHA, Consult with OSHA and apply
for VPP status
- Results
- Accident rate before signing the Alliance 3.7,
Currently 2.2
- Insurance experience modifiers went from .67 to .51
- 2 VPP site Approved. Worker Comp insurance cut in half
- Upcoming Milestones
- 5 more sites are in the process of achieving VPP status
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