General Purpose of Alliance: To promote awareness and knowledge of safety and
health through the joint efforts of the participants with primary emphasis on
the delivery of safety training and education for the benefit of employers and
employees in the industrial and oilfield and construction industries in the
Permian Basin area.
Alliance Participants:
US Department of Labor/OSHA Lubbock Area Office
West Texas Safety Training Center
Name of Alliance:
The West Texas Safety Training Center Oil and Gas, Industrial and Construction
Training Alliance
Background:
Workers in some of the most dangerous jobs—oil and gas, construction and other
industrial work---often receive inadequate safety training. Employers in these
fields frequently cannot afford full time safety professionals. Production
deadlines and needs of the community sometimes create pressure for safety
corners to be cut. The result is a high worker fatality rate. The purpose of
this alliance is to provide safety training for those employers and employees.
The emphasis will be on how cutting corners can lead to tragic accidents such as
trench cave-ins, electrocutions, caught-by, struck-by and caught-between events.
Concept:
The participants will work together to achieve the following goals related to
promoting safety awareness among the above-mentioned industries and meet as
often as possible to coordinate training resources that will help employers
protect their employee’s safety and health. The West Texas Safety Training
Center will continue to teach a variety of classes that will be based on the
particular hazards frequently encountered by the audience.
Participation in the Alliance is dependent on the voluntary support of the
participants and is non-binding. Participants may choose not to participate at
any point they feel the Alliance does not serve their interest.
Objectives:
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Identification of Worker Training Needs
The Alliance participants will meet to identify safety and health topics and
training methodologies best suited to this group(s) of employees. The West Texas
Safety Training Center will work with the Area office to provide formal OSHA
classes, develop any seminars that might be given by the employers, joint
conferences, as well as classes offered by private entities.
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Development of Schedules and Logistical Details for Training
The Alliance participants will meet periodically to identify any additional
training that might be needed and the dates and locations of the training, which
groups of employees/employers/general public will be invited, who will teach
certain portions of the class, and other critical information.
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Identify of Methods of Marketing the Training
The Alliance participants will explore methods to advertise and promote the
availability of training classes, lecturers and seminars
Annual Review of Alliance:
Once a year, participants will have the opportunity to evaluate the progress of
the Alliance and suggest ideas by which the Alliance might be improved.
Rich Tapio
Area Director |
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Phil Young
Executive Director |
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