ANNUAL OSHA/ADSC ALLIANCE REPORT

April 20, 2006
by Jess McCluer
OSHA Alliance Coordinator
Office of Outreach Services
and Alliances

  The following is a summary of Mr. McCluer’s complete report on the progress of the OSHA/ADSC Alliance signed on February 22, 2005. This report covers the period: February 22, 2005 through February 21, 2006. During this period he estimates that 300,000 individuals have been reached or trained as a result of this program. A copy of the complete report is available by contacting the ADSC office, 214/343-2091. (Editor)

Overview

  The OSHA and ADSC Alliance is providing the association’s members and others in the foundation drilling industry, including small businesses and non-English or limited English speaking employees, with information, guidance, and access to training resources to help them protect employees’ health and safety. The Alliance focuses on safety and health issues including, fall protection, silica, pinch-point and equipment operation hazards.

Implementation
Team Members

  Representing OSHA: Jess McCluer, Office of Outreach Services and Alliances; Danezza Quintero, Office of Construction Services.

  Representing the ADSC in 2005: Bill Maher, ADSC President; Dan Cadenhead, Vice President; Tom Armour, Treasurer; Richard Marshall, Chairman, ADSC Safety Committee; Joe Patterson, Associate Members Chairman; and S. Scot Litke, ADSC Executive Director.

Implementation
Team Meetings

  A Kick-off Meeting was held in Washington, DC on February 22, 2005, followed by a Fall Protection Workshop on May 2nd and a Design for Safety Workgroup on May 3rd. Three teleconference meetings were held on July 13th and October 19, 2005, and February 13, 2006.

Events and Products, Training and Education

  ADSC’s Mid-Atlantic Chapter conducted an OSHA 10-Hour Construction Outreach Program, May 7th in McLean, Virginia. Danezza Quintero and Rick Marshall taught the course to 42 attendees.
  OSHA developed an OSHA and ADSC Alliance website that is posted on the agency’s webpage that includes the OSHA and ADSC Alliance agreement, news releases, events, products and milestones and successes. This website is updated on a regular basis. 
  ADSC’s website (www.adsc-iafd.com) has information on the Alliance as well as links to OSHA’s cooperative programs and compliance assistance resources.

OSHA Safety and Health Topics Page

  Through the Alliance, a number of ADSC members are serving on the editorial boards for the OSHA Safety and Health Topics pages that address foundation drilling hazards:

  • Richard Marshall, Safety Director, Richard Goettle, Inc., Cincinnati, OH 
  • William Odenthal, Safety Director, Nicholson Construction Co., Cuddy, PA 
  • Colin Perkins, Corporate Safety Director, Condon-Johnson & Associates, Inc, Oakland, CA 
  • John Roe, Vice President, Malcolm Drilling Company, Inc, San Francisco, CA 
   OSHA Safety and Health Topics pages on which they serve:
  Construction – Confined Spaces; Crane, Derrick and Hoist Safety; Fall Protection; Hand and Power Tools; Lead; Motor Vehicle Safety; Noise and Hearing Conservation; Personal Protective Equipment; Silica; Trenching and Excavation; Welding, Cutting and Brazi.

Publications and Newsletters

  Information and news releases on the OSHA and ADSC Alliance signing and the activities of the Alliance have appeared in a number of printed and online publications, including: BNA Occupational Health and Safety Reporter, National Driller and Foundation Drilling. For more information on the articles, see the "Alliance Program Reach."

Events

  ADSC Board of Directors Meeting, April 28-30, 2005, Dallas, Texas.
   Jess McCluer, USDOL-OSHA, made a presentation to over 30 attendees about the Alliance Program and the activities of the OSHA and ADSC Alliance on April 30, 2005 at the ADSC Board of Directors meeting in Dallas, Texas.
   OSHA staff and Alliance participants took part in ADSC’s Geo3 Comprehensive Quality Assurance/Quality Control Technical Conference and Interactive Field Day and Exhibition, November 6-9, 2005, Dallas, Texas.
  On November 7, 2005 Bill Nash, Constriction Institute – American Society of Civil Engineers Alliance, made a presentation titled, "Design for Construction Worker Safety" that focused on the foundation drilling industry to over 100 attendees. The PowerPoint® presentation was developed by the OSHA Alliance Program Construction Roundtable’s Design for Safety Workgroup. 
   In addition, Jess McCluer, USDOL-OSHA, and Stephen Boyd, Deborah Coler, Jorge Delucca, Nancy Thai, Jack Rector and Dutch Haverrman, Region VI, Dallas, Texas Area Office, USDOL-OSHA, staffed the OSHA-ADSC Alliance exhibit booth, November 6-9, 2005.
  Representatives from the Region VI, Dallas, Texas and Ft. Worth, Texas Area Offices, USDOL-OSHA and ADSC members also participated in the November 7, 2005 Interactive Field Day. During the Field Day, the attendees witnessed foundation drilling practices under real-time testing field conditions on a 5 acre test site near Ft. Worth, Texas. The foundation drilling practices included drilled shafts, anchored earth retention and using micropile testing systems.

Products

Foundation Drilling Best Practices PowerPoint® Presentation.
  Through the Alliance, OSHA and ADSC developed a Foundation Drilling Best Practices PowerPoint® Presentation. The presentation is designed to provide OSHA staff, drilled shaft contractors and their employees, geotechnical engineers and general contractors with information about drilled shaft construction equipment and methods, general safety practices and recommendations on how to maintain a safe worksite. A link to the presentation was also posted on OSHA’s Website.
  Tips Sheets: Drilled Shaft Installation Safety Tips for the Employer and Drilled Shaft Installation Safety Tips for the Employee
  Through the Alliance, OSHA and ADSC developed tips sheets; "Drilled Shaft Installation Safety Tips for the Employer" and "Drilled Shaft Installation Safety Tips for the Employee." The tips sheets describe general safety tips to help prevent injuries and illnesses in the drilled shaft foundation industry. The sheets were completed and posted on ADSC’s Web page in February 2006. A link to the tips sheets was also posted on OSHA’s Web site.
  Fact Sheet: Working Safely During Installation of Drilled Shaft Foundations
  Through the Alliance, OSHA and ADSC developed the fact sheet: "Working Safely during Installation of Drilled Shaft Foundations." It identifies hazards associated with the installation of drilled shaft foundations and safe work practices to help reduce or eliminate the risk of injuries or illnesses. The fact sheet was completed and posted on ADSC’s Web page in February 2006. A link to the fact sheet was also posted on OSHA’s Web site.

OSHA and ADSC Regional and Area Office Alliances

 The following ADSC chapters signed Alliances:

  ADSC’s West Coast Chapter, OSHA Region X and the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries signed October 21, 2005.
  ADSC's South Central Chapter and OSHA Region VI signed February 10, 2006.

Executive Summary

  During the OSHA and ADSC Alliance's first year a very productive working relationship was established between the organizations. OSHA learned more about the foundation drilling industry and ADSC learned more about the compliance assistance resources that the Agency has developed. This positive relationship has led to the development of several compliance assistance materials that the implementation team is sharing with the public. Examples have been previously mentioned.
  In addition, OSHA and ADSC representatives are sharing their expertise through participation on OSHA’s electronic assistance tools’ editorial boards and speaking and exhibiting opportunities.
  ADSC also has representatives on the Design for Safety and Fall Protection Workgroups that were created at the July 8, 2004 OSHA Alliance Program Construction Roundtable meeting. ADSC also promotes the activities of the OSHA-ADSC Alliance and provides information on OSHA's compliance assistance programs and cooperative programs through its Web page and articles in its e-Newsletter and bi-monthly publication, Foundation Drilling.
  Overall, the presentations by OSHA representatives along with the Powerpoint presentation, tips sheets and fact sheet help address safety and health topics in the foundation drilling industry. In addition, the Alliance Program exhibit, OSHA’s participation in ADSC’s events and the articles ADSC publishes in its e-Newsletter and magazine, Foundation Drilling, and its Web page, helps the association show their members that OSHA has numerous compliance assistance materials and resources available for use and distribution throughout the foundation drilling industry.

Upcoming Milestones

  In the upcoming year, OSHA’s and ADSC's positive relationship that was built through signing the Alliance agreement, will continue to grow and the Implementation Team will undertake a number of activities.
  Through the Alliance, ADSC will develop an Anchored Earth Retention Best Practices PowerPoint® presentation, Anchored Earth Retention Safety Tips Sheets for Employers and Employees and an Anchored Earth Retention Fatality Fact Sheet, which the association will share with OSHA for feedback. In addition, ADSC representatives will continue to provide their expertise to OSHA by serving on a number of OSHA's Safety and Health Topics pages' editorial boards including the Construction – Trenching and Excavation, Construction – Fall Protection, and Construction – Crane, Derrick and Hoist Safety.
  ADSC remains committed to working with OSHA and other Alliance participants to develop compliance assistance information and products for Agency staff and employers and employees in the construction industry. The association will continue to attend meetings of the Fall Protection and Design for Safety Workgroups that were established as a result of the OSHA Alliance Program Construction Roundtable.
  In addition, OSHA and ADSC also will be promoting the Alliance Program and the Agency’s compliance assistance materials. OSHA will include an article about the Design for Safety presentation at the Geo3 Comprehensive Quality Assurance/Quality Control Technical Conference and Interactive Field Day and Exhibition in the March 2006 issue of Alliance Quarterly Review. ADSC will continue to promote OSHA compliance assistance materials and the OSHA-ADSC Alliance through its Web page and articles in their publication, Foundation Drilling and their e-Newsletter.
  ADSC invited OSHA representatives to the ADSC Drill Rig Operators School, May 5-11, 2006 in Kernersville, NC.
  Finally, ADSC's Ohio Valley Chapter is developing a Regional Alliance with OSHA Region V and ADSC's Rocky Mountain Chapter is developing an Area Office Alliance with the OSHA Region VIII Englewood, Colorado and Denver, Colorado Area Offices.