Transcript Wisconsin Dept. Of Transportation WEMA OCIP Presentation

Wisconsin Dept. Of Transportation
2010 Contractor-Engineer Conference
Damien Barr, ARM-P, CRIS, CSE- Manager
of Risk Management, Wisconsin Department
of Transportation (608) 267-7722
Areas of Discussion
 History of WisDOT OCIP’s
 Claim Statistics
 State of OCIP’s for WisDOT
 What WisDOT has learned from using OCIP’s
 Unique aspects of WisDOT OCIP’s
History of WisDOT OCIP’s
 Marquette Interchange:
 $850M in design/construction
 Four prime contracts (north leg, south leg, west
leg, core)
 Four year construction period
 Commitment to completing in 4 years
 Complex, multi-level bridge construction
 Very high traffic volumes in the work zone
 High pedestrian traffic
 Rivers
Marquette Safety Record
 525 total WC claims
 83 claims temporary disability
 229 claims medical only
 213 GL claims
 0 Fatalities
 212 GL Claims
 104 Compensable
 1 Major (MPS Property Damage)
 No Catastrophic
 No Multi-vehicle collisions
 No Deaths
History of WisDOT OCIP’s
 I-94 North-South Freeway:
 Total Est. project cost 1.9 billion
 Construction started in 2009 through projected
2016
 Corridor spans about 35 miles
 Seventeen service interchanges
 Mitchell Interchange Est. project cost 330
million
 Mitchell Interchange- Junction with I-43 and I894
History of WisDOT OCIP’s
 US-41 Corridor:
 Est. total project cost 1.6 Billion
 Construction started in 2009 estimated through
2015
 Reconstruction of highway
 Reconstruction of interchanges
 Corridor spans over 31 miles
 Construction over water
 Railroad exposures
OCIP Claim Summary from
2/1/2009 to12/31/2009
I-94Workers Compensation:
General Liability:
Builders Risk:
41 claims
23 claims
0 claims
US-41
Workers Compensation:
General Liability:
Builders Risk:
8 claims
2 claims
0 claims
Next projected OCIP’s
 ZOO Interchange:
 At this point of time: Est. total project cost 650
Million
 Corridor spans about seven miles
 Est. start date of construction ……..?
 Unique risks involved- Railroad crossings and
electrical sub-stations
State of OCIP’s for WisDOT
 The Project size (Min: 100 Million)
 Location
 Technical complexity
 Risk/Exposures
What have we learned?
 OCIP’s are applicable to Highway Construction
 OCIPs are still somewhat new/unique to highway
construction contractors
 Administration process can be burdensome
 Safety and Claims Management is greatly enhanced
 Communication and Partnership with contractors is
critical
Unique elements to WisDOT OCIP
 WisDOT/WTBA/Contractors partnership:
 Established Safety/Risk/Risk management sub-
committees
 Established a 4-hours OCIP training program, required
for all supervisory personnel other that the OSHA 10
hour
 Safety incident trending meeting with contractors
 Quarterly claims meeting open to all contractors
 Open ad-hoc meeting between myself/WTBA and
contractors
Unique elements to WisDOT OCIP’s
 Drug & alcohol testing (pre-work, random, suspicion, post
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accident)
Best practices vs. OSHA
Penalties for non-compliance (Safety and Return to Work)
Return to Work requirements
NCCO certification required for cranes 75 tons or
larger
100% fall prevention/protection at 6 feet
Unique truck driver requirements
Staffing requirements
▪ 1 non-working safety person 30 or more workers combined
▪ 2 non-working safety personnel for 100+ workers combined
Questions?