Transcript Youth Employment in North America Seminar

Youth Employment in North
America Seminar
December 4 -5, 2008
Mexico City, Mexico
Carl W. Heinlein, MS, CSP, ARM
Senior Safety Consultant
American Contractors Insurance
Group, Inc.
Panel IV – Safety and Health
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The Numbers
The Issues
The Opportunities
Alternative Strategies
The Results
Expectations
Resources
“The Numbers”
JOB OUTLOOK
2006-2016
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Construction – 7-13% Growth in Future Jobs
Transportation – 8% Growth in Future Jobs
Agriculture – 2% Decline in Future Jobs
Fishing – 16% Decline in Future Jobs
Forestry/logging – 1% Decline in Future Jobs
Manufacturing/Assemblers – 4% Decline in Future Jobs
Source Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook 2008-2009 Edition
“The Numbers”
• An average of 67 workers under age 18 died
from work-related injuries each year during
1992–2000. In 1998, an estimated 77,000
required treatment in hospital emergency
rooms.
Source NIOSH Publication No. 2003-128:
NIOSH Alert: Preventing Deaths, Injuries and Illnesses of Young Workers
The Issues – Injuries
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Unsafe equipment
Stressful conditions
Inadequate safety training
Inadequate supervision
Dangerous work that is illegal or inappropriate
for youth
• Trying to hurry
• Alcohol and drug use
The Issues – Fatalities
• Homicide
• Driving or traveling as passengers in motor
vehicles
• Machine-related accidents
• Electrocution
• Falls
Opportunities
• The Construction Industry is:
– Working with Colleges and Universities
– Working with Trade Organizations
– Working with Trade Schools
– Working with High Schools
– Working with Elementary Schools
Training Opportunities
• Carpenters International Training Fund
– Superintendent Career Training Program
• 18 month program
• 15 (minimum) one-on-one mentoring sessions between
the trainee and the mentor
• 12 days of training over four, three-day programs at the
Carpenter’s International Training Center
• 30 (minimum) specific, on-the-job training experiences
are selected by the mentor
Training Opportunities
• Laborers-AGC Education and Training Fund
– SUPERVISOR TRAINING AND EDUCATION
PROGRAM
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24 hrs -Introduction to Construction Supervision
10 hrs -Communication for Construction Supervisors
40 hrs -Introduction to Project Estimating
28 hrs -Project Planning and Management
for Construction Supervisors
• 40 hrs -Safety and Health for Construction Supervisors
Training Opportunities
• AGC of America
– The Supervisory Training Program (STP)
• is a construction-specific training curriculum developed,
updated, and field-tested by and for contractors.
• The program consists of 12 comprehensive courses
(including two overview courses) that focus on the
knowledge and skills that every supervisor must have to be
an effective manager of people, time, equipment and
materials.
Alternative Strategies
• The Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) – Voluntary Protection
Program (VPP)
– The Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) promote
effective worksite-based safety and health.
– In the VPP, management, labor, and OSHA establish
cooperative relationships at workplaces that have
implemented a comprehensive safety and health
management system.
– Approval into VPP is OSHA’s official recognition of the
outstanding efforts of employers and employees who have
achieved exemplary occupational safety and health.
Results
• In 2005 the Carpenters’ District Council (CDC), in
collaboration with the Carpenters Joint Apprenticeship
Program’s Pathways to Careers in Construction and
Advanced Manufacturing (Pathways) Program
launched a district-wide effort to provide OSHA-10
safety certification training consistent with Part 29 CFR
1926 for working members. This effort was designed to
build safety awareness among working carpenters,
reduce lost time and job related fatal accidents and
equip the industry’s workforce with safety
credentialing consistent with broad industry standards.
Results
• In late 2007, CDC and Pathways launched an
informal (not scientific) sample survey among
construction employers to assess the impact of
the training on industry safety with a particular
focus on changes in lost time accidents, safety
awareness on the job, and worker productivity. In
conducting this informal study a random sample
of thirteen (13) construction industry employers
representing a cross section of carpenters work
sites (commercial, residential, shop, flooring, etc)
were asked to respond to a brief survey.
Results
• Of the thirteen construction employers in the
initial survey ten (10) or 76% responded. As a
group they represented all aspects of the
carpentry construction trades in the industry
and a total of 2,000 union registered
carpenters (approximately 11 % of working
union carpenters in the District in 2007).
Results
Following are the results of the survey:
• The respondents averaged 200 employees each, with a low
of 49 and a high of 700 in calendar year 2007.
• There have not been any job related industry deaths among
participating employers in this survey since 2005. (There
were two reported deaths one each in 2003 and 2005)
• As a group, the number of lost time accidents in the pretraining period 2004-2005 reached 175. Following training
lost time accidents fell to 111 for the sample group which
represents a reduction of 38.8%
Results
• All ten of the respondents indicated that job site safety had
improved over the previous two (2) years(subsequent to
OSHA trainings for their employees)
• All ten of the respondents indicated that workers were
more aware of proper safety practices on the job
• Only two (2) of the 10 respondents indicated that
productivity, as a result of safety training had improved.
The remaining eight (8) respondents noted that it stayed
about the same (None of the respondents indicated that
productivity had declined)
Results
Although these survey results are very preliminary we can
infer the following.
• First and foremost was the unanimous agreement from
all those surveyed that the training has resulted in
improved job site safety and has made workers more
aware of safety practices on the job.
• While there was unanimous agreement on the impact
of the training on safety and safety awareness only
20% of the respondents indicated any impact on
productivity.
Results
• Importantly, there was a significant reduction
in reported lost time accidents of nearly 39%
among respondents. If this level of reduction
is applied across the CDC to working
carpenters this would indicate a reduction of
999 lost days a year. If one applies a cost of $
600 for each lost time day in worker
wages/benefits and employer productivity this
factors out to be a savings of nearly $600,000
each year for the industry overall.
Results
• The Carpenters District Council estimates that from
1995 to date (March, 2008) 16,000 carpenters have
completed the construction safety training (OSHA-10)
offered by the CDC and CJAP, and more recently
through the Pathways partnership. The cost of
delivering the training is $65.00 per participant and
totals more than $1,000,000. Needless to say this
small investment in its workers is already paying large
dividends, both financially and in a significant
reduction in lost time accidents. Even if one life is
saved as a result of this training it is certainly worth the
costs.
Results
Anecdotal Results
• Employees have pride at safe company’s
• Employees feel more appreciated at safe
company’s
• Employees have less injuries at safe company’s
• Quality is higher at safe company’s
• Production is higher at safe company’s
Expectations
• Management expectations from employees:
– Don’t be afraid to ask questions
– Follow the rules in order to avoid injury at your
workplace
– Help yourself and the company be successful
Expectations
• Employees expectations of employers
– Have education and training opportunities
– Have a Safe workplace
– Have a competent supervisor aware of
Occupational Safety and Health concerns
– Have reasonable workhours and rest periods, and
an adequate compensation package
– Have a management team willing to listen to
employee concerns
Resources
• The Associated General Contractors of America –
www.acig.org
• Laborers International Union of North America http://www.liuna.org/Home/tabid/36/Default.as
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• United Brotherhood of Joiners and Carpenters of
America - http://www.carpenters.org/
• Helmets to Hardhats http://www.helmetstohardhats.org/
• Dept. of Labor -http://www.careervoyages.gov/
• OSHA – Voluntary Protection Programs http://www.osha.gov/dcsp/vpp/index.html
Resources
• http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/adoldoc.html
• http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/teenworkers/teen
workers.html
• http://www.osha.gov/dcsp/compliance_assist
ance/index_hispanic.html
Hispanic Resources
• http://www.osha.gov/dcsp/compliance_assist
ance/index_hispanic.html
Questions
Muchas Gracias - Thank You