Youth Employment in North America Seminar December 4 -5, 2008 Mexico City, Mexico.

Youth Employment in North America Seminar

December 4 -5, 2008Mexico City, Mexico

Carl W. Heinlein, MS, CSP, ARMSenior Safety Consultant

American Contractors Insurance Group, Inc.

Panel IV – Safety and Health

• The Numbers• The Issues• The Opportunities• Alternative Strategies• The Results• Expectations• Resources

“The Numbers”

JOB OUTLOOK 2006-2016

• 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 JobsSource 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

• 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 ve

hicles

• 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 • 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).

ResultsFollowing 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 pre-

training 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)

ResultsAlthough 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.aspx

• 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/

teenworkers.html• http://www.osha.gov/dcsp/

compliance_assistance/index_hispanic.html

Hispanic Resources

• http://www.osha.gov/dcsp/compliance_assistance/index_hispanic.html

Questions

Muchas Gracias - Thank You