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I"m totally in support of taking the foreman or Spt off the site and giving
them the credit for the good the bad and the ugly. Oss
>From: "Bowen, Barbara" <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: SAFETY <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [SAFETY] Sub Contractors Safety
>Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:31:03 -0400
>
>From the perspective of the (Owner) Construction Program Manager, with
>almost 100 GC's at any one time and currently over 500 contractors (GC &
>lower-tier combined)working under our program about 5M MH per year, I
>can say, without a doubt, the '3 strikes you're off' is quite effective.
>
>Another idea; Many of the GC's have in their contracts with lower tier
>subs a 'Fine System' - they write tickets to the violators and issue a
>change order deduct on the invoice payment to them!
>
>When the GC Safety personnel are effective, my/our (there are 5 of us)
>job is easier and they don't have to suffer the stigma of having had the
>'owner rep' remove someone for them. As I mentioned earlier, I have a
>tendency to remove the forman - they like to claim all their authority
>and responsibility and credit for the work performed and should also be
>held accountable for the unsafe work practice/behavior of their workers.
>The formen learn their responsibility to ensure proper, serviceable
>tools/equipment/PPE/permits are used as well as their role of setting
>proper example and enforcing safety rules. The 'good' ones quickly learn
>the value of taking ownership of those responsibilities as the workers
>are more productive for a foreman who demonstrates sincere concern for
>their safety.
>
>Affecting positive changes to behavior is hard work - a challenging,
>often tedious, thankless task which involves WAY more than sitting at a
>desk philosophizing writing words on paper and attending meetings.
>Workers are smarter than most give them credit for - they know who
>sincerely cares about whether they go home to their families just like
>they came in....
>
>By the way, with 2005 Construction average Total Recordable Injury Rate
>of 6.3 and Lost Time rate of 3.4..........Our program came in at TRIR of
>2.74 and LTIR of .12 !!!
>We must be doing something right!
>
>
>Barbara Bowen
>PMC Safety Engineer
>Cell: 571-220-7151
>DC: 164*16378*30
>
>The door to safety swings on the hinges of common sense.
>
>If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.
>-- Frank A. Clark
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: SAFETY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kevin Rovang
>Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 12:08 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: [SAFETY] Sub Contractors Safety
>
>To the GCs out there, what do you do to enforce safety to the
>sub-contractors so that are supers are not babysitters on the jobsites?
>We are looking at the 3 strikes and you off are jobsite.
>
>Kevin Rovang
>[log in to unmask]
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