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SAFETY PROGRAM OVERVIEW | INSURANCE PROGRAM | APPRENTICE PROGRAM
OSHA - AGC SAFETY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
Program Summary
The Associated General Contractors of El Paso and the OSHA Lubbock Area OfficeOSHA office/El Paso District office of Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the United States Department of Labor (OSHA), all mutually recognize the importance of ensuring a safe and healthful work environment in the construction industry. To advance this mutual goal, this Partnership has been established to formalize a cooperative effort between these entities committed to encouraging companies to voluntarily improve their safety and health performance, providing methods to assist them in their efforts, and recognizing companies with exemplary safety and health programs.
The cooperative effort will provide benefits to member companies who voluntarily improve their safety and health performance and demonstrate the implementation of an effective safety and health program. Benefits will include special recognition from OSHA; e.g., priorities in compliance assistance activities and inspection incentives such as focused inspections and applicable penalty reduction factors.
The cooperative effort will be conducted within the jurisdictional areas of the OSHA Lubbock Area Office / El Paso District Office. Participation is strictly voluntary and is available to any member company of the Associated General Contractors of El Paso (AGC), which meets the qualification requirements of this program.
Participating member companies retain all rights guaranteed under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act), including the right to appeal or contest citations issued by OSHA.
This agreement will not in any way affect the employees' exercise of rights under the OSH Act and OSHA regulations, including walk-around rights. As an integral part of an effective safety and health program, the opportunity for employees to exercise their rights guaranteed under the OSH Act and regulations, such as, but not limited to, the right to file a safety and health complaint, and the right to information collected pursuant to OSHA requirements, e.g., the OSHA-200/300 log, and medical exposure records will not be infringed. It is anticipated that routine employee involvement in daily implementation of worksite safety and health programs will be assured, including employee participation in employer self-audits, site inspections, job hazard analysis, safety and health program reviews, and mishap investigations. To view photos of the safety inspection,
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