3rd PARTY PSM AUDIT

Basis OSHA 1910.119 (h)(2)(v) The employer shall periodically evaluate the performance of contractor employees in fulfilling their obligation or specified in paragraph (h)(3) (contractor responsibilities) of their section.

Concept  Contractor member companies (and others) will be able to utilize a 3rd party contractor to conduct non-site specific audits of their safety programs therefore reducing redundancy and cost.              

Benefits

• Provides Standardized Industry Audit Process that is “OSHA Tested”
• Improves compliance and raises the performance standard
• Provides a foundation document for owner companies to do site specific audits
• “Frees-up” Owner resources to concentrate on site specific audits
• Eliminates redundant audits therefore reducing resources and costs for both owners and contractors
• Use of third party consultant would add consistency - leading to industry standardization
• Provides a corrective action feedback loop as well as deficiency tracking
• Audit process raises the base level safety process for all contractors particularly the smaller contractor

Company Audited                    Audit Protocol                 Program Overview                 Request Audit

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NORTH AMERICAN SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM (NASAP)

The North American Substance Abuse Program (NASAP) is a standard contractor employee testing program that will promote a safe and substance abuse-free work force while minimizing administrative expense by establishing a centralized reporting point where results of substance abuse testing can be readily accessed by authorized Owner and Contractor representatives.  The NASAP includes a process for rehabilitation and keeps individuals that test positive from moving between contractor companies without successfully completing an approved rehabilitation program.

                                                                  More information visit www.hasap.com

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NORTH AMERICAN BACKGROUND SCREENING CONSORTIUM

The North American Background Screening Consortium (NABSC) is a standardized and reciprocal criminal background screening program for Contractor Employees designed to meet the requirements for site access of Owner companies and assist Contractor Employers in compliance with multiple Owner site access requirements.
 
This program is the culmination of over two years of collaborative efforts by owner and safety council representatives from HBR, GBRIA, GNOBR, HASC, SCLCA, and GNOIEC. Several industry-leading suppliers of background screening services also participated in the development to ensure inclusion of the latest industry technology as well as assuring all applicable legal requirements are met by the program. Included in the development of the program were several independent legal reviews by third party firms and reviews by several owners’ legal representatives in order to assure Owners, Contractor Employers and Contractor Employees of the integrity of the program.
 
This program has been modeled after the North American Substance Abuse Program (NASAP), the highly successful standardized Drug and Alcohol testing and monitoring program developed and implemented by HBR and HACSC in 2004. Currently the NASAP program has over 150,000 participants representing over 1800 Contract companies in the Houston area. With the addition of the NABSC program, Owners and Contractor Employers will have not only increased assurance in the safety and integrity of the Contract Workforce that provides service to so many locations, but they will also experience reduced overall cost and efforts required to administer these programs.
 
Key Program Benefits 

• Establishes standardized background screen criteria; Contractor Employers do not have to comply with multiple Owner requirements

SAFETY EXCELLENCE AWARD

The award is annually presented to a contractor or subcontractor in the Texas Gulf Coast Area who has achieved an outstanding record of on-the-job safety promotion and performance at a site or as a business during the year completed. The award will provide an opportunity to publicize safety values, encourage safety awareness, and involve the construction industry in the nominating process.

Nomination Form                             2008 Field Audit Form                          2008 Information Sheet

2008 Initial Evaluation Form           Award Schedule                                   2008 Instructions

Initial Evaluation Score Sheet         Safety Award Banquet               

    

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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT EXCELLENCE AWARD

The Houston Business Roundtable annually recognizes industrial contractors that have achieved outstanding performance in the area of workforce development.  The participating contractors perform construction and maintenance work in chemical plants, refineries and energy facilities throughout the greater Houston area.  This award program was developed to encourage all contractors in the greater Houston area to set higher standards for training craft workers and developing their employees skills so that Houston will continue to be the premier location for industry to build and operate manufacturing plants and energy facilities. 

2006 Key Points of Agreement                   Nomination Form             2007 Initial Evaluation Form

2007 Initial Evaluation Score Sheet          2007 Field Audit Form              

2007 Owner Interview & Score Sheet

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CONTRACTOR PRE-QUALIFICATION FORM DATABASE

The Houston Business Roundtable developed the Standardized Pre-Qualification Form in the mid 1990’s to reduce the time and effort expended by both Owners and Contractors in providing and maintaining pre-qualification information.  In 2004 at HBR’s request the Houston Area Safety Council developed and implemented an on-line PQF and database to further reduce the paperwork and distribution effort.  This form is used throughout the industry by contractor companies to provide a thorough description of their services and basic qualifications for working at Owners’ sites.  Additional documentation can be attached to the PQF form that is stored on the HASC server to meet Owner requirements for information they need to pre-qualify contractors and to maintain current information for their site contractors.

To subscribe to this service, contact the Houston Area Safety Council at 281 476-9900