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ANNUAL AREA OFFICE ALLIANCE REPORT
EXXONMOBIL CONTRACTORS
July 30, 2007 |
I. Alliance Background
Date Signed April 20, 2004
Date Renewed: June 9, 2006
Alliance Overview
The purpose of the alliance was to use the collective education and experience of the OSHA – WOTA
team to Agreement between the ExxonMobil Contractors’ Association, ExxonMobil Joliet Refinery and
the OSHA’s Calumet City Area Office to improve safety performance with the "Contractor Community" at
the ExxonMobil Joliet Refinery, increase participation by small contractors in the contractor safety
meetings, and address hazards specific to contractor activities in the refinery by utilizing the
resources of the alliance members
Implementation Team Members
Chairman of the ExxonMobil Contractors’ Association - currently Ryan Winkelman. Previous chairmen
were Ralph Topete, Dan Golaszewski and Joe Winkelman
ExxonMobil Contractor Coordinator – Currently John Trammel
OSHA- Calumet City Area Office – William Coulehan
II. Implementation Team Meetings
Implementation Team Meetings were held in conjunction with the monthly ExxonMobil Contractors’
Association meetings and with separate evaluation meetings with alliance members. Most recent
meetings were May 8th, 2007 and July 17, 2007.
III. Activities and Products
Evaluation Period.
This report summaries Alliance activities since June 10, 2006 through to July 30, 2007.
Alliance Activity.
Alliance Activities include presentations on:
OSHA’s New Recordkeeping Standards,
Hexavalent Chrome
General Industrial Hygiene exposures during contractor activities in a refinery environment
NFPA 70 E and arc blast / arc blast hazards
Elements of OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs.
It should be noted that one of the participating contractors has been approved in the new VPP
Program in Construction / Mobile Workforce. The process to apply to VPP began, in part, through
alliance activities.
Alliance Products.
Alliance activities have been incorporated into procedures and policies for contractor activities in
the refinery as opposed to the production of “stand alone” products through the alliance.
IV. Results
Initial alliance activities resulted in increased participation in the Contractors’ Association and
opened channels of communication between OSHA and contractors involved with repair and maintenance
activities at heavy industrial sites. Historically this has been industry group with limited contact
with OSHA.
| Type of Activity (Conference,
Training, Print and
Electronic Distribution, etc.) |
Number of Individuals
Reached or
Trained |
| Training - Recordkeeping |
55 |
| Training – Hexavalent Chrome |
45 |
| Training – NFPA 70 E |
40 |
| Training – VPP / Safety Program |
40 |
| Training – IH issues for contractors in refineries |
50 |
| General Safety / OSHA issues during Contractor
Association Meetings |
90 |
| TOTAL |
320 |
V. Upcoming Milestones
Recent conversations with the Implementation Team and with members of the Contractors’ Association
have been unable to identify new activities for the alliance to pursue. It should be noted the
alliance has successfully continued through changes in refinery management and through regular
changes in the leadership of the Contractors’ Association. Although the Implementation Team and
participating contractors were unanimously pleased with past alliance activities and results,
without new projects and areas of interest to pursue in the future it was decided not to renew the
alliance at this time.
Report Prepared by: William Coulehan – OSHA Calumet City
For more information, contact the Office of Outreach Services and Alliances at 202-693-2340 or go to
www.osha.gov.
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