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Joy InouyeResearch Associate
Campbell Institute
Pat CunninghamDirector, Safety & Auditing Services
BROWZ
BROWZ delivers assurance that businesses are working with safe, qualified, and socially responsible
contractors and suppliers.
Contractor Prequalification & Management
Save lives by preventing injuries and deaths at work, in homes and
communities, and on the roads,
through leadership, research, education and advocacy.
What is a contractor?
Non-employees on company site?
What if they work off-site?
Suppliers of equipment? Servicers of equipment?
Long-term and embedded?Short-term vendors?
Who here uses contractors?
Does anyone here act as a contractor
for other companies?
A Global Look
70% of organizations contract more than 5% of the workforce – KPMG study
45% of organizations struggle to attract qualified craft labor – KPMG study
15.5 million in U.S. are self-employed; 60 million by 2020 –BLS and Intuit studies
Top Compromising Factors
Financial pressures that lead to shortcuts and unsafe behavior
Lax training and supervision, broken info flows, unclear work responsibilities
Insufficient safety standards and relaxed enforcement
Contractor Life Cycle
1. Prequalification
2. Pre-job task & risk assessment
3. Training & orientation
4. Monitoring of job
5. Post-job evaluation
1. Prequalification Best Practices
Analysis of safety statistics (EMR, TRIR, DART, etc.)
Inclusion of records, logs, continuous improvement plans
1. Prequalification Best Practices
Use of third-party verification services
Fill performance gaps, ensure compliance for specific industries
1. Prequalification Best Practices
Use of internal scale, checklist, or rating system
Grade or rating based on policies, statistics, history
WC claims, injury logs, environmental reports, regulatory citations
Citation records, fatalities
Continuous improvement plans
2. Pre-job Task & Risk Assessment Best Practices
Risk rating of work to be performed
• Liability categories• Action levels
Rating based on risk matrix, additional safety programs
for high risk
Risk point values for severity, frequency, and probability
Risk assessed in terms of insurance liability
Higher liability projects vetted through third party
2. Pre-job Task & Risk Assessment Best Practices
General contractors responsible for holding subcontractors to safety standards
Subcontractors must meet same requirements, submit
pre-job hazard analysis
3. Training & Orientation Best Practices
Mandatory safety training before work begins
Required tests, documented pre-shift safety meetings
Training completed within one week of start of work
Safety video and test directly afterward
30-hour and 10-hour OSHA courses
3. Training & Orientation Best Practices
Specialized training offered • Hazard identification• PPE• Fall prevention
Annual refresher courses, badges to indicate
specialized training
Specialized area trainings completed through online program
Refresher courses held annually for long-term contractors
4. Job Monitoring Best Practices
Periodic assessments (e.g. daily, weekly, monthly, annual)
Compliance with pre-task safety plans
4. Job Monitoring Best Practices
Safety observations from contractors
Mobile apps to submit observations, quota per month
Contractors submit minimum of 2 observations per employee per month
Uses mobile app (Lifeguard®) to track reports of unsafe conditions
4. Job Monitoring Best Practices
Maintenance of incident & near miss report logs
Reports on incidents & corrective actions to evaluate performance
Quarterly reports on lost-time injuries and dollar losses for Quality Assurance Plans
Contractors maintain incident and near-miss report logs
Common Challenges
Lack of specific courses of action for contractor infractions
Action flow chart, levels of discipline, strict policy for
serious infractions
Consequences outlined for 1st-3rd
infractions; termination of contract on 4th
Flow chart of actions for contractor infractions ending in dismissal
IDLH infractions are grounds for immediate termination of contract
Common Challenges
No integration of contractors into an organization’s safety statistics
Contractor injuries still tracked, even if not included
in company scorecard
Common Challenges
No formal post-work evaluation of contractors
Guidelines for requalification, evaluate if work was done
safely & well
Post-work evaluations considered when bidding for future jobs
Safety & Operating Inspection completed for every process change
Periodic performance reviews capture contractor performance
Common Challenges
Lack of direct oversight of subcontractor safety
Host employer liability gap with prime contractors
vetting subs
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