28 Sep Discuss challenges unique to contract and temporary workers
Order Instructions
Instructions
Consider the scenario below.
Your company is starting a project that will utilize outside contractors and subcontractors. It is your job to oversee the safety of the entire project. The contractors will be performing work that may or may not be familiar to you and to your normal work environment.
Based on your background reading and additional research, develop a plan to get participation and buy-in from all contractors by forming a safety team.
Address the following items:
Who would you choose to be on the safety team, and why? Briefly compare and contrast contract workers, temporary workers, and full-time workers and why buy-in is important from everyone on the job site.
Discuss challenges unique to contract and temporary workers.
Discuss supervisor involvement and the role safety professionals play in managing contractors, and involving contractor personnel in inspections and observations.
Explain hazard identification and awareness.
Identify multicultural / multi-trade difference challenges.
Discuss accident prevention responsibilities, including ethical challenges in managing contractors.
Your submission must be at least three pages in length (double-spaced). Cite and reference at least two of the resources listed in the required unit resources in your plan plus one additional reference from the CSU Online Library, for a total of three references. Adhere to APA Style when creating citations and references for this assignment. APA formatting, however, is not necessary.
For references:
Fisk, D. M. (2003, January 30). American labor in the 20th century. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/cwc/american-labor-in-the-20th-century.pdf
Goetsch, D. L. (2018). Construction safety and the OSHA standards (2nd ed.). Pearson.
National Museum of American History. (n.d.). Immigrant labor. Smithsonian.
https://americanhistory.si.edu/american-enterprise/immigrant-labor
Occupational Safety and Health Administration. (1999, December 10). Multi-employer citation policy. United
States Department of Labor.
https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_id=2024&p_table=DIRECTIVES
Rich, R. (2013, November 22). The Great Recession: December 2007–June 2009. Federal Reserve History.
https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/great_recession_of_200709
In order to access the following resources, click the links below.
The below articles will provide further information about the history of employment, contractor management,
and multi-cultural labor in the United States.
Rich, R. (2013, November 22). The Great Recession: December 2007–June 2009. Federal Reserve History.
https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/great_recession_of_200709
The National Safety Council focuses on eliminating preventable deaths at work, on the road, and in homes
and communities.
Campbell Institute. (2015). Best practices in contractor management. National Safety Council.
https://www.nsc.org/Portals/0/Documents/CambpellInstituteandAwardDocuments/WP-BestPracticesContractorMgmt.pdf
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. (2014, August). Recommended practices,
Protecting temporary workers (DHHS [NIOSH] Publication No. 2014-130). Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2014-139/default.html
