 | Safety ProgramsOVCEF is dedicated to help the merit shop contractors in southwest Ohio improve the safety and health of their employees by providing education and guidance in hazard identification and accident prevention. Due to this effort, OVCEF secured the contract with the Dept. of Labor to participate as an OSHA Training Institute Education Center. Mid-America OSHA Education Center is one of only 4 such centers in the Midwestern United States. Official OSHA courses are taught at the center where employees come from all over the country to receive safety education. Students attend courses such as the OSHA 510, 500 and the OSHA Outreach Courses. The Mid-America course catalog can be found on the website www.midamericaosha.org.
ABC’s Safety Training & Evaluation Process (STEP) recognizes the efforts of ABC members that strive to achieve effective safety practices at their firms and to provide contractors with a tool to objectively evaluate their safety programs, policies, procedures and training. All members are encouraged to conduct this self evaluation. Reaching Platinum (the top level of the STEP program) in 2008 are the following Ohio Valley Chapter members:
Active Electric, Inc.
Applied Mechanical
Area Energy & Electric, Inc.
Beacon Electric Company
Carey Electric Co.
Cinfab, Inc.
Commercial HVAC
Construction Managers of Ohio, Inc.
Danis Building Construction Company
Dayton Walls & Ceilings, Inc.
Denier Electric Co., Inc.
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Ferguson Construction Co.
Garber Electrical Contractors
HGC Construction
Kelchner Excavating
Klenco Construction
Miller-Valentine Commercial Construction
Ohio Valley Electrical Services
Project Skills, Inc.
Sollmann Electric Co.
Specialty Interiors, Inc.
Staffco Construction Inc.
Thomas & Marker Construction Co.
Wat-Kem Mechanical, Inc. |
OSHA Challenge
The OSHA Challenge Pilot Program is a roadmap to OSHA’s elite Voluntary Protection Program. The Challenge helps employers to improve their safety and health management systems and attain the ultimate VPP Star status. OVCEF, one of only 18 Challenge administrators, and is currently working with the following Ohio Valley Chapter members that have been accepted by OSHA to participate in this National program. Does your safety program measure up to the Challenge?
Allied Fence
Applied Mechanical
Beacon Electrical Contractors
Buschur Electric
Cinfab, LLC
Commercial HVAC
EGC
Kelchner, Inc.
SecurCom, Inc.
OSHA has long recognized the value of cooperative efforts by employers, employees, and government agencies to reduce hazards and strengthen worker protection. The Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP), which recognize employers and employees who have established effective safety and health management systems, have been particularly successful. VPPAC, the Voluntary Protection Program Association for Construction, was created to implement the VPP Mobile Workforce Demonstration Program and recognizes and promotes those companies throughout the construction industry who achieve excellence in safety and health by continuously exceeding nationally recognized standards. Membership in VPPAC offers companies assistance with their safety program from safety professionals that helped to create OSHA’s national program for construction.
Century Construction, Inc.
Danis Building Construction Co.
Eckert Fire Protection Systems, Inc.
Ferguson Construction Co.
HGC Construction
Miller-Valentine Commercial Construction
Ohio Valley Electrical Services
Thomas & Marker Construction Co.
TP Mechanical Contractors
United Group Services, Inc.
Viox Services, Inc.
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