Injury Illness Prevention Plan - Flipbook - Page 73
Health and Safety Program Manual
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Issue Date: 10/16/23
Revision Date: 10/16/23
Subcontractor Safety Management
Reference: S-1
DEFINITIONS
Experience Modification Rate (EMR) is a term related to Workers’ Compensation insurance and means a factor
developed by measuring the difference between an employer’s actual past claim experience and the expected
or actual experience of the industry classification of the employer. Depending on the workers compensation
program in which the subcontractor participates, the EMR may be determined by a single state entity or a multistate agency such as the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI). The EMR is based on a point scale
where 1.0 means average or expected losses for that type of industry classification. EMR’s below 1.0 means
below average loss history and EMR’s above 1.0 mean above-average loss history.
Hours of Exposure means the total number of hours that all a company’s workers are exposed to occupational
injuries or illnesses during a normal work year. Salaried and hourly workers are included. Straight-time and overtime hours are included.
Subcontractor for purposes of this section, means a person or business, which has a standard subcontract
agreement with The Company, as an "independent contractor" (not a worker), to provide some portion of the
fieldwork on a project for The Company.
PROCEDURES
Subcontractor Selection
Form 5-1.1 of Appendix 5-1 is a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire that shall be used to capture the information
noted within this section. It is required that safety performance be considered initially, and annually thereafter,
in the selection of subcontractors, using the following criteria:
Experience Modification Rate (“EMR”)
Prospective subcontractors shall be required to furnish their EMR for the past three years. This information
should come directly from the subcontractor’s broker. An EMR greater than 1.0 can indicate an employer with
a high frequency and/or severity of workers compensation claims. In the event of an EMR greater than 1.0, a
more detailed evaluation of their safety program is required.
OSHA Log
Prospective subcontractors shall be required to submit copies of OSHA logs (or equivalent summary data) for
the previous three years and applicable hours of exposure. Incident frequency and severity rates should be
examined and compared for acceptability with:
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Comparable incident rates for relevant work sites (if available)
Industry average incident rates for their Standard
Industrial Code (SIC or NAICS code) as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
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