Region 6 News Release: OSHA-08-1160-DAL
Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008
Contact: Diana Petterson Elizabeth Todd
Phone: 972-850-4709 972-850-4710
U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA and Permian Basin STEPS sign safety and health alliance
agreement
MIDLAND, Texas -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) today formed an alliance with the Permian Basin STEPS (Services,
Transmission, Exploration and Production Safety) to promote safety, health and environmental
improvement in oil, gas and energy-related industries for west Texas and southeast New
Mexico.
"This agreement provides an opportunity for employers, contractors and employees to come
together and discuss existing safety and health hazards in the workplace," said Dean
McDaniel, OSHA's regional administrator in Dallas. "We are hopeful that this cooperative effort
will help prevent fatalities and injuries associated with the oil and gas industry."
The Permian Basin STEPS began in June 2007 and is patterned after the successful South
Texas Exploration and Production Safety network. The goal of the network is to provide a
forum for industry employers, contractors and employees to meet on a monthly basis to
discuss best practices and lessons learned in addition to receiving crucial information to
enhance workplace safety in the oil and gas industry. The network also provides smaller
employers with information needed to build an effective safety and health management system.
OSHA safety and health alliances are part of U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao's ongoing
efforts to improve the safety and health of employees through cooperative partnerships with
trade associations, labor organizations, employers and government agencies. OSHA currently
has more than 500 alliances throughout the nation with organizations committed to fostering
safety and health in the workplace.
Employers and employees with questions about this or other OSHA partnerships or alliances
may call the agency's Lubbock Area Office at 806-472-7681.
OSHA has improved workplace safety and health over the past 37 years. This success is
reflected in the latest data (2006) showing the lowest national injury and illness incidence rate
that the Bureau of Labor Statistics has ever recorded. OSHA continues to work diligently to
focus its resources where they will have the most impact in assuring that every working man
and woman returns home safely every day.
Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008
Contact: Diana Petterson Elizabeth Todd
Phone: 972-850-4709 972-850-4710
U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA and Permian Basin STEPS sign safety and health alliance
agreement
MIDLAND, Texas -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) today formed an alliance with the Permian Basin STEPS (Services,
Transmission, Exploration and Production Safety) to promote safety, health and environmental
improvement in oil, gas and energy-related industries for west Texas and southeast New
Mexico.
"This agreement provides an opportunity for employers, contractors and employees to come
together and discuss existing safety and health hazards in the workplace," said Dean
McDaniel, OSHA's regional administrator in Dallas. "We are hopeful that this cooperative effort
will help prevent fatalities and injuries associated with the oil and gas industry."
The Permian Basin STEPS began in June 2007 and is patterned after the successful South
Texas Exploration and Production Safety network. The goal of the network is to provide a
forum for industry employers, contractors and employees to meet on a monthly basis to
discuss best practices and lessons learned in addition to receiving crucial information to
enhance workplace safety in the oil and gas industry. The network also provides smaller
employers with information needed to build an effective safety and health management system.
OSHA safety and health alliances are part of U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao's ongoing
efforts to improve the safety and health of employees through cooperative partnerships with
trade associations, labor organizations, employers and government agencies. OSHA currently
has more than 500 alliances throughout the nation with organizations committed to fostering
safety and health in the workplace.
Employers and employees with questions about this or other OSHA partnerships or alliances
may call the agency's Lubbock Area Office at 806-472-7681.
OSHA has improved workplace safety and health over the past 37 years. This success is
reflected in the latest data (2006) showing the lowest national injury and illness incidence rate
that the Bureau of Labor Statistics has ever recorded. OSHA continues to work diligently to
focus its resources where they will have the most impact in assuring that every working man
and woman returns home safely every day.
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