Comments on: Open Letter to John L. Henshaw, Assistant Secretary, OSHA http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2004/05/27/351/ The magazine for the project age Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:54:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Gary Kuhn http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2004/05/27/351/#comment-220 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2004/05/27/351/#comment-220 Hal,as usual a bullseye. It's of course unfortunate that it seems we have to depend on Government to legislate and administer commen sense. It occurs to me that Government is a contributor to the continuation of the present safety performance. The low bid system for state and local contracts such as roads allows anyone, regardless of their safety record, to low-ball their way into a contract. Best value awards based on several factors with safety carrying a lot of weight should be the way that contracts are awarded. But that seems to require judgement. However, I do support your ideas because they do reward the best safety performers and incentivizes companies to improve their safety performance. I just wish performance wasn't based on statistics looking backward. I wish performance were measured based on the lack of hazards at a work site. Hal,as usual a bullseye. It’s of course unfortunate that it seems we have to depend on Government to legislate and administer commen sense. It occurs to me that Government is a contributor to the continuation of the present safety performance. The low bid system for state and local contracts such as roads allows anyone, regardless of their safety record, to low-ball their way into a contract. Best value awards based on several factors with safety carrying a lot of weight should be the way that contracts are awarded. But that seems to require judgement.

However, I do support your ideas because they do reward the best safety performers and incentivizes companies to improve their safety performance. I just wish performance wasn’t based on statistics looking backward. I wish performance were measured based on the lack of hazards at a work site.

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