Mission

Why?

General Contractors

Insurance

ManufactureLaborSub Contractor

RegulatoryAgencies

Big Business

• To create one unified standard and a resource for construction and building tool designers, manufacturers and operators.

Mission Statement

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• To enable construction and building tools to be used in a safe, efficient and in an environmentally responsible way.

• To promote innovation and economically viable solutions for its members.

• Promotes innovative tools that address the safety of the employee and the environment

Why Do We Need GSTC?

• Regulation alone are not solving some of the long standing safety issues in the construction industry

• Standards that can be globally unified and followed that meet or exceed all regulations

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• Employee Safety

Why Now?

• Green Building

• OSHA is about to revise exposure regulations that will change the way building is done.

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• Zero Harm Policies

• Maintain highest standard of safety

Why does Big Business want this?

• Environmental Impact

• Reduced Insurance/Claims cost (self insured)

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• Social Responsibility

• Efficiency

• Concern for employee safety

Maintain highest Safety Standard

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• Companies like Disney, Dupont, IBM, Johnson & Johnson have strict policies against preventable injuries

• GC’s and regulatory agencies look to big business as examples of exemplary safety standards

• No carcinogens in air

Environmental Impact

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• No water/sludge on jobsites

• Material recycling

• Fewer injuries = less claims dollars paid

Reduced Insurance / Claims cost

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• Reduced future exposure/claims

• Zero harm to employees

Why do General Contractors want this?

• Zero harm to environment

• Green/Recycling

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• Reduced Liability

• Required by big business and insurance

• Efficiency

• Many general contractors have adopted “Zero Harm” policies as their safety motto

Zero Harm

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• Zero harm applies both to employees and the environment at the job site

• LEED certification has inspired many General Contractors to encourage recycling of construction materials on the job site

Green / Recycling

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• Social Consciousness - Recycling is good for the environment and the community in which the construction is being done

• Construction tools that reduce or remove employee exposure to air borne carcinogens also reduce or remove employee liability exposure

Reduced Liability

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• Employee operator is more efficient with proper training and tool usage

Efficiency

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• More efficient clean up at job site

• Cleaner, Safer, Quieter and Greener construction tools if available will be required by big business and insurance companies

Required by big business & insurance

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• Public Safety

Why do Regulatory Agencies want this?

• Unified Standard

• Operational Training

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• Socially Responsible

• Offers “Feel Good” voluntary solutions

• Number one responsibility of Regulatory agencies is Public Safety

Public Safety

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• Green Safe Tool Council assists agencies in accomplishing this on many levels

• Green Safe Tool Council standards meet or exceed all current government standards so compliance can be easily determined

Unified Standards

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• Having the standard only matters if the procedures required to achieve it are followed. Green Safe Tool Council establishes training for proper use of certified tools.

Operational Training

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• Certified Standards are cleaner, greener, safer, quieter and more efficient.

Socially Responsible

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• Encouraging use of Green Safe Tool Council standards is a way to promote all of the objectives of the regulatory agencies without imposing more regulations and fines.

“Feel Good” voluntary solution

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• Reduced liability for employee exposure

Why does Insurance want this?

• Environmental risk liability reduced

• Fewer claims paid

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• Added value to insured

• When employee exposure is removed so is the liability

Reduced liability for employee exposure

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• Environmental property damage claims have increased significantly over the past two decades

Reduce environmental risk liability

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• Recycling of material means it gets carried off the job site not blown through the air or washed into the water system

• Contractors and consultants that ignore environmental exposures can expose themselves to significant legal risks and large fines

• Training

Added value to clients

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• AHA/JHA

• Relevant issues and concerns being addressed

• Fewer Claims = dollars saved.

Fewer Claims Paid

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Why do Manufacturers want this?

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• Clearly defined market advantage over non-certified tools

• Reduced liability

• Insurance, Big Business and General Contractors will request or require Green Safe certified tools on all projects

• Advertising / Market Driver - Green, Safe, Clean, Quiet Tools

• Distributor / Retailer end user training - Direct customer interaction

Why do Manufacturers want this?

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• Tools designed for world wide market = reduced cost and R&D and tooling

• Direct design and use requirements from Labor/Regulatory agencies, Big Business and General Contractors

• New products to sell

• Continuous on the job risk assessment from safety professionals

Why does Labor / Sub Contractors want this?

• Contracting advantage

• Advantage over other sub-contractors

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• Employee Training

• Job efficiency

• Employee Safety

• AHA/JHA compliance

• GSTC not only sets a new level of safety standard for tools but also considers the safe and correct way to operate them.

Employee Safety

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• As big business and insurance requires use of these certified tool standards, GC’s will request and / or require use of these tools and process

Advantage over other Sub-Contractors

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• AHAs and JHAs will be one less thing the Sub-contractors need to worry about. GSTC will provide these documents as part of the standards

AHA / JHA Compliance

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• Labor Unions and Sub-Contractors will have the council as a “partner” in training their employees in the safe and proper way to use construction tools

Employee Training

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• Less equipment and prep time

Job Efficiency

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• Less clean up

• Recycling made more efficient