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Update · Feb 14, 2026, 04:52 AMin_progress
The claim concerns OSHA’s January 13, 2026 strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to assist contractors on the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH by developing and implementing safety and health management systems and by training subcontractors to recognize hazards at construction sites. The initial announcement explicitly states these aims, focusing on hazard recognition, safety systems, leadership engagement, and hazard prevention protocols (OSHA press release, 2026-01-13). Multiple outlets reported the partnership in the days that followed, underscoring a forward-looking set of safety commitments rather than a completed program (OSHA Boston Region news brief; OHSONLINE coverage).
Update · Feb 14, 2026, 03:13 AMin_progress
Claim restatement: The OSHA Strategic Partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture (JV) aims to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH.
Evidence of progress: A formal partnership agreement was announced in late 2025, with OSHA and the JV outlining a plan to advance safety systems, training, and hazard-prevention leadership on the project (OSHA partnership documents dated 2025). Local project updates in January 2026 describe ongoing safety collaboration focused on construction-site hazard recognition and enhanced safety leadership, consistent with the agreement’s goals (OSHA docs; OHSA Online coverage; Manchester project pages).
Progress vs completion: Public materials indicate the partnership is active and implementing safety-management and training components, but there is no clear public record of a final completion milestone or of all subcontractors having completed hazard-recognition training by February 2026. Sources describe the arrangement as ongoing rather than a finished handover, suggesting status is still evolving.
Completion condition and milestones: The completion condition—contractors developing/implementing safety and health management systems and subcontractors completing hazard-recognition training—appears to be in progress, with milestones likely spread over 2025–2026. The available documents do not show a definitive end date or a verified completion for all subs, indicating continued implementation.
Source reliability and caveats: Primary references come from OSHA strategic-partnership documentation and reputable industry reporting, which reflect formalized agreements and ongoing implementation. While credible, these sources describe ongoing efforts rather than a closed-out completion, so timelines and full compliance should be updated as new information becomes available.
Update · Feb 14, 2026, 01:16 AMin_progress
The claim centers on an OSHA Strategic Partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Update · Feb 13, 2026, 11:20 PMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public notices confirm the partnership was formed to promote worker safety for the Manchester, NH CBDT construction, with emphasis on hazard recognition and management systems.Sources include OSHA announcements and industry coverage from January 2026 (OSHA press, Jan 13, 2026; OhS
Online, Jan 13, 2026).
Update · Feb 13, 2026, 08:56 PMin_progress
The claim states the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. OSHA announced a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi JV for this Manchester, NH project in January 2026, and coverage from reputable outlets confirms the framework is in place, with focus on safety-management systems and hazard recognition. Public documents indicate progress is underway but not yet complete, with no final completion date published publicly. Milestones referenced include the January 2026 partnership launch and ongoing CBDT construction timelines; reliability is high for the primary sources (OSHA and city/industry reporting).
Update · Feb 13, 2026, 07:38 PMin_progress
The Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement promises that contractors will develop and implement safety and health management systems and that subcontractors will be trained to recognize hazards at the site. Public records show the agreement exists and identifies the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture as a partner, with OSHA’s Concord Area Office involved, around late 2025, and January 2026 coverage confirms ongoing activity under the partnership. The claim therefore reflects an ongoing program rather than a completed, verifiable finish.
Evidence suggests progress toward the stated goals (safety-management system development, hazard recognition training, and leadership-driven hazard prevention), but there is no public, independent confirmation that all contractors have fully implemented SHMS or that all subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training across the Cemetery Brook site by 2026-02-13. Reports emphasize planned training and improved safety approaches, yet stop short of a site-wide completion certificate.
Milestones cited include the December 9, 2025 strategic-partnership agreement and subsequent January 2026 press coverage detailing focus areas and expected milestones. Concrete, date-stamped completion of SHMS adoption and subcontractor training for every contractor on the project has not been publicly published in a centralized, verifiable record.
Reliability note: primary sources include OSHA’s strategic-partnership materials and subsequent industry reporting, which describe the program’s aims and early milestones but do not provide a definitive, final completion status as of early 2026.
Update · Feb 13, 2026, 04:41 PMin_progress
Restated claim: The partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize site hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Evidence shows the initiative is active, with formal partnerships and ongoing safety planning tied to the
Manchester, NH tunnel project. A key document and multiple analyses confirm the collaboration aims to reduce hazards, improve safety systems, and provide targeted training for subcontractors (OSHA partnership documentation; January 2026 coverage).
Progress milestones include the signing of an OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement (OSP) involving the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture, with publicly released documentation around late 2025 and early 2026 (OSHA release; OHSA Online coverage).
Recent reporting indicates the partnership emphasizes safety system development, hazard recognition training, and leadership engagement on construction sites, aligning with the stated goals of the claim (OHSA Online article; industry outlets citing OSHA release).
Completion status remains uncertain: the agreed-upon outcomes—fully developed safety and health management systems and completed subcontractor training—are not accompanied by a published completion date. No explicit end date or milestone indicating full completion is publicly documented as of February 2026.
Reliability note: sources include the U.S. Department of Labor / OSHA and industry outlets reporting on the partnership; while press materials establish intent and early steps, detailed, verifiable milestones (e.g., dates of training completion, audits, or system deployment metrics) are not uniformly available in the public domain.
Conclusion: Based on available public records, the project has moved into an active safety-partnership phase, but it remains in_progress toward the stated completion conditions, with no published completion date as of the current date (2026-02-13).
Update · Feb 13, 2026, 02:35 PMin_progress
Restated claim: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Progress evidence: OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture formalized a strategic partnership in December 2025 to promote worker safety during construction of the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH (OSHA PDF; DOL press release).
Current status: The partnership exists and supports safety-system development and training, but public documentation shows the initiative in an implementation phase rather than a completed rollout for all contractors/subcontractors as of February 2026.
Reliability and context: Primary sources from OSHA and the DOL confirm the partnership and safety objectives; coverage from industry outlets corroborates the focus on hazard recognition and leadership-driven safety, with no published record of full completion across all subcontractors yet.
Update · Feb 13, 2026, 01:21 PMin_progress
Restated claim: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: An OSHA strategic partnership agreement for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH was announced in December 2025, naming the Concord Area Office and the Methuen/Obayashi Joint Venture as participants (OSHA PDF 2025-12-09) and signaling formal cooperation to improve safety systems, training, and hazard recognition (OSHA news coverage 2026-01-13).
Status of completion: As of February 2026, the available reporting indicates the partnership is active and focused on safety-system development, training, and hazard-prevention leadership, but there is no public confirmation that all contractors have fully developed and implemented safety/health management systems or that all subcontractors have completed recognized-hazards training. The completion condition described in the original claim remains unverified publicly.
Dates and milestones: The formal partnership agreement was dated December 9, 2025, with media coverage of the January 2026 announcement highlighting ongoing safety-system improvements, training plans, and leadership engagement at the project site. No firm project-end or milestone completion date has been published.
Source reliability and incentives: The primary sources are OSHA official materials and reputable industry reporting (OSHA PDF, OH&S outlets). These sources consistently frame the partnership as a safety-driven, contractual collaboration intended to reduce hazards such as gas exposure, confined spaces, and excavation risks, aligning with standard OSHA incentive structures to improve worker protection on a large civil project.
Follow-up note: Given the absence of a stated completion date, a follow-up review should verify whether contractors have finalized and implemented the safety/health management systems and whether subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training, with a target date of 2026-12-31.
Update · Feb 13, 2026, 11:42 AMin_progress
Statement restated: The claim asserts that a safety partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Progress evidence: Public records show a strategic partnership agreement between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project, with documentation dated December 9, 2025, and public discussion in January 2026. Coverage notes that the partnership aims to reduce hazards through safety systems, training, and leadership engagement during construction.
Milestones and status: The project contract was awarded in 2025 to Methuen Obayashi JV and the project entered active construction phases in early 2026, with the OSHA partnership explicitly tied to ongoing safety training and system development. There is no publicly available evidence as of February 2026 that all subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training or that safety/health management systems are fully implemented across all contractors.
Reliability and incentives: Reports come from OSHA and municipal sources, generally credible for project milestones and safety initiatives. The partnership’s effectiveness depends on continued implementation, OSHA oversight, and funding and schedule factors typical of large public works projects.
Update · Feb 13, 2026, 09:23 AMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public records show a formal OSHA partnership agreement and related coverage beginning in mid-January 2026, aimed at improving safety systems and hazard-recognition training for workers on the
Manchester, NH project. The available documents specify collaboration on safety-management development, implementation, and expanded training for subcontractors, with no stated completion date for these activities.
Update · Feb 13, 2026, 05:59 AMin_progress
The claim: The OSHA Strategic Partnership with the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the construction site.
Progress evidence: An OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement for Cemetery Brook was filed December 9, 2025, between OSHA and the Concord NH Office and the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV, outlining safety-management and hazard-recognition training goals. Public reporting in January 2026 highlighted efforts to improve safety systems, training, and leadership engagement at the
Manchester project.
Current status vs completion: Public sources show ongoing implementation rather than a finished state; there is no published completion milestone and no date indicating full site-wide completion of safety-management systems and subcontractor hazard training.
Key milestones/dates: Dec 9, 2025 (OSP agreement) and January 2026 (media reporting of progress). These sources are official (OSHA) or industry reporting, supporting move toward progress but not a completed state.
Reliability note: The evidence comes from official OSHA documents and reputable industry outlets, which are appropriate for tracking partnership progress and incentives, though they do not provide a formal completion confirmation at this time.
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Update · Feb 13, 2026, 04:08 AMin_progress
The claim describes an OSHA Strategic Partnership to help contractors on the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards. Public records show the partnership being formed and publicized in January 2026, with related materials referencing the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. There is no publicly announced completion date for the SHMS deployment or subcontractor hazard-training outcomes, only the existence of the partnership and ongoing project work.
Update · Feb 13, 2026, 02:28 AMin_progress
Summary of the claim: The article stated that the OSHA Strategic Partnership would help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and would train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
What witnesses exist of progress: Public OSHA materials confirm a formal strategic partnership was established for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in early 2026, including a partnership agreement and official announcements. The documents describe aims to assist contractors in safety/health management system development and to train subcontractors on hazard recognition. Key dates include January 13, 2026 (press coverage) and January 21, 2026 (OSHA partnership agreement filings).
Current status relative to completion: There is evidence of the partnership being created and ongoing safety-planning activities, but no evidence of final completion of the stated completion condition (i.e., all contractors having fully developed and implemented safety/health management systems and all subcontractors fully trained as of 2026-02-12). The project remains in the partnership/initial-implementation phase with no projected completion date published.
Dates and milestones (concrete items): The partnership agreement documents were created/posted in January 2026 (Create/Modify Dates around Jan 21, 2026). Public reporting emphasizes the partnership’s focus on safety management development and hazard-recognition training, rather than a fixed completion date. Official milestones beyond formation (e.g., training completions or system deployments) are not publicly detailed in the immediate sources available.
Reliability and sources: The core support derives from U.S. Department of Labor/OSHA materials (OSHA strategic partnership agreement documents and press coverage). These are primary, official sources for partnership status, though they do not provide a final completion metric or date. Overall, the sources reliably confirm the partnership exists and is moving toward implementation, but they do not demonstrate completion of the claim as of 2026-02-12.
Follow-up context: The claim’s “completion condition” is not fulfilled in the public record as of the current date; continued monitoring of OSHA releases and cemetery tunnel project updates will be needed to verify training completion and system deployment milestones.
Completion due · Feb 13, 2026
Update · Feb 12, 2026, 11:49 PMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA announced a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture on January 13, 2026, to promote worker safety and health during the
Manchester, NH project (DOL/OSHA release). The announcement emphasizes goals such as preventing gas exposures, confined-space risks, excavation hazards, and the creation of robust safety management and training practices (DOL release; OSHA partner summaries). It also notes a focus on leadership engagement, accountability, and hazard identification protocols as part of the partnership framework (DOL release). No firm completion date or milestone set for when contractors will have fully developed safety systems or completed subcontractor training is provided in the public statement (DOL release).
Update · Feb 12, 2026, 07:28 PMin_progress
Claim restated: The OSHA Strategic Partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project would help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize site hazards.
Progress evidence: Public documents show the partnership was established in January 2026 (OSHA announcement and related coverage), building on a prior agreement dated December 2025. The focus is on improving safety management systems, hazard recognition, and leadership-driven hazard prevention for the Manchester,
New Hampshire project.
Status assessment: As of the current date, there is no documented completion of the signaling conditions (i.e., contractors having fully developed and implemented safety and health management systems with all subcontractors trained). The available sources emphasize the initiation and ongoing partnership activities rather than a completed milestone, and no firm completion date is provided.
Update · Feb 12, 2026, 04:44 PMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Official OSHA materials describe a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to promote worker safety on the project, with documents published in January 2026 and a prior December 2025 agreement indicating intended safety-system development and hazard-recognition training on site. This confirms ongoing activity toward the stated goals, not a finalized, completed condition as of now.
Evidence of progress includes the existence of formal partnership documents and public statements focusing on construction-site safety, hazard recognition, and hazard-prevention leadership. The project has defined milestones (e.g., multiple dropshafts and a long tunnel), but there is no publicly available, project-wide completion date for the safety-management systems or subcontractor training. Coverage from reputable safety outlets corroborates the partnership but describes ongoing work rather than a completed outcome.
A key reliability note is that the primary sources are OSHA and industry safety outlets, which are credible for regulatory and safety topics; however, they report on ongoing efforts rather than final audits. Given the nature of such partnerships, it is reasonable to view the completion as contingent on continued implementation and training cycles, not as a single, time-bound finish. No contradictory evidence has emerged to suggest the initiative was canceled or abandoned.
Reliance on official OSHA documentation and corroborating industry reporting supports the interpretation that progress is underway, with concrete milestones likely to accumulate over the project’s duration. The completion condition—contractors developing safety systems and subcontractors completing hazard- recognition training—appears plausible but has not been publicly confirmed as complete as of 2026-02-12.
Update · Feb 12, 2026, 02:48 PMin_progress
The claim describes a partnership intended to help contractors develop safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The formal arrangement appears to have been established as part of an OSHA Strategic Partnership announced around January 13, 2026, between OSHA’s Manchester, NH office and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for the project in
Manchester,
New Hampshire. A predecessor document shows a formal partnership agreement dated December 9, 2025, indicating planning and formalization of the collaboration prior to public announcement.
Evidence on progress indicates the partnership framework is in place and active, with emphasis on safety system development, training, leadership engagement, and hazard recognition tied to construction activities on site. Industry coverage and city/agency communications around early January 2026 describe the program’s focus on reducing hazards, improving safety management, and training subcontractors in recognizing site-specific risks such as confined spaces, hazardous gases, and excavation safety. The formal completion criteria—contractors developing and implementing safety and health management systems and subcontractors receiving hazard-recognition training—appear as targets rather than completed milestones as of February 2026.
Reported milestones include the public announcement of the partnership and subsequent media coverage outlining the scope and focus areas of the safety program. There is no clear indication of a final completion date or explicit completion of all safety-system implementations and training within the available sources by February 2026. This suggests the program remains in progress, with ongoing activities and evaluation rather than a declared wrap-up.
Source reliability appears strong for the core claims: OSHA’s official release and contemporaneous outlets corroborate the partnership’s existence and purpose, while city communications confirm project activity and the broader commitment to safety. Taken together, the available reporting supports a status of ongoing implementation rather than completed closure as of 2026-02-12. Overall, the claim is substantially supported, but the project has not reached a declared completion as of the current date.
Update · Feb 12, 2026, 01:15 PMin_progress
Summary of the claim: The OSHA–Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture partnership would help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: The U.S. Department of Labor announced a formal strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi JV on January 13, 2026, focusing on hazard recognition, leadership engagement, and safety-system development for the
Manchester, NH project. Separate OSHA materials echo the partnership’s aims and governing structure.
Current status: As of February 12, 2026, public documents show the agreement exists and is being implemented, but there is no publicly published completion date or confirmation that all contractors have fully implemented safety/health management systems or that all subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training.
Milestones and timeline: The principal milestone to date is the January 13, 2026 release announcing the partnership. The CBDT project itself remains a multiyear construction effort, with ongoing safety activities described in official materials, but no post-implementation completion report is available yet.
Source reliability and caveats: The primary source is the Department of Labor’s OSHA release, an official government document. Additional industry coverage corroborates the partnership, but none provides a completed-implementation verdict. Given the short time since signing, treating the claim as in_progress is reasonable pending measurable completion data.
Follow-up note: A future update should confirm whether safety/health management systems have been developed and implemented across contractors and whether subcontractor hazard-recognition training has been completed, ideally by year-end 2026 or as milestones are reported.
Update · Feb 12, 2026, 11:29 AMin_progress
The claim states that the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the project sites. Evidence from public sources confirms the partnership was formed and announced in January 2026, with an agreement dated December 9, 2025, between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi JV for the Manchester, NH project (OSHA PDF/press materials; OH&S Online; related coverage). The initiative emphasizes strengthening safety systems, training, and leadership-driven hazard prevention at construction sites associated with the project (OHSA Online; Underground Infrastructure coverage).
Progress to date appears to be in the formation and initial implementation stage. The primary milestone publicly documented is the signing and publicizing of the OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement, outlining expectations for safety program development and training for workers and subcontractors (OSHA PDF/press materials, 2025–2026). No published record confirms full deployment of formal safety and health management systems across all contractors or completion of subcontractor hazard-recognition training on-site. Given the absence of a defined completion date and typical rollout timelines for comprehensive safety programs, status is best described as in_progress.
Reliability: sources include OSHA’s official release and reputable industry coverage, which corroborate the collaboration’s aims but do not yet provide on-site completion data. City communications provide project context but do not independently verify training or system deployment. Together, these sources support the claim’s promises while indicating that full completion has not yet been publicly confirmed.
Dates and milestones include the January 13, 2026 partnership announcement and the December 9, 2025 agreement signing. The materials describe aims (safety-management development, hazard recognition training, leadership engagement) but do not disclose a completion date or attestations. Ongoing updates from OSHA or project channels are needed to confirm progress toward on-site safety-management deployment and subcontractor training.
Update · Feb 12, 2026, 09:19 AMin_progress
Claim restatement: The OSHA Strategic Partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture aims to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. Progress evidence: OSHA announced the partnership in December 2025 (OSP agreement), with formal partnership activities publicly described by OSHA and press coverage noting safety systems development, hazard training, and leadership engagement as core aims (OSHA news release, OH&S article). Manchester city materials corroborate the project scope and hazard-management goals as of January 2026, including planned hazard controls and project milestones tied to stormwater tunnel construction (City of Manchester CBDT page). Reliability note: The primary sources are OSHA, trade safety press, and the city government; coverage consistently frames the effort as a collaborative safety program rather than a completed deliverable. Progress assessment: The partnership appears active and ongoing, with explicit focus on safety-management system development and hazard-recognition training, but there is no published completion date or final milestone indicating that all subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training or that contractors have fully implemented safety and health management systems across the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. This aligns with the information available as of early February 2026, which describes ongoing program activities rather than a final completion statement (OSHA release: 2026-01-13; OH&S article: 2026-01-13; City page: 2026-01-09).
Update · Feb 12, 2026, 04:43 AMin_progress
Claim restatement: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Evidence of progress: OSHA announced a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to promote worker safety and health for the
Manchester, NH project, with the formal partnership agreement signed in December 2025 and publicized in January 2026. The project is described as modernizing Manchester’s drainage system with a 2.25-mile tunnel, and the partnership emphasizes hazard recognition, confined-space safety, gas exposure, and leadership-driven safety practices. There is no publicly reported completion date or milestone indicating that safety management systems have been fully developed or that subcontractor training has been completed. Reliability note: primary source is the U.S. Department of Labor/OSHA press release (Jan 13, 2026) confirming the partnership, corroborated by OSHA and local project coverage; no independent post-release audit of completion exists as of 2026-02-11. Progress indicators and milestones: 1) December 9, 2025 – Strategic Partnership Agreement with Concord NH Area Office and Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV (documented in OSHA materials). 2) January 13, 2026 – DOL/OSHA news release detailing the partnership’s focus on preventing hazards, developing safety/health management systems, and training subcontractors. 3) January 2026 – Municipality project pages describe the CBDT project scope and ongoing construction; no completion report available. Status assessment: Based on available sources, the initiative is in the early implementation phase with structural partnership in place, but there is no evidence that contractors have fully developed and implemented safety/health management systems or that subcontractor training has been completed as of 2026-02-11. If the claim hinges on eventual completion, that milestone remains unverified and in_progress is the most reasonable designation. Source reliability: The core assertion comes from the DOL/OSHA News Release (official government source) dated January 13, 2026, and corroborating documents (OSHA partnership agreement). Local project pages provide context but do not supply additional completion data. The combination of federal release and project coverage supports a status of ongoing implementation rather than completion. Notes on incentives: The partnership aligns contractor safety governance with leadership engagement and hazard-prevention protocols, potentially increasing compliance costs in the short term but reducing risk and liability over the project lifecycle, consistent with OSHA’s strategic-partnership framework.
Update · Feb 12, 2026, 03:18 AMin_progress
What the claim states: The OSHA Strategic Partnership with the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the project site.
Progress evidence: OSHA announced the Strategic Partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH in December 2025, including emphasis on safety management systems, training, and leadership engagement (OSP agreement, 2025-12-09; OSHA press coverage 2026-01-13).
Status of completion: There is no public completion date or milestone indicating full deployment of safety systems or all subcontractor trainings completed as of early 2026; the arrangement describes ongoing work rather than finalized completion.
Milestones and dates: Formal partnership signed around December 9, 2025; subsequent reporting in January 2026 highlights focus areas like hazard recognition, safety systems, and leadership-driven hazard prevention. No published update showing finalization of all trainings or safety-management implementations.
Source reliability: Primary sources include OSHA strategic-partnership documents and industry reporting from reputable outlets (OSHA PDF, OHSA Online, municipal project page). These reflect standard references for federal safety partnerships and large infrastructure projects.
Update · Feb 12, 2026, 01:37 AMin_progress
Claim restatement: The OSHA Strategic Partnership on the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH, involves the partnership with the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at construction sites.
Progress evidence: Publicly available sources indicate the partnership was formally established in December 2025 (agreement notice) and publicly described by OSHA in January 2026, with emphasis on implementing safety systems, training, and leadership engagement for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Current status and milestones: As of February 11, 2026, there is no documented completion of the stated condition. The completion criteria (contractors developing/implementing safety and health management systems and subcontractors receiving hazard-recognition training) remain described as targets rather than finished milestones, and project activity on the tunnel project appears ongoing.
Source reliability and incentives: The most credible basis comes from the OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement document (Dec 2025) hosted on OSHA’s site and independent reporting (OH&S Online) confirming the January 2026 partnership announcement. These sources are department-level official materials and trade-press coverage, which strengthens objectivity but also reflects the program’s early-stage status rather than completed implementation. Given the lack of a published completion report, the status should be read as progress toward an ongoing safety initiative rather than a closed-out project.
Follow-up note: A targeted update should be revisited around a projected completion window or after OSHA publishes a substantive progress or completion report detailing specific safety-management system adoption and subcontractor hazard-training milestones at Cemetery Brook.
Update · Feb 11, 2026, 11:23 PMin_progress
The claim restates that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public documents show the partnership was formalized as an OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement (OSP) between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for the Manchester, NH project, with initial activity announced in late 2025 and early 2026. The available material emphasizes hazard recognition and safety system development as core aims of the partnership (OSHA release and related coverage).
Update · Feb 11, 2026, 08:52 PMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public records show that OSHA formally established a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for this Manchester, NH project, including a commitment to worker safety and health, with documents issued in December 2025 and January 2026. This sets the framework for ongoing safety-system development and hazard-recognition training, but does not itself confirm complete implementation or training finish dates.
Update · Feb 11, 2026, 07:31 PMin_progress
The claim states: a safety partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public coverage confirms the partnership was formed and described as aiming to strengthen safety systems and hazard recognition training, not that completion has occurred. The core promise is that contractors would implement safety management systems and that subcontractors would receive hazard-recognition training for work around construction sites at CBDT.
Evidence of progress: official and industry reporting indicates the OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement was established in early 2026 to support CBDT safety, with emphasis on leadership engagement, hazard recognition, and safety-management practices at the
Manchester, NH project. The January 13, 2026 press coverage cites the partnership goal and targeted safety improvements (confined-space, gases, excavation safety) as ongoing activities. A January 9–15, 2026 set of sources reiterates CBDT project scope and the safety partnership context, suggesting activities are underway but not yet completed.
Current status vs completion: there is no publicly available record of full completion of the safety-management systems or mandatory subcontractor training as of February 11, 2026. The material public reporting frames the partnership as an ongoing initiative with milestones to be achieved during the CBDT construction period, rather than a finished package. The completion condition you provided (systems developed and training completed) remains plausibly in-progress given the project’s three-year construction timeline.
Dates and milestones: the OSHA partnership agreement is documented in January 2026 documents, with coverage in sources dated January 13–15, 2026. The Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project itself is described as a multi-year effort beginning circa January 2026, with seven drop shafts and a 2.25-mile tunnel as core milestones; safety-related milestones are referenced but explicit proof of completed safety-management systems or completed subcontractor training is not shown in public records yet.
Reliability of sources: sources include OSHA’s official materials, OHSA-related industry outlets, and local project pages (Manchester NH). These are appropriate, national-level and local government-public-interest sources, supporting neutrality around safety incentives and process rather than partisan framing. Given the nature of the claim (ongoing safety partnership activities), these sources are reasonably reliable for assessing progress and current status, though they do not confirm final completion.
Follow-up note: to determine whether the completion condition is met, a follow-up update is recommended on a future milestone date—ideally after the CBDT safety programs have been fully implemented and subcontractor hazard-recognition training has been documented as completed (proposed follow-up: 2026-12-31).
Update · Feb 11, 2026, 04:50 PMin_progress
The claim states: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Public sources confirm the partnership exists (OSHA-DOL press release, 2026-01-13) and that an agreement was signed in 2025 to promote worker safety on CBDT; however, no final completion date for implementing the safety systems or completing subcontractor training is published.
OSHA’s announcement describes the initiative as a strategic partnership to help contractors develop safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards on construction sites.
The Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project is a multi-year infrastructure effort in
Manchester, NH, with ongoing construction activities, which aligns with a continuing safety-training and systems-implementation program rather than a closed, completed milestone (CBDT project updates; 2025–2026 timeline).
Reliability: The key sources are official agency releases and local project materials, which are appropriate for tracking government-partnered safety efforts; but they do not document a final completion of the stated milestones as of early 2026.
A follow-up in late 2026 could confirm whether the stated completion condition has been met.
Update · Feb 11, 2026, 02:52 PMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Public records show an OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement was signed for the project in December 2025, involving OSHA’s
Concord, NH area office and the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV, establishing safety-system and training objectives (OSHA 2025-12-09).
Further reporting describes the partnership’s focus on reducing hazards through improved safety systems, training, and leadership engagement during construction (OHSA Online, 2026-01-13).
City disclosures outline the project scope and safety emphases as part of
Manchester, NH’s broader sewer/stormwater program, corroborating ongoing safety initiatives (Manchester NH, 2026-01-09).
Update · Feb 11, 2026, 01:16 PMin_progress
The claim describes an OSHA-initiated partnership to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public sources confirm the partnership exists and targets safety-system development and hazard-recognition training, with the agreement dated December 9, 2025, and coverage through January 2026. The materials emphasize leadership engagement, confined-space and hazardous-gas safety, and hazard-prevention practices rather than a fully completed implementation. While the partnership is active, public records do not show a finalized completion of the stated milestones; progress is ongoing and not yet auditable as complete. Project-related updates from OSHA, trade outlets, and the
Manchester city site indicate momentum and ongoing safety-planning, but no publicly verifiable confirmation of full completion by February 2026.
Update · Feb 11, 2026, 11:27 AMin_progress
Summary of the claim: The partnership between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. The source framing quotes OSHA describing that the initiative will assist contractors in safety-management-system development and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards in construction settings. The stated completion condition is that contractors have developed and implemented such systems and subcontractors have received hazard recognition training; there is no fixed project completion date published for this milestone.
Evidence of progress: The U.S. Department of Labor – OSHA formally announced a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture on January 13, 2026, focused on worker safety and health during Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project construction, including hazard prevention, confined-space controls, and leadership-driven safety practices (DOL News Release, 2026-01-13; OSHA briefing).
What has changed so far: The partnership document and contemporaneous reporting describe plans to develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards; these are framed as ongoing activities rather than completed milestones. Independent coverage emphasizes safety-system improvements and training as intended outcomes, not as already completed deliverables (OHSA Online, 2026-01-13; Underground Infrastructure coverage, January 2026).
Milestones and dates: The DOL release dates the agreement January 13, 2026, with emphasis on leadership engagement, hazard identification protocols, and subcontractor training as ongoing priorities. The referenced documents do not provide a concrete, publicly disclosed completion date for the safety-management systems or the subcontractor training, which supports the view that progress is underway but not yet finished (DOL News Release 25-1534-BOS; OHSA Online article).
Reliability and incentives: The primary sources are official government releases (DOL/OSHA) and trade/industry coverage that name the project and partnership; these sources are generally reliable for announcements, but they do not present audited verification of completed safety-management systems or training completion. Given that the project’s completion date for the stated conditions is not published, and the announcements describe ongoing activities, the status should be interpreted as in_progress rather than complete.
Update · Feb 11, 2026, 09:07 AMin_progress
Claim restatement: The partnership aims to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH.
Progress evidence: OSHA announced a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for this project in January 2026, with related documentation indicating the agreement was formed in December 2025. Coverage notes the initiative focuses on safety and health management systems and hazard recognition training for site work.
Series of milestones: The formal partnership appears to have been established in 2025–2026, and subsequent reporting highlights ongoing safety-focused activities at the construction site, including attention to confined space, hazardous atmospheres, and leadership-driven hazard prevention. No public completion date has been published for the safety-management and training milestones.
Current status assessment: There is evidence the partnership is active and procedural in structure, but the article set does not provide a concrete completion date or confirm full implementation of safety-management systems across all contractors or that all subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training. The Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project itself is ongoing as of early 2026, suggesting the safety-system development and training work would be proceeding in parallel.
Source reliability note: Reporting from OSHA (the agency leading the partnership) and industry outlets (OH&S Online, Underground Infrastructure) offers credible, policy-aligned coverage. Manchester, NH project pages also reference project activity and updates. Taken together, sources indicate a live, in-progress effort rather than a completed handover of all milestones.
Update · Feb 11, 2026, 04:56 AMin_progress
What the claim states: the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The official announcement describes a January 13, 2026 OSHA partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture aimed at preventing worker injuries and hazards, and at establishing safety-management systems and subcontractor training for site hazards. Evidence to date: the DOL OSHA news release confirms the agreement and the focus areas (risk prevention, safety systems, training) as foundational steps; a parallel OSHA document outlines project scope and hazard context (confined spaces, gas exposure, excavation safety) that the partnership seeks to address. Completion status: no evidence of full completion; the partnership is newly formed, and the completion criteria (contractors developing/implementing safety systems and subcontractors being trained) would be evaluated as milestones over time. Relevant dates and milestones: January 13, 2026 is the signing date; the detailed scope and hazard focus are described in accompanying materials (OSHA release and related PDFs). Source reliability: the leading source is the U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA release, supported by industry coverage and project pages from
Manchester, NH authorities; these are primary or highly reputable secondary sources. The coverage consistently portrays the arrangement as a starting point for safety improvements rather than a completed program, and emphasizes leadership engagement and hazard-prevention protocols as ongoing objectives.
Update · Feb 11, 2026, 02:57 AMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement for the CBDT project was signed in late 2025, signaling intent to strengthen safety systems and hazard recognition on site. January 2026 coverage highlighted the partnership’s focus on safety systems, training, and hazard prevention, but publicly available evidence of full implementation remains incomplete.
Progress evidence includes the formal partnership signing and subsequent statements describing emphasis on safety-management development, hazard recognition training, and leadership-driven hazard prevention for construction work around the CBDT project in
Manchester, NH. Industry outlets cited improved safety systems and training as core aims, including aspects like confined-space and hazardous gases, yet they did not publish a site-by-site implementation log. There is no public, authoritative completion confirmation as of 2026-02-10.
Key milestones identified are the December 9, 2025 agreement and the January 2026 wave of press coverage confirming focus areas. Given the CBDT project’s multi-year scope, the explicit completion condition—contractors’ safety/health management systems and subcontractor hazard-training completion—has not been publicly certified as complete. Overall, the partnership appears active and progressing toward the stated goals, but not yet complete.
Reliability comes from the OSHA strategic-partnership document and corroborating trade coverage. Primary sources (OSHA and the project’s municipal context) provide the strongest basis for the claim’s premises, while trade outlets corroborate the emphasis on safety systems and hazard training, without asserting completion. The current evidence supports ongoing progress rather than a finished milestone.
I can continue monitoring OSHA updates and local project disclosures for concrete completion signals (e.g., hazard-recognition trainings completed, safety-management plans finalized) and update the assessment with specific dates and milestones when available.
Update · Feb 11, 2026, 02:05 AMin_progress
The claim describes an OSHA partnership to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public records show a formal partnership agreement announced in January 2026 focusing on safety systems, hazard recognition, and leadership-driven hazard prevention. Evidence indicates progress—signing of the partnership and coverage describing training emphasis and safety-system improvements—but no public completion milestone has been shown as of 2026-02-10.
Update · Feb 10, 2026, 11:34 PMin_progress
Restated claim: The OSHA-partnered safety initiative for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at construction sites.
Evidence of progress: Public disclosures establish that a strategic partnership was formed between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for the Manchester, NH project, with initial announcements in December 2025 (agreement) and January 2026 (partnership details). These sources describe efforts to improve safety systems, leadership engagement, hazard recognition training for subcontractors, and other safety-management activities on site. See OSHA PDF agreement (2025-12-09) and OH&S feature (2026-01-13).
Current status of completion: There is no publicly announced completion date or milestone list that confirms the safety-management systems are fully developed or that all subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training. The outlets frame the effort as ongoing with defined collaboration, training, and system-development goals but do not indicate finalization.
Milestones and dates (where available): The key public anchors are the 2025-12-09 agreement and the 2026-01-13 announcement describing program intent, focus areas (hazard recognition, confine-space, gases, excavation safety), and leadership-driven hazard prevention. There are no published dates for final rollout, sign-off, or full training completion. Manchester city materials emphasize project scope and schedule but do not provide completion dates for safety deliverables.
Reliability of sources: The coverage comes from OSHA-affiliated materials and industry-safety outlets (OH&S and related industry press). These sources clearly describe the partnership and intended safety activities, but they do not provide auditable completion data. Given the nature of the claim, the sources are appropriate for tracking progress and milestones, while recognizing that a final completion date remains unreported.
Follow-up note: To assess status with greater certainty, follow up on the project’s official safety-plan milestones, subcontractor training completion reports, and any updates from OSHA or the City of Manchester as the project progresses.
Update · Feb 10, 2026, 09:36 PMin_progress
Claim restatement: The OSHA-Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture partnership for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the construction site.
Evidence of progress: The U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA press release (Jan 13, 2026) confirms a strategic partnership focused on preventing worker exposure to hazards, developing safety and health management systems, and providing hazard-recognition training for subcontractors.
Evidence of current status: The announcements describe the partnership as established and underway, with emphasis on leadership engagement, hazard identification protocols, and training components, but do not indicate full completion of safety-management implementations or a finalized training completion tally.
Dates and milestones: The official release is dated January 13, 2026. Related reporting (OH&S article) repeats the scope and objectives but likewise does not provide a completion date or milestone that marks full implementation.
Source reliability and interpretation: The core claims come from primary government (DOL/OSHA) documentation and corroborating industry reporting, indicating a credible, policy-driven effort rather than a completed, end-state deliverable. Given the absence of a stated closure date, progress appears ongoing and the completion conditions remain unmet as of 2026-02-10.
Follow-up note: If available, a status update or completion report should be revisited on or after 2026-06-01 to assess whether safety-management systems are fully implemented and subcontractor hazard-training milestones have been completed.
Update · Feb 10, 2026, 07:39 PMin_progress
The claim states that a safety partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public records show OSHA formalized a Strategic Partnership Agreement for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH, with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture, around December 2025 to January 2026, indicating initial alignment on safety systems and hazard-recognition training (OSHA.gov; OH&S coverage).
Evidence so far confirms the partnership framework is in place and focusing on key risk areas (confined spaces, hazardous gases, excavation safety, leadership-driven hazard prevention) and on building safety-management capacity for contractors and subcontractors (OSHA press release and industry reporting). The formal agreement documents and industry reporting describe planned activities and milestones rather than final completion, with no publicly announced project-wide closure or completion date.
There is no completion date publicly posted to date, and the Cemetery Brook project itself appears ongoing with safety collaboration continuing through 2026 (explicit partnership announcements dated January 13, 2026, and related coverage). The reliability of sources is strengthened by official OSHA materials and industry trade outlets covering the same partnership goals and scope.
Milestones to monitor going forward include: continued implementation of safety and health management systems on site, hazard-recognition training for subcontractors, and documented evidence of reductions in site hazards or improved safety metrics tied to the partnership (as reported by OSHA and OH&S outlets). If subsequent updates confirm contractors have fully developed and implemented safety systems with trained subcontractors, the status could move toward “complete”; given current publicly available information, the status remains “in_progress.”
Update · Feb 10, 2026, 04:50 PMin_progress
OSHA established a Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project Strategic Partnership aimed at helping contractors develop safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards. Public records show the partnership agreement and related materials focusing on safety-system development, hazard recognition training, and leadership engagement for the
Manchester, NH project, with a December 2025 agreement and January 2026 announcements. There is no published completion date; progress is evident but not yet verified as complete as of 2026-02-10.
Update · Feb 10, 2026, 02:54 PMin_progress
Restated claim: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Evidence of progress: OSHA announced a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture on January 13, 2026, to promote worker safety during construction of Manchester’s Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The release cites goals including hazard prevention, safety-system development, and subcontractor training, indicating ongoing activity rather than a finished milestone.
Update · Feb 10, 2026, 01:13 PMin_progress
Claim restated: a partnership was formed to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors on hazard recognition for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Evidence shows the partnership was established in late 2025, with OSHA documentation outlining the safety-management and training goals. In January 2026, OSHA publicly announced a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to promote worker safety during the
Manchester, NH project, aligning with the claim’s scope. Public project pages from Manchester indicate ongoing construction activity and safety communications, but do not show a final completion milestone for the safety systems or subcontractor training.
Update · Feb 10, 2026, 11:43 AMin_progress
The claim describes that the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project partnership will help the contractor team develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the CBDT site. Public records show the partnership was established in late 2025 and is active in early 2026, with OSHA emphasizing site-safety and hazard recognition as core elements (OSHA release, Jan 13, 2026; CBDT announcement). A Dec 2025 OSHA strategic-partnership document confirms the agreement between OSHA, the Concord NH Area Office, and Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV for the CBDT Project, aligning with the claimed goals. While the partnership is ongoing, specific milestones for SHMS development/implementation and subcontractor hazard-recognition training are not publicly dated as completed as of February 2026, so the completion condition is not yet met according to available sources.
Update · Feb 10, 2026, 09:15 AMin_progress
Summary of the claim: The OSHA partnership with the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project aims to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the site. The project lacks a fixed completion date and, as of early 2026, public records show progress but no public confirmation that both milestones (systems in place and training completed) are fully achieved.
Update · Feb 10, 2026, 05:00 AMin_progress
The claim states that the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the site. Public records show that OSHA formed a Strategic Partnership Agreement about the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture, signaling a commitment to improving safety systems and hazard recognition on the project.
Evidence of progress includes the January 13, 2026 OSHA announcement and accompanying coverage describing the partnership’s aims to reduce construction hazards through enhanced safety systems, training, and leadership engagement at the
Manchester, NH project. These sources identify the focus areas but do not provide a detailed, contractor-by-contractor status update on implemented safety management systems or completed subcontractor training as of now.
In terms of completion, there is no publicly available date or milestone indicating that all contractors have fully developed and implemented safety and health management systems or that all subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training. The completion condition remains plausible but not verifiable as completed based on public records through February 9, 2026.
Notes on source reliability: OSHA’s official release and industry coverage are consistent and cite the same partnership with the JV. City-level project pages corroborate project scope and funding but do not provide granular post-announcement updates on safety-management implementations. Overall, public records support ongoing safety efforts without confirming full completion.
Update · Feb 10, 2026, 04:20 AMin_progress
Claim restatement: The OSHA Strategic Partnership with the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project would help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards on site. Public sources describe the partnership as focusing on safety systems, training, and hazard prevention at the
Manchester, NH tunnel project, with the completion condition stating that all contractors have implemented safety/health management systems and all subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training.
Progress evidence: OSHA posted a Strategic Partnership Agreement in December 2025 formalizing the collaboration on CBDT. January 2026 coverage reiterates the aims around implementing safety systems, training, and leadership-driven hazard prevention for the CBDT project. The CBDT project is described as a multi-year effort, consistent with ongoing implementation rather than complete closure.
Completion status: As of 2026-02-09, the partnership exists and progress toward developing/implementing safety and health management systems and delivering hazard-recognition training is ongoing, but explicit milestone confirmation of full completion across all contractors/subcontractors is not publicly documented.
Reliability note: The primary OSHA partnership document is authoritative; secondary trade outlets corroborate the aims and early progress but do not provide a definitive completion stamp. The Manchester project page provides context but is not a substitute for milestone-level verification.
Incentive context: The arrangement aligns safety/regulatory incentives with project delivery, emphasizing hazard-prevention leadership and standardized training to reduce construction risks at CBDT.
Update · Feb 09, 2026, 11:02 PMin_progress
Claim restatement: A partnership was formed to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH.
Evidence of progress: OSHA announced a strategic partnership on January 13, 2026, between its
Concord, NH office and the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project (agreement details published by OSHA). Industry outlets and trade press reported on the partnership, highlighting a focus on safety systems, training, and leadership engagement for the project. The underlying partnership agreement was publicly posted in December 2025, indicating preparatory work leading into the January 2026 announcement. Sources include OSHA’s official posting and follow-on coverage from OH&S industry outlets.
Current status: As of February 9, 2026, there is no public evidence that the project-wide safety and health management systems have been fully developed and implemented, nor that all subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training. The available materials indicate the partnership is active and aimed at establishing improved safety processes, with initial steps and commitments outlined, but no definitive completion milestone has been reported.
Dates and milestones: Key dates include the December 9, 2025 posting of the partnership agreement and the January 13, 2026 OSHA announcement. The project itself remains a large-scale ongoing construction effort in Manchester, NH, with safety-system development framed as part of the contract work; no completion date for the safety-management implementation is published.
Reliability and caveats: The sources are official OSHA documentation and multiple industry outlets reporting on the partnership, providing a reasonable cross-check. Given the early stage of the partnership, progress is likely incremental and subject to project scheduling and regulatory oversight. The claim’s completion condition (fully developed and implemented safety systems and training completed for all subcontractors) has not yet been evidenced publicly.
Update · Feb 09, 2026, 09:09 PMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public documents confirm the partnership was signed and announced, with OSHA naming the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture as a partner for safety and health coordination on the project (DOL OSHA release, 2026-01-13; OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement, 2025-12-09).
The project itself involves a 2.25-mile tunnel and multiple construction elements, indicating active work and ongoing safety planning (Manchester, NH project overview, 2026-01-09).
There is no published evidence yet that contractors have fully developed and implemented formal safety and health management systems or that subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training, which would constitute completion of the stated promise (no completion announcements or milestones reported to date).
The available materials describe anticipated activities and framework for safety, leadership accountability, and hazard identification, rather than a finalized, completed program rollout. Overall, the sources establish that the partnership exists and that safety objectives are being pursued, but they do not document full completion of the stated condition as of 2026-02-09.
Update · Feb 09, 2026, 07:28 PMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Evidence confirms a formal OSHA partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture was established on January 13, 2026 to promote worker safety and health during the project, including preventing exposure to gases, confined spaces, and other hazards. The initiative also references developing safety and health management systems and training for subcontractors, with a focus on leadership, accountability, and hazard identification. As of February 9, 2026, there is no published evidence that those safety-management implementations or training milestones have been completed; the effort appears in the early, ongoing phase.
Update · Feb 09, 2026, 04:48 PMin_progress
The claim describes OSHA's strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to help develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors on hazard recognition at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. Public documents from January 2026 show the partnership and its focus areas, but no public completion confirmation as of early 2026. The CBDT project itself remains under construction, with milestones centered on safety planning and hazard prevention rather than a finalized proof of completion. Overall, evidence indicates progress and formal engagement, but the completion condition has not yet been met.
Update · Feb 09, 2026, 02:44 PMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will help contractors develop safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public records show the partnership was formed and publicly announced in January 2026, with an OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement referenced and dated to December 2025, indicating formal steps toward safety-system development and hazard-recognition training on site. There is no documentation of final completion, and completion dates are not provided in the sources available as of 2026-02-09.
Update · Feb 09, 2026, 01:13 PMin_progress
Summary of the claim: The partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The claim has public backing via an OSHA strategic-partnership framework, but there is no documented closure showing all contractors have completed the required safety systems or that all subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training as of 2026-02-09.
Evidence of progress: OSHA published the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement (Dec 9, 2025) detailing safety-system development and training aims, and a Jan 13, 2026 announcement reiterates a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi JV for safety improvements at the site.
Current status and milestones: The partnership appears active with formal documentation and media coverage, but there is no public record of final completion of the safety-management systems by all contractors or uniform completion of subcontractor training by early February 2026. No date is provided for project-wide completion beyond ongoing implementation.
Source reliability: Primary evidence comes from OSHA’s partnership documentation and contemporaneous trade reporting. Coverage from industry outlets corroborates the partnership goals but does not establish completion of the stated milestones, indicating progress is underway but not yet complete.
Incentives: The arrangement aligns with OSHA’s objective to reduce hazards; contractor incentives include implementing safety-management systems and ensuring subcontractor training to avoid hazards, with progress measured by deployment and training uptake across the workforce.
Update · Feb 09, 2026, 11:26 AMin_progress
The claim describes an OSHA Strategic Partnership to help Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the construction site. Evidence shows the partnership was formed in late 2025 and publicly announced in January 2026, with the initiative aiming to reduce hazards through enhanced safety systems, training, and leadership engagement.
Update · Feb 09, 2026, 08:56 AMin_progress
The claim describes an OSHA-backed partnership to help Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors in hazard recognition. Public records show an OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture announced December 9, 2025, with ongoing coverage through January 2026 highlighting safety-system development and hazard-recognition training as objectives. Independent verification of completed safety-management systems or fully trained subcontractors on site is not publicly documented as of now; progress appears to be ongoing with milestones contingent on site activities and contractor compliance. Given the project’s scale and construction timeline, these outcomes are plausible as near-term goals rather than completed deliverables, and continued updates are needed to confirm completion.
Update · Feb 09, 2026, 04:25 AMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The announcement confirms a new strategic partnership between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture focused on safety systems development and hazard-recognition training for subcontractors. This establishes the intent and early scope of work, but does not indicate completion of the systematic milestones yet (OSHA news release, 2026-01-13; OH&S summary, 2026-01-13).
Progress evidence to date includes the formal partnership formation and a defined agenda addressing confined-space risks, gases, excavation safety, and leadership-driven hazard prevention. Multiple outlets report that the partnership aims to prevent worker exposure to hazards and to assist in creating safety and health management systems, with training components for subcontractors (OSHA release, 2026-01-13; OH&S article, 2026-01-13).
There is no publicly available evidence that the safety-management systems have been developed and implemented across the project or that subcontractor hazard-recognition training has been completed. News figures and project pages describe the initiative and its objectives, but do not provide milestones or status updates on completion (OSHA release, 2026-01-13;
Manchester project page, 2026-01-09).
Key dates and milestones identified include the January 13, 2026 partnership announcement and the project’s scope to modernize Manchester’s drainage system with a 2.25-mile tunnel and associated structures. The sources do not specify a completion date or a point at which all contractors have adopted formal safety-management systems or completed subcontractor training (OSHA release, 2026-01-13; OH&S article, 2026-01-13).
Source reliability appears strong: OSHA’s official release and industry-trade coverage (OH&S) corroborate the partnership and its focal safety areas. Local project pages add context about the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project, but do not supply independent completion data. Taken together, the evidence supports ongoing progress toward the stated goals, without evidence of formal completion as of the current date (2026-02-08).
Follow-up note: A substantive update should be sought after mid to late 2026 to confirm whether safety-management systems have been implemented and subcontractor hazard-training completed for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Follow-up date: 2026-12-31.
Update · Feb 09, 2026, 02:19 AMin_progress
The claim states the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards on site.
OSHA publicly announced an OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement for the cemetery Brook project in December 2025, and coverage from industry outlets confirms a safety-focused JV (Methuen Obayashi) is involved and that hazard recognition and training are core aims.
As of January 2026,
Manchester city and OSHA indicate ongoing project activity with safety initiatives, but there is no publicly posted completion date for the safety-management systems or subcontractor training milestones.
Key dates include Dec 9, 2025 (OSP announcement) and Jan 2026 (documented ongoing safety work). The completion condition—contractors developing/implementing safety systems and subcontractors receiving hazard-recognition training—has not yet been published as completed.
Reliability-wise, primary sources are OSHA’s partnership documents and the
Manchester project site, with corroboration from OHSA Online, while industry outlets summarize the initiative. These sources support ongoing progress rather than a closed-out completion.
Follow-up on this topic should track updated OSHA partnership actions and the project’s safety progress reports, especially any published milestones for contractor safety-system deployment and subcontractor training, plus any revised timelines.
Update · Feb 09, 2026, 12:37 AMin_progress
Restated claim: The OSHA partnership aims to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH.
Progress evidence: OSHA announced a strategic partnership on January 13, 2026 with the Methuen Obayashi JV (the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project) to focus on safety systems, training, and hazard prevention. The agreement was preceded by a partnership notice in December 2025 and involves alignment with local agencies to reduce construction hazards, including confined-space and hazardous-gas concerns. Multiple outlets reported on the initiative, emphasizing leadership-driven hazard prevention and safety-system improvements (OHSA Online, Underground Infrastructure, EHS Leaders).
Milestones and current status: Public statements describe intended activities (development/implementation of safety and health management systems and subcontractor hazard-recognition training) but do not indicate formal completion or certified rollout. There is no published completion date or milestone confirming that all contractors have completed safety-management systems or that subcontractors have completed hazard-training, as of 2026-02-08. City of Manchester materials corroborate ongoing project work but do not provide a post-implementation progress report on safety systems.
Reliability of sources: The core facts come from OSHA’s own partnership announcement and subsequent industry coverage (OHSA Daily Release, OHSA Online, Underground Infrastructure, EHS Leaders) plus local project context from the City of Manchester. These sources are standard professional outlets for workplace safety partnerships and construction-related safety programs; however, they primarily describe intent and early steps rather than final outcomes.
Assessment note: Given the absence of a completion date or a formal progress report showing completed safety-management systems and trained subcontractors, the claim should be considered in_progress. If the project advances to concrete milestones (e.g., documented deployment of safety-management systems across all contract tiers and a verified training completion rate), those should be tracked for a future update.
Follow-up: 2026-06-30
Update · Feb 08, 2026, 10:44 PMin_progress
Summary of the claim: The OSHA partnership described safety-management system development and subcontractor hazard-recognition training for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH.
Update · Feb 08, 2026, 08:24 PMin_progress
Claim restatement: The OSHA partnership between the U.S. Department of Labor and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture aims to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. The objective is to improve safety by addressing gas exposure, confined spaces, and other site hazards as construction proceeds.
Update · Feb 08, 2026, 06:53 PMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The available reporting indicates the arrangement is underway but not yet completed, with no firm completion date published. Evidence points to initial steps being taken toward safety-system development and hazard recognition training as part of the project’s safety governance.
Update · Feb 08, 2026, 04:24 PMin_progress
The claim describes an OSHA partnership to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Evidence shows an OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement for Cemetery Brook exists (Dec 2025), with January 2026 coverage describing the focus on safety management and hazard recognition, but no public milestone confirming full completion as of Feb 2026. Therefore, progress is underway but not yet completed based on available sources.
Update · Feb 08, 2026, 02:30 PMin_progress
The claim states that a safety partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. This framing matches the objective described by OSHA and project partners to elevate safety management and hazard recognition on site. (OSHA 2025-12-09 agreement; OSHA 2026-01-13 release).
Evidence of progress includes the formal OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project, dated December 9, 2025, between OSHA, the Concord NH Area Office, and the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV, focusing on reducing hazards and enhancing safety systems at the
Manchester, NH project (OSHA PDF).
Public reporting in January 2026 notes the partnership aims to strengthen safety systems, training, and leadership engagement during construction, with ongoing implementation rather than a completed handoff (OH&S Online; multiple industry outlets).
As of early 2026, there is no publicly announced completion date for the safety-management implementations or the subcontractor training; the project is ongoing, and safety-focused milestones are tied to the partnership’s activities over the project duration. Reliability rests on official OSHA documents and project updates from Manchester’s city pages and trade press, which align on the ongoing nature of safety work rather than a finished state.
Update · Feb 08, 2026, 12:43 PMin_progress
The claim describes an OSHA strategic partnership to help Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project contractors develop safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards. Public records show the partnership was formed in 2025 and publicly announced in January 2026, with documentation detailing training and safety-system implementation efforts. Evidence to date indicates ongoing implementation (not a final completion) as of early February 2026, with milestones focused on safety management development and hazard-recognition training at the construction sites.
Update · Feb 08, 2026, 11:22 AMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public records show OSHA formed a Strategic Partnership with the Methuen Obayashi JV for Manchester, NH, announced December 2025 and active January 2026. There is evidence of ongoing collaboration and safety-focused activities, but no published completion date or confirmation that all contractors have completed safety/health management systems or that subcontractor hazard recognition training is fully implemented project-wide. Given the newness of the partnership and lack of a formal completion milestone, progress appears underway but not yet completed.
Update · Feb 08, 2026, 09:12 AMin_progress
Claim restatement: A strategic OSHA partnership between the U.S. Department of Labor and Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture aims to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: The Jan. 13, 2026 DOL OSHA news release announces the signing of the partnership and outlines its focus on preventing hazards such as gas, confined spaces, and struck-by incidents, as well as promoting safe excavation practices and the use of shoring and protective systems. The release describes planned activities like leadership engagement, accountability measures, worker participation strategies, and hazard identification protocols.
Current status relative to completion: There is no reported completion date or milestone indicating that all contractors have fully developed and implemented safety and health management systems or that all subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training. The document frames the partnership as an ongoing collaboration and programmatic effort rather than a finished deliverable. Based on the available information, the initiative appears to be in the early deployment phase.
Reliability and context: The primary source is an official DOL OSHA news release (official government source, dated 2026-01-13). The article provides explicit description of goals and activities but does not offer independent verification of full implementation or completion. Given the lack of a defined completion date, the assessment leans toward ongoing progress rather than finished status.
Update · Feb 08, 2026, 04:26 AMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems (SHMS) and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The original report frames the initiative as a collaborative effort between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to address hazards typical of large construction sites. It promises leadership engagement, accountability measures, and robust hazard identification protocols as part of the program.
Progress evidence exists in the January 13, 2026 DOL/OSHA press release announcing the strategic partnership. The release outlines goals such as preventing exposure to gas, confined spaces, and other hazards, and notes that the initiative will assist contractors in developing and implementing SHMS and train subcontractors on recognizing hazards. However, the article does not provide concrete milestones, dates, or completion criteria.
There is no public indication in the cited sources that the SHMS development, SHMS implementation, or subcontractor training have been completed. The press release describes intended activities and governance features but stops short of reporting outcomes or a completion status. Without follow-up data, it is unclear whether these activities have reached full implementation at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
The available sources are official government communications (DOL/OSHA), which bolster reliability but do not document measurable progress beyond the announced partnership. Given the lack of published milestones or a completion date, the status cannot be confirmed as complete. Based on current publicly available information, the claim remains in_progress and pending verifiable completion.
Source reliability note: The report relies on the U.S. Department of Labor and OSHA press release (January 13, 2026), an official primary source for the partnership announcement. No independent follow-up reports with milestones are found in major outlets at this time.
Cited source: DOL/OSHA press release, January 13, 2026 (Facility: Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project, Manchester, NH).
Update · Feb 08, 2026, 02:23 AMin_progress
What the claim states: The OSHA Strategic Partnership with Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. This reflects the partnership language described by OSHA and partner materials for the Manchester, NH CBDT project.
Evidence of progress: OSHA announced the partnership on Jan 13, 2026, to promote worker safety during CBDT construction, with hazard recognition and leadership-driven hazard prevention emphasized in the agreement and coverage. The CBDT project details and related OSHA documents indicate the partnership is active, with a formal agreement dated around Dec 9, 2025.
Status and milestones: Public sources confirm the partnership exists and is underway, but there is no publicly posted completion date or milestone log showing full development/implementation of safety and health management systems or complete subcontractor training. Completion remains in_progress pending further updates from OSHA or project authorities.
Source reliability: OSHA and industry trades provide primary context and authoritative framing for the partnership; local government pages corroborate project context. Given the absence of a definitive completion report in public records, the status should be treated as ongoing.
Incentives: The arrangement aligns contractor safety incentives with OSHA’s safety objectives, potentially accelerating hazard training and system implementation as the project progresses. Public updates should clarify when completion criteria are met.
Update · Feb 08, 2026, 12:34 AMin_progress
The claim states the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Evidence from the OSHA/Department of Labor release confirms a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to promote worker safety and health during the project, including efforts around safety system development and subcontractor training. Public reporting also notes the project context and hazard-prevention focus (confined spaces, gases, excavation safety) as part of the partnership framework.
Update · Feb 07, 2026, 10:40 PMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. This is supported by OSHA documentation establishing a strategic partnership for safety during the
Manchester, NH tunnel project, including emphasis on creating safety and health management systems and hazard recognition training for subcontractors (OSHA, 2026-01-13; agreement notice 2025-12-09).
Evidence of progress includes the formal partnership agreement finalized in December 2025 and subsequent OSHA communications in January 2026 detailing the focus areas, such as hazard recognition and safety program development for contractors and subcontractors (OSHA PDFs and industry coverage). Groundbreaking and project initiation activities were publicly noted in 2025, with the project described as a large CSO-related effort in Manchester (late 2025 press and local reporting).
As of 2026-02-07, there is no publicly reported completion of safety-management-system implementation or a fully completed subcontractor training rollout. The available sources describe the partnership setup and planned focus areas, but do not provide a completion milestone or documentary evidence that all contractors have fully adopted the systems or that all subcontractors have finished training.
Key milestones include the December 2025 partnership agreement and the January 2026 OSHA outlining of program aims, plus contemporaneous project milestones such as the project’s early-2025 award and a September 2025 groundbreaking described by local and legal/consulting coverage. The reliability of these sources is high for the stated contractual and programmatic steps, though formal verification of full system implementation remains outstanding.
Update · Feb 07, 2026, 08:28 PMin_progress
Claim restatement: The OSHA Strategic Partnership with Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to support Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project aims to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the site. Evidence shows the partnership was formed and publicly described in December 2025 with follow-up coverage in January 2026. There is no published completion date; progress is described as ongoing with focus on safety systems and hazard recognition training. Given the lack of a fixed milestone or completion date, the status is best categorized as in_progress rather than complete or failed. Public sources include the OSHA partnership document, OHSA Online coverage, and city/project context reporting.
Update · Feb 07, 2026, 06:49 PMin_progress
Claim restatement: The article stated that a partnership would help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH.
Evidence of progress: OSHA announced a Strategic Partnership Agreement in January 2026 between OSHA’s
Concord, NH office and the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project, describing joint efforts to improve safety systems, training, and hazard prevention. Industry coverage from OH&S Online and Underground Infrastructure in January 2026 reiterates leadership engagement and hazard prevention on the site, consistent with initial rollout.
Progress toward completion: As of early February 2026 there is no public declaration of completion of the described safety-management systems or a finalized training milestone. The material available frames the partnership as an ongoing process with initial training and safety planning rather than a finished state.
Milestones and dates: The primary public signal is the January 2026 OSHA release and subsequent January 2026 reporting (OH&S Online, Underground Infrastructure), with
Manchester city materials dating from early to mid-January 2026 describing project scope and safety emphasis.
Source reliability: The core claims come from OSHA’s official partnership announcement and corroborating trade press and city communications from January 2026, which collectively describe a kickoff and early-stage work rather than a completed program. The incentives for safety-focused outcomes align with typical industry practice for large infrastructure projects.
Update · Feb 07, 2026, 04:23 PMin_progress
The claim describes a partnership that will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The January 13, 2026 OSHA news release confirms a formal partnership between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture focused on preventing worker injuries and exposures to hazards, and on safety-management system development and subcontractor training (DOL OSHA release, 2026-01-13).
Evidence of progress toward these aims is visible in the project’s lifecycle: the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project is a major
Manchester, NH stormwater initiative with a contract awarded in May 2025 to the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture, and site work commenced by mid-2025 as authorities prepared for construction (Manchester Union Leader coverage, 2025; WMUR reporting 2025).
The partnership is described as ongoing and not yet completed, with the completion condition requiring contractors to have safety and health management systems in place and subcontractors trained. The DOL release does not indicate completion but frames the collaboration as a preventive, systems-building effort intended to be implemented during construction (DOL OSHA release, 2026-01-13).
Key milestones include the May 2025 contract award, the August 2025 site-prep activities, and ongoing collaboration described by OSHA to integrate safety management practices and training for workers. These milestones suggest progress toward the stated goals but do not establish that all systems are fully developed or training completed (local coverage: Manchester news sites; project briefs, 2025).
Source quality varies across outlets, but the core assertion is corroborated by the DOL OSHA release naming the partnership and its safety-focused objectives, supplemented by regional reporting on contract awards and site preparation. The combination of a federal agency announcement and verifiable project milestones supports a cautious conclusion of in_progress rather than complete or failed.
Notes on reliability: the primary citation is an official OSHA release describing the partnership’s objectives; supplementary local reporting provides timeline context. No conflicting information has emerged to date that would contradict the partnership or its safety-training aims (DOL OSHA release, 2026-01-13; Manchester-area coverage, 2025).
Update · Feb 07, 2026, 02:31 PMin_progress
Promised: The partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Evidence of progress: OSHA announced the strategic partnership on January 13, 2026, with a partnership agreement document referencing the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project, and press coverage highlighting training and hazard-recognition aims. Current status: Completion of the stated condition has not yet been publicly reported; the project remains underway.
Update · Feb 07, 2026, 12:50 PMin_progress
Restatement of the claim: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: The U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA announced a formal partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture on January 13, 2026 to promote worker safety and health during CBDT construction, with explicit aims to develop safety and health management systems and train subcontractors on hazard recognition. City updates confirm ongoing CBDT construction and public notices, but do not show completed safety-system adoption or training milestones.
Progress status: The partnership is in its early implementation phase and aims to establish systems and training; no public documentation confirms full development and rollout of safety/health management systems or completion of subcontractor hazard-recognition training.
Milestones and dates: The partnership formalized on January 13, 2026. Public CBDT materials note continued construction activities (e.g., blasting notices, lane closures) through 2025–2026, indicating ongoing work rather than a completed safety program rollout.
Reliability and balance: The cited sources are primary official communications (OSHA release; Manchester CBDT project page), supporting a cautious, in_progress assessment rather than a claimed completion.
Overall assessment: A formal partnership exists and construction proceeds, but there is no evidence yet of fully implemented safety/health management systems or completed subcontractor training, so the status remains in_progress.
Update · Feb 07, 2026, 11:23 AMin_progress
What was claimed: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: OSHA announced a strategic partnership on the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project between the U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA, the Concord NH Area Office, and the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV. The initial agreement and accompanying materials emphasize safety systems development, training, and hazard recognition, with public documents dated December 2025 and January 2026. Coverage from industry outlets reiterates focus on safety systems, training, and leadership engagement for the
Manchester, NH project.
Current status: As of February 7, 2026, the partnership appears to be in the early-to-mid implementation phase. There is clear commitment to safety-system development and training, but no publicly available confirmation that all contractors have completed safety-health management systems or that all subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training. No definitive completion date is listed and no post-implementation milestones are publicly documented.
Reliability note: Sources include OSHA official materials (project partnership documents and press coverage) and industry reporting that cite the partnership’s aims. While these confirm intent and initial steps, they do not provide a final completion verification. Given the project’s scope and the recency of the partnership, a cautious, in-progress assessment is warranted.
Update · Feb 07, 2026, 09:20 AMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public OSHA statements confirm the partnership exists and aims to prevent injuries on site, including training for subcontractors and establishing safety management systems (OSHA news release, 2026-01-13). The project context involves modernization of
Manchester’s drainage with a gravity-fed stormwater tunnel, which frames the partnership’s safety objectives.
Update · Feb 07, 2026, 05:13 AMin_progress
Restatement of the claim: The OSHA partnership between the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture and OSHA aims to develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester. The project is described as a modernization of Manchester’s drainage system with a focus on hazard prevention and proper excavation practices (OSHA/DOL release, 2026-01-13).
Evidence of progress: The January 13, 2026 DOL/OSHA news release confirms the formation of a strategic partnership and outlines planned activities, including development of safety and health management systems and training for subcontractors. The release details the intended emphasis on leadership, accountability, worker participation, and hazard identification but does not provide downstream progress metrics or completion status as of February 2026 (OSHA/DOL release, 2026-01-13).
Current status and completion: There is no publicly available follow-up indicating that contractors have fully developed and implemented safety/health management systems or that subcontractor training has been completed at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The completion condition remains unverified in public DOL/OSHA communications to date (OSHA/DOL release, 2026-01-13).
Dates and milestones: The primary milestone announced is the partnership itself on January 13, 2026, with described goals, but no concrete milestone dates or completion date are provided in the initial release. No subsequent official updates have been located through public OSHA or DOL channels by early February 2026 (OSHA/DOL release, 2026-01-13).
Source reliability and caveats: The information comes directly from the U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA news release, a primary and official source for this partnership. The lack of follow-up data makes it unclear whether the stated goals have been completed; thus, claims about completion cannot be confirmed at this time (OSHA/DOL release, 2026-01-13).
Update · Feb 07, 2026, 03:11 AMin_progress
Summary of the claim: The article stated that a safety partnership with Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project contractors would help develop and implement safety and health management systems and would train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the site. The available reporting centers the partnership announcement and its stated aims rather than a finished rollout, with no explicit completion date provided in the sources. The claim remains contingent on ongoing program implementation rather than a completed milestone.
Evidence of progress to date: Public sources show that OSHA formally announced a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to strengthen safety for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH, around mid-January 2026. Coverage emphasizes aims such as improved safety systems, training, and hazard prevention leadership on construction sites. A related OSHA partnership document and industry coverage corroborate the partnership’s focus, but do not publish concrete, project-wide outcomes or completion metrics.
Current status and milestones: The materials indicate that the partnership is active and ongoing, with the Project and partnering parties to develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors as a core component. There is no published completion date or milestone signaling full adoption across all contract tiers, so progress is best characterized as ongoing implementation rather than finished execution. Independent trade press reiterates the safety focus but similarly does not document formal closure.
Reliability and context: The primary sourcing comes from OSHA’s official release and recognized industry coverage (e.g., OSHA press content and OH&S outlets). These sources are standard for verifying
U.S. federal workplace-safety partnerships and are consistent in describing the partnership’s intent rather than a final completion. Given the absence of a completion date or explicit completion criteria, it remains prudent to treat the status as in_progress rather than complete.
Follow-up note: If you want an updated assessment, a check on the project’s safety-management-system implementation updates and subcontractor training records after a defined interval would help determine whether the completion condition has moved toward closure.
Update · Feb 07, 2026, 01:16 AMin_progress
The claim concerns OSHA's strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to improve safety and health management at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project and to train subcontractors in hazard recognition. Public documents show a formal agreement announced in January 2026, with related materials from 2025 detailing the partnership framework; completion has not been publicly marked as finished.
Update · Feb 06, 2026, 11:10 PMin_progress
The claim concerns a partnership intended to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The official January 13, 2026 DOL/OSHA news release confirms a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture focused on preventing hazards, improving safety systems, and training subcontractors for work in and around construction sites. There is no stated completion date for these efforts, only ongoing commitments and milestones typical of a safety partnership program. Evidence of progress includes the formal signing of an OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement (OSP) for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project, aimed at reducing exposure to gases, confined spaces, and other construction hazards, as well as promoting leadership engagement and hazard identification protocols.
Update · Feb 06, 2026, 09:26 PMin_progress
The claim concerns an OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH, aimed at helping contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and training subcontractors to recognize hazards. Public records show the partnership was formed in December 2025 between OSHA and Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV, with January 2026 OSHA releases detailing the scope and hazard-focused training elements. Progress evidence includes formal partnership documentation and subsequent coverage by industry outlets highlighting the focus on hazard recognition and safety leadership. Completion conditions are not publicly reported as achieved; the available materials describe ongoing implementation within a multi-year construction program.
Project milestones cited include the December 9, 2025 signing and January 2026 announcements, with local government pages describing CBDT project scope and safety planning ongoing. The project itself is a multi-year effort, so the partnership activities are expected to unfold in parallel with construction milestones rather than via a single completion date. Public sources corroborate the existence and intent of the partnership, but detailed, verifiable updates of completed safety-management implementations or subcontractor hazard training across all parties are limited. Reliability is solid for the existence of the partnership but there is limited public evidence of full completion of the stated condition as of 2026-02-06.
Update · Feb 06, 2026, 07:19 PMin_progress
Restated claim: The OSHA Strategic Partnership with the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project aims to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at construction sites. Evidence of progress exists in OSHA's announcement of the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture, with December 2025 documentation and January 2026 reporting outlining focus areas including safety systems and hazard recognition training. There is no publicly disclosed completion date or final verification that contractors have fully implemented safety and health management systems and that all subcontractors have received hazard-recognition training as of 2026-02-06; status remains ongoing. The partnership appears to be ongoing, with milestones tied to hazard prevention leadership, training, and safety-system development, rather than a defined end date. Reliability note: primary sources are OSHA documents and industry reporting; while they confirm intent and ongoing activity, they do not confirm formal completion as of the current date.
Update · Feb 06, 2026, 04:40 PMin_progress
The Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement is a safety collaboration between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture, aiming to develop safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards on construction sites. Public documents frame the effort as an ongoing partnership rather than a completed program with a final closure date. Evidence confirms the agreement was formalized in January 2026 and has been covered by industry outlets as of that period. There is no public record indicating full completion of the safety-management systems or universal subcontractor hazard-recognition training across all site contractors as of February 2026.
Update · Feb 06, 2026, 02:42 PMin_progress
Summary of the claim: The Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project partnership aims to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the construction site.
Evidence of progress: OSHA formalized a Safety Partnership Agreement for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH, around December 9, 2025. Subsequent reporting confirms OSHA’s collaboration with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for safety promotion on the Manchester tunnel project (January 2026), and the City of Manchester hosts project information signaling ongoing safety initiatives at the site.
Current status vs completion condition: The partnership framework has been established and hazard-recognition training activities have begun, but there is no publicly disclosed completion date. The completion condition would be met once contractors have developed/implemented safety and health management systems and subcontractors have received documented hazard-recognition training across the project.
Dates and milestones: Key milestones include the December 2025 OSHA strategic-partnership agreement, and January 2026 press coverage noting the OSHA partnership for Cemetery Brook safety measures. Municipal project pages also show ongoing work as of January 2026. Reliability note: Sources include official OSHA materials, industry reporting, and a municipal page, providing a solid baseline, though detailed public progress docs (training rosters, system documents) are not uniformly published.
Update · Feb 06, 2026, 12:59 PMin_progress
The Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project OSHA Strategic Partnership aims to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at construction sites. The partnership was formalized in a December 9, 2025 agreement involving OSHA (Concord NH Area Office) and the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV, with ongoing emphasis on safety systems and hazard recognition training. Public reporting confirms the initiative is in the implementation phase, not a completed handoff.
Evidence of progress includes the existence of the formal partnership agreement and subsequent coverage that highlights safety systems development, training, and leadership engagement as core activities at the project site. While multiple outlets have summarized the partnership and its safety focus, there is no publicly available document confirming full completion of all milestones (i.e., contractors fully implementing safety systems and subcontractors fully trained) as of now.
The completion condition remains unverified; sources indicate ongoing work toward the stated milestones within the partnership framework. The reliability of sources is strong for the existence and aims of the partnership (OSHA and industry outlets), but independent milestone reporting is limited, necessitating a cautious in_progress assessment.
Update · Feb 06, 2026, 11:30 AMin_progress
The claim states that the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize site hazards. Public records show OSHA formed a Strategic Partnership Agreement with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for the Manchester, NH project, announced in January 2026, focusing on safety systems, training, and hazard prevention. Evidence indicates the partnership is underway, with commitments and described goals, but no published, dated completion milestones or evidence of full deployment across all contractors and subcontractors as of now. Remaining questions about specific milestones and completion criteria suggest the completion condition has not yet been met and progress remains in progress.
Update · Feb 06, 2026, 09:19 AMin_progress
OSHA announced a strategic partnership with Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH on Jan 13, 2026. The agreement states the partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards on construction sites. Public documents show the partnership formed in December 2025 but do not reveal a completion date or milestones proving full implementation or completed subcontractor training. As a result, progress is underway but not yet verifiably complete based on available records.
Update · Feb 06, 2026, 04:44 AMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public records show the initiative was established as part of an OSHA Strategic Partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture (the Cemetery Brook project is in
Manchester, NH). The contract and partner rollout were publicly announced in January 2026, following an agreement dated December 9, 2025. There is no published completion date for when the safety plans and subcontractor hazard-recognition training must be fully in place.
OSHA’s release and related trade coverage indicate the partnership emphasizes stronger safety systems, leadership engagement, and training focused on site hazards, confined spaces, hazardous gases, and excavation safety for the Cemetery Brook project. The reporting identifies concrete milestones such as the creation of the strategic partnership agreement and the ongoing development of safety-management approaches among contractors and subcontractors. However, none of the sources specify a final completion of all required safety-management implementations or the formal, full training of all subcontractors as of early 2026.
Completion status remains unclear, with completion condition requiring that contractors have developed and implemented safety-health management systems and that subcontractors have received hazard-recognition training. The absence of a defined end date in the materials and the typical phased nature of such partnerships suggest the project is still progressing toward those targets as of February 2026. Public documents confirm ongoing activities but do not document a final completion or formal wind-down of the partnership.
Source quality is high, drawing from OSHA’s official release, engineering/infrastructure trade outlets, and city project pages, which enhances reliability. The incentives for the involved vendors include safety compliance, project risk reduction, and alignment with EPA/state environmental goals, which may influence the pace and emphasis of safety-system adoption and training. Given the absence of a stated completion date and specific attainment milestones in the publicly available materials, the assessment treats progress as in_progress rather than complete or failed. Follow-up on project milestones or a final status report from OSHA or the contractor JV would be valuable to confirm final completion.
Update · Feb 06, 2026, 03:02 AMin_progress
The claim: a safety partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: on January 13, 2026, OSHA announced a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to bolster worker safety, training, and hazard prevention for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH (OSHA press material and related coverage).
Status of completion: no final completion milestone or date is published; the arrangement describes ongoing safety-system development and hazard-recognition training, indicating active implementation but not a completed state.
Dates and milestones: the formal partnership was publicized in mid-January 2026 with subsequent reporting highlighting focus areas such as confined-space safety, hazardous gases, and leadership-driven hazard prevention, as part of ongoing implementation.
Reliability notes: sources include OSHA strategic-partnership documentation and industry/outreach coverage, plus municipal project pages. While they confirm formal collaboration and ongoing activities, they do not provide a verified completion of the safety-management-system rollout for all contractors/subcontractors.
Follow-up context: given the incentive structure of safety partnerships, future updates should confirm both formal adoption of safety-management systems and the completion of subcontractor training milestones for Cemetery Brook.
Update · Feb 06, 2026, 01:15 AMin_progress
Claim: The OSHA Strategic Partnership with Methuen Obayashi JV will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Evidence shows the partnership was established with an agreement signed in December 2025, outlining safety-system enhancements and training objectives, and subsequent coverage in January 2026 highlighting ongoing implementation. No completion milestone or date is publicly stated; the project remains active and the completion condition (all contractors' safety systems in place and subcontractor hazard training completed) is thus still in progress. Reliability: documentation comes from OSHA’s partnership agreement and reputable industry reporting, which confirms intent and early milestones but not final verification of full compliance across all subcontractors on site.
Update · Feb 05, 2026, 11:01 PMin_progress
The claim describes an OSHA Strategic Partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project, stating that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the site. Public sources confirm the partnership was formed and publicly announced in early 2026, with an initial emphasis on safety-management systems, hazard recognition, and site leadership engagement. No evidence yet shows a completed, project-wide rollout of formal safety-management systems across all contractors or definitive completion of subcontractor hazard-recognition training as of 2026-02-05.
Progress evidence so far includes the joint-venture partnership paperwork and public statements outlining goals (hazard recognition, safety systems, leadership-driven hazard prevention). The primary concrete milestone to date is the formal partnership agreement, documented in OSHA materials and trade reporting around December 2025 and January 2026. However, there are no publicly disclosed, project-wide completion dates or verification that all contractors have developed fully implemented safety and health management systems or that subcontractors have completed the stated training.
On completion, the claim envisions two outcomes: (1) contractors on Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project having developed and implemented safety and health management systems, and (2) subcontractors having received training on recognizing site hazards. Available sources show the partnership as a framework and ongoing safety-improvement initiative, but do not provide independently verifiable evidence of full completion of these two conditions by the current date. The absence of a completion date in official documents means progress is being tracked, but not conclusively closed as finished.
Key dates and milestones accessible to the public include the partnership’s formalization (documented in late 2025 and early 2026) and subsequent OSHA communications in January 2026 describing aims and activities. The reliability of the core sources (OSHA’s official Partnership Agreement, contemporaneous trade coverage) is high for acknowledging the partnership’s existence and stated goals, but provides limited detail on empirical progress such as completed training cohorts or fully implemented safety systems. Given the project’s scale and the typical lifecycle of safety partnerships, ongoing progress and interim milestones are plausible, but a definitive completion cannot be confirmed from publicly available records as of 2026-02-05.
Update · Feb 05, 2026, 09:07 PMin_progress
The claim restates that OSHA’s Strategic Partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public OSHA materials confirm the partnership was formed and framed around improved safety systems, training, and leadership engagement (OSHA press material, 2026). Media coverage from trade outlets also describes the initiative as a formal collaboration focused on hazard recognition at construction sites in
Manchester, NH.
Update · Feb 05, 2026, 07:27 PMin_progress
What the claim states: The OSHA Strategic Partnership for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the construction site.
Progress evidence: OSHA announced the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project strategic partnership on January 13, 2026, with prior agreement activity in December 2025. Coverage describes a focus on safety systems, hazard recognition, training, and leadership engagement during construction, with multiple outlets corroborating the initiative.
Completion status: There is no published completion date or milestone indicating full development of safety/health management systems or completed subcontractor training. The project appears to be in an active implementation phase, with ongoing safety-system development and training activities.
Reliability and incentives: Primary sources are OSHA releases and agency documents, supplemented by industry reporting. These sources are credible for government-led safety initiatives, though site-specific milestones and quantities of training have not been disclosed publicly. The incentives for OSHA, the contractor JV, and project partners center on safety compliance, risk reduction, and regulatory alignment, suggesting continued implementation rather than a final completion.
Update · Feb 05, 2026, 04:47 PMin_progress
Summary of the claim: The partnership between OSHA, the Concord Area Office, and the Methuen/Obayashi Joint Venture for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the project site. The initiative aims to reduce construction hazards through enhanced safety systems, training, and leadership engagement. Evidence shows the partnership is active with defined goals, but no published completion date.
Progress evidence: OSHA published a Strategic Partnership Agreement in late 2025 naming the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project and the Methuen/Obayashi JV as participants, and coverage in industry outlets in January 2026 describes ongoing work on safety-management systems and hazard-recognition training for subcontractors at the site. These sources confirm collaboration exists and is underway, but do not show a final completion milestone.
Completion status: There is no projected completion date in the sources, and the stated completion condition — contractors developing and implementing safety and health management systems and subcontractors receiving hazard-recognition training — is described as ongoing rather than complete. The available evidence supports continued progress but not a finished status.
Milestones and reliability: The key milestones cited are the formation of the partnership (Dec 2025–Jan 2026) and ongoing hazard-recognition training and safety-system development at Cemetery Brook, with documents from OSHA and trade press. These sources are reliable for partnership announcements but do not independently verify all milestones or a definitive completion.
Incentives note: The arrangement appears designed to align contractor and subcontractor incentives toward safer construction practices and formal safety-management systems at the Cemetery Brook Project, potentially improving oversight and hazard recognition over time.
Update · Feb 05, 2026, 02:43 PMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. It asserts that the initiative is meant to improve safety leadership, hazard recognition, and overall site safety processes. The project context is a major municipal-tied stormwater/tunnel project with EPA and state involvement.
Public records show the Safety Partnership was formalized in January 2026. OSHA announced a strategic partnership between its
Concord, NH, office and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project (Manchester, NH) on January 13, 2026, detailing aims to reduce hazards through stronger safety systems, training, and leadership engagement. Coverage from industry outlets and city pages corroborates the filing and general scope, including emphasis on confined-space, gases, and excavation safety themes.
Evidence so far indicates progress in establishing the partnership and outlining its objectives, rather than completion. The OSHA partnership document and subsequent reporting describe planned actions (development of SHMS, contractor training of subcontractors) and ongoing safety-focus activities, but do not indicate that all contractors have fully developed and implemented SHMS or that all subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training by early February 2026.
Concrete milestones and completion signals remain sparse in public material. The cited sources outline the partnership as a starting point and a framework for safer construction practices at Cemetery Brook, with multiple outlets noting the objective rather than a completed, verifiable state of SHMS deployment or training completion. No firm post-initiation completion date is listed in the official materials available to the public.
Source reliability is reasonable for this claim: OSHA’s formal partnership notice is a primary and authoritative source for the existence of the agreement; trade outlets and the
Manchester city project page provide independent corroboration of the project and the initiative’s focus. Taken together, the evidence supports that the partnership was established and is underway, but does not confirm full completion of the claimed safety-management deployment or training as of 2026-02-05. The status should be monitored for explicit milestones such as SHMS adoption by contractors and subcontractor hazard-recognition training completion.
Update · Feb 05, 2026, 01:29 PMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The January 13, 2026 OSHA press release confirms a strategic partnership between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture focused on safety and health during construction of the project, including development of safety/health management systems and training for subcontractors (DOL OSHA press release, 2026-01-13).
Evidence shows early-stage collaboration and defined objectives, such as preventing hazard exposure, promoting proper shoring and protective systems, and establishing leadership engagement and hazard identification protocols. The press release describes these aims and the partnership framework, but does not provide milestones or a completion date.
There is no completion date or milestone indicating that contractors have fully developed and implemented the systems or that subcontractor training has been completed. As of the current date, progress is described in planning and partnership terms, not as a finished program.
Overall, the claim remains in_progress, with formal documentation of partnership activity and aims but no verifiable completion evidence or timeline publicly available.
Update · Feb 05, 2026, 11:30 AMin_progress
OSHA signed a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to promote worker safety at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH, focusing on hazard recognition, gas and confined-space risks, and the use of shoring in excavations; this aligns with the claim about safety-management development and subcontractor hazard training, though no completion date is published and the project status remains ongoing as of early 2026.
Update · Feb 05, 2026, 09:05 AMin_progress
Summary of the claim: The Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project safety partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the site. Evidence from OSHA confirms the project is covered by an OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement with Methuen Obayashi JV, signed in December 2025, focusing on safety systems and hazard recognition. Progress and status: The partnership has been established and is active, with defined training and safety-management objectives, but no published completion date for these elements. Milestones and dates: Key dates include the December 9, 2025 agreement and January 2026 coverage of the partnership’s scope; the CBDT project itself is a multi-year effort, suggesting ongoing safety work. Sources and reliability: Primary sources are OSHA’s official release and industry coverage (OHSA Online, municipal pages), which are standard references for workplace safety initiatives; incentive alignment appears to be toward reducing site hazards and improving subcontractor safety practices.
Update · Feb 05, 2026, 04:55 AMin_progress
Restated claim: A partnership between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture promises to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: A January 13, 2026 OSHA news release confirms the partnership and outlines its aims, including prevention of gas exposure, confined-space risks, and other hazards, as well as the development of safety and health management systems and training for subcontractors. The project location is
Manchester,
New Hampshire, and the initiative emphasizes leadership engagement, accountability, worker participation, and hazard identification protocols.
Current status vs. completion: The release describes the partnership and intended activities but does not report completion of safety-management systems or subcontractor training. There is no projected completion date in the announcement, suggesting the work is at the initiation or early-implementation stage rather than completed.
Milestones and dates: The key milestone cited is the formation of the OSHA-Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture partnership, dated January 13, 2026. The release explains strategic goals and program components but provides no concrete, dated milestones indicating full completion.
Update · Feb 05, 2026, 03:23 AMin_progress
What the claim stated: The partnership between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
What evidence exists of progress: A January 13, 2026 OSHA news release confirms the establishment of a strategic partnership aimed at preventing worker injuries and hazards, and specifically notes that the initiative will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards in and around construction sites.
Progress toward completion: The release outlines goals and methods but does not provide milestones or a completion date. There is no indication that contractors have finalized safety and health management systems or completed the subcontractor training as of the current date.
Relevant dates and milestones: The sole dated item is the January 13, 2026 release announcing the partnership. The press release emphasizes ongoing collaboration, leadership engagement, and hazard identification protocols but does not specify a timeline or completion criteria.
Reliability note: The source is an official U.S. Department of Labor OSHA press release, which is a primary source for the partnership announcement. While it clarifies objectives, it provides no concrete completion metrics or timelines, so the status remains uncertain beyond the stated intent.
Update · Feb 05, 2026, 01:39 AMin_progress
Summary of the claim and current status: The article claimed that a partnership would help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public OSHA materials show a Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement executed in December 2025, with ongoing activity by January 2026 focusing on hazard recognition, safety-management systems, and subcontractor training. The available reporting indicates the initiative is active but no final completion milestone has been publicly announced as of February 2026.
Progress indicators (who/what/when): The formal partnership (OSP) was signed around December 9, 2025, per OSHA documents, and a January 13, 2026 OSHA release describes active work on the project with emphasis on safety systems, training, and leadership engagement by the Methuen Obayashi JV. Additional project pages describe Cemetery Brook within Manchester, NH, and safety-focused media coverage notes subcontractor hazard-recognition training as a core element.
Status assessment: There is no evidence of full completion of the stated completion condition (contractors developing/implementing safety and health management systems and subcontractors receiving hazard-recognition training across the entire project). The partnership exists and is progressing, but a project-wide completion date or final deliverable has not been publicly dated as finished as of early 2026.
Source reliability: The core material comes from OSHA’s official Partnership Agreement documentation and press releases, supplemented by industry outlets and local project pages, which collectively support the claim’s focus areas while not indicating a completed end state yet.
Update · Feb 04, 2026, 11:19 PMin_progress
Restatement of the claim: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Evidence of progress: OSHA announced a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH, with the agreement filed in December 2025. The partnership emphasizes hazard recognition, confined-space risks, hazardous gases, excavation safety, and leadership-driven hazard prevention. The project is described as a multi-year effort, but public records do not specify final milestones for safety-management system implementation or subcontractor training as of early February 2026.
Update · Feb 04, 2026, 08:57 PMin_progress
Summary of the claim: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: On January 13, 2026, OSHA announced a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to promote worker safety and health during the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. The release states the partnership will help develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards on construction sites.
Current status: The announcement confirms the partnership exists and identifies focus areas such as hazard recognition, confined-space risks, and excavation safety. There is no published completion date or milestone showing full implementation across all contractors and subcontractors.
Next steps and reliability: The primary milestone is the signing date (January 13, 2026). No detailed timelines or completion criteria are provided in the release; follow-up OSHA updates would be needed to confirm completion of the safety-management systems and training.
Update · Feb 04, 2026, 07:31 PMin_progress
Restated claim: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: OSHA announced a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to promote worker safety and health during the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. The formal partnership agreement was finalized in December 2025, with a focus on improving safety systems, training, and leadership engagement for construction activities at the site (OSHA news release and related coverage). The project itself was publicly awarded in 2025, and OSHA’s partnership description emphasizes the ongoing implementation of safety management practices and hazard recognition training for workers on site.
Completion status: There is no published completion milestone or date for this safety partnership. Given the project’s ongoing construction timeline and the absence of a defined end date for the partnership in available sources, the claim remains in_progress rather than complete or failed.
Dates and milestones: Key items include the December 2025 OSHA partnership agreement, January 2026 public acknowledgment of the initiative, and the project’s 2025 award announcement. These indicate initial steps toward implementing safety-management systems and training, but no final completion has been documented.
Reliability and context: The main sources are OSHA’s official release and industry reporting summarizing the partnership; these are appropriate for assessing government-initiated safety programs. Coverage also aligns with Manchester’s project page, which confirms the project scope and partnership context. Given potential incentives for agencies and contractors to emphasize safety improvements, the available information supports a cautious, ongoing view rather than a final completion.
Update · Feb 04, 2026, 04:42 PMin_progress
The claim states the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. Public records show OSHA signed a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi JV on January 13, 2026, focusing on hazard prevention, safety systems, and subcontractor training, with no specified completion date. As of February 2026, there is evidence of progress in forming the partnership, but no final completion of the safety-management implementations or training has been publicly reported. A follow-up on milestones and completion is advised for an upcoming date.
Update · Feb 04, 2026, 02:38 PMin_progress
Claim restatement: The article stated that the partnership would help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH.
Progress evidence: OSHA announced a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture around January 13, 2026, with a prior agreement dated December 9, 2025. Coverage notes the initiative aims at safety systems, training, hazard recognition, and leadership engagement on the Cemetery Brook project. Manchester city materials confirm project activity in 2026 but do not provide detailed milestones on safety-management-system adoption.
Completion status: Public records through early 2026 show the partnership exists and focus areas are defined, but there is no public, auditable confirmation that all contractors have fully developed and implemented safety and health management systems or that subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training.
Dates and milestones: Key items include the December 9, 2025 partnership document and the January 13, 2026 OSHA announcement. No explicit completion date is published for the stated milestones, and no site-wide completion certificate is publicly documented yet.
Source reliability and incentives: Official OSHA releases and industry coverage are reliable for announcements and stated goals, though they do not provide granular progress metrics. City project pages corroborate activity but not completion milestones, so interpretation should await updated reports on implementation and training completion.
Update · Feb 04, 2026, 12:58 PMin_progress
Restated claim: A partnership announced by OSHA aims to help contractors at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards on site. Evidence of progress: OSHA publicly announced a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture on January 13, 2026, detailing focus areas such as hazard identification, leadership engagement, and implementation of safety and health management systems. The release describes ongoing collaboration to prevent exposure to gases, confined spaces, excavation hazards, and other construction-site risks. No completion date is provided, and the press release emphasizes program design and training activities rather than a finished state.
Update · Feb 04, 2026, 09:09 AMin_progress
Claim summary: The OSHA partnership aims to help Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors in hazard recognition at construction sites. Evidence: OSHA announced a Strategic Partnership Agreement on 2026-01-13 with the Methuen Obayashi JV for the project in
Manchester, NH; the CBDT project contract was awarded in 2025. Completion status: As of early 2026, there is no public record showing full completion of safety-management systems or hazard-training across all contractors/subcontractors; the partnership represents progress toward those milestones. Milestones and reliability: Key items include the Jan 13, 2026 partnership announcement and the May 2025 contract award; city pages outline project scope and multi-year timeline. Source reliability: The cited sources are official OSHA/DOL publications, OHSA Online coverage, and Manchester, NH official pages, which support progress while not confirming full completion.
Update · Feb 04, 2026, 05:05 AMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public records show the OSHA Strategic Partnership for this project has been established and publicly described, with the scope including safety systems development and hazard recognition training as core aims. The initial agreement and related communications confirm this focus, rather than a completed, closed program as of early 2026.
Evidence of progress includes the formal
Partnership Agreement released by OSHA on or around December 9, 2025, detailing collaboration with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture and the project’s safety objectives. Independent coverage and OSHA postings in January 2026 reiter the partnership’s goals, highlighting training on hazards such as confined spaces, gases, and other construction-site risks. City pages for Manchester, NH, likewise reference ongoing project safety planning and oversight linked to the partnership framework.
Concrete milestones cited in public sources emphasize the partnership’s intent rather than a final delivery. The agreement and follow-on notices describe the creation of safety-management processes and training programs for subcontractors, with emphasis on leadership engagement and hazard prevention at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. No public document or press release to date (as of early 2026) declares full completion of the safety-management systems by all contractors or universal subcontractor training as finished.
Status-wise, completion conditions appear not yet satisfied. The project remains ongoing with the partnership described as active, and progress measured by ongoing development of safety systems and ongoing training activities rather than a concluded handover. Completion would be evident if authorities or project communications announced that all contractors had implemented safety and health management systems and all subcontractors had completed hazard-recognition training.
Update · Feb 04, 2026, 03:52 AMin_progress
What the claim stated: The OSHA Strategic Partnership would help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. The public record from OSHA confirms the initiative centers on safety management system development and hazard-recognition training for subcontractors, with leadership engagement and hazard-prevention practices highlighted. This aligns with the article’s verbatim description in the DOL release.
Progress evidence: A January 13, 2026 Department of Labor/OSHA news release announces that OSHA signed a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project, focusing on preventing worker injuries and hazards, including confined spaces, hazardous gases, and excavations, and on developing safety/health management systems and training subcontractors. Industry outlets covering the announcement likewise describe leadership engagement, hazard identification protocols, and training components as core aims of the partnership. These sources establish that the agreement is active as of mid-January 2026.
Completion status: There is no publicly stated project-wide completion date or milestone clock. The DOL release frames the partnership as an ongoing collaboration designed to reduce hazards and to implement safety systems and training, but it does not confirm that all contractors have fully developed/implemented the safety management systems or that all subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training to date. Given the absence of a defined end date and the nature of strategic partnerships, the status remains progress-oriented rather than finished.
Dates and milestones: The key date is January 13, 2026, when the partnership was announced. Subsequent reporting through February 2026 indicates an active collaboration with emphasis on leadership, hazard-prevention protocols, and training, but concrete, independent milestones or completion confirmations (e.g., a completed safety-management system or completed subcontractor training for all teams) have not been publicly disclosed.
Source reliability and incentives: The primary sources are U.S. Department of Labor–OSHA press material and industry coverage of the partnership announcement; both are official and high-quality, though press releases often emphasize planned outcomes over independent verification. The partnership’s incentives include improving worker safety, reducing hazards, and adhering to construction-site safety obligations, with leadership accountability and hazard-identification processes as central levers.
Note on status: Based on available public reporting, the claim is not yet shown as completed. It is reasonable to describe the current status as in_progress, with formal completion contingent on the contractors’ development/implementation of safety-management systems and on subcontractor hazard-recognition training, which may unfold over the project timeline.
Update · Feb 04, 2026, 02:06 AMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the site. Public records indicate the initiative began with an OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement in December 2025, involving OSHA, the Concord NH Area Office, and Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV for the Manchester, NH project. There is no published completion date, only an ongoing, collaborative framework described by OSHA and project coverage.
Evidence of progress includes the formal partnership agreement signed in December 2025 and subsequent announcements confirming safety-focused objectives, leadership engagement, and hazard recognition training as focus areas. Multiple outlets reported the January 13, 2026 OSHA announcement highlighting the partnership’s goals to reduce construction hazards, improve safety systems, and provide training at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The JV involved is Methuen Obayashi, indicating a concrete organizational pathway for implementing safety programs on site.
On completion status, there is no indication that the safety-management systems have been fully developed and subcontractor training completed, as completion date is not specified and no formal post-implementation wrap-up has been published. Early 2026 reporting describes planned actions and leadership-driven hazard prevention, not a final, auditable completion milestone. Thus, the available sources treat the work as ongoing rather than finished.
Key milestones and dates include: the initial partnership agreement dated December 9, 2025 (PDF documents openly available from OSHA), a January 13, 2026 public announcement of the JV partnership’s safety aims, and subsequent industry coverage in January 2026. The reliability of sources is high, with official OSHA materials and trade/industry reporting corroborating the partnership and its safety-oriented scope. Taken together, these point to continued progress toward implementing safety-management systems and training, though not yet a completed state.
Reliability note: official OSHA documents and reputable trade outlets (e.g., OH&S and Underground Infrastructure reporting) are consistent in describing the partnership’s aims and early actions, reducing concerns about misrepresentation or bias. The incentives of the parties (worker safety, project risk management, and regulatory compliance) align with pursuing stronger safety systems and training at a major construction site. Overall, current publicly available information supports a status of ongoing progress rather than completed fulfillment.
Update · Feb 04, 2026, 12:05 AMin_progress
The claim states that a safety partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public records confirm a strategic OSHA partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for Manchester, NH, focused on safety management systems and hazard-recognition training for CBDT construction. As of 2026-02-03, there is no documented completion of these tasks; the program is described as ongoing with several milestones to come.
Evidence of progress includes an OSHA partnership document published around December 2025/January 2026 outlining the collaboration’s purpose, scope, and training emphasis for site hazards, confined spaces, and hazard prevention leadership. Trade and local outlets reiterate the partnership with the Methuen Obayashi JV and discuss safety-focused activities, suggesting active implementation rather than finalization. The construction project itself is described as a multi-year effort, aligning with continued safety work.
A concrete completion condition—contractors having developed and implemented safety and health management systems and subcontractors being trained—has not been reported as achieved in the available sources by early February 2026. The CBDT project’s anticipated timeline supports ongoing partnership work rather than closure, with reviews likely needed to verify completed systems and training.
Source materials include the official OSHA partnership document and multiple industry-led reports, which together provide a credible basis for the claim while indicating ongoing status. The consistency across primary and secondary sources enhances reliability, though the exact completion metrics remain unspecified publicly.
Incentives for safety in this context appear aligned with regulatory oversight and private-sector project goals, promoting hazard recognition and robust safety-management adoption as CBDT construction proceeds. There is no clear evidence of misaligned motives in the sources reviewed; the emphasis remains on worker safety and hazard prevention during the tunnel project.
Follow-up updates should track whether the partnership results in verifiable safety-management implementations at all contractor sites and whether subcontractor training milestones are publicly documented as completed.
Update · Feb 03, 2026, 08:48 PMin_progress
Restated claim: The OSHA Strategic Partnership with the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project aims to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards on site.
Evidence of progress exists in formal partnership documents and contemporaneous reporting. OSHA published a Strategic Partnership Agreement for Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project (Concord NH Area Office, Methuen/Obayashi JV) around December 2025, outlining safety system development, leadership engagement, and hazard recognition training as core elements. Publicly visible coverage on January 13, 2026 confirms the partnership’s focus on reducing hazards via improved safety plans and training at the
Manchester, NH project site.
Current status and milestone evidence: the partnership is described as initiated and ongoing, with emphasis on implementing safety and health management systems and training subcontractors. As of early 2026, there is no publicly stated completion date or confirmation that all contractors and subcontractors have completed every safety-management implementation or hazard-recognition training milestone; the process appears to be in progress rather than finished.
Reliability and caveats: sources include the US Department of Labor – OSHA’s partnership documents (PDFs from 2025–2026) and industry coverage noting the program’s safety-training emphasis. City pages and trade press corroborate the project and the focus areas (confined spaces, hazard recognition, leadership engagement). Given the lack of a posted completion date and the ongoing nature of construction projects, the assessment treats progress as in_progress rather than complete or failed.
Notes on incentives: the partnership aligns occupational safety incentives with a major infrastructure project, likely encouraging continuous safety-system integration and subcontractor training to minimize hazards and delays, while signaling political/administrative emphasis on worker protection and environmental outcomes.
Update · Feb 03, 2026, 07:30 PMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Update · Feb 03, 2026, 04:38 PMin_progress
The claim states the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors in recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public records show OSHA establishing a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for CBDT, with emphasis on hazard recognition and safety-management systems, announced in January 2026. Evidence indicates progress in defining scope and training components, but there is no public milestone or completion date showing that contractors have fully developed/implemented the systems or that subcontractors have completed the training as of 2026-02-03.
Update · Feb 03, 2026, 02:45 PMin_progress
The Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project OSHA partnership aims to help contractors develop and implement safety/health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards. Documentation confirms a formal partnership was established in late 2025 for the
Manchester, NH project, with progress toward safety-system development and hazard-recognition training ongoing as of early 2026.
Update · Feb 03, 2026, 12:50 PMin_progress
The claim refers to an OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement for Manchester, NH's Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project, stating the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards. Public records show the partnership was formed in 2025 between OSHA, the Concord NH Area Office, and the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV, with ongoing focus on safety leadership and hazard recognition. As of January 2026, sources describe progress toward hazard recognition and safety-management activities but do not show a finalized completion of these tasks or a fixed end date. The project’s multi-year scope (roughly 2.25 miles of tunnel with multiple shafts) aligns with ongoing safety-program implementation rather than a single milestone.
Evidence from official and industry outlets confirms the partnership exists and aims to develop safety/health management systems and train subcontractors on site hazards. However, there is no publicly documented completion as of early 2026, and no explicit publication of a final completion date. The reliability of the sources (OSHA release, industry coverage, and local project pages) supports the claim’s framing while indicating ongoing activities rather than closure.
Milestones cited include the December 9, 2025 strategic-partnership entry and January 2026 reporting on activities, with the CBDT project described as a multi-year effort. Given the project’s length and multi-year timeline, the status is best described as in_progress rather than complete. The cited sources are OSHA’s official partnership notice, ohsonline coverage, and the
Manchester city project page.
Follow-up should track whether the safety-management systems are fully deployed and whether subcontractor hazard-recognition training has been completed and certified at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. A targeted update around 2026-12-31 would help confirm completion of the stated promises.
Update · Feb 03, 2026, 11:15 AMin_progress
Summary of the claim: The OSHA partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture (M-O JV) aims to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors on hazard recognition at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH.
Evidence of progress: OSHA publicly announced a strategic partnership on January 13, 2026, detailing focus areas such as preventing exposures to gases, confined-space hazards, excavation safety, and leadership-driven hazard prevention. The release notes that the partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at construction sites (OSHA Regional News Brief,
Boston; 2026-01-13). A separate OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement document dated December 9, 2025 formalizes the collaboration between OSHA (Concord NH Area Office) and Methuen Construction – Obayashi, JV for Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project and specifies cooperation terms and program aims (OSP 1430).
Current status and milestones: Public materials indicate the partnership is active and intended to drive safety-management-system development and hazard-recognition training. There is no documented completion of the stated condition (contractors fully developed safety and health management systems and subcontractors trained) in released materials, and no projected completion date is provided. The work is framed as ongoing rather than completed.
Milestones and dates: Key anchors include the December 9, 2025 execution of the OSP agreement (document 1430) and the January 13, 2026 OSHA press release announcing the partnership. The Cemetery Brook project is described as modernizing Manchester’s drainage system and addressing hazards related to confined spaces, gas exposure, and excavations, but public OSHA materials do not disclose a post-implementation milestone.
Source reliability and incentives: The sources are official OSHA materials (press release and partnership documents) supplemented by industry coverage (OHSONLINE, Underground Infrastructure). The incentives for OSHA are worker safety and hazard-prevention accountability, while the JV emphasizes leadership engagement and hazard-prevention measures, consistent with ongoing safety-system improvements rather than a completed checkbox.
Overall reliability: The available official documents confirm the partnership’s existence and its intended training and safety-management activities, but do not provide a completion date or verify completion of the stated condition. Status remains in_progress.
Update · Feb 03, 2026, 10:28 AMin_progress
What the claim states: The Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project will have a partnership to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems, and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the work site.
Progress evidence: OSHA announced a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture on January 13, 2026, aimed at strengthening worker safety through enhanced safety systems, training, and hazard prevention for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. Several industry outlets and OSHA materials referenced the partnership, with coverage noting focus on confined-space hazards, gases, and leadership-driven hazard prevention.
Current status and milestones: The partnership has been formed and is described as ongoing; there is no public indication of a finalized completion of safety-management systems or full subcontractor training rollout as of February 2, 2026. No project-level completion date was provided, and reporting emphasizes initiation and ongoing collaboration rather than a closed-loop completion.
Reliability of sources: The core source is an OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement, corroborated by industry press pieces citing the same Jan. 2026 announcement. Coverage from technical outlets (OSHA, OH&S-related outlets) supports the claim’s framing but does not show a completed implementation milestone yet. Overall, sources are consistent about the partnership’s existence and its targeted safety focus, while specific, completed training metrics remain undisclosed.
Follow-up note: If progress proceeds as planned, key follow-ups would include: (1) documentation that safety and health management systems have been developed and implemented for Cemetery Brook, (2) evidence of subcontractor hazard-recognition training delivered and completed, and (3) dates for any formal milestones or audits related to the training rollout. A check-in on these items is recommended in about six months to confirm whether the completion condition is met.
Update · Feb 02, 2026, 10:49 PMin_progress
The claim describes a partnership to assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public notices show the OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement was established in December 2025 between OSHA’s
Concord, NH office and the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV for the Manchester, NH project. Multiple outlets report that the initiative focuses on improving safety systems, training, and leadership engagement to reduce hazards during construction. Documentation from OSHA and industry reporting confirms progress has begun, but does not indicate completion of all safety-management development or subcontractor training as of early 2026.
Evidence of progress includes the formal partnership agreement published by OSHA in December 2025 and subsequent coverage highlighting the scope—confined-space awareness, hazardous gas controls, excavation safety, and leadership-driven hazard prevention—within the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The
Manchester project page also describes a multi-year construction program with significant safety emphasis, reinforcing that work on safety systems and training is underway. There is no public record yet of full completion of safety-management system deployment across all contractors or universal subcontractor training having been completed. Given the project’s ongoing timeline and the absence of a stated completion date, the status remains ongoing with measurable safety-program activities in progress.
Reliability assessment: sources include the OSHA.gov partnership document (Dec 2025), industry outlets (Jan 2026) and the
Manchester city project page (Jan 2026), all consistent in describing an active safety partnership and focus areas. While these sources are reputable and directly address the project, they do not provide a comprehensive, audited completion report on safety-management system implementation or all subcontractor training. The synthesis indicates credible progress toward the stated aims, but not final completion as of the current date. Given the mix of official and industry reporting, the information appears balanced and credible, with no obvious conflicting incentives undermining the claim.
Key dates and milestones include: (1) December 9, 2025 – OSHA announces the Strategic Partnership Agreement for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project; (2) January 13, 2026 – coverage noting safety-system and training focus; (3) January 2026 – project page confirms ongoing construction and safety emphasis. While these establish momentum and intent, there is no published milestone indicating full development and implementation of safety-management systems for all contractors or completion of subcontractor training. If progress continues at the current pace, milestones to watch would include documented deployment of safety-management plans across contractors and formal completion of subcontractor training programs, with near-term updates from OSHA or the project sponsors.
Update · Feb 02, 2026, 08:42 PMin_progress
Claim restated: The OSHA partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture will help contractors at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards on site. Evidence of progress shows the partnership is active with safety-system and training aims described in official OSHA releases and industry reporting. There is no public completion milestone published as of 2026-01-21, so the status remains in_progress rather than complete or failed.
Update · Feb 02, 2026, 07:15 PMin_progress
Summary of claim: The article states that the OSHA-backed partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Current progress and evidence: OSHA announced a Strategic Partnership Agreement for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH, in December 2025, describing safety-system development and hazard recognition training as core elements. Public reporting in January 2026 confirms the partnership is active and ongoing, with emphasis on safety-system improvements and hazard prevention.
Completion status: There is no public confirmation that the safety and health management systems have been fully developed and implemented project-wide, nor that subcontractor hazard-recognition training has been completed. Available materials indicate the partnership is in place and progress is ongoing, but do not document full completion against the stated condition.
Dates and milestones: The partnership was disclosed in December 2025, with formal coverage in January 2026. The Manchester CBDT project page shows ongoing construction activity and safety notices in January 2026, reflecting continued safety work rather than a completed rollout.
Reliability note: The primary sources are official OSHA releases and the City of Manchester’s CBDT pages, which provide authoritative statements on the partnership and project status; industry coverage aligns with the ongoing safety focus but does not document complete rollout.
Update · Feb 02, 2026, 04:39 PMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public records show the agreement initiated in late 2025 and remains active as of early 2026, indicating ongoing implementation rather than a completed handoff. The key verification is the OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement between OSHA, the Concord NH Area Office, and Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project, with documentation dated December 9, 2025 (PDF of the agreement) and subsequent media coverage in January 2026 confirming the partnership’s focus on safety systems, training, and leadership engagement. In addition, Manchester’s project page (January 9, 2026) outlines the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project and its safety-context, reinforcing the ongoing nature of this initiative. Given there is no explicit completion date and public signaling points to ongoing activities, the status appears to be in_progress rather than complete or failed. Reliability notes: the primary sources are OSHA’s formal partnership document and contemporaneous reporting from industry outlets and local project pages, which corroborate the partnership’s existence and objectives while not asserting final completion.
Update · Feb 02, 2026, 02:43 PMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The DOL OSHA press release confirms a January 13, 2026 partnership between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to promote worker safety and health during the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. It describes aims such as preventing exposure to hazardous conditions, using shoring and protective systems, and training subcontractors to recognize hazards, but it does not specify completion milestones or a final implementation date.
Update · Feb 02, 2026, 01:04 PMin_progress
Restated claim: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: OSHA announced a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture on January 13, 2026, to promote worker safety and health during the
Manchester, NH project, focusing on hazard prevention, safety systems, and subcontractor training.
Current status: No public completion date or milestone confirms full implementation of safety-management systems or completion of all subcontractor trainings. Available materials indicate the partnership is meant to develop and implement systems and provide training, but do not certify final completion.
Milestones and dates: The partnership documentation dates back to December 9, 2025, with public announcement on January 13, 2026. The Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project itself is ongoing and substantial in scope, but explicit completion criteria for the safety components are not published.
Source reliability and caveats: The primary source is a U.S. Department of Labor OSHA release, a reliable official document. Secondary outlets corroborate the existence of the partnership but do not provide final completion data. The assessment remains cautious given the absence of a published completion date.
Notes on incentives: The partnership aligns with safety-focused incentives of the project and public-sector oversight, which may influence contractor safety culture and training investments.
Update · Feb 02, 2026, 11:27 AMin_progress
The claim states that the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the site. Public records show an OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement for the project signed in December 2025, with emphasis on safety systems and training.
Update · Feb 02, 2026, 08:54 AMin_progress
Summary of the claim: The article states that the OSHA Strategic Partnership with the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the construction site. The claim refers to an initiative described as aiming to reduce hazards through safety-system development, training, and leadership engagement at the
Manchester, NH tunnel project.
Progress evidence: OSHA released a Strategic Partnership Agreement in December 2025 between OSHA’s Concord NH office and the Methuen-Obayashi JV for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project, describing the partnership’s focus on safety management systems and subcontractor hazard recognition training (OSP Agreement, 2025-12-09). Independent coverage on Jan 13, 2026 reiterates the partnership’s goals of improving safety systems, training, and hazard-prevention leadership on the project. Additional local reporting notes the project’s contract award to the Methuen Obayashi JV in 2025, with ongoing construction activity in Manchester.
Progress status: As of February 1, 2026, public sources indicate the partnership is active and pursuing its safety-improvement objectives, but there is no published completion date or milestone indicating that all contractors have fully developed safety management systems or that all subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training. The completion condition described in the article—“contractors have developed and implemented safety and health management systems and subcontractors have received training on recognizing site hazards”—does not show a formal end date and remains contingent on ongoing project activities and interim certifications. The available reporting frames the status as ongoing collaboration rather than a finished handoff.
Milestones and dates: The major milestones tied to the claim include the December 2025 partnership agreement (OSP), the January 13, 2026 press coverage confirming ongoing safety work, and the 2025 contract award to the joint venture for Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project (May 2025 reports). Concrete, project-wide milestones for safety-system deployment or subcontractor training completion have not been publicly published as of the current date. Concrete milestones, if any, would likely appear in future OSHA updates or project-status bulletins.
Source quality and reliability note: Primary source material comes from the U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA release on the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project partnership, which is the authoritative document for this claim. Additional coverage from industry outlets corroborates the partnership’s aims and timing, though those outlets are secondary to OSHA. Local project pages provide context on the broader scope but do not substitute for formal partnership documentation.
Overall reliability assessment: Given the official OSHA agreement and corroborating 2026 coverage, the claim is supported by primary and credible secondary sources. The lack of a published completion date or explicit progress milestones for safety-system deployment means the status remains in_progress rather than complete or failed.
Update · Feb 02, 2026, 04:24 AMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Evidence indicates a formal strategic partnership was established between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture, announced January 13, 2026, to promote safety and health during construction (OSHA news release; Jan 2026).
A prior related partnership framework appeared in a December 9, 2025 partnership document, outlining shared goals for hazard prevention and safety-system development at the project site.
Current reporting shows the partnership as active, with emphasis on leadership engagement, hazard recognition training, and the implementation of safety and health management systems. The project itself—Manchester, New Hampshire’s Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project—has ongoing construction work over multiple years, including tunnel development and related safety measures, but there is no publicly announced completion milestone for the safety-system implementation or subcontractor training as of early 2026.
Multiple industry outlets and the project municipality have reported on the partnership and safety focus, but explicit progress metrics (e.g., number of contractors trained, or SHMS fully implemented) are not provided in accessible sources.
Notes on incentives: the partnership aligns safety performance with project efficiency, potentially reducing delays and liability for the JV and its contractors. The absence of a completion date and quantified milestones likely reflects the phased nature of SHMS adoption and training across the site. Overall, the claim remains plausible and underway, with formal signs of progress but no documented completion to date.
Update · Feb 02, 2026, 02:21 AMin_progress
What the claim states: The OSHA Strategic Partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture aims to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The article notes a focus on improved systems, hazard recognition, and subcontractor training at construction sites. The condition suggests completion when contractors have implemented the safety/health management systems and training has been delivered to subcontractors.
Progress and key milestones: Public disclosures indicate the partnership was announced by OSHA on January 13, 2026, with coverage noting that the initiative centers on leadership-driven hazard prevention, confined-space risks, and construction-site hazards for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. Related documents describe a broader safety partnership framework and project context (drain tunnel, stormwater work). City information on the project underscores the scope and partnership narrative around early 2026.
Current status assessment: As of February 1, 2026, publicly available reports show the partnership as established and active, but do not confirm full completion of the safety-management systems across all contractors or universal subcontractor training completion. The available sources describe intent, structure, and early implementation steps rather than a final, verified completion audit. Given the timeline and typical implementation rollout, the effort remains in_progress.
Dates and milestones: The OSHA partnership announcement appears dated January 13, 2026. Supplementary materials and coverage reference ongoing activities into January 2026, with public-facing notes of hazard-prevention leadership and training focus. There is no posted, definitive completion date for the safety-management systems or subcontractor training in the cited materials.
Reliability and framing: The sources cited are from the U.S. Department of Labor/OSHA, industry outlets, and the Manchester, NH project site, which collectively provide a credible, multi-perspective picture of the partnership’s formation and initial steps. Given the engineering-project incentives (protecting worker safety and project milestones) and the public-sector role, the reporting appears balanced, though it reflects early-stage progress rather than a closed, final audit.
Follow-up note: A concrete update on whether safety-management systems are fully implemented and subcontractor hazard-training completion has occurred should be aimed for around mid-2026 to confirm completion or further progress.
Update · Feb 02, 2026, 12:31 AMin_progress
Restated claim: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence exists that OSHA formed a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to promote safety and health during construction of the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project, announced January 13, 2026. The initiative focuses on preventing worker injuries, hazards exposure, and ensuring use of protective systems, with explicit emphasis on developing safety and health management systems and training subcontractors to recognize hazards on construction sites.
No completion date is provided in the initial announcement, and there is no public documentation yet of full completion or implementation of the safety-management systems or subcontractor trainings as of 2026-02-01. The presence of a defined completion condition and milestones is therefore not established in public records.
Sources include OSHA’s official release (Jan 13, 2026) and industry coverage that reiterates the aims but does not report completed milestones as of the current date.
Update · Feb 01, 2026, 10:22 PMin_progress
The claim concerns an OSHA Strategic Partnership formed to improve safety at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH, by helping contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and by training subcontractors to recognize hazards.
Public records show the partnership was formalized in late 2025, with an agreement between OSHA and the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV. The OSHA document (December 9, 2025) outlines the scope, including safety-management system development, hazard recognition training, and leadership engagement to reduce construction hazards.
News and trade outlets reported the formal announcement around January 13, 2026, framing the initiative as aimed at improving safety performance on site, with emphasis on confined-space hazards, hazardous gases, excavation safety, and hazard-prevention leadership. Several outlets referenced the same JV and project in Manchester, NH, corroborating the partnership’s focus areas and participants.
As of February 1, 2026, there is no public confirmation that the contractors have fully developed and implemented the safety and health management systems, nor that all subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training. The available materials indicate the partnership is active and progressing, but completion of the stated conditions remains in progress or not publicly dated.
Source reliability appears solid for the factual details of the partnership (OSHA document, agency announcements, and industry reporting). Cross-referenced coverage from OSHA, industry outlets, and the city’s project page provides a consistent picture of an ongoing safety initiative rather than a completed milestone.
Notes on incentives: the partnership aligns regulatory oversight with contractor safety performance, potentially accelerating adoption of formal safety systems and training as a condition of project compliance and workforce protection. If tracking milestones is needed, a follow-up look at OSHA updates or project safety reports around mid-2026 would clarify whether the completion conditions have been met.
Update · Feb 01, 2026, 08:19 PMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Public sources confirm OSHA signed a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project on January 13, 2026, with a focus on improving safety and health at the site (DOL OSHA press release, 2026-01-13).
The press release describes activities including assisting contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and training subcontractors to recognize hazards when working in and around construction sites, matching the claim’s wording (DOL press release, 2026-01-13).
As of February 1, 2026, there is no public documentation of completion of these conditions; sources indicate initiation and planned activities but do not provide milestones or evidence of completed training or fully implemented systems (DOL press release, 2026-01-13).
Given the lack of a stated completion date or post-initiation milestones, status remains in_progress rather than completed, pending ongoing implementation and future reporting (DOL press release, 2026-01-13). Reliability stems from the official government source, corroborated by industry coverage reiterating the partnership and safety aims (see links below).
Follow-up should verify whether safety-management systems have been fully deployed and whether subcontractor training has been completed, likely on or after mid-2026 as the project progresses.
Update · Feb 01, 2026, 06:48 PMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public notices confirm the partnership was formed between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to focus on worker safety, hazard recognition, and safety-management practices for the project in
Manchester, NH. As of early 2026, there is no published completion date or final milestone indicating that all contractors have fully implemented safety systems or that subcontractor training has been completed across the entire project.
Evidence of progress includes the January 13, 2026 OSHA release announcing the strategic partnership and a December 9, 2025 partnership agreement document outlining goals such as hazard prevention, leadership engagement, and the development of safety and health management systems. The
Manchester city project page (early January 2026) describes the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project and its role in modernizing drainage, providing context for why enhanced safety measures are being pursued. These sources establish intent and initial steps, but they do not document full completion of the claimed outcomes.
Given the absence of a defined projected completion date and the lack of post-launch progress reports showing full deployment of safety-management systems or completed subcontractor training across all contractors, the status remains ongoing but not yet finished. The available sources indicate the partnership is in the early stages of implementation, with emphasis on hazard prevention and safety-system development rather than a completed, fully-operational certification across all subcontractors. Reliability is high for the existence of the partnership and its aims, but verification of full completion requires more time and updated project-safety progress reports.
Notes on sources: the DOL OSHA news release (Jan 13, 2026) formally announcing the partnership; the December 2025 OSHA partnership agreement document; and the Manchester city project page (early January 2026) providing project context. These are primary, government or municipal sources, providing authoritative statements on the partnership’s goals and initiation. No sources yet document final completion of the claimed safety-system implementations or training across all contractors.
Update · Feb 01, 2026, 04:22 PMin_progress
The claim states that the OSHA-Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. An official OSHA release confirms the partnership and its focus on safety system development and hazard-recognition training for workers on the project, announced January 13, 2026.
Evidence of progress shows the partnership is active with emphasis on leadership engagement, hazard identification protocols, and training components, including measures to address confined spaces, hazardous gases, and excavation safety. However, the release does not provide a completion date or milestones that would indicate full implementation or training completion across all subcontractors.
Given the absence of a stated end date or a formal completion report by early 2026, the status remains in_progress rather than complete. Public reporting from OSHA and industry outlets corroborates the partnership’s aims but not a finalized, verifiable completion condition as of the current date.
Reliability notes: the OSHA press release is the primary authoritative source, with corroboration from trade outlets; no independent completion verification is available in the sources reviewed. Follow-up should reference future OSHA updates or project-specific reports to confirm when safety-management systems are implemented and subcontractor training is completed.
Update · Feb 01, 2026, 02:29 PMin_progress
The Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project is described as a partnership to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the site. The claim centers on improving safety systems and hazard recognition through an OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement. Public sources confirm the partnership was announced in January 2026 and involves the Methuen Obayashi JV.
Update · Feb 01, 2026, 12:41 PMin_progress
What the claim states: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: OSHA announced a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to promote worker safety for the Manchester, NH Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project, with coverage confirming focus areas such as hazard recognition and safety management during construction in January 2026.
Current status: There is no public documentation showing full development and implementation of safety and health management systems across all contractors or completed subcontractor training; the partnership appears to be in early implementation concurrent with ongoing construction.
Milestones and reliability: Initial partnership announcements occurred in early January 2026, tied to a multi-year project described by the city as advancing infrastructure improvements; ongoing OSHA updates and project milestones will be needed to confirm completion. Reliability rests on OSHA notices and trade outlets reporting the collaboration and safety focus rather than a final completion report.
Update · Feb 01, 2026, 11:17 AMin_progress
Summary of the claim: The partnership between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture (for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project) is intended to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors in recognizing site hazards.
Evidence of progress: OSHA announced the strategic partnership on January 13, 2026, and an accompanying agreement document (dated December 9, 2025) outlines aims to reduce hazards and to assist in developing safety/health management systems and hazard-recognition training for workers on the Cemetery Brook project. The project has been described by OSHA and industry outlets as focusing on safety-system development, training, and leadership engagement.
Current status vs. completion: There is clear evidence that the partnership has been formed and that its programmatic goals include system development and subcontractor training. However, as of February 1, 2026, there is no public record showing that all contractors have fully developed and implemented comprehensive safety/health management systems or that subcontractor training has been completed project-wide; no published completion milestone date is provided.
Dates and milestones: Key dates include December 9, 2025 (OSP agreement) and January 13, 2026 (DOL/OSHA announcement). The cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project page describes the broader work but does not publish a completion date for safety-system implementation or training milestones.
Source reliability and notes: Primary information comes from the U.S. Department of Labor/OSHA (official release and agreement) with corroboration from OH&S Online, Underground Infrastructure, and related trade outlets. The primary sources are authoritative, and coverage appears consistent, though there is no post-implementation progress report confirming full completion.
Overall assessment: The initiative has begun with a formal partnership and defined safety-system and training objectives, but full completion—universal development/implementation across all subcontractors—has not been evidenced by the current date.
Update · Feb 01, 2026, 09:15 AMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. OSHA announced the strategic partnership on 2026-01-13, focusing on worker safety and health during the
Manchester, NH stormwater tunnel project. By 2026-01-31 there is public documentation of the partnership and its aims, but no publicly verifiable milestones showing that SHMS development or subcontractor hazard recognition training have been completed. The available sources confirm the initiative exists and describe its intended scope, yet provide limited concrete progress details or completion evidence to date. Ongoing updates from OSHA or project partners are needed to confirm milestones or completion. The reliability of the sources is solid for confirmation of the partnership, but they lack detailed implementation data as of the current date.
Update · Feb 01, 2026, 04:19 AMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public records show OSHA formalizing a strategic partnership for CBDT in 2025, with subsequent updates in January 2026 emphasizing safety-management development and hazard-recognition training for subcontractors. Evidence points to progress in planning and implementation steps, but there is no public record yet confirming full completion of the specified completion condition as of 2026-01-31.
Update · Feb 01, 2026, 02:27 AMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Public records show an OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement between the Department of Labor's OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture aimed at promoting worker safety during the Manchester,
New Hampshire CBDT project (signed around December 9, 2025). Additional reporting highlights ongoing safety emphasis and hazard recognition training components as part of the partnership (OSHA brief and city updates in early 2026).
Progress evidence includes an explicit framework designed to foster safety management systems and hazard recognition training for workers on site, with concrete milestones tied to the CBDT’s early project phase. However, no formal end date or completed closure of these safety objectives is published, indicating continued activity and oversight rather than a finished handoff.
The completion condition—contractors developing and implementing S&H management systems and subcontractors receiving hazard recognition training—appears aligned with the partnership’s goals, with progress reported through January 2026. There is no published universal completion date, suggesting the initiative remains in progress on a multi-year construction timeline.
Dates and milestones include the December 2025 partnership activation and January 2026 reporting; concrete, project-wide rollout milestones exist in documents but lack a fixed completion date. The reliability of sources is high (OSHA primary materials and municipal project communications), though formal completion assessments may depend on ongoing CBDT progress and periodic partnership reviews.
Overall, the status is best described as in_progress, given ongoing safety training efforts and the lack of a confirmed completion date.
Update · Feb 01, 2026, 12:27 AMin_progress
What the claim states: The OSHA Strategic Partnership with Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to oversee the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards on site.
Evidence of progress: OSHA announced the strategic partnership on 2026-01-13, with coverage describing focus areas such as improved safety systems, training, and leadership engagement for the
Manchester, NH project. The partnership documents and related reports reference ongoing safety-work plans initiated under the agreement.
Status of completion: Public records as of 2026-01-31 show formation of the partnership and planned activities, but do not demonstrate full completion of safety/health management systems across all contractors or completed hazard-recognition training for subcontractors at Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Reliability and milestones: The available sources are OSHA press materials and trade outlets detailing the partnership’s aims and early steps, not a final completion ledger. This yields an in_progress assessment pending concrete milestones or completion attestations.
Update · Jan 31, 2026, 10:19 PMin_progress
What the claim states: The article says the OSHA strategic partnership with the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project (CBDT) will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards on site.
Progress evidence: OSHA announced a CBDT safety partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture in January 2026, detailing focus areas such as hazard recognition, confined-space risk, and construction-site safety leadership, which aligns with the claim. The partnership is documented in OSHA materials and an accompanying joint venture agreement date (2025–12–09) with public updates in January 2026. Local project pages describe CBDT construction activity and planned multi-year timeline, indicating ongoing safety collaboration as the work proceeds.
Current completion status: There is no published completion date or final milestone indicating the safety-management systems are fully developed or that subcontractor hazard training is fully complete. The available documents describe formation of the partnership and ongoing safety activities; the completion condition—fully implemented safety systems and trained subcontractors—remains plausible but not publicly verified as completed as of 2026-01-31.
Dates and milestones: The partnership was formalized in late 2025 with public OSHA postings in January 2026, and CBDT project details note multi-year construction. Milestones related to safety systems and training are described as objectives of the partnership, not fixed completion dates. Reliability: The sources are official OSHA documents and a municipal project page, which are appropriate for assessing safety commitments; corroborating coverage exists but final completion of training/deployment is not independently verified in public records yet.
Update · Jan 31, 2026, 08:16 PMin_progress
Restatement of claim: The OSHA-backed partnership is intended to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: An OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project was announced in December 2025, naming the Concord NH Area Office and the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV as signatories and outlining aims to improve safety systems and training (OSHA PDF, 2025-12-09). In January 2026, OSHA publicly framed the partnership as focusing on reducing hazards through enhanced safety programs, training, and leadership engagement (OHSA Online, 2026-01-13).
Current status versus completion: There is no documented completion date or evidence that contractors have fully developed and implemented safety and health management systems or that subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training as of the end of January 2026. The announcements indicate a start, not a finish, of the program.
Dates and milestones: Key milestones include the December 9, 2025 partnership agreement and the January 13, 2026 public announcement of the partnership’s objectives. The
Manchester city page (January 9, 2026) confirms ongoing project scope and collaboration with federal and state bodies but does not indicate completion.
Source reliability and incentives: Sources include OSHA’s official documentation (OSHA.gov), a trade/public-safety outlet (OHOnline), and municipal project pages. These sources collectively support the claim’s premise and show institutional interest in safety improvements, with no indication of immediate completion or retroactive impact; the incentives are aligned with reducing workplace hazards on a large infrastructure project.
Update · Jan 31, 2026, 06:43 PMin_progress
The claim summarizes that OSHA’s partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Public records show the initiative being formally established in January 2026, with OSHA signaling emphasis on safety management systems, hazard recognition, and leadership-driven safety practices at the
Manchester, NH tunnel worksite (OSHA press release, 2026-01).
Update · Jan 31, 2026, 04:19 PMin_progress
What the claim states: The OSHA partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Progress evidence: OSHA publicly announced a strategic partnership on January 13, 2026, between the agency and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for the Manchester, NH Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The partner-focused efforts emphasize improved safety systems, training, and leadership-driven hazard prevention for work on the project (OSHA Boston regional news brief; Ohsonline coverage).
Current status relative to completion: There is no public indication of a finalized completion date or confirmation that all contractors have fully developed and implemented safety and health management systems or that subcontractor training has been completed. The announcements describe aims and ongoing collaboration rather than a finished state.
Key dates and milestones: The initial announcement is dated January 13, 2026, with follow-up reporting noting focus areas such as confined-space entry, hazardous gases, excavation safety, and hazard prevention leadership. The
Manchester project page provides project scope (a multi-year effort) but does not specify completion milestones for the safety-management or training components.
Reliability and caveats: Sources include OSHA’s regional release, industry trade coverage, and the city project page. While these are reputable, they reflect announcements and intended program scope rather than independent verification of completed safety-management implementations or training records. The incentives for the parties—safety compliance, regulatory alignment, and project risk management—support cautious interpretation that progress is ongoing rather than concluded.
Update · Jan 31, 2026, 02:19 PMin_progress
The claim describes a safety partnership where OSHA will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public records frame this as an ongoing initiative rather than a completed deliverable. Evidence shows the partnership exists and centers on hazard recognition and SHMS development for CBDT in
Manchester, NH (OSHA press release, 2026-01-13).
Update · Jan 31, 2026, 12:35 PMin_progress
Restated claim: The partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: OSHA announced a formal Strategic Partnership Agreement for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH, on December 9, 2025, involving OSHA, the Concord NH Area Office, and the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV to reduce hazards through safety systems and training. A January 2026 OSHA update and related reporting describe the emphasis on leadership engagement, enhanced safety systems, and worker training for on-site hazards.
Current status: There is no publicly available completion date or milestone showing full deployment of safety and health management systems across all contractors, nor definitive evidence that all subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training. The sources describe goals and ongoing activities rather than a finished, verifiable rollout.
Milestones and reliability: The principal milestones are the December 2025 partnership agreement and the January 2026 announcements detailing intended safety-system improvements and training. These are official or closely affiliated sources, but they do not provide independent verification of full implementation or quantified training completion.
Reliability note: Primary sources include OSHA materials and the Manchester project page, supplemented by trade coverage; they align on purpose but do not supply complete, independent progress metrics.
Update · Jan 31, 2026, 10:54 AMin_progress
What the claim states: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Progress evidence: OSHA announced a strategic partnership on January 13, 2026 between its Concord NH office and the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH (OSP agreement dated December 9, 2025). The collaboration aims to reduce hazards through enhanced safety systems, training, and leadership engagement (OSHA and industry coverage). City of Manchester documents frame the project as a multi-hundred-million-dollar effort with safety considerations integral to construction phases (
Manchester city page, Jan 9, 2026).
Current status and milestones: The arrangement establishes the framework for safety-system development and subcontractor training, but there is no public completion date or milestone indicating full implementation or completion of the safety-management systems and training for all subcontractors as of January 31, 2026. The reporting and coverage describe goals and ongoing collaboration rather than a finished program.
Source reliability and caveats: Reports from OSHA, industry trade press, and the city of Manchester provide contemporaneous accounts of the partnership and its focus areas (confined spaces, hazardous gases, excavation safety, leadership-driven hazard prevention). These sources are official or industry-reporting outlets, but explicit, verifiable completion data remains unavailable in public records to date.
Update · Jan 31, 2026, 09:16 AMin_progress
What the claim states: A partnership aims to help contractors at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project develop SHMS and train subcontractors to recognize hazards on site.
Evidence of progress: OSHA signed a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture in December 2025 to promote worker safety and health. January 2026 coverage indicates the partnership focuses on hazard recognition, confined-space risks, hazardous gases, and hazard prevention in construction; project pages also describe CBDT scope and safety intent. The available public materials show the partnership exists and is active, with ongoing safety activities rather than a finalized SHMS/Training completion for all sites.
Progress status: The completion condition—full SHMS development/implementation and subcontractor hazard training across all Cemetery Brook worksites—has not been publicly confirmed as completed by 2026-01-30; the arrangement appears incremental and ongoing.
Milestones and dates: December 9, 2025 partnership agreement; January 2026 updates; January 21, 2026 OSHA metadata indicating ongoing collaboration. These indicate a formal, active collaboration rather than a finished state.
Source reliability: OSHA’s partnership document is the strongest source, complemented by trade press and project pages; while they confirm ongoing activity, they do not prove full completion as of the current date.
Update · Jan 31, 2026, 04:59 AMin_progress
What the claim states: A partnership between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi JV for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project aims to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the construction site.
Progress evidence: OSHA announced a new strategic partnership on January 13, 2026, with the Methuen Obayashi JV for the Manchester, NH, project, focusing on safety-system enhancements, hazard recognition, and site leadership-driven hazard prevention (OSHA press release, 2026-01-13). Public briefings and trade outlets summarized the partnership as addressing confined-space risks, hazardous gases, excavation safety, and job-site leadership engagement (OHSA Online; Underground Infrastructure, Jan 2026;
City of Manchester project page).
Partnership grounding and path to completion: A related OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement for Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project was issued in December 2025, outlining the collaboration framework among OSHA, the Concord NH Area Office, and the JV, with formal documentation available as a public PDF (OSHA.gov, 2025-12-09). The agreement appears to establish safety-management development and training commitments, but without a published project-wide completion date.
Milestones and status: Public-facing reports describe ongoing work to implement enhanced safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors on recognizing hazards, but there is no clearly stated completion date or verified closure that these tasks are finished. The current date (2026-01-30) places the claim in a stage where progress is acknowledged and ongoing, not yet complete.
Source reliability and incentives: The principal sources are official OSHA documents (OSP agreement, press release) and reports from trade outlets summarizing the partnership—these are generally reliable for
U.S. federal employment and safety policy-oriented news. The weight of evidence suggests a continuing process rather than final completion, consistent with typical multi-party construction safety partnerships.
Notes on completeness: If progress continues on implementing safety-management systems and delivering hazard-recognition training, the claim would move toward completion only when contractors have fully developed and implemented the management systems and subcontractors have completed recognized-hazards training at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Based on current public records, the status remains in_progress.
Update · Jan 31, 2026, 03:25 AMin_progress
Restatement of the claim: The partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The OSHA release describes a strategic partnership formed January 13, 2026 between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to promote worker safety and health during construction in
Manchester, NH. It emphasizes efforts to prevent gas exposure, confined-space risks, and other hazards, and notes that the initiative will assist contractors in developing safety and health management systems and training subcontractors to recognize hazards on construction sites. No completion date is provided, and the release frames the arrangement as an ongoing collaboration rather than a finished program.
Update · Jan 31, 2026, 01:26 AMin_progress
The claim concerns OSHA’s strategic partnership with Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. Public records indicate the partnership agreement was signed in December 2025 and subsequent coverage in January 2026 detailing safety focuses and project scope, with completion not yet achieved. The available sources point to ongoing safety planning and training as part of the CBDT project’s progression, rather than a finished program.
Update · Jan 30, 2026, 11:04 PMin_progress
OSHA formed a Strategic Partnership Agreement with the Methuen Obayashi JV for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project, announced in January 2026 with the agreement dated December 9, 2025. Public records show the partnership focusing on safety systems development, hazard recognition, and training for contractors and subcontractors, indicating progress in implementation though no project-wide completion has been documented as of 2026-01-30. The completion condition—full development and implementation of safety/health management systems and subcontractor hazard training—appears to be in-progress, with milestones and formal completion not yet publicly confirmed. The reliability rests on the official OSHA partnership documents and multiple industry reports confirming the partnership's aims and early steps.
Update · Jan 30, 2026, 08:49 PMin_progress
The claim describes an OSHA Strategic Partnership Authority initiative for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project, stating that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the site. Public records show that OSHA entered into a Strategic Partnership Agreement for this project between the Concord NH Area Office, and the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV, with the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project as the focus, and the agreement was formalized around December 9, 2025. A January 13, 2026 OSHA release and related coverage emphasize safety-system development, hazard-recognition training, and leadership-driven hazard prevention as core aims of the partnership. The project itself remains in active construction, with completion dependent on the contractors’ development and implementation of safety/health management systems and subcontractor training, as indicated by the agreement’s language and subsequent reporting. Overall, progress toward the stated milestones appears underway but not yet completed; no firm end date or milestone completion notice is publicly documented. Source quality includes official OSHA materials and industry reporting (OSHA PDF, OHSA Online coverage, and city information on Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project), though publicly verifiable milestone confirmations beyond the partnership framework are sparse at this stage.
Update · Jan 30, 2026, 07:13 PMin_progress
Restated claim: The OSHA Strategic Partnership with the Methuen Obayashi JV for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the construction site. The project-specific agreement and initial trainings were publicly disclosed in January 2026, signaling the partnership’s initiation and ongoing implementation phase (OSHA, Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement; OHSA Online, 2026-01-13 coverage).
Progress evidence: OSHA formally announced the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project Strategic Partnership on January 13, 2026, detailing aims to reduce hazards through improved safety systems, training, and leadership engagement. The underlying partnership framework appears to build on a 2025 agreement (signed December 9, 2025) between OSHA and Methuen Construction–Obayashi JV, outlining cooperative activities to foster safety culture and hazard recognition on site (OSHA, 1430-agreement-20251209.pdf; OHSA Online coverage).
Milestones and status: Public sources indicate the partnership is in the early implementation phase, focusing on developing safety and health management systems and delivering hazard-recognition training to subcontractors. Concrete completion milestones (e.g., full GMP safety-system deployment and all subcontractors completed training) have not been published as of 2026-01-30, and no final completion date is stated in the sources reviewed.
Dates and milestones: The formal agreement appears dated December 9, 2025, with the public rollout or formal announcement of the partnership occurring January 13, 2026. Since completion conditions depend on ongoing safety-system development and training delivery, the timeline is contingent on project pace and contractor participation (OSHA, 1430-agreement-20251209.pdf; OSHA announcement, 2026-01-13).
Source reliability note: The most credible references are OSHA’s own materials and industry-standard safety outlets reporting on OSHA strategic partnerships (OSHA.gov documents; OHSA Online coverage). Additional trade outlets corroborate the focus on safety systems, training, and leadership engagement, but primary verification rests with the official OSHA partnership documents and announcements.
Update · Jan 30, 2026, 04:30 PMin_progress
Brief restatement of the claim: The OSHA Strategic Partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project is designed to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize site hazards. The Verbatim Quote from the source article emphasizes that the initiative will enhance safety management and hazard recognition training for subcontractors on construction sites at the project.
Progress evidence: Public records show the partnership was established in late 2025. An OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement document dated December 9, 2025 lists the agreement among OSHA’s
Concord, NH office and the Methuen/Obayashi JV for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. Independent outlets summarized the January 2026 announcements confirming that OSHA formalized the partnership and that it focuses on improving safety systems, training, and hazard recognition for subcontractors working at the site. City communications also describe the CBDT project timeline and the high-safety stakes involved, providing context for the partnership’s relevance to the ongoing work.
Current status: As of January 30, 2026, the partnership appears active and ongoing. Publicly available statements and coverage indicate intent and early implementation steps (safety-management enhancements, hazard-recognition training for subcontractors) but do not report a final completion of all promised milestones. The completion condition—contractors developing and implementing safety and health management systems and subcontractors receiving hazard-recognition training—has a trajectory, but available sources frame progress as ongoing rather than completed.
Dates and milestones: The key dates include the December 9, 2025 signing of the partnership agreement and January 13, 2026 media coverage confirming the OSHA-Methuen Obayashi JV safety collaboration for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Manchester city communications (January 9, 2026) provide project scope and scale, which underpins the partnership’s relevance. While no exact end date or milestone list is publicly published, press notices consistently describe near-term safety-system enhancements and expanded hazard-recognition training as ongoing goals.
Source reliability note: The core claim is anchored in official OSHA partnership documentation and corroborating industry reporting (OH&S Online and sector outlets) and local government project pages. The primary source—OSHA’s Partnership Agreement—appears consistent with the public coverage in January 2026. While outlets vary in depth, they align on the existence of the partnership and its safety-focused aims. Given the incentives of the agencies and the contractor-partner to publicly document safety progress, these sources are reasonably reliable for inferring status and intent rather than asserting full completion.
Reliability caveat: The available materials do not provide a formal, published completion date or a complete milestone tally, so labeling the status as in_progress reflects ongoing work and unreported finalization of all promised elements.
Update · Jan 30, 2026, 02:37 PMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will help Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the site. OSHA’s January 13, 2026 announcement frames the initiative as a strategic partnership focusing on safety systems, training, and hazard prevention at construction sites. Documents show the partner agreement with Methuen Construction – Obayashi, JV and the Cemetery Brook project in
Manchester, NH, indicating formalization of the program.
Update · Jan 30, 2026, 01:01 PMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public records show the partnership was formally established in January 2026 (OSHA news release) and the underlying strategic-partnership agreement was executed in December 2025. The agreement outlines objectives to reduce hazards, strengthen safety systems, and provide leadership-driven hazard prevention, with a focus on the
Manchester, NH project (Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel).
Update · Jan 30, 2026, 11:18 AMin_progress
Claim restatement: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Evidence shows the partnership was formed and is ongoing, with a focus on reducing hazards and building safety management capabilities. The January 13, 2026 OSHA release confirms the strategic partnership and its objectives, including safety-system development and subcontractor hazard-recognition training (OSHA Boston Region release). A December 9, 2025 OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement formalizes the arrangement between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for this project (OSHA agreement PDF). Project documentation from
Manchester, NH also describes the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project as an active, multi-year infrastructure effort with a strong emphasis on safety and environmental goals (City of Manchester project page).
Update · Jan 30, 2026, 09:21 AMin_progress
The claim describes a partnership to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems (SHMS) and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public records show OSHA established a Strategic Partnership Agreement for the Manchester, NH project around January 13, 2026, involving the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV, confirming the partnership exists and focuses on safety systems and training. Concrete milestones showing universal SHMS adoption or complete hazard-recognition training for all subcontractors are not publicly documented as of January 2026, suggesting the effort is ongoing. The available sources indicate progress and ongoing work toward the stated goals, without a published project-wide completion date, consistent with an in-progress status.
Update · Jan 30, 2026, 04:49 AMin_progress
Restating the claim: a partnership between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture was formed to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH.
Evidence of progress exists primarily in official announcements and partner documents. OSHA announced a strategic partnership on January 13, 2026, focusing on reducing construction hazards through enhanced safety systems, training, and leadership engagement for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project (Manchester, NH) (OSHA press/article coverage). A related OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement was published (Dec 9, 2025), detailing the collaboration between OSHA’s Concord NH Area Office and the Methuen Obayashi JV for this project.
There is no public evidence yet that the safety management systems have been fully developed and implemented across all contractors, nor that subcontractor training has been completed, as completion is not defined with a fixed date. The available materials describe objectives and commitments rather than final outcomes or verification of a completed safety program being in place on site.
Key milestones to watch include the initiation of joint safety plans, publication of any site-specific safety management system documents, and post-implementation training records for subcontractors. Progress reports or renewal updates from OSHA or the City of Manchester would be the clearest indicators that the promise is advancing or completed. Given the ongoing nature of the project and the absence of a stated deadline, the status remains: in_progress.
Source reliability: the core sources are official or trade-press outlets covering OSHA partnerships and a city project page. OSHA’s partnership document and multiple industry outlets provide corroboration of the collaboration and its aims, though they do not yet confirm full completion of safety-system implementation or training rollout.
Update · Jan 30, 2026, 02:46 AMin_progress
The Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project safety claim concerns a partnership to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards. Public records show an OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement was formed in December 2025 and reaffirmed in January 2026 for Cemetery Brook, with subsequent reporting emphasizing safety-system improvements and hazard-recognition training, but no public completion notice has been published. Current sources describe ongoing implementation and leadership-driven hazard prevention, not a finalized, project-wide completion of all required systems and trainings as of 2026-01-29.
Update · Jan 30, 2026, 01:12 AMin_progress
Restated claim: The partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: Publicly released materials confirm OSHA entered a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH, focusing on safety system development and hazard-recognition training for subcontractors. The December 2025 agreement and January 2026 safety coverage outline aims to reduce hazards, improve excavation safety, and support safe site leadership, indicating active implementation rather than completed closure at this time.
Current status: The initiative appears in an implementation phase, with ongoing activities around hazard prevention, training, and leadership engagement. There is no public notice of full completion of the safety-management systems or the subcontractor training as of the current date, and the underlying project is described as a multi-year construction effort, which supports ongoing safety-program development.
Reliability note: Sources include OSHA-generated partnership documents and reputable safety outlets, which provide strong assurance of the claim but do not indicate a fixed completion date for the described milestones.
Update · Jan 29, 2026, 11:21 PMin_progress
The claim describes an OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement to help Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards on site. Public records show the partnership was announced by OSHA on January 13, 2026, with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture (JV) as participants, focusing on construction-site safety protocols and hazard recognition. Additional OSHA documentation confirms the
Manchester, NH project site and the partnership’s emphasis on leadership engagement and hazard prevention.
There is explicit evidence of progress in establishing the partnership framework. The January 2026 OSHA release and related materials describe the collaboration’s intent to strengthen safety systems and training, with leadership involvement a central element. An OSHA-formal partnership document and metadata exist in the agency archive, indicating the program is moving into implementation phases.
As of 2026-01-29, the completion condition—contractors developing and implementing safety and health management systems and subcontractors trained on site hazards—has not been publicly confirmed as fully completed. The sources document the partnership and its objectives and activities, but do not provide a final completion confirmation or metrics.
Key dates include the 2026-01-13 announcement and subsequent OSHA materials describing safety-system development and hazard-recognition training as ongoing goals. The sources corroborate the JV’s central role and the emphasis on leadership-driven hazard prevention, though granular project-level metrics are not provided.
Source reliability is strong for official status, given reliance on OSHA press releases and partnership documents; however, they do not always publish granular completion data. Overall, the record supports ongoing progress toward the stated safety and training goals.
Update · Jan 29, 2026, 08:49 PMin_progress
Summary of the claim: The OSHA Strategic Partnership for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project would have contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and would train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the construction site. The article promises ongoing progress rather than a finished, closed outcome.
Progress evidence: A Strategic Partnership Agreement for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH was publicly disclosed in December 2025, with OSHA and the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV named as participants. Subsequent coverage in January 2026 emphasized aims to reduce hazards by improving safety systems, leadership engagement, and training for workers on and around the project site (OSHA, Jan 13–15, 2026). Manchester city materials also referenced the project and its safety-focused execution around the same period, indicating planning and implementation phases were underway rather than completion.
Current status assessment: As of January 29, 2026, there is no public record showing that all contractors have fully developed and implemented safety and health management systems or that subcontractor hazard-recognition training has been completed across the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The available coverage points to ongoing partnership activities and safety-oriented program development during the project lifecycle, not a declared completion.
Dates and milestones: The key public milestones include the December 2025 OSHA partnership agreement and the January 2026 announcements detailing safety aims and training objectives. The source material does not provide a concrete completion date or milestone confirming full rollout or certification of all safety-management systems or subcontractor training across the project.
Reliability and sourcing: The principal sources are a U.S. Department of Labor–OSHA release (Jan 13, 2026), industry coverage (OHSAOnline, Underground Infrastructure) and the City of Manchester project page. These are primary (or closely sourced) materials about an ongoing government-partnered safety program, and they consistently frame progress as ongoing rather than complete.
Follow-up and next steps: A follow-up should verify whether the Contractors on Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project have completed the development and implementation of safety and health management systems and whether subcontractor hazard-recognition training has been delivered to all relevant personnel. A targeted check on project safety-management documentation and training records with dates (and responsible contractors) would clarify completion status.
Update · Jan 29, 2026, 07:13 PMin_progress
The Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project OSHA Strategic Partnership is ongoing, with the claim stating the partnership will help contractors develop safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards. Public records show an OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement for the project (dated 2025) and subsequent January 2026 announcements; however, no public completion milestone or date is listed. Evidence supports continued safety-system development and training efforts, but a final completion status has not been announced.
Update · Jan 29, 2026, 04:35 PMin_progress
Claim restatement: The OSHA partnership between the Department of Labor and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture aims to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH.
Evidence of progress: OSHA publicly announced a strategic partnership on January 13, 2026, detailing focus areas such as safety-system development, hazard recognition training for subcontractors, and leadership-driven hazard prevention for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Coverage from OSHA’s own release and industry press corroborates the core elements of the partnership (hazard recognition training, safety-management system support, and site-specific hazard controls).
Current status: As of January 29, 2026, there is no published evidence in the cited materials that the safety-management systems have been fully developed and implemented across all contractors or that subcontractor training has been completed. The announcements describe intentions and initial collaboration rather than a completed program with milestones achieved.
Milestones and dates: The primary milestone publicly documented is the January 13, 2026 partnership announcement. No completion date or definitive completion milestones are provided in the sources reviewed, and the project’s ongoing nature (construction of a major tunnel) suggests progress would be incremental and post-date the initial announcement.
Source reliability and incentives: Primary information comes from OSHA’s official news release and industry-relevant safety outlets, indicating a high level of reliability for the announced partnership. Given the project’s public funding and regulatory context, sources appear to reflect genuine collaboration rather than partisan framing. The lack of a clear completion date in early reports means cautious interpretation: progress is plausible but not yet verifiable as complete.
Update · Jan 29, 2026, 02:47 PMin_progress
Claim restatement: The OSHA Strategic Partnership for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project aims to help lead contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards on site. Evidence shows the partnership was announced in January 2026 with the Cemetery Brook project in
Manchester, NH (OSHA release; OHSA Online). Current status appears to be ongoing; no public completion date or milestone list has been published indicating full implementation or training completion. Public sources describe the initiative as an active safety program focused on hazard recognition, confined-space risks, hazardous gases, and leadership-driven hazard prevention, with progress tracked through partnership documents rather than a final completion report.
Update · Jan 29, 2026, 12:44 PMin_progress
The claim describes a partnership to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public records show the initiative was formalized as an OSHA Strategic Partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture, with the agreement finalized in December 2025. Media coverage in January 2026 framed the partnership as focusing on hazard recognition, confined-space risks, and construction-site safety.
Update · Jan 29, 2026, 10:51 AMin_progress
Restated claim: The OSHA partnership with the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project aims to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the construction site. Evidence shows the formal partnership was established to promote safety, health, and hazard recognition at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. The January 13, 2026 OSHA announcement confirms the collaboration between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture (City of Manchester project) to reduce construction hazards through improved safety programs and training (OSHA press notice, 2026-01-13).
Progress to date: The key milestone achieved is the signing of the OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project (OSHA news release and related coverage, 2026-01-13; project page summarizes the city’s involvement and scope, 2026-01-09). This establishes the mechanism for joint safety governance, hazard-prevention planning, and targeted training in the project’s early phase (OSHA press release; OHSA Online coverage).
Evidence of completion or near-completion: There is no public, verifiable statement that contractors have fully developed and implemented a comprehensive safety and health management system (SHMS) or that all subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training as of 2026-01-29. The announcements describe the partnership and its objectives but do not provide completion metrics or a completion date (OSHA release; OHSA Online; Manchester project page).
Ongoing concerns and reliability: The sources are official or industry-reliable outlets reporting the partnership’s formation and stated goals, but they do not publish specific milestones or completion timelines for SHMS adoption or subcontractor training. Given the typical phased rollout of such partnerships, continued updates would be expected to confirm progress toward completion (OSHA release; OHSA Online; Manchester project page).
Reliability note: The core claim aligns with formal OSHA statements and corroborating coverage from industry outlets, reducing the likelihood of misrepresentation. Readers should monitor subsequent OSHA updates for progress milestones and completion confirmation (OSHA 2026-01-13; OHSA Online 2026-01-13; Manchester project page 2026-01-09).
Update · Jan 29, 2026, 08:59 AMin_progress
Restated claim: The OSHA Strategic Partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the site.
Evidence of progress so far: OSHA announced the partnership on January 13, 2026, following a partnership agreement dated December 9, 2025. Coverage indicates the collaboration aims to improve safety systems, training, and hazard prevention at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH.
What is completed or remains in progress: The completion condition—contractors developing and implementing safety and health management systems and subcontractors receiving hazard-recognition training—has not yet been shown as completed. Public materials describe the initiative and focus areas but do not publish a site-wide completion milestone.
Dates and milestones observed: The documents and announcements are dated December 9, 2025 (agreement) and January 13, 2026 (public release). No explicit project-wide completion date is provided; progress will be tracked via subsequent updates and site safety metrics.
Source reliability note: Primary sources include the OSHA release, industry coverage, and the Manchester, NH project page, each framing the partnership as ongoing with a focus on leadership-driven safety and hazard prevention.
Update · Jan 29, 2026, 04:41 AMin_progress
The claim concerns a partnership intended to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. Public records show that OSHA established a strategic partnership for this project, with formal documentation and public announcements detailing safety-focused objectives. As of the current date, there is evidence of the partnership being formed and publicly communicated, but no final completion of the stated training and system development is documented.
The key evidence includes a December 9, 2025 OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement between OSHA (Concord NH Area Office) and the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project (CBDT) in Manchester, NH. This agreement lays the groundwork for collaborative safety, health management, and hazard recognition efforts, aligning with the claim’s described scope (OSHA PDF public release).
Following this, a January 13, 2026 OSHA press article confirms the partnership and outlines its aims to reduce hazards through improved safety systems, training, and leadership engagement during CBDT construction. The coverage corroborates the partnership’s existence and its intended activities, including training components, but does not provide evidence of completed training or fully implemented safety management systems.
Supplementary reporting from industry outlets and the City of Manchester’s project page reinforces the project timeline and safety focus but likewise does not indicate a completed state. The CBDT project itself is described as a multi-year effort with significant construction milestones ahead, suggesting ongoing safety-focused work rather than final completion.
Reliability notes: primary sources (OSHA’s partnership agreement and official OSHA/press release) establish the initiative’s existence and intent. Secondary coverage from trade press corroborates the safety emphasis but varies in detail and timing. Taken together, the available materials support that progress is underway, but there is no documented completion of the claimed safety-management-development and subcontractor training milestones at this time.
Update · Jan 29, 2026, 02:54 AMin_progress
Key claim: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public records show a formal OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement was signed for the project in December 2025, with OSHA and the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV (CBDT project) committing to safety management system development and hazard recognition training. This establishes the framework for ongoing safety work, but does not yet indicate full completion of training across all subcontractors (OSHA release, 2026-01-13; project updates 2026-01-09/01-15). Progress evidence: The December 9, 2025 partnership agreement explicitly contemplates collaboration on safety management systems and subcontractor hazard recognition training at Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH, meeting the core elements of the claim. Subsequent reporting in January 2026 reiterates that OSHA has formed a strategic partnership with the joint venture to promote worker safety at the site, with emphasis on construction-site hazards and safety leadership (OHSA Online, 2026-01-13; Underground Infrastructure News, 2026-01-15). Status of completion: There is no publicly disclosed completion date or final milestone indicating all safety-management systems have been fully developed and all subcontractor training completed. Sources describe the partnership as active and ongoing as of January 2026, with anticipated deliverables including safety-management system development and subcontractor hazard training, but no confirmation that the training has been universally completed across all subcontractors yet (OSHA release; project pages). Reliability note: The claims derive from U.S. Department of Labor OSHA releases and industry outlets; while credible for tracking federal safety initiatives, they do not provide granular progress data without internal project reports. In sum, progress is underway but not yet verifiably completed as of 2026-01-28.
Update · Jan 29, 2026, 01:07 AMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Public records confirm the OSHA Strategic Partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project, including aims to prevent gas exposure, confined-space risks, and to support safety-management-system development and subcontractor hazard training (OSHA partnership agreement, 2025-12-09; DOL release, 2026-01-13).
As of late January 2026, there is evidence that the partnership has been established and is guiding safety planning and training priorities, but there is no published completion date or milestone indicating that all contractors have fully developed and implemented safety and health management systems or that subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training.
Concrete milestones cited publicly include focus areas such as leadership engagement, hazard-prevention protocols, and the use of protective systems in excavations, rather than a finished state. The completion condition described in the claim remains plausible but has not been publicly verified as achieved by 2026-01-28.
Sources include the DOL OSHA press release from January 13, 2026 and the December 9, 2025 OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement document, which together establish the collaborative framework and near-term objectives, but do not confirm final completion of the claimed training and system-implementation milestones.
Reliability note: the main sources are U.S. Department of Labor and OSHA communications, which reflect official government positions and verifiable program details. They describe process-oriented goals and partnership structures rather than a post-completion report; thus, they are appropriate for assessing progress but not for confirming full completion absent additional milestones.
Update · Jan 28, 2026, 11:02 PMin_progress
The claim describes an OSHA Strategic Partnership focusing on Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project: that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the site. The formal arrangement was announced as an OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement (OSP) with the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV for the Manchester, NH CBDT project around January 2026, following a prior agreement in December 2025. Public records indicate the partnership aims to reduce hazards through enhanced safety systems, training, and leadership engagement (OSHA release; 1/13/2026).
Evidence of progress shows that the partnership was established and described as active, with focus areas including safety management systems, hazard recognition training for subcontractors, and-site leadership involvement (OSHA press material; January 2026 coverage). The project itself is a multi-year stormwater tunnel construction effort, which provides context for the scale and need for formal safety coordination (Manchester, NH city project page; January 2026).
There is no publicly released completion report or milestone indicating that all contractors have fully developed and implemented safety and health management systems, nor that all subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training to date. Given the project’s three-year horizon and the recent formation of the partnership, the status remains described as ongoing and in-progress rather than complete (OSHA announcement; city project notes).
Key dates and milestones cited include the December 9, 2025 OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement issuance and the January 13, 2026 press coverage confirming the partnership’s scope and objectives. A concrete, published completion condition (all contractors with documented safety systems and subcontractor training completed) is not yet shown as achieved in public sources as of late January 2026.
Source reliability: the principal claims come from official OSHA statements and a local government project page, supplemented by industry news outlets covering OSHA partnerships. These sources are appropriate for assessing the formal status of a government-industry partnership and a major municipal project, though early-stage milestone reporting may lag in public-facing channels.
Follow-up note: if the project’s safety-management implementations and subcontractor trainings are central to later policy or funding decisions, a follow-up on a specific completion date or milestone (e.g., a formal completion report or site-safety certification) should be revisited on or after 2026-12-31 to confirm finalization.
Update · Jan 28, 2026, 08:48 PMin_progress
Claim restated: OSHA's Strategic Partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture is intended to help contractors develop safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress exists: OSHA announced the partnership on January 13, 2026, highlighting focus areas like confined-space risks, hazardous gases, excavation safety, and hazard prevention leadership. The CBDT project is a multi-year construction effort described in early January 2026 materials.
Status of completion: The partnership is active and training/systems work is underway, but public reporting does not show formal completion of the management systems or universal subcontractor training as of 2026-01-28.
Milestones and dates: The key milestone is the January 13, 2026 partnership announcement. CBDT is described as having 2.25 miles of tunnel with seven drop shafts and a launch structure slated over the project timeline.
Source reliability and incentives: Sources include OSHA, municipal project pages, and industry reporting; together they support an in-progress assessment. The arrangement aligns contractor safety incentives with a high-profile tunnel project, potentially enhancing hazard recognition and safety culture on site.
Update · Jan 28, 2026, 06:57 PMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public records show that OSHA formally established a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture on January 13, 2026 to promote worker safety and health for this project (DOL OSHA press release, 2026-01-13). This indicates the initiative began with a formal agreement rather than a completed program, supporting the claim’s premise about safety-system development and hazard recognition training being a focus of the partnership. The available evidence confirms the partnership’s creation and its emphasis on safety leadership, hazard identification, and hazard prevention, including safer excavation practices and protective systems. The materials indicate initial activities and planning, rather than a finished, audited implementation across all sites. Milestones publicly announced include the signing of the OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement on January 13, 2026, and subsequent reporting highlighting focus areas such as hazard recognition, confined spaces, gas exposure, and excavation safety (DOL release; OHSA Online). Concrete, project-wide measures or completion reports have not been published in accessible public records as of late January 2026.
Update · Jan 28, 2026, 04:25 PMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public announcements indicate a formal OSHA Strategic Partnership was formed around the
Manchester, NH project in January 2026, with emphasis on safety systems, hazard recognition, and leadership engagement on site.
Evidence of progress shows the partnership framework and safety program focus have been established and communicated to project stakeholders (OSHA, OHSA Online). Reports describe training and safety-system enhancements as core components of the collaboration, aiming to reduce hazards during construction.
There is no publicly disclosed completion date or milestone showing full development/implementation of safety and health management systems across the Cemetery Brook project, nor confirmation that subcontractor hazard-recognition training is completed. The arrangement appears ongoing, focused on continuous safety improvements rather than a single, final deliverable.
Reliability: sources include OSHA press materials, industry outlets, and the Manchester city project site; they corroborate the partnership and safety objectives but do not show final completion data.
Update · Jan 28, 2026, 02:34 PMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. OSHA announced a strategic partnership for the Manchester, NH Cemetery Brook project with the Methuen Obayashi JV on December 9, 2025, signaling the start of formal collaboration and safety focus areas such as confined-space hazards and hazard recognition. Public reporting indicates implementation progress but no final completion milestone has been published, so the completion condition has not yet been met as of January 2026. Reliability is supported by official OSHA documents and corroborating industry coverage, with ongoing updates expected as the project advances.
Update · Jan 28, 2026, 12:34 PMin_progress
Restated claim: The OSHA partnership with the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project is to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards on site. Evidence of the partnership exists in a December 9, 2025 OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement between OSHA, the Concord NH Area Office, and the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV for the Manchester, NH project. Subsequent reporting confirms the partnership aims to reduce hazards through improved safety systems, training, and leadership engagement (January 13, 2026). The
Manchester project page describes the broader safety emphasis during construction, consistent with a large-scale municipal tunnel project.
What progress exists: A formal partnership agreement has been executed and publicly announced, establishing objectives related to safety management and hazard recognition training. Public coverage highlights focus areas such as confined-space risks, hazardous gases, excavation safety, and leadership-driven hazard prevention. There is no public completion report showing all contractors have fully developed safety systems or that all subcontractors have completed training.
Status assessment: The claim remains in_progress as of January 28, 2026. The sources confirm the partnership is active and focused on safety development and training, but do not provide a conclusive completion statement or a fully published set of completion milestones.
Reliability note: The primary sources include the official OSHA agreement, industry reporting, and the city project page. While supportive, these sources do not uniformly publish detailed progress metrics, so the status should be treated as ongoing rather than completed.
Update · Jan 28, 2026, 10:54 AMin_progress
The claim states the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public records show OSHA formed a Strategic Partnership Agreement with Methuen Obayashi JV for the Manchester, NH project, announced Jan 2026, emphasizing improved safety systems and hazard recognition training. Evidence indicates the partnership is active and progressing, with initial implementation and training efforts described, but no published completion date or definitive proof that all contractors have fully developed safety systems or subcontractors completed hazard-recognition training as of 2026-01-28. Project context from city and EPA/NH DES materials aligns with a large-scale, ongoing effort rather than a closed, completed deliverable. Reliability of sources is high: OSHA announcements and summaries, OHSA Online coverage, and municipal project pages corroborate the partnership’s focus areas, though they do not confirm full completion yet.
Update · Jan 28, 2026, 08:37 AMin_progress
Summary of the claim: The OSHA-Methuen Obayashi partnership for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project would help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and would train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the construction site.
Progress evidence: OSHA announced a formal strategic partnership on January 13, 2026 (OSHA press release). The partnership agreement is documented as executed around December 9, 2025, with the agreement package posted by OSHA and corroborated by coverage from safety-focused outlets. Local project pages (Manchester, NH) describe the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project and reference safety-focused collaboration tied to the project.
Current status vs completion: The arrangement has been established, and the parties are operating under the partnership framework, focusing on safety systems development, safety leadership engagement, and hazard recognition training as core objectives. There is no fixed completion date published; the project itself is long-term, and the partnership progress is described as ongoing rather than completed.
Dates and milestones: The government documents show the partnership formalized by December 2025, with public rollout and initial activities in January 2026. Milestones like the exact number of safety-management systems developed or training sessions delivered have not been publicly itemized in the sources reviewed. The available records indicate ongoing activity rather than a closed, finished state.
Source reliability and notes: Primary sourcing includes a U.S. Department of Labor OSHA press release (official government source), supplemented by trades/media outlets reporting on the partnership and project pages from the City of Manchester. These sources collectively support the existence and early activities of the partnership, though they do not provide exhaustive, project-wide completion metrics. Given the early-stage nature and the outlets cited, interpretation should consider ongoing implementation and evolving milestones.
Update · Jan 28, 2026, 04:34 AMin_progress
Summary of the claim: The OSHA partnership states that the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. The article indicates the initiative focuses on hazard recognition, safety management systems, leadership engagement, and subcontractor training at construction sites. There is no published completion date for these activities, only an ongoing partnership framework.
Progress and evidence to date: OSHA announced the strategic partnership on January 13, 2026, with a focus on preventing injuries from gas exposure, confined spaces, excavations, and other construction hazards. A related OSHA-formal partnership document exists (December 9, 2025) outlining the agreement’s purpose and hazard-prevention emphasis, suggesting preparatory work and planning preceded the public announcement. Local project pages describe Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project as Manchester’s large-scale infrastructure effort advancing during 2025–2026.
Current status vs. completion condition: The status as of January 27, 2026 shows the partnership established and active, but there is no evidence of formal completion of the safety-management systems or subcontractor training milestones. The completion condition—contractors developing and implementing safety and health management systems and subcontractors receiving hazard-recognition training—lacks a reported milestone date or date-stamped verification of completion. Given the project’s size and the nature of safety-program rollouts, continued activity and progress updates are plausible but not yet proven as finished.
Reliability and incentives: The primary sources are OSHA’s official release and a corroborating partnership document, which enhances reliability relative to other outlets. Industry outlets and project pages reinforce that the Cemetery Brook project is a major NH stormwater/tunnel initiative with known contractors, aligning incentives toward comprehensive safety programs. Readers should watch for subsequent OSHA updates or municipal project updates to confirm concrete milestones, such as documented safety-management system implementations or subcontractor training completions at specific job sites.
Update · Jan 28, 2026, 02:35 AMin_progress
Claim: The OSHA-Methuen Obayashi JV partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Evidence shows the partnership was formed December 9, 2025 and publicly announced January 13, 2026, with emphasis on safety system improvements, hazard recognition, and leadership-driven hazard prevention. There is no published completion milestone confirming full implementation of safety systems or subcontractor training as of the current date. Ongoing progress will depend on subsequent updates from OSHA, the JV, and project stakeholders.
Update · Jan 28, 2026, 01:22 AMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public records show OSHA announced a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture on January 13, 2026 to promote worker safety and health at the project (OSHA news release). Related documents confirm the agreement and its focus on hazard recognition, safety-management systems, and training for subcontractors (OSP/PSA PDFs). The City of Manchester project page notes the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project is active and aims to reduce sewer overflows, aligning with the partnership’s safety objectives (Manchester NH project page). Trade outlets also report on the partnership’s safety emphasis, including confined-space and excavation safety, which supports progress toward the stated promises (OH&S Online, Underground Infrastructure). However, there is no published completion milestone or date showing that all contractors have fully developed safety management systems and that subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training across all crews; the status remains “in progress.”
Update · Jan 28, 2026, 12:24 AMin_progress
Summary of the claim: The article stated that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH.
Evidence progress: OSHA announced a strategic partnership on the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project, with the Methuen Obayashi JV, to promote worker safety through enhanced safety systems, training, and leadership engagement. The announcement appears in OSHA materials and in industry coverage around January 2026, with the partnership formalized in December 2025 (OSP agreement materials).
Status of completion: There is a formal partnership in place and ongoing activity aimed at strengthening safety management and subcontractor hazard recognition, but no published date Milestone indicating full completion of the completion condition as of today. The focus remains on process improvements and hazard-control initiatives rather than a completed deliverable.
Milestones and dates: Public materials cite the December 2025 agreement and January 2026 publicized activity, with local/industry coverage describing project scope (2.25-mile tunnel and related structures). No explicit completion milestone has been publicly disclosed.
Source reliability and incentives: Primary sourcing includes OSHA press materials and reputable trade outlets; incentives center on reducing hazards and improving project outcomes, with reporting framed as ongoing efforts rather than a finished state.
Update · Jan 27, 2026, 09:15 PMin_progress
The claim states that a safety partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public records show the partnership framework began in late 2025 and was reaffirmed in January 2026, indicating progress toward formalizing training and safety-management processes. While OSHA has issued a Strategic Partnership Agreement and industry coverage confirms safety focus areas, there is no public record yet showing full DSM implementation or completed subcontractor training.
Evidence of progress includes the formal partnership documents and statements outlining hazard recognition, confined-space safety, hazardous gases, and hazard prevention leadership. The CBDT project scope (2.25-mile tunnel with drop shafts and launch structure) is publicly described, and training objectives for contractors and subcontractors are specified in the partnership materials. However, no final completion milestone is publicly documented as of 2026-01-27, so the status remains in_progress.
Completion condition appears not yet met; the project is ongoing with planned safety-management system development and subcontractor training, but publicly verifiable completion evidence is lacking. Project timelines and milestones exist, but a clear on-site DSM adoption and completed training record has not been published.
Reliability note: sources include OSHA’s official release, trade press, and city/project pages, which corroborate the partnership and safety focus, though they do not provide a conclusive completion date. The incentives for safety compliance and risk reduction align with public and worker protections, supporting a cautious interpretation that progress is real but not yet complete.
Update · Jan 27, 2026, 07:15 PMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public records show OSHA establishing a strategic partnership for this project between its Concord NH Area Office and Methuen Construction–Obayashi JV, with an agreement documented in December 2025 and announced publicly on January 13, 2026. The primary stated goals are to reduce hazards through improved safety systems, training, and leadership engagement on the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH (OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement; Jan 2026).
Evidence of progress includes the formal partnership arrangement and the described scope of work, notably the emphasis on safety management systems and subcontractor hazard recognition training as core activities. The December 2025 partnership document and the January 2026 coverage confirm the commitment and intended activities, but they do not provide a detailed, date-specific milestone schedule or quantify outcomes achieved to date (OSHA PDF, Jan 2026; OHSA Online article, Jan 2026).
There is no projected completion date published for the completion condition (i.e., “contractors have developed and implemented safety and health management systems and subcontractors have received training on recognizing site hazards”). The available materials describe ongoing partnership activities and focus areas, not a finalized report of completion milestones or certification of safety-system implementation at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project (OSHA PDF, Jan 2026; OHSA Online, Jan 2026).
On balance, the status as of late January 2026 points to an active, progressing partnership with ongoing safety systems work and training commitments, but without publicly documented completion, verification of completion, or a fixed end date. Readers should view this as an early-stage, ongoing effort rather than a completed guarantee, pending future updates from OSHA or the Methuen Obayashi JV detailing implemented systems and training outcomes (OSHA PDF, Jan 2026; OHSA Online, Jan 2026).
Update · Jan 27, 2026, 04:32 PMin_progress
Summary of the claim: A partnership stated that it would help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and would train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. The article notes the initiative will assist with safety and health management systems and hazard recognition training on construction sites. The current date is 2026-01-27, so progress is evaluated rather than completion. Evidence of progress: OSHA announced an OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement (OSP) for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project, with the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV named as partner (dated 2025-12-09); coverage reiterates a focus on enhanced safety systems, training, and leadership engagement at the project. Milestones and timing: The partnership is publicly described in January 2026, with ongoing construction and a stated safety emphasis; no completion date is published, suggesting the tasks are in-progress. Completion status and interpretation: The sources indicate progress toward safety-management development and hazard-recognition training, but do not show formal completion by late January 2026. Source reliability and caveats: OSHA’s release is authoritative; industry outlets corroborate the safety focus but do not independently verify full completion; evidence supports ongoing progress rather than final completion as of 2026-01. Incentives: The partnership aligns with public-safety objectives and contractor accountability, likely driving sustained emphasis on health-management systems and hazard recognition training through the project lifecycle.
Update · Jan 27, 2026, 02:33 PMin_progress
Claim: The OSHA Strategic Partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Evidence shows the partnership exists with aims to reduce hazards via enhanced safety systems, training, and leadership engagement, but no publicly published completion milestone or date. Current status is therefore in_progress and completion has not been publicly verified as of 2026-01-27.
Update · Jan 27, 2026, 12:29 PMin_progress
What the claim states: OSHA announced a partnership to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH.
Evidence of progress: An OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement was published in December 2025 between OSHA’s
Concord, NH Office and the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project, signaling formal collaboration on safety systems and hazard recognition training. Coverage by trade and industry outlets in January 2026 confirms ongoing focus on safety systems, leadership engagement, and hazard prevention in the project.
Current status relative to completion: There is no stated completion date, and formal milestones beyond the partnership announcement—such as documented development of safety and health management systems or completed subcontractor training—are not detailed in the publicly available materials as of late January 2026. Multiple outlets describe the initiative as underway with emphasis on reducing hazards, but do not confirm full completion.
Dates and milestones: The key milestone is the December 9, 2025 publication of the OSP Agreement, with subsequent January 2026 reporting highlighting safety-system improvements and training emphasis. The Manchester project page and industry coverage corroborate ongoing activity but stop short of confirming completion of the stated training and systems implementation for all contractors and subs.
Source reliability and caveats: Primary information comes from OSHA itself (the 2025 agreement) and corroborating industry reporting dated January 2026, which enhances credibility. However, the absence of a published completion date or explicit completion metrics means the status should be read as in_progress rather than complete, with continued monitoring recommended for future milestones.
Update · Jan 27, 2026, 10:32 AMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Public records show OSHA formed a strategic partnership on January 13, 2026 between OSHA, the Concord NH Area Office, and the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH.
The partnership emphasizes safety-system development, hazard recognition, and hazard-recognition training for subcontractors on site, with documentation and industry coverage noting these aims.
As of now, there is clear evidence of partnership formation and scope, but no public milestone showing full deployment of safety/HEMS across all contractors or completion of subcontractor training industry-wide.
Update · Jan 27, 2026, 08:21 AMin_progress
Claim restatement: The Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement (OSP) aims to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at construction sites. Evidence shows an OSP between OSHA’s Manchester, NH office and the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV signed around December 9, 2025, with subsequent coverage in January 2026. Current status indicates the partnership is ongoing; there is no published completion date or milestones confirming full implementation of safety systems and completed subcontractor hazard training as of 2026-01-26. Key milestones include the signing date, with ongoing safety coordination and leadership-driven hazard prevention emphasized by agency and industry outlets. Reliability is high for official OSHA materials and recognized trade outlets, though public updates do not show formal completion; incentives center on improved safety management and hazard recognition training.
Update · Jan 27, 2026, 04:41 AMin_progress
Restatement of the claim: The OSHA strategic partnership between OSHA Concord NH office and the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project would develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the construction site. The agreement explicitly aims to improve safety systems, training, and leadership engagement at the Manchester,
New Hampshire project.
Evidence of progress: Public notices and coverage indicate the partnership agreement was signed and announced in January 2026, with the formal Partnership Agreement posted by OSHA (December 2025 filing referenced in the agreement) and multiple outlets reporting the collaboration to strengthen hazard recognition training and safety-system improvements on site. The project’s public materials emphasize safety-focused milestones and risk reduction components tied to the joint venture.
Evidence of completion status: As of late January 2026, there is no published confirmation that contractors have fully developed and implemented comprehensive safety and health management systems or that all subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training. Public reports describe the partnership as an ongoing initiative intended to drive these outcomes, but do not document final completion or full rollout.
Dates and milestones: The formal partnership appears to have been established in December 2025 with a January 13, 2026 news cycle confirming the collaboration. Subsequent reporting (mid-January 2026) notes the focus areas—safety systems, training, and hazard prevention—but lacks a milestone-by-milestone progress tally or a completion date.
Source reliability and notes: Primary sourcing includes OSHA’s published partnership agreement and industry reporting (OH&S Online, Underground Infrastructure, and related outlets), which consistently describe the partnership’s aims without asserting final completion. Given the incentives of the agencies and the project’s public-interest framing, these sources are appropriate for assessing current status. If progress were stalled or completed, a dated verification from OSHA or the city project pages would be expected.
Update · Jan 27, 2026, 03:33 AMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public records show OSHA formed a formal Strategic Partnership Agreement on December 9, 2025 between OSHA’s
Concord, NH office and the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH, with the aim of reducing hazards through enhanced safety systems and leadership-driven training (OSHA PDF summary). In January 2026, OSHA publicly announced the partnership and highlighted its focus on safety systems, training, and hazard recognition on site (OSHA press coverage, 2026-01-13). Local project materials describe the CBDT as a major stormwater tunnel project with several associated structures and a multi-year timeline, indicating ongoing construction activity rather than a completed implementation of the safety framework (Manchesternh.gov CBDT project page, Jan 2026). Independent industry outlets echoed the emphasis on safety leadership, confined-space precautions, and hazard-prevention training within the partnership’s scope (OHSA Online, Underground Infrastructure, Jan 2026). The available reporting shows progress toward establishing formal safety processes and training as part of the partnership, but there is no evidence yet of formal completion of the safety-management systems or universal subcontractor training across all sites and phases as of late January 2026.
Update · Jan 27, 2026, 01:14 AMin_progress
Restating the claim: OSHA announced a strategic partnership to help contractors at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project develop and implement safety and health management systems, and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards on and around construction sites (OSHA press release, 2026-01-13). The partnership is described as focusing on leadership engagement, enhanced safety systems, and targeted training components for subcontractors (OHSA Online, 2026-01-13).
Evidence of progress: As of January 26, 2026, multiple public reports note the formation of the strategic partnership and outline its planned activities, including safety-system improvements and hazard-recognition training, but concrete, site-wide implementation milestones or completion indicators are not publicly published yet (OSHA press release, 2026-01-13; OHSA Online, 2026-01-13).
Progress vs completion: The completion condition (developed and implemented safety and health management systems; subcontractors trained) is framed as the intended outcome, but no definitive evidence shows completion as of late January 2026. Public records indicate ongoing partnership activities and planned training/management-system work, with no published milestone showing full completion of SHMS deployment or all subcontractor trainings completed at Cemetery Brook to date (OSHA press release, 2026-01-13; industry coverage, 2026-01-13).
Key dates and milestones: The formal partnership document is dated December 9, 2025, and OSHA announced the alliance on January 13, 2026, describing the program scope and objectives (OSHA PDF via OSHA newsroom; OHSA Online). The project itself is a long-duration infrastructure effort in
Manchester, NH, with ongoing work on drainage and stormwater systems; no project-wide completion date for the safety-management/training milestones is provided publicly (Manchester NH, 2026-01-09).
Source reliability and incentives note: The core claims come from the U.S. Department of Labor – OSHA and industry outlets reporting on an OSHA Strategic Partnership. These sources are primary on the partnership itself, with independent trade press reiterating the safety-focused aims. Given the incentives of the agencies and contractors involved, early reporting emphasizes process and safety improvements rather than political or partisan framing.
Update · Jan 26, 2026, 10:50 PMin_progress
The claim states the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public records show the agreement was signed in December 2025 between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi JV, formalizing efforts to enhance on-site safety and health management. In January 2026, outlets described the partnership as ongoing, focusing on safety-system development, leadership engagement, and hazard-recognition training, with no explicit completion date. Evidence thus far indicates progress and active implementation, but no final completion milestone has been publicly announced.
Update · Jan 26, 2026, 08:39 PMin_progress
What the claim says: The partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. The article notes the initiative aims to assist in safety-management-system development and to provide hazard-recognition training for subcontractors at construction sites.
Progress evidence: OSHA announced a strategic partnership on January 13, 2026 between its Concord NH office and the Methuen Obayashi JV for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project, describing emphasis on safety-system development, hazard recognition, and leadership-driven hazard prevention (OH&S coverage; OSHA partnership document appears dated Dec 9, 2025). City project pages also describe ongoing CBDT construction and public notifications as of January 2026, indicating work is underway and certain safety-focused activities are in scope.
Current status vs completion: The completion condition—contractors have developed and implemented safety and health management systems and subcontractors have received training on recognizing site hazards—has not been publicly reported as finished by January 2026. The partnership framework, milestones, and hazard-training intent are described, but a formal closure or completion date has not been published.
Dates and milestones: The OSHA partnership announcement circulated publicly around January 2026, with a Dec 2025 partnership document referenced in related materials. Manchester’s CBDT project updates posted January 9–15, 2026 show ongoing construction activity, road detours, and blasting notices, underscoring active work rather than final closure.
Source reliability and incentives: Reports from the US Department of Labor’s OSHA site, OH&S Online, and the Manchester city pages are primary or widely cited trade sources, supporting neutrality and verification. The incentives observed include reducing hazards, improving safety culture, and ensuring leadership accountability, which align with standard public-safety and procurement goals.
Update · Jan 26, 2026, 06:48 PMin_progress
The claim states the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public records show OSHA formed a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi JV for the Manchester, NH project, outlining safety-system development and training goals (OSHA press release, 2026-01-13; OSP Agreement docs). There is evidence the partnership exists and is intended to advance safety programs, but no publicly available milestone or completion confirmation for the safety-management systems or subcontractor hazard-training has been published as of 2026-01-26. The completion condition appears incomplete based on current public information, though the collaboration is active and reports indicate ongoing safety-focused activities. Reliability is high for the sources confirming the partnership’s existence, but they do not provide a finished-state validation in the timeframe in question.
Update · Jan 26, 2026, 04:23 PMin_progress
The claim describes an OSHA Strategic Partnership intended to help contractors on the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards on site. Public documentation confirms the partnership was established between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for the Manchester, NH CBDT project, with emphasis on hazard recognition, safety management systems, and leadership engagement. The cited sources indicate the partnership began around December 2025 and continues into January 2026, with training and system-development components emphasized as ongoing activities. No final completion milestone or date is stated in the sources examined.
Update · Jan 26, 2026, 02:34 PMin_progress
Restatement of claim: The OSHA partnership between the U.S. Department of Labor and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture is intended to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH (OSHA release, 2026-01-13).
Evidence of progress: The public notice and project pages confirm the partnership has been formed to focus on hazard prevention, confined-space, gas exposure, excavation safety, and leadership engagement at the CBDT project site. The OSHA release explicitly describes the initiative to assist in safety-management-system development and subcontractor training (OSHA release, 2026-01-13).
Evidence of completion status: There is no publicly available information indicating that contractors have fully developed and implemented formal safety/health management systems nor that all subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training. The sources describe the partnership and planned focus, but provide no completion milestones or verification of completion (OSHA release; Manchester CBDT project page).
Dates and milestones: The partnership announcement is dated January 13, 2026. The CBDT project page notes a multi-year construction program (approximately three years) with ongoing activity such as controlled blasting notices in early 2026, but does not provide a completion date for safety-management-system implementation or subcontractor training (OSHA release;
City of Manchester CBDT page).
Source reliability note: Primary information comes from OSHA’s official news release and the City of Manchester project page, both of which are authoritative for project governance and safety purposes. Secondary coverage from trade outlets corroborates the partnership claim but does not add completion data. Overall, evidence supports ongoing status rather than final completion (OSHA release, 2026-01-13; Manchester CBDT project page).
Update · Jan 26, 2026, 12:38 PMin_progress
Claim restatement: The OSHA Strategic Partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project aims to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the work site. Evidence of progress: OSHA published a Strategic Partnership Agreement for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project (Dec 9, 2025, finalized for the
Concord, NH area) and multiple outlets summarize emphasis on safety systems, training, hazard recognition, and leadership-driven hazard prevention. Status: The partnership is active and progressing toward safety-system development and subcontractor training, but a publicly declared completion milestone (full implementation across all contractors and trained subs) is not yet reported. Reliability and incentives: The primary source is an OSHA partnership document; industry outlets corroborate scope but do not provide granular completion dates. The arrangement likely affects project safety culture and contractor incentives through regulatory alignment and risk reduction goals.
Update · Jan 26, 2026, 10:53 AMin_progress
The claim describes an OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement wherein the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project (Manchester, NH) would have contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards. Public records show the formal partnership was established in late 2025, including the OSHA Concord NH Area Office and the Methuen Obayashi JV for the CBDT project. This establishes the framework for the safety-system development and hazard-recognition training promised in the claim (OSHA partnership doc, 2025-12-09; OSHA 2026-01-13). Evidence of progress indicates the partnership is active and in place as of January 2026, with initial collaboration ongoing under the CBDT project in
Manchester. However, concrete milestones or completion metrics for widespread contractor adoption or subcontractor training are not publicly quantified in the sources reviewed (OSHA 2026-01-13; CBDT project pages). There is no published completion date for the claimed conditions, and progress appears ongoing. The reliability of the sources is high (OSHA documents and official project pages), and the incentives align with safety, regulatory compliance, and project reliability.
Update · Jan 26, 2026, 08:21 AMin_progress
The claim describes an OSHA Strategic Partnership with the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors in hazard recognition. Public records show the partnership was established in late 2025 (Dec 9, 2025 partnership document) and publicly echoed on Jan 13, 2026, with emphasis on safety-system development, training, and hazard prevention leadership. Evidence from OSHA, trade press, and city communications confirms the project location in
Manchester, NH and its broader CSO/stormwater context, but the sources indicate progress is underway rather than completed.
Update · Jan 26, 2026, 04:21 AMin_progress
The claim states that the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project will be supported by an OSHA Strategic Partnership to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the site. Public records show OSHA formalizing a strategic partnership for the
Manchester, NH project with the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV in December 2025, and publicly announcing the collaboration on January 13, 2026. The partnership emphasizes safety management system development, hazard recognition, and targeted training for workers at construction sites, consistent with the article’s paraphrase. There is no published completion date or milestone indicating that all contractors have completed their safety systems and training as of late January 2026.
Update · Jan 26, 2026, 02:18 AMin_progress
The claim describes an OSHA-initiated partnership to help contractors on the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at construction sites. The initiative was announced on January 13, 2026, by OSHA in partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture, with the aim of reducing hazards through stronger safety systems and targeted training.
Evidence from OSHA’s official release and industry coverage confirms the partnership’s stated goals and activities as of its announcement, but there is no published completion date or milestone indicating full completion by contractors or subcontractors. The available material frames the effort as ongoing and process-driven rather than finished.
OSHA’s materials specify focus areas including prevention of exposure to hazardous gases, confined spaces, pressurized zones, and struck-by hazards, along with proper shoring and hazard-recognition practices. The partnership also emphasizes leadership engagement and worker participation to identify and mitigate hazards on site.
Local project context confirms the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project is a major
Manchester, NH drainage Upgrade intended to reduce sewer overflows, with construction continuing in early 2026. Taken together, sources portray an active safety collaboration rather than a completed rollout.
Source reliability is high: the primary claim comes from OSHA’s official release, with corroboration from OH&S industry coverage. Local project pages provide context but do not alter the status of the partnership itself.
A follow-up should track interim milestones such as contractor adoption of safety-management systems and completed subcontractor training, with updates from OSHA or the JV as they are published.
Update · Jan 26, 2026, 12:26 AMin_progress
Summary of the claim: The article stated that a partnership would help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and would train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public records show OSHA formed a Strategic Partnership Agreement for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project with the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV, aligning with the claim’s focus on safety-management development and hazard-recognition training. However, there is no public documentation indicating that all contractors have completed the safety/health management systems or that every subcontractor has completed hazard-recognition training, so completion cannot yet be verified.
Progress and milestones: The OSHA partnership appears to be active, with the strategic partnership announced around January 13, 2026, and the underlying agreement dated December 9, 2025. The partnership emphasizes improved safety systems, training, and leadership engagement on site. Public sources do not provide a separate, finalized completion report detailing contractor-wide implementation or subcontractor training completion dates.
Current status and completion prospects: Evidence supports ongoing work under the partnership to develop safety systems and deliver hazard-recognition training, but a formal completion milestone is not publicly documented. The completion condition—full development/implementation of safety and health management systems and training of all subcontractors—remains in_progress based on available materials.
Dates and milestones: Key dates include December 9, 2025 (OSP agreement) and January 13, 2026 (OSHA announcement of the partnership). The project date is January 2026 with ongoing updates likely after. No projected completion date is stated in the public materials reviewed.
Source reliability and interpretation: Primary sources are OSHA newsroom releases and associated trade coverage; these are considered reliable for status updates about such partnerships. Given the incentives of the agency and the contractor-entity, the item is best characterized as in_progress pending formal completion documentation.
Update · Jan 25, 2026, 10:23 PMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Public records confirm that OSHA announced a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture on January 13, 2026 to promote worker safety and health during the
Manchester, NH project. The release emphasizes plans to prevent exposures to hazards, manage confined spaces, and implement leadership-driven hazard prevention, including safety management systems and training for subcontractors.
As of the current date (January 25, 2026), there is clear evidence of the partnership’s existence and its stated aims, but no publicly verified milestones showing that safety management systems have been developed and implemented or that subcontractor training has been completed. The OSHA press release describes intended activities rather than documented completion of those activities.
Additional project updates from the Manchester Sewer and Stormwater Department or subsequent OSHA briefings would be needed to confirm concrete progress dates (e.g., rollout of specific safety-management frameworks or completed subcontractor training sessions). The strongest available sources—OSHA’s release and the Manchester project page—confirm intent and governance but not finished implementation as of now.
Update · Jan 25, 2026, 08:13 PMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The formal partnership was established between OSHA, the Concord NH Area Office, and the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV to promote worker safety on the Manchester, NH project (OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement, executed around December 2025). Evidence thus far confirms the existence of the collaboration and a focus on safety-system improvements and hazard recognition training as its core aims (OSHA PDF, 2025; OHSA Online, 2026-01-13).
Progress to date appears to be in the initiation or early implementation phase. The partnership documentation emphasizes developing and implementing safety and health management systems and training, but there is no publicly available evidence yet showing that such systems have been fully developed and formally adopted by all contractors, nor that subcontractor training has been completed and verified at project sites (OSHA PDF, 2025; city project page, 2026-01-09).
Concrete milestones or completion dates are not published in the available sources. The most precise timelines indicate ongoing collaboration and activities intended to reduce hazards through improved safety systems and leadership engagement, but no date confirms full completion or transfer of training across all subcontractors (OHSA Online, 2026-01-13; Underground Infrastructure, 2026-01-15).
Reliability of sources is solid: OSHA’s official partnership document, corroborating city pages and trade press outlets report the same initial agreement and the project focus. The outlets consistently describe the partnership as ongoing and foundational, not as a completed safety-management handover (OSHA PDF, 2025; Manchester, NH official site, 2026-01-09; OHSA Online, 2026-01-13).
Given the evidence, the claim is best characterized as in_progress: the partnership exists and directs safety-system development and training, but there is no publicly verified completion or full implementation report as of 2026-01-25. Stakeholders should monitor subsequent OSHA updates or project-wide training attestations for a definitive completion status (OSHA PDF, 2025; official city page, 2026-01-09).
Update · Jan 25, 2026, 06:48 PMin_progress
The Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project partnership promises to help contractors develop and implement safety/health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards. Evidence shows a formal partnership exists (OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement, December 9, 2025) and coverage noting training and hazard-prevention focus (January 13, 2026), but no publicly posted completion of all milestones. Project descriptions confirm ongoing work on the CBDT project without a published completion date for the stated completion condition. Given the public records, progress is underway but not yet complete as of 2026-01-25, with ongoing safety-system development and training anticipated through the project timeline. Reliability is highest for the OSHA agreement and trade reporting; municipal CBDT pages corroborate project scope but not final completion.
Update · Jan 25, 2026, 04:19 PMin_progress
The claim concerns an OSHA Strategic Partnership aimed at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project, promising that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the site. The formal partnership was announced in December 2025 (OSP Agreement with Concord NH Area Office and Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV), establishing the framework for safety system development and training activities across the project. A public-facing update on January 13, 2026 confirms the partnership and its focus areas, aligning with the stated goals, but does not indicate final completion of the safety programs or training yet. Sources: OSHA press materials and affiliated project pages (OSHA 2026-01-13; 2025-12-09 PDF), OH&S news coverage (OH&S Online, 2026-01-13).
Update · Jan 25, 2026, 02:19 PMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. OSHA’s January 13, 2026 news release confirms the strategic partnership and outlines goals around hazard recognition training, safety-management systems, and leadership engagement, but it does not provide a completion date. Evidence so far indicates formal collaboration and planned activities rather than a finished rollout or certified completion. No public update shows that all contractors have developed such systems or that subcontractor training has been completed as of 2026-01-25.
Update · Jan 25, 2026, 12:23 PMin_progress
The claim describes OSHA’s strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. Evidence of progress shows the agreement was announced in January 2026, with related documents circulating in December 2025, and coverage emphasizing the initiative’s safety focus rather than a completed milestone.
Update · Jan 25, 2026, 10:35 AMin_progress
Claim restated: The OSHA strategic partnership between the U.S. Department of Labor and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture (M-O JV) will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Progress evidence: The DOL/OSHA press release confirms the partnership was established on January 13, 2026, outlining goals such as preventing exposure to hazards, developing safety and health management systems, and training subcontractors. The coverage notes emphasis on leadership, accountability, and hazard-prevention protocols as the partnership’s core approach (DOL OSHA release, 2026-01-13).
Current status: There is no public reporting indicating completion of the stated conditions (i.e., contractors having fully developed and implemented safety/health management systems and subcontractors having completed hazard-recognition training). The available materials describe aims and mechanisms rather than a finished implementation milestone. Consequently, progress appears ongoing with no documented completion date.
Milestones and dates: Key milestone identified is the January 13, 2026 signing of the strategic partnership (OSHA press release). The sources do not provide a timeline for full system implementation or subcontractor training completion, nor any subsequent reports on risk reductions or compliance outcomes.
Source reliability note: The primary source is an official OSHA/DOL news release, which is a high-quality, primary source for program announcements. Supplementary coverage from trade/industry outlets corroborates the partnership but does not supply additional completion data. Given the explicit completion condition and lack of a completion date in public records, the status is best characterized as in_progress.
Update · Jan 25, 2026, 08:20 AMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Public records show OSHA formed an OSHA Strategic Partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for the Manchester, NH tunnel project in December 2025, outlining aims to reduce hazards through safety systems, training, and leadership engagement (OSP Agreement press materials).
Evidence of progress includes the partnership agreement (Dec 9, 2025) and industry coverage highlighting focus areas such as safety-management system development and hazard recognition training for construction workers on the Cemetery Brook project. The sources describe ongoing activities and intended milestones, but do not pin down a final completion date or confirm full site-wide implementation.
There is no publicly disclosed completion date or milestone list showing that all contractors have fully developed and implemented safety systems or that subcontractor training is complete for the entire project as of 2026-01-24. The status appears to be ongoing, with progress reported but not yet completed.
Reliability note: The sources include official OSHA documents and reputable trade outlets describing the program’s launch and ongoing activity; they do not provide a certified completion status or exhaustive milestone ledger. A formal update on completion of safety systems and subcontractor training should be sought at a defined future milestone date.
Update · Jan 25, 2026, 04:16 AMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. OSHA’s strategic partnership for Cemetery Brook confirms a formal agreement focused on safety systems and hazard recognition, with documentation dating from late 2025 and early 2026.
Update · Jan 25, 2026, 02:10 AMin_progress
The Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project safety partnership aims to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize site hazards. OSHA announced the strategic partnership on January 13, 2026, with documentation indicating ongoing collaborative safety work at the CBDT project in
Manchester, NH. There is no published completion date; the completion condition remains in_progress as the project advances over its multi-year construction timeline.
Update · Jan 25, 2026, 12:24 AMin_progress
Restatement of the claim: The OSHA Strategic Partnership with the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project is intended to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems (SHMS) and to train subcontractors to recognize site hazards. The project-specific agreement references training and safety-system development as core elements of the partnership.
Progress evidence: A partnership agreement was entered into in December 2025 between OSHA, the Concord Area Office, and the Methuen/Obayashi JV for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH (agreement PDF dated 2025-12-09). Public reporting in January 2026 highlights the partnership’s aims to improve safety systems, hazard recognition, and leadership engagement at the site (OSHA and industry outlets). Local project pages also note ongoing project activity and information flow to the public as the work proceeds.
Current status and milestones: As of January 24, 2026, the partnership exists and is actively advertised as a safety collaboration with training and SHMS focus planned or ongoing, but there is no publicly stated completion date or confirmation that SHMS has been fully developed and that subcontractor hazard-recognition training has been completed. News coverage emphasizes ongoing partnership activities rather than finished deliverables.
Reliability notes: Primary documentation from OSHA confirms the formal
Partnership Agreement, while reporting from industry outlets and the Manchester city site corroborates active engagement and safety-focused initiatives. Given the dates, the information indicates a progress phase rather than a completed handoff; readers should monitor official OSHA updates or project milestones for a formal closure or completion confirmation.
Update · Jan 24, 2026, 10:21 PMin_progress
Claim restatement: OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture formed a strategic partnership to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH.
Current evidence shows the partnership was announced January 13, 2026, with references to hazard recognition and safety training components; CBDT remains an active construction project with multiple milestones over approximately three years. There is no public documentation of a final completion date for the safety-management systems or subcontractor training, indicating the work is ongoing.
In sum, progress exists in the form of the partnership announcement and ongoing CBDT construction activity, but the specified completion condition (full deployment of safety management systems and completed subcontractor training) has not yet been publicly evidenced as achieved.
Update · Jan 24, 2026, 08:12 PMin_progress
Claim restatement: The article claims the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Evidence shows the partnership was formed and publicly announced (OSHA strategy doc and January 2026 coverage), but there is no published completion date or milestone confirming full SHMS implementation or subcontractor hazard-training completion. Progress appears ongoing with emphasis on safety systems, training, and leadership engagement, yet completion has not been documented. Reliability: sources include OSHA’s strategic partnership document, industry coverage, and project pages; these confirm ongoing activity but not final completion.
Update · Jan 24, 2026, 06:36 PMin_progress
The claim restates that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. Public records show the OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement was formed in December 2025/January 2026 between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi JV, with emphasis on safety systems and training (OSHA agreement, 2026).
Progress evidence suggests that the partnership is in the early implementation phase rather than completed: the initial agreement and subsequent coverage describe the program’s aims and committing parties, but there is no public statement confirming full adoption of safety-management systems across all contractors or that subcontractor hazard-training has been completed project-wide (OSHA press materials, Jan 2026; trade outlets).
Milestones and dates identifiable are clustered around the partnership formation in late 2025 and January 2026, with ongoing project activity but no formal completion date published to date. Given the absence of a clear completion milestone or post-launch updates, progress should be considered in_progress until concrete completion verification is available.
Source reliability includes official OSHA documentation and industry reporting; while these sources support the partnership’s intent, they do not provide a completion verdict, making a cautious, in-progress assessment appropriate given the timeline and lack of final completion confirmation.
Update · Jan 24, 2026, 04:18 PMin_progress
The claim describes a USD OSHA partnership to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The partnership was established between OSHA (Manchester, NH area office) and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture, announced in December 2025. This creates a framework for safety program development and targeted hazard recognition training as the project proceeds.
Evidence indicates the partnership is active and linked to the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH, a project valued in the hundreds of millions to reduce combined sewer overflows. Public notices and project pages as of January 2026 describe ongoing collaboration on safety practices, confined-space and hazardous atmosphere precautions, and hazard-prevention leadership as core focus areas. There is, however, no publicly available completion date or explicit confirmation that all contractors have completed SHMS development or that all subcontractors have completed required training.
Update · Jan 24, 2026, 02:20 PMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Public records show OSHA formed a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for the Manchester, NH project, with a December 2025 partnership document and a January 2026 public confirmation of the collaboration (OSHA PDF; OSHA announcement).
The partnership’s stated focus on safety-system development and hazard-recognition training for workers is reflected in OSHA materials and project communications tied to the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project (OSHA materials;
Manchester project page).
There is no publicly available confirmation that all contractors have fully developed and implemented SHMS or that all subcontractors have completed hazard-training to a completion state, given the project’s multi-year timeline and ongoing safety efforts (project pages; industry coverage).
Update · Jan 24, 2026, 12:35 PMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Update · Jan 24, 2026, 10:46 AMin_progress
The claim describes an OSHA Strategic Partnership aimed at assisting contractors on the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project (Manchester, NH) to develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at construction sites. It asserts that progress includes development and implementation of safety/health management systems and hazard-recognition training for subcontractors, with no stated project completion date.
Evidence shows the partnership was formally established and announced by OSHA in January 2026, involving the Methuen Obayashi JV and the
Concord, NH OSHA office. Public records indicate the agreement was filed in December 2025 and publicly surfaced in January 2026, with subsequent coverage highlighting focus areas such as confined-space risk, hazardous gases, excavation safety, and hazard prevention leadership. This establishes the existence of the partnership, but not a completed outcome.
As of 2026-01-23, there is no publicly available reporting that the completion condition has been met (i.e., all contractors have fully developed and implemented safety and health management systems and all subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training to date). The project itself is described as ongoing, with construction expected over multiple years, and the partnership is described as a driver for enhanced safety practices rather than a finished program.
Key dates and milestones identified include the project’s contract timeline and the January 2026 OSHA announcement of the strategic partnership, tied to the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project’s planned 2.25-mile tunnel and related works in
Manchester, NH. Independent trade outlets and OSHA communications corroborate the partnership’s focus but do not document full completion of the claimed safety-management systems and training as of the date in question.
Source reliability: OSHA’s official announcements and partner pages are high-quality, primary sources for policy and program status. Trade press coverage provides corroboration of the partnership’s focus areas but does not conflict with the primary OSHA materials. Overall, the evidence confirms the partnership exists and is active, but does not demonstrate full completion of the stated completion condition yet; the status remains evolving and subject to project timelines.
Follow-up note: Given the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project spans multiple years, a follow-up on or after 2029-01-13 would be appropriate to verify whether safety-management systems are fully in place across all contractors and whether subcontractor hazard-recognition training has been completed industry-wide.
Update · Jan 24, 2026, 08:11 AMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems (SHMS) and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Available evidence indicates the partnership agreement was established and publicly announced, but does not show completed SHMS implementation or subcontractor hazard-recognition training as of 2026-01-23 (current date).
The initiative proposes that contractors on the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project adopt safety and health management systems and that subcontractors receive hazard-recognition training. This framing comes from the OSHA partnership announcement tied to the project.
Evidence of progress includes the formal OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for the Manchester, NH project. The agreement was disclosed in late 2025, with subsequent media coverage confirming the focus on safety systems, training, and leadership engagement.
Concrete completion—i.e., fully developed and implemented SHMS by contractors and completed hazard-recognition training for all subcontractors—has not been publicly documented as of January 2026. The available materials describe aims, commitments, and ongoing collaboration, but do not certify completion of the stated conditions.
Update · Jan 24, 2026, 04:43 AMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public records show that OSHA established a strategic partnership related to the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester,
New Hampshire, with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture, announced in early January 2026 and with a partner agreement dated around December 2025. The
Manchester city page confirms the project’s ongoing status and collaboration with federal and state agencies, though it does not indicate a final completion of safety-management implementations or comprehensive subcontractor training. Industry coverage describes the partnership as focusing on improving safety systems, training, and leadership engagement to reduce construction hazards. Given the early stage of the partnership and lack of a stated completion milestone, progress toward full implementation and training is ongoing as of January 2026.
Update · Jan 24, 2026, 03:03 AMin_progress
Summary of the claim: The OSHA-Methuen Obayashi JV partnership at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the site. Evidence of progress: OSHA announced a formal Strategic Partnership Agreement (OSP) with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture on December 9, 2025, detailing cooperative efforts to promote worker safety and health during CBDT construction in
Manchester, NH; subsequent updates in January 2026 reaffirm the partnership’s focus on hazard recognition and subcontractor training. Current status vs completion: The CBDT project remains in the development/construction phase; the completion condition — that all contractors have developed/implemented safety systems and subcontractors have been trained — has not been publicly evidenced as completed by 2026-01-23. Dates/milestones: December 9, 2025 (OSP signing) and January 13, 2026 (OSHA update) mark the primary public milestones; these establish commitments and ongoing activities rather than a completed training/safety-system rollout. Source reliability and incentives: Official OSHA documentation and coverage from industry outlets indicate the partnership is ongoing, with incentives centered on worker safety, regulatory compliance, and public health outcomes.
Update · Jan 24, 2026, 12:52 AMin_progress
Restated claim: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence exists that the partnership was formed and publicized by OSHA on January 13, 2026, detailing a focus on preventing hazards such as confined spaces, gas exposure, and excavations, and explicitly noting that contractors will develop safety/health management systems and train subcontractors (OSHA news release, 2026-01-13).
Additional project context confirms the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project is a
Manchester, NH stormwater conduit project with multiple construction milestones and ongoing site work, aligning with the partnership’s safety objectives (Manchester, NH project page, 2026-01-09; related industry coverage).
Current status indicates the partnership is active, and the project is underway, but there is no published completion date or final milestone confirming that all contractors have fully developed safety/health management systems or completed subcontractor training as of 2026-01-23.
Source reliability is high for the core claim: the DOL/OSHA press release is an official government document; additional project details come from the city’s project page and industry reporting, which corroborate the project scope and ongoing construction.
Follow-up note: If milestones are publicly updated, verify whether all contractors have implemented safety/health management systems and whether subcontractor training has been completed; a targeted update around mid-2026 would be appropriate.
Update · Jan 23, 2026, 10:59 PMin_progress
Claim restated: The OSHA Strategic Partnership (OSP) with the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project aims to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. Progress evidence: Public sources show an OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement issued around December 9, 2025 between OSHA’s Concord NH office, Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV, and Cemetery Brook project leadership, focusing on safety management systems, training, and hazard-prevention leadership at the site. Current status and completion: As of January 2026, the partnership emphasizes progress toward implementing safety systems and hazard recognition training, but no published completion date or milestone confirms full completion. Dates and milestones: The agreement dates to 2025-12-09 with subsequent January 2026 reporting highlighting the partnership’s safety objectives at Cemetery Brook; the project page indicates ongoing construction activity and large-scale investment. Source reliability: Primary documentation comes from OSHA and corroborating industry coverage; the incentives of the parties align with safety improvements and hazard prevention. Note on incentives: The partnership’s safety focus addresses public-interest incentives to reduce injuries and avoid disruptions, though concrete completion milestones are not publicly documented.
Update · Jan 23, 2026, 08:36 PMin_progress
Restatement of the claim: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: An OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement related to the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project was published in December 2025, detailing cooperation between OSHA, the Concord NH Area Office, and the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV. On January 13, 2026, OSHA publicized the partnership as aiming to reduce hazards through enhanced safety systems, training, and leadership engagement for the Manchester,
New Hampshire project.
Status of completion: There is no public documentation indicating full development and implementation of safety/health management systems across all contractors, nor completed subcontractor hazard-recognition training as of January 23, 2026. The sources describe formation and early implementation, not final completion milestones.
Milestones and dates: The December 2025 partnership agreement and January 2026 OSHA announcement are the key milestones. No completion date is given for the full completion of the stated conditions.
Reliability: Primary evidence comes from an official OSHA document and corroborating industry reporting; local project materials confirm ongoing construction. Together they support an in-progress status with an emphasis on safety-system development and training.
Follow-up note: A late-2026 check or formal completion report from OSHA or the project JV would help verify final status.
Update · Jan 23, 2026, 06:44 PMin_progress
Restated claim: The partnership between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: The U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA announced a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture on January 13, 2026, to promote worker safety and health during the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. The release emphasizes risk prevention in areas such as confined spaces, gas exposure, and excavation safety, and notes that the initiative will assist contractors in developing safety and health management systems and training subcontractors to recognize hazards. Additional reporting from industry outlets confirms the partnership and its safety-focused aims around the same date.
Current status vs completion: The official documents describe the partnership and planned activities, but do not indicate that safety management systems have been fully developed or that all subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training as of the current date (January 23, 2026). There is no published completion milestone or completion date in the available materials.
Milestones and dates: The primary milestone is the signing of the OSHA/Methuen Obayashi JV partnership on January 13, 2026, for safety improvements on the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. No downstream completion dates or completed-systems attestations are provided in the sources reviewed.
Reliability note: Sources include the DOL news release (official government source) and industry reporting that reproduces (or summarizes) the same facts. The DOL release provides the clearest statement of the partnership goals, while other outlets corroborate the focus on training and health-management-system development. Given the formal government origin, these sources are considered reliable for establishing the current status of the partnership.
Update · Jan 23, 2026, 04:24 PMin_progress
Brief restatement of the claim: The Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH is covered by an OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement (OSP) with contractors, intended to help develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors in hazard recognition at the construction site.
Progress evidence and actors: OSHA announced an OSP for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in December 2025 between OSHA’s
Concord, NH office and the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV, with public postings and a dedicated project page confirming the partnership and its safety focus (confined spaces, hazardous gases, excavation safety, hazard prevention) and training elements. The Manchester city site also notes ongoing project work and the collaboration with federal, state, and local agencies, reinforcing the safety orientation of the effort (Jan 2026 updates).
Completion status and milestones: The available material indicates the partnership exists and is actively guiding safety-system development and training efforts, but there is no published completion date or milestone stating that all contractors have fully developed safety and health management systems or that all subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training. The project page frames Cemetery Brook as ongoing with integrated safety objectives, not a finished handoff. Therefore, progress is underway but not yet complete.
Milestones and dates: The OSHA partnership agreement was formalized in December 2025 (documented in the OSHA release and related PDFs). Public updates through January 2026 describe ongoing safety-system development and hazard-recognition training components as part of the partnership scope, without a declared completion date. These details establish a framework and ongoing activity rather than a closed completion.
Source reliability and caveats: The core claim relies on primary sources from the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA and the city of Manchester’s project page, both reputable and directly tied to the project. Industry trade outlets echoed the partnership with similar safety focuses, but the primary confirmation remains the OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement and the project’s official communications. Given the stated completion condition and the absence of a fixed end date, the status is best characterized as in_progress with active safety efforts in place.
Follow-up note: If desired, a follow-up should verify current contractor compliance with safety-management-system milestones and confirm whether subcontractor hazard-recognition training has been completed project-wide, along with any published interim or final completion dates.
Update · Jan 23, 2026, 02:30 PMin_progress
The claim states: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence shows the arrangement was formalized as an OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement (OSP) for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH, involving OSHA’s
Concord, NH office and the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV, with documentation dated December 9, 2025. Subsequent reporting in January 2026 indicates the partnership is active and focused on safety-system development, leadership engagement, and hazard-recognition training.
There is no publicly available record of a final completion date or a documented completion milestone for these safety-management systems and subcontractor training as of 2026-01-23, suggesting the effort remains in-progress rather than completed.
Key milestones cited include the formal OSP establishment and stated focus areas (safety-management system development, hazard recognition training, and hazard-prevention leadership). Given the project’s substantial scale and budget (roughly $360 million), the work is likely multi-year rather than a one-off delivery. The most reliable sources are OSHA’s official partnership document and corroborating industry coverage.
Overall, the claim aligns with ongoing activity rather than a completed state. The partnership exists and is actively pursuing safety-system implementation and subcontractor training, but a documented completion of these actions has not yet been publicly published. The cited sources are reputable (OSHA and industry outlets) and consistently describe ongoing progress rather than closure.
Update · Jan 23, 2026, 12:36 PMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Public records show the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA entered a formal Strategic Partnership Agreement with the Methuen Obayashi JV for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH, in December 2025, establishing safety program collaboration and training objectives (OSHA partnership document, 2025-12-09; OSHA press coverage, 2026-01-13).
Evidence indicates that the partnership framework and training goals were created and communicated, with concrete milestones including risk-prevention focus areas and leadership-driven hazard controls, but there is no public record yet confirming full completion of the safety-management-system development, implementation, and contractor/subcontractor training as of the current date (2026-01-23).
Noticias and project pages reiterate ongoing construction activities and safety emphasis, aligning with the partnership’s intent, yet the completion condition—contractors developing and implementing health and safety management systems and subcontractors receiving hazard-recognition training—remains in progress rather than completed according to publicly available updates (OSHA PDF, 2026; industry coverage, January 2026; Manchester project site, 2026).
Source reliability is moderate-to-high: OSHA’s official Partnership Agreement documents provide formal verification of the program’s existence, while contemporaneous reporting from trade outlets corroborates focus areas, though neither confirms full completion to date. The status appears to be a constructive, ongoing process rather than a finished milestone.
Update · Jan 23, 2026, 10:57 AMin_progress
Summary of the claim: The article stated that a partnership would help contractors at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards on site.
Progress and evidence to date: Public records show an OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project dated around December 9, 2025, and subsequent coverage in January 2026 confirming the formal partnership with the Methuen Obayashi JV to promote worker safety and health, including hazard recognition and excavation safety among focus areas.
Completion status: There is evidence of progress toward developing safety/health management systems and hazard-recognition training, but as of 2026-01-23 there is no public documentation confirming full completion of the systems across all contractors or that all subcontractors have completed training.
Dates and milestones: Key milestones include the December 2025 OSP agreement and the January 13, 2026 OSHA announcement. The CBDT project itself is a multi-year storm tunnel, implying ongoing safety-implementation activities rather than a closed-out state.
Source reliability: The primary sources are the OSHA partnership document, reputable trade outlets, and local project pages, which together support a credible, progress-based view rather than a completed-state claim.
Update · Jan 23, 2026, 08:19 AMin_progress
Summary of the claim: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Evidence indicates the arrangement is active, including a formal OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH, and coverage of safety-system improvements and training objectives. No final completion date is stated, and the status as of 2026-01-22 appears to be ongoing rather than completed. The available sources describe ongoing safety collaboration, hazard recognition training plans, and leadership-driven safety practices, but do not confirm full deployment or completion of all training and systems across the contractor and subcontractor workforce.
Update · Jan 23, 2026, 04:57 AMin_progress
Restated claim: The partnership between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: OSHA issued a Strategic Partnership Agreement for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH, on December 9, 2025, outlining safety-system development and hazard-recognition training as core goals. The project, active in January 2026, involves multiple shafts and a 2.25-mile tunnel, signaling ongoing collaboration rather than a completed remedy.
Current status and milestones: Public updates through January 2026 indicate ongoing construction and safety-partnership activities, with emphasis on confined-space risks, hazardous gases, and excavation safety; there is no public notice of full development and implementation of safety/health management systems or universal subcontractor training completion.
Reliability and caveats: Sources include OSHA documentation and industry reporting from January 2026. These reflect official partnership aims and project activity but do not provide a formal completion statement. Given project timelines, the status should be considered ongoing with continued monitoring.
Follow-up considerations: A later update should confirm whether the safety-management systems are fully developed and subcontractor training completed for all workers at CBDT.
Update · Jan 23, 2026, 02:57 AMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public reporting confirms an OSHA strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to advance safety systems, training, and hazard recognition for this project. As of January 2026, coverage describes the initiative as focusing on improved safety processes and leadership-driven hazard prevention, with no public record yet of completed implementations on site. The available sources indicate the program is in the early execution stage rather than completed, with no site-specific completion milestones publicly published.
Update · Jan 23, 2026, 01:38 AMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project (CBDT) in
Manchester, NH.
Public records show that OSHA formalized a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for the CBDT project, with a signed agreement dated December 9, 2025, outlining safety-system development, training, and hazard recognition goals for workers on site (OSHA partnership document; CBDT project overview).
Multiple reputable outlets and official project pages confirm the CBDT is a large-scale stormwater tunnel project in Manchester, with construction activities slated over the next several years and emphasis on safety leadership, confined-space awareness, and hazard prevention as core elements of the partnership (OSHA PDF;
Manchester city project page; trade press coverage).
The available evidence indicates progress toward implementing safety and health management systems and delivering hazard-recognition training as part of the partnership framework, but there is no public, independently verifiable completion date or formal completion statement for these specific milestones as of January 22, 2026. The project itself remains active and ongoing, with documentation describing 2.25 miles of tunnel work and multiple structural components to be completed over the planned construction period (CBDT project overview; project press coverage).
Reliability note: The primary sources are the OSHA partnership agreement and official project pages, complemented by industry outlets reporting on the partnership and project scope. These sources collectively support the claim that safety-management development and training are ongoing objectives, though they do not provide a final completion timestamp for those milestones.
Update · Jan 22, 2026, 10:55 PMin_progress
Restated claim: The OSHA Strategic Partnership between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi JV for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the project site.
Progress evidence: OSHA published a Strategic Partnership Agreement for Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project on 2025-12-09, detailing safety management and hazard recognition emphasis. Subsequent coverage (e.g., OSHA On-Site safety articles) on 2026-01-13 reinforces that the partnership aims to improve safety systems, training, and leadership engagement at the
Manchester, NH project. The City of Manchester project pages (Jan 9, 2026) likewise describe ongoing construction and an emphasis on stormwater improvements, providing context that partnership activity aligns with current work.
Current status against completion condition: There is clear formal engagement and stated aims, but public records from 2026-01-22 do not indicate that all contractors have fully developed and implemented safety and health management systems, nor that subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training to the extent implied by the claim. The available sources describe intentions and ongoing efforts rather than a completed milestone. Therefore, the completion condition appears not yet fulfilled, and progress is ongoing.
Reliability and limitations of sources: The principal documents are OSHA’s official Partnership Agreement PDFs and industry coverage of the January 2026 statements, which are credible and directly related to the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Additional municipal/project pages corroborate active construction but do not provide detailed compliance metrics. Given the nature of large construction partnerships, milestones may occur gradually and be reported incrementally; the current evidence suggests ongoing work rather than final completion at this date.
Update · Jan 22, 2026, 08:45 PMin_progress
The claim states the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. An OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project was signed in December 2025 with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture, indicating organizational progress and formalization of safety plans. Public sources show the partnership is active, but there is no publicly available documentation as of 2026-01-22 confirming that all contractors have fully developed and implemented safety and health management systems or that subcontractor hazard-recognition training is completed. Milestones and completion evidence beyond the partnership signing and project announcements are not yet detailed in reputable public records, so the status remains uncertain beyond ongoing collaboration.
Update · Jan 22, 2026, 07:00 PMin_progress
Claim: The partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety/health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Evidence shows an OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement (OSP) signed in 2025 and publicized in January 2026, focusing on safety systems, training, and leadership engagement. As of 2026-01-22 there is no public confirmation that all contractors have fully developed/implemented safety and health management systems or that subcontractor hazard-recognition training has been completed. Milestones are being pursued, but completion remains in progress pending formal verification from OSHA/partners. Reliability note: Sources include OSHA documents and reputable industry outlets (OH&S Online, Underground Infrastructure) plus municipal project pages, which align on intent but confirm completion only when milestones are verifiably met.
Update · Jan 22, 2026, 04:29 PMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The source is an OSHA press release announcing a strategic partnership between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to promote safety and health during construction of the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project (Manchester, NH), dated January 13, 2026. The article describes concrete actions such as preventing exposure to gas and confined spaces, ensuring shoring and protective systems, and supporting the development of safety and health management systems, along with training for subcontractors on site hazards.
Evidence of progress as of the current date (January 22, 2026) is limited to the formation of the partnership and its stated objectives. The release emphasizes leadership engagement, accountability measures, worker participation, and hazard identification protocols, but it does not provide milestones, completion criteria, or a completion date for implementing the safety-management systems or for subcontractor training at the Cemetery Brook project.
Because the completion condition depends on ongoing project work and defined milestones, there is no evidence in the source that these have been completed yet. The press release functions as an initiation and guidance document rather than a final status report. The reliability of the source is high, being an official government agency communication describing a formal collaboration and its intended safeguards.
Overall, the claim is best characterized as in_progress: a partnership has been established with explicit safety objectives, but there is no public confirmation of completion or finalized milestones for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project as of January 22, 2026. Follow-up should verify whether the contracting parties have implemented the safety-management systems and completed subcontractor training, along with any project-specific performance metrics.
Update · Jan 22, 2026, 02:31 PMin_progress
Summary of the claim: The article states that a safety partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. The formal action appears as an OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement between OSHA, the Concord NH Area Office, and the Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV, aimed at reducing hazards on the construction site and improving hazard recognition and safety management practices. As of 2026-01-22, public documents show the partnership is active and progressing, but there is no evidence that the completion condition (full development/implementation of systems and subcontractor training completed) has been achieved yet.
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Evidence of progress: The partnership was established with a signed agreement dated December 9, 2025, and updates surfaced publicly in January 2026. Public materials show activity under the partnership framework, including emphasis on safety systems, hazard recognition, and leadership engagement (OSHA materials and trade coverage). The OSHA agreement documents describe the initiative as reducing construction hazards through improved safety systems and training.
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Status of completion: The partnership is active and progressing, but the completion condition—contractors developing/implementing systems and subcontractors receiving hazard-recognition training—has not been publicly verified as completed by January 22, 2026. Milestones indicate ongoing work rather than final completion.
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Dates and milestones: Signing on December 9, 2025; updates through January 2026; metadata indicates activity on January 21–22, 2026. The Manchester project page confirms the broader context and ongoing engagement but not final completion.
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Source reliability and caveats: Primary sources (OSHA) confirm the partnership’s existence and focus on safety systems/training. Reputable trade press and municipal pages corroborate ongoing activity, but there is no explicit independent verification of final completion. Monitor OSHA updates and training records for a definitive completion.
Update · Jan 22, 2026, 12:49 PMin_progress
Claim restatement: The OSHA Strategic Partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH.
Evidence of progress to date: Public records indicate an active OSHA strategic partnership with the Methuen Construction – Obayashi Joint Venture for Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel. A December 2025 partnership agreement outlines safety-system development and subcontractor hazard-recognition training as core aims, with January 2026 reporting confirming ongoing activity on site.
Current completion status: There is no public indication of final completion of the safety-management systems or full subcontractor hazard-training rollout. The materials describe ongoing efforts; no published completion milestone is identified, so status remains in_progress.
Dates and milestones: The partnership agreement is dated December 9, 2025. Public reporting from January 2026 confirms continued safety-focus activities, without a stated completion date.
Source reliability and incentives: Primary sources are OSHA and project-page materials from reputable outlets, aligning with worker-safety incentives and regulatory compliance rather than partisan framing.
Update · Jan 22, 2026, 11:05 AMin_progress
The claim states the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public records show OSHA established a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi JV for the Manchester, NH project, with documentation dating to December 9, 2025. The partnership’s stated focus includes safety-management system development and hazard-recognition training, though explicit milestone completion dates are not listed in the documents I found. Overall, evidence indicates ongoing collaborative efforts at the site rather than a completed, closed-out program.
Update · Jan 22, 2026, 08:37 AMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public documents confirm an OSHA Strategic Partnership Agreement for Cemetery Brook (signed 2025-12-09) between OSHA and Methuen Construction – Obayashi JV, focusing on safety systems and hazard recognition training. As of 2026-01-21, sources indicate the partnership is in place with progress reported, but there is no public evidence that all contractors have fully implemented the safety management systems or that subcontractor training has been completed across the project. The available sources—official OSHA filings and multiple industry reports from January 2026—support an ongoing, in-progress effort rather than a finished outcome.
Update · Jan 22, 2026, 04:33 AMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. This describes intended activities rather than a completed outcome. The claim also references training and system development occurring specifically for this project site.
Evidence shows the partnership was formally established by OSHA on January 13, 2026, with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. The OSHA release explicitly notes that the initiative will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and train subcontractors on recognizing hazards when working in and around construction sites.
The City of Manchester’s CBDT project page confirms ongoing project work, including the construction of a 2.25-mile stormwater tunnel and related structures, with public updates on milestones and safety considerations. The page emphasizes progress and upcoming activities (e.g., road closures and controlled blasting) but does not provide evidence of the specific completion of safety-management systems or formal subcontractor hazard-recognition training as a finished deliverable.
There is no publicly available documentation showing that the safety-management systems have been fully developed and implemented or that all subcontractors have completed the hazard-recognition training as a finished condition. The completion condition in the claim—complete development/implementation and training—appears not to have been met or independently verified as of the current date.
Source quality is high for the core claims: the OSHA regional news release (OSHA.gov) and the City of Manchester CBDT project page provide primary, verifiable statements about the partnership and ongoing project work. Taken together, they support a status of ongoing collaboration rather than a completed outcome, with no confirmed end date published for the specified completion condition.
Update · Jan 22, 2026, 02:51 AMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. This aligns with OSHA’s collaboration with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for Manchester, NH, focusing on hazard recognition and safety-system deployment. Evidence shows the partnership was signed on January 13, 2026, with objectives to prevent injuries and train subcontractors, but there is no public completion date or confirmation that all contractors have fully developed safety systems or completed training as of January 21, 2026. Status remains ongoing, with progress described in official releases and industry coverage, but without a finalized completion milestone.
Update · Jan 22, 2026, 01:12 AMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Public records show that OSHA formed a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to promote safety, health, and hazard prevention during construction of the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH, with an announcement dated January 13, 2026.
The partnership emphasizes safety systems, training, and leadership engagement to prevent injuries and hazards at construction sites, aligning with the stated goals of hazard recognition training and system development.
As of January 21, 2026, there is evidence of progress in forming the partnership, but no publicly documented completion date or project-wide confirmation that all contractors have developed comprehensive safety and health management systems or that all subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training.
Update · Jan 21, 2026, 11:38 PMin_progress
The claim concerns an OSHA-partnered effort to help contractors at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards. The project is located in
Manchester,
New Hampshire, and the partnership was publicly announced in January 2026 by OSHA in collaboration with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture. Multiple sources confirm the existence of a formal safety-partnership framework intended to reduce construction hazards going forward (OSHA press release, OH&S-focused coverage, and local project pages).
Update · Jan 21, 2026, 09:13 PMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. This was announced by OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture on January 13, 2026, as part of a strategic partnership to promote worker safety and health during construction in
Manchester,
New Hampshire (DOL OSHA press release, 2026-01-13). The project itself is a major infrastructure initiative to modernize Manchester’s drainage system and reduce sewer overflows (City of Manchester project page, 2026-01-09).
Evidence available so far indicates that the partnership has been established and is oriented toward preventing hazards by improving safety and health management systems and expanding hazard-recognition training for subcontractors (DOL press release, 2026-01-13; OH&S article, 2026-01-13). There is no public documentation showing that contractors have fully developed and implemented these safety systems or that subcontractor training has been completed as of January 21, 2026. The OSHA press materials describe the initiative and intended activities, but do not provide completion milestones or attestations of finished training at this early stage (DOL press release, 2026-01-13).
Concerning reliability, the primary sources are the U.S. Department of Labor/OSHA press release and industry coverage referencing the same announcement; these are appropriate for an initial status check on a government-backed safety partnership (DOL press release, 2026-01-13). The
Manchester city page offers project scope context but does not confirm safety-oversight milestones. Given the absence of a published completion date or finished-training records, the information supports an ongoing status rather than a completed outcome (City of Manchester project page, 2026-01-09).
Overall, the claim reflects an early-stage initiative rather than a completed program. The available sources confirm the partnership and its described aims but provide no evidence of finalization of safety-management system development or completed subcontractor training by January 21, 2026. Stakeholders and observers should monitor project updates for milestones related to safety-system implementation and training completion (OSHA press release, 2026-01-13).
Notes on incentives: the partnership aligns safety-downstream incentives with project risk reduction, potentially lowering injury risk and improving regulatory compliance for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The involvement of a large joint venture (Methuen Obayashi) and the federal OSHA partnership framework suggests formal performance measures and leadership accountability will drive progress, though those metrics and timelines remain to be publicly disclosed. Ongoing updates from OSHA, the city, and the project contractor will be the main sources to watch for measurable advancement (DOL press release, 2026-01-13;
City of Manchester project page, 2026-01-09).
Update · Jan 21, 2026, 06:53 PMin_progress
Restating the claim: The OSHA partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: OSHA announced a strategic partnership on January 13, 2026, describing provisions to prevent injuries, expose workers to hazards safely, and implement safety and health management systems with subcontractor training (OSHA regional news release). The City of Manchester project page confirms ongoing CBDT construction and a multi-year timeline with planned tunnels and drop shafts (CBDT project).
Current status and milestones: The partnership is active and focused on hazard prevention and program implementation; the CBDT project is progressing through 2026–2029 with concrete construction milestones and public notices (e.g., blasting and road closures). No explicit completion date is provided for the safety-management implementation or training; project construction continues.
Source reliability and context: The primary claims derive from OSHA’s official release and corroborating trade-press coverage, plus the City of Manchester’s CBDT project page detailing active construction milestones. Together, these indicate an ongoing initiative rather than a finished handoff.
Update · Jan 21, 2026, 04:25 PMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The available reporting confirms the partnership was formed, but does not indicate a final completion of the safety-management systems or universal subcontractor training as of the current date. The claim’s framing aligns with the partnership’s stated objectives, but a formal completion milestone is not documented.
OSHA announced on January 13, 2026, that it signed a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to promote worker safety and health during construction of the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. The release highlights focus areas including preventing exposure to hazards, confined spaces, gas risks, excavation safety, and leadership-driven hazard prevention, and notes that the initiative will assist in developing safety and health management systems and training subcontractors on recognizing hazards. This establishes progress toward the claimed outcomes, but stops short of claiming full completion.
The City of Manchester’s project page describes the CBDT as a multi-year effort to modernize the drainage system, with a timeline of approximately three years to complete multiple tunnel features. However, the city page does not provide a completion date or explicit evidence that all safety-management systems have been developed and all subcontractor trainings have been delivered. Taken together with OSHA’s release, the claim reflects ongoing activity rather than a finished state.
Reliability considerations: the core evidence comes from an official OSHA news release and a municipal project overview, both of which are primary sources for project status. Independent summaries from industry outlets corroborate the partnership’s focus areas but are secondary to the agency release. Given the lack of a clear completion milestone, the available sources support ongoing progress rather than finalization.
Incentive context: the partnership emphasizes leadership accountability, hazard prevention, and worker participation, which aligns with typical safety-management incentives in large construction projects. The presence of a formal partnership with a federal agency and the contractor JV increases the likelihood of sustained safety training and system development, but does not guarantee immediate completion by a fixed date. Overall, the situation remains in_progress with concrete milestones likely to emerge in future OSHA updates or project reports.
Update · Jan 21, 2026, 02:30 PMin_progress
Claim restatement: The partnership between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture is designed to assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH.
Evidence of progress: OSHA publicly announced the strategic partnership on January 13, 2026, detailing focus areas such as hazard recognition, safety program development, and leadership engagement for the project. The City of Manchester’s CBDT project page (initiated January 2026) confirms ongoing construction activities and public notifications related to the same project. These sources establish the partnership and active project timeline, but do not provide final completion metrics.
Status assessment: There are no reported completion milestones or completion date in the available documents. The press release describes intent and early actions (e.g., safety-management systems development and subcontractor training) but does not indicate that all contractors have completed these requirements. Given the absence of a completion condition milestone, the status remains in_progress.
Source reliability and notes: The primary claims come from an OSHA news release (official federal source) and the City of Manchester’s CBDT project page (municipal government source). Both are appropriate, nonpartisan outlets for project details; neither shows a final completion date or finished implementation as of 2026-01-21. If the parties meet the project’s stated safety objectives, updates would likely appear in OSHA press releases or City updates as milestones are reached.
Update · Jan 21, 2026, 12:39 PMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public announcements confirm the partnership was formed and its aims, including system development, training, and hazard recognition for workers at the Manchester,
New Hampshire project (OSHA press release, 2026-01-13). The evidence thus far indicates initiation and planning activities, not final completion of a fully implemented safety-management program across all contractors and subcontractors.
OSHA’s January 13, 2026 release describes the strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture and emphasizes concrete objectives: prevent exposure to hazardous gases, confined spaces, and other site hazards; ensure proper shoring and protective systems; and support developing safety and health management systems plus hazard-recognition training. The release characterizes these efforts as ongoing components of the project’s safety program, rather than a completed, standalone milestone.
Independent trade press and industry outlets echoed the OSHA notice, highlighting leadership engagement, accountability measures, and hazard-identification protocols as core elements of the partnership. While these reports corroborate the scope and intent, they do not indicate that all contractors have fully developed and implemented systems or that subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training to date.
The Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project is described as a major municipal drainage modernization effort with a large capital footprint. However, there is no publicly available evidence within the sources consulted that the completion condition—full adoption of safety and health management systems across contractors and training completion for all subcontractors—has been achieved by the current date. The status remains best characterized as ongoing / in_progress.
Reliability notes: the primary sources are the OSHA press release (official federal agency), supplementary industry coverage, and the
Manchester, NH project pages. Taken together, they substantiate the existence of the partnership and its goals, but they do not provide a completion audit or a retrospective assessment showing full completion of the stated conditions. Given the project timeline and the nature of safety-program rollouts, ongoing monitoring is expected.
Follow-up considerations: check OSHA updates or project progress reports around mid-2026 to confirm whether safety-management systems have been implemented across all contractors and whether subcontractor hazard-recognition training has been completed (follow_up_date: 2026-07-01).
Update · Jan 21, 2026, 12:17 PMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The OSHA release confirms the partnership was formed between the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture and OSHA to promote safety, health, training, and hazard recognition on the project. However, the article does not provide progress metrics or completion milestones for these safety initiatives. The best available evidence at this time shows the partnership being established and framed as a continuing safety effort rather than a finished program.
Update · Jan 21, 2026, 10:44 AMin_progress
The claim describes a partnership to develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Evidence shows OSHA signaled a January 13, 2026 partnership between the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture and OSHA to promote worker safety and health on the Manchester, NH project (DOL OSHA release; OSHA regional page).
The primary public-facing milestone is the formation of the strategic partnership; no published completion date or project-wide completion condition is stated. The completion condition proposed—contractors developing safety and health management systems and subcontractors receiving hazard-recognition training—depends on ongoing implementation, with no final report confirming completion.
Available sources describe intended activities (confined-space, gas hazards, excavation safety, leadership engagement) and ongoing partnership practices, but do not confirm that all contractors have fully implemented systems or that all subcontractors have completed training as of the current date.
Given the absence of a defined finish date and verifiable completion evidence, the status remains in_progress rather than complete or failed. Reliability is moderate, drawing from official OSHA/DOL releases and corroborating coverage from trade press and project pages.
Update · Jan 21, 2026, 04:32 AMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The initial commitment was publicly announced by OSHA in a January 13, 2026 press release, which describes the partnership focusing on hazard recognition, safety-system development, and training for subcontractors (OSHA press release, 2026-01-13).
Evidence of progress so far includes the formal partnership announcement and project context provided by Manchester, NH officials, which notes the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project as a major city-led initiative with collaboration from federal and state agencies (
Manchester city project page, 2026-01-09). However, there is no publicly available documentation confirming that safety and health management systems have been developed and implemented at the contractor level, nor that subcontractor training on hazard recognition has been completed.
There are no reported completion milestones or dates indicating the safety-system implementation or training have been finalized. The available material suggests the effort began with planning and partnership formation, with ongoing work to establish safety protocols and training requirements (OSHA release; OHSonline coverage, 2026-01-13).
Update · Jan 21, 2026, 02:48 AMin_progress
Restatement of claim: The OSHA-Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: OSHA announced the strategic partnership on January 13, 2026, detailing aims to prevent worker injuries and exposure to hazards, and to emphasize leadership, hazard identification, and contractor training for construction sites in
Manchester, NH.
What progress exists toward completion: The announcement describes initiation of safety-system development and subcontractor training, but public updates do not show full completion of these systems or training as of 2026-01-20. The project itself is ongoing and the partnership provides the framework for safety initiatives.
Evidence of completion, progress, or cancellation: No documented completion of the safety/health management systems or subcontractor training exists in the sources reviewed; the status remains ongoing, with no formal completion milestone published.
Reliability note: Primary sources include OSHA’s official press release and municipal project information, which are authoritative for this topic.
Follow-up context: Future OSHA updates or project milestones should be monitored to confirm full implementation of systems and training across contractors and subcontractors.
Update · Jan 21, 2026, 01:06 AMin_progress
Restated claim: The partnership between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: OSHA announced a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture on January 13, 2026, aimed at improving worker safety during construction of
Manchester, NH’s Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The release highlights efforts to prevent injuries, address hazards such as confined spaces and gas exposure, and to assist in developing safety and health management systems while training subcontractors (OSHA release, 2026-01-13; industry coverage).
Current status: There is no publicly available information confirming completion of the safety-management systems or that subcontractor training has been completed. The January 2026 announcement describes the partnership’s objectives and activities, but does not provide milestones, a completion date, or evidence of finished implementation. Given the lack of a completion milestone, the status remains in_progress as of 2026-01-20.
Key milestones and dates: The notable public milestone is the January 13, 2026 signing of the partnership and the described focus areas (hazard recognition, safety-system development, leadership engagement). No subsequent progress reports or completion confirmations have been found in the sources consulted.
Source reliability note: The primary information comes from OSHA’s official news release, a high-quality primary source for this topic, corroborated by industry outlets that summarize the partnership’s aims. The sources do not provide a completion date, so the claim should be treated as ongoing work rather than completed.
Follow-up: A check on or after 2026-07-01 would help determine whether contractors have developed and implemented safety and health management systems and whether subcontractor training on site hazards has been completed.
Update · Jan 20, 2026, 10:45 PMin_progress
Restated claim: The OSHA partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The objective is to prevent worker injuries by focusing on hazards such as confined spaces, gas exposure, and excavation risks.
Evidence of progress: The Department of Labor’s OSHA announced the strategic partnership on January 13, 2026, describing plans to focus on leadership engagement, hazard identification, and implementation of safety and health management systems among contractors and subcontractors at the Manchester,
New Hampshire project (Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel). The release outlines intended activities but does not report completed safety-management implementations or training milestones.
Completion status: There is no public, post-January 13, 2026 update indicating that all contractors have developed and implemented safety and health management systems or that subcontractor training has been completed. The project’s status pages and subsequent OSHA updates as of January 20, 2026 do not show completion of the stated conditions.
Milestones and dates: The key dated item is the January 13, 2026 OSHA news release announcing the partnership. The partnership material emphasizes prevention strategies and system development, but no concrete completion date or milestone for the implementation has been disclosed in available public records.
Source reliability and framing: The primary source is OSHA’s official news release describing intended activities rather than results. Supplementary local project information confirms project scope but does not indicate progress on the specific safety-management milestones. Given the lack of reported completion and the recent start date, the assessment favors a cautious, ongoing status rather than final completion.
Update · Jan 20, 2026, 09:07 PMin_progress
What the claim states: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Update · Jan 20, 2026, 07:35 PMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The January 13, 2026 OSHA news release confirms that OSHA formed a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH, focusing on safety and health during construction and on hazard recognition, with emphasis on leadership, accountability, and hazard identification protocols. The release does not indicate that all contractors have already developed or implemented formal safety and health management systems, nor that subcontractor training has been completed; it describes intended activities and ongoing collaboration. There are no announced completion milestones or a projected finish date in the public materials, suggesting the work is ongoing rather than finished.
Update · Jan 20, 2026, 04:39 PMin_progress
Restatement of the claim: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: OSHA announced a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture on January 13, 2026 to improve worker safety and health at CBDT, including hazard recognition and hazardous environments training components (OSHA release, 2026-01-13).
Additional progress indicators: The City of Manchester CBDT project page confirms ongoing construction activities and public-facing safety communications as of January 2026, with notices about scheduled works (e.g., blasting and lane closures) that reflect active hazard management processes (City of Manchester CBDT announcements, Jan 2026).
Completion status: The partnership describes developing and implementing safety-management systems and conducting subcontractor training, but no public record yet confirms full completion of these systems or universal subcontractor training by 2026-01-20; the work appears ongoing through the project’s multi-year timeline.
Reliability of sources: OSHA’s official press release and the Manchester CBDT project pages are official sources; corroborating notices from the city strengthen the record of ongoing activity.
Overall assessment: Progress is underway with formal partnership and active project work; a final completion of safety-management systems and contractor/subcontractor training has not been publicly confirmed as of the current date.
Update · Jan 20, 2026, 02:35 PMin_progress
What was claimed: The OSHA partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture is intended to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project site. The stated emphasis includes leadership engagement, hazard identification protocols, and site-specific training on hazards in construction work. The claimed completion condition is that contractors have developed and implemented safety-management systems and that subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training.
Update · Jan 20, 2026, 12:38 PMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. There is evidence the partnership was established to address safety and health at the project site. The stated completion condition—contracts developing safety and health management systems and subcontractors receiving hazard recognition training—has not been shown as completed as of 2026-01-20.
Update · Jan 20, 2026, 10:47 AMin_progress
Restatement of claim: The OSHA partnership between the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture and OSHA aims to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: OSHA announced the strategic partnership on January 13, 2026, detailing focus areas such as preventing hazards, implementing safety systems, and training subcontractors. The
Manchester project page confirms active project work and public notices related to the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project, including a January 2026 controlled blasting notice and ongoing construction activities over a multi-year timeline.
Status of completion: As of January 20, 2026, there is public indication of ongoing project work and formal partnership goals, but no documentation showing that all contractors have fully developed and implemented safety/health management systems or that subcontractor training has been completed. The release emphasizes intended outcomes and program structure rather than final completion.
Dates and milestones: January 13, 2026 – OSHA announces the strategic partnership. January 19, 2026 – planned controlled blasting activity noted on the project page. The CBDT project scope indicates multi-year construction with ongoing updates.
Source reliability and context: OSHA’s official release provides primary, contemporaneous detail on the partnership and its safety objectives. The
Manchester city page provides project status updates and notices, corroborating active construction and governance around the CBDT project. Taken together, these sources indicate progress and ongoing work but not final completion of the stated safety-management and training completion condition.
Follow-up note: If a future update is desired, a follow-up around mid-year 2026 or at project milestones would help verify whether the completion condition has been achieved.
Update · Jan 20, 2026, 08:13 AMin_progress
Restatement of the claim: The OSHA partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: OSHA publicly announced the strategic partnership on January 13, 2026, detailing goals to prevent injuries, manage hazards, and emphasize leadership engagement and hazard identification in construction work for the CBDT project in
Manchester, NH. The project page confirms ongoing construction activities and safety-critical milestones as part of a multi-year effort.
Current status: The partnership description indicates intended outcomes and ongoing activities, but there is no public confirmation as of January 19, 2026 that all safety management systems are fully developed and that all subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training.
Contextual evidence: The Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project is described as a long-term municipal project with multiple milestones (e.g., a 2.25-mile tunnel and several drop shafts), suggesting ongoing implementation of safety systems and training in line with the partnership goals.
Reliability of sources: The primary source is OSHA’s regional news release, complemented by Manchester’s CBDT project page and related notices. These sources are credible for progress tracking, though they do not provide a formal completion confirmation as of the current date.
Update · Jan 20, 2026, 04:21 AMin_progress
Claim restatement: The joint venture partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Evidence of progress: OSHA announced a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture on January 13, 2026, aimed at improving worker safety during construction in
Manchester, NH (OSHA release). The notice highlights efforts to prevent gas exposure, confined-space risks, and excavation hazards, and states the partnership will assist in safety-management system development and subcontractor training. Milestones and status: The announcement confirms the partnership and intended activities but provides no published completion date or final verification of completed safety-management implementations or training outcomes as of now.
Update · Jan 20, 2026, 02:25 AMin_progress
The claim states the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Evidence shows OSHA signed a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to promote worker safety during construction in
Manchester, NH, with emphasis on safety systems and hazard recognition training (DOL release, 2026-01-13). There is no published completion date or formal confirmation that all contractors have developed such systems or that subcontractor training is complete, so the completion condition remains in progress. The available sources confirm the partnership and its focus, but do not indicate final completion.
Update · Jan 20, 2026, 12:34 AMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The source describes a January 13, 2026 OSHA partnership between the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture and OSHA to promote safety and health during construction, including the development of safety management systems and training for subcontractors. The release emphasizes risk prevention (gas exposure, confined spaces, protective systems) and the establishment of hazard identification protocols, but does not report completed implementations.
As of the current date (2026-01-19), the article indicates the partnership is established and aims to produce specific safety-management outcomes and training programs, but provides no concrete milestones or completion dates. There is no information showing that contractors have fully developed and implemented safety and health management systems, nor that subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The absence of progress metrics or completion statements suggests the work remains ongoing.
The evidence base consists of the DOL/OSHA news release, which confirms the existence of the partnership and its stated objectives, and outlines the targeted hazard areas and program components. It does not include follow-up data, site-specific progress reports, or dates for milestone achievements. Given that the release is an initial announcement, the reliability is high for the existence of the partnership, but insufficient for assessing completed outcomes.
Reliability notes: the source is an official U.S. Department of Labor press release, which is a primary-source announcement of the partnership. The framing aligns with OSHA’s strategic-partnership program, but the article does not provide independent verification of progress or completion. Given the lack of concrete milestones, the practical status is that progress is underway but not yet verifiable as complete.
Update · Jan 19, 2026, 10:32 PMin_progress
Restating the claim: The OSHA partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture is described as helping contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and training subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The stated aim is to prevent injuries and hazardous exposures during construction.
Evidence of progress: The January 13, 2026 OSHA press release announces the strategic partnership to promote safety and health, highlighting leadership engagement, hazard prevention protocols, and systems development as part of the partnership. No completion claim is made in the release.
Current status: There is no public documentation confirming full completion of safety/health management systems across all contractors or that subcontractor hazard-recognition training is finished. The Manchester CBDT project page shows ongoing construction milestones but not completion of the stated training condition.
Milestones and dates: The CBDT project is described as multi-year (2025–2028) with planned activities such as blasting notices and traffic detours. The OSHA release anchors the partnership to January 2026, with ongoing project progress reported in city communications.
Source reliability and incentives: Primary sources include the official OSHA release and the
Manchester project page, which are appropriate for status updates and intent. Industry trade outlets corroborate the partnership announcement, though they do not independently verify completion.
Update · Jan 19, 2026, 08:28 PMin_progress
Restated claim: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The Department of Labor’s OSHA announced a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to promote safety and health during the CBDT project in
Manchester, NH, on January 13, 2026 (DOL OSHA news release). The Manchester project page confirms the CBDT aims to modernize drainage and reduce combined sewer overflows, with milestones including seven drop shafts, a launch structure, and a 2.25-mile tunnel (CBDT project page).
Update · Jan 19, 2026, 06:53 PMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Public records show the OSHA press release announcing the strategic partnership and its safety-focused aims, as well as a
Manchester, NH project page describing ongoing construction activities, but they do not indicate that the safety-management systems have been developed and implemented or that subcontractor hazard-recognition training has been completed.
There is no publicly available evidence of completion, only initiation and ongoing collaboration, which keeps progress in the in_progress category.
Notable dates include the OSHA release dated January 13, 2026 and a January 9, 2026 project update; neither confirms finalization of the claimed outcomes.
Sources from the U.S. Department of Labor and the Manchester project page are reliable for the partnership's existence and scope, but neither provides a completion milestone as of the current date; secondary trade coverage echoes the partnership without new completion data.
Given the incentives of the involved parties—to prevent hazards and ensure safety compliance—the current public record is consistent with ongoing implementation rather than completion at this time.
Update · Jan 19, 2026, 04:25 PMin_progress
The claim concerns a partnership to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The initial commitment and framework for this partnership were announced by OSHA on January 13, 2026, describing joint efforts to prevent gas exposure, confined-space risks, excavation hazards, and other site dangers, along with leadership engagement and hazard-recognition training for subcontractors. Evidence so far shows the partnership is in place and the project is underway, with public communications highlighting safety-focused collaboration rather than a completed safety-management milestone. As of January 19, 2026, there is no publicly available confirmation that all contractors have fully developed and implemented the safety and health management systems or that subcontractor training on site hazards has been completed, only that the partnership aims to achieve those goals. The best available sources—DOL news release and
Manchester’s project page—confirm the existence of the program and ongoing construction activity, but do not provide a completion status or definitive milestones indicating completion of the claimed safety-management developments.
Update · Jan 19, 2026, 02:37 PMin_progress
Claim restatement: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: OSHA announced a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture on January 13, 2026 to promote worker safety and health during the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project, with emphasis on hazard recognition, safety management systems, and leadership accountability (OSHA release, Jan 13, 2026). Manchester’s CBDT project page (updated Jan 9, 2026) confirms ongoing project activities and routine progress updates, including planned milestones such as multiple drop shafts and a 2.25-mile tunnel, and notices about upcoming controlled blasting (City of Manchester, CBDT announcements).
Current status relative to completion condition: There is clear evidence of ongoing safety partnership activities and construction progress, but no public record shows that all contractors have fully developed and implemented safety and health management systems accompanying universal subcontractor training as of 2026-01-19. The project is described as active with scheduled work windows, detours, and safety notices, indicating in-progress status rather than complete completion.
Reliability and context of sources: OSHA’s official news release provides authoritative detail on the partnership’s safety objectives, while Manchester’s CBDT project page offers project timelines and milestones. Both sources are primary or official organizational communications; no independent verification of post-2026-01-19 completion has been identified in the consulted materials.
Update · Jan 19, 2026, 12:33 PMin_progress
Claim restated: The partnership between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Evidence to date shows the partnership was formalized by OSHA in a January 13, 2026 release, emphasizing safety-system development and subcontractor training. The City of Manchester CBDT project page confirms ongoing construction planning and public-facing updates, including milestones such as the 2.25-mile tunnel and seven drop shafts, with notices about road closures and site activities. There is no announced completion date; progress appears ongoing rather than finished.
Update · Jan 19, 2026, 10:50 AMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The public record confirms a strategic partnership between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture, announced January 13, 2026, focusing on preventing worker injuries, hazardous exposures, and improving hazard identification and safety program components for the CBDT project (OSHA release). Manchester city materials describe the CBDT as a multi-year project to improve drainage and reduce sewer overflows, with ongoing public notifications about construction activities, detours, and blasting, but do not specify completion of safety-management-system implementation or subcontractor hazard-recognition training as a completed milestone (City of Manchester CBDT page).
Evidence of progress includes the formal OSHA partnership; the release notes that the initiative will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and train subcontractors on recognizing hazards when working in and around construction sites (OSHA release). The CBDT project has publicly documented construction milestones and ongoing work items (e.g., confined-space and blasting notices) through early 2026, indicating active implementation rather than a completed handoff (City of Manchester CBDT page).
There is no public, finalized completion date or certificate indicating full completion of the safety-management-system adoption across all contractors; the records point to ongoing activities and program development under the partnership (OSHA release). The completion condition listed in the prompt—contracts having developed and implemented safety and health management systems and subcontractors trained on recognizing site hazards—remains outstanding in public records as of January 19, 2026. The OSHA release describes an ongoing partnership and program goals, but does not indicate that all contractors have completed the safety-system implementation or that all subcontractors have completed training as of the current date (OSHA release).
Reliability notes: the core claim originates from an official OSHA press release, which is a primary, authoritative source for the partnership itself. City of Manchester materials provide project context and milestones but are less specific about safety-system adoption or training completion. Taken together, the available sources support that the partnership is active and aims to deliver the stated safety-management enhancements, but they do not establish that the completion conditions have been met to date (OSHA release; Manchester CBDT page). Public records thus indicate ongoing progress with clearly defined safety aims, rather than a finalized completion.
Follow-up considerations: monitor OSHA announcements and Manchester CBDT updates for explicit milestones or completion statements regarding safety-management-system adoption and subcontractor hazard-recognition training. A targeted follow-up on a future date when the project’s safety-training rollout is described as complete would help determine final completion status (e.g., 2026-12-31).
Update · Jan 19, 2026, 08:11 AMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. This aligns with the January 13, 2026 OSHA Boston regional news release announcing a strategic partnership between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture for the project (OSHA press release). Evidence of progress shows the partnership has been established and is described as focusing on preventing injuries, exposure to hazards, and promoting hazard recognition and safety-system development (OSHA press release; related coverage). The materials emphasize leadership engagement, accountability, and hazard-prevention protocols, but do not provide a post-signature completion checklist or milestones for achieving full implementation.
As of January 18, 2026, there is no publicly available information indicating that contractors have completed or fully implemented a comprehensive safety and health management system or that all subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training. The available sources describe ongoing partnership activities and safety focus areas rather than a completed, finalized program rollout.
Key dates and milestones: the formal partnership was announced January 13, 2026; the project itself is described as a multi-year infrastructure effort (Manchester CBDT), with broader construction timelines not anchored to a completion date for safety-system implementation in public releases. No completion date is specified in the sources reviewed.
Source reliability: the core claim rests on OSHA’s official regional release, corroborated by municipal project pages and industry outlets reporting on the partnership. While these sources are credible for announcements and intended actions, they do not show independent verification of complete safety-management system deployment or all subcontractor trainings. A cautious interpretation is that the initiative is underway but not yet completed (OSHA press release;
Manchester city project page; industry coverage).
Update · Jan 19, 2026, 04:06 AMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public records show OSHA announced a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture on January 13, 2026 to promote worker safety and health during the CBDT Project in
Manchester, NH, focusing on hazard recognition and site safety management among others. This confirms the initiative is active, but does not by itself establish completion of the required training or full safety-management implementation across all contractors and subcontractors.
Evidence of progress includes OSHA’s described focus areas (gas exposure, confined-space risks, excavation safety, hazard prevention, and leadership accountability) and the stated aim to assist in developing and implementing safety and health management systems. The Manchester CBDT project page likewise documents ongoing construction work, including scheduled milestones and public notices, indicating that the project remains in the active construction phase with continued safety and public communication efforts. There is no published completion milestone indicating that all contractors have finished implementing systems or that all subcontractors have completed training as of mid-January 2026.
On balance, the available sources indicate the partnership is underway and active, with explicit safety and training aims but no definitive evidence that the completion condition has been met. The project itself remains in progress, with ongoing construction activities and periodic safety notices (e.g., blasting, lane closures) through early 2026. Source quality includes the federal OSHA release and the city’s project page, both of which are official and track record-based, supporting a cautious, in-progress assessment rather than a completed status.
Update · Jan 19, 2026, 02:07 AMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. OSHA confirms a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture announced January 13, 2026, describing assistance with safety-management
System development and hazard-recognition training, but no completion date is provided and the project is ongoing. City and project pages corroborate active construction and ongoing notices, indicating progress but not a finished milestone for safety-system deployment or training completion. Overall, evidence supports ongoing progress rather than a completed outcome as of now, with public reporting focused on activities and objectives rather than final fulfillment.
Update · Jan 19, 2026, 12:14 AMin_progress
The claim concerns a strategic partnership between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to promote safety and health during the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH, by helping contractors develop safety and health management systems and by training subcontractors to recognize hazards on construction sites. The announcement explicitly states that the initiative will assist in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards when working in and around construction sites (OSHA Boston region news release, Jan 13, 2026). A separate project overview from the City of Manchester confirms the CBDT project’s scope and multi-year construction timeline, including the tunnel and related structures (Manchester NH government page, Jan 9, 2026).
Update · Jan 18, 2026, 10:14 PMin_progress
Restated claim: The OSHA partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The January 13, 2026 OSHA release confirms the partnership and its aims (OSHA release, 2026-01-13).
Evidence of progress: OSHA’s announcement establishes the partnership and outlines priorities, including hazard recognition training for subcontractors and safety-management-system development (OSHA release, 2026-01-13). Manchester’s CBDT project page shows the project is active with ongoing construction and public updates, but does not publish a documented completion of the training or full implementation of safety-management systems (CBDT project page, 2026-01).
Current status: There is no public evidence that the safety and health management systems have been fully implemented or that subcontractor hazard-recognition training is completed. The completion condition (full system implementation and training completion) has not been verified in the sources reviewed.
Milestones and dates: The primary dated item is the partnership announcement (OSHA, 2026-01-13). The CBDT page provides ongoing construction milestones but no tracked milestone for completing the training or system implementation. No explicit completion date is available in public records consulted.
Source reliability: The key sources are an official OSHA release and the City of Manchester CBDT communications, which are reliable for confirming the partnership and ongoing project activity but do not show completion of the stated training or system implementation to date.
Update · Jan 18, 2026, 08:47 PMin_progress
The claim describes a partnership that will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. This frames the initiative as a collaborative safety program rather than a completed measure.
Public records indicate that, as of January 13, 2026, OSHA announced a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to promote worker safety and health during construction of the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. The release emphasizes goals such as preventing exposure to hazards, governing confined spaces, and implementing hazard identification and leadership engagement (OSHA press release, 2026-01-13).
The same release states that the partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards when working in and around construction sites, indicating progress toward the stated completion conditions, though it does not indicate that these elements are fully completed yet. No project-wide completion milestone is listed, reflecting an ongoing effort rather than a finished program (OSHA press release, 2026-01-13).
Overall, there is formal confirmation of the partnership and initial goals, but there is no evidence of final completion or full rollout across all subcontractors by the current date. The reliability of the sources—OSHA and corroborating local/public outlets—supports a cautious classification of progress rather than completion (OSHA release; local project pages).
Update · Jan 18, 2026, 06:30 PMin_progress
Restated claim: The OSHA partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Progress evidence: OSHA announced a formal strategic partnership on January 13, 2026, focused on reducing construction hazards and improving safety systems, training, and leadership engagement for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. The Manchester city site also confirms ongoing project activities and safety communications related to CBDT construction that began in late 2025/early 2026. These sources describe the framework and activities but do not provide a completion milestone for the training program.
Current status vs. completion: The partnership is described as a continuing safety program with emphasis on hazard recognition, safety management systems, and subcontractor training; there is no reported date or milestone indicating that all contractors have completed these systems or that all subcontractors have completed training. Public updates emphasize ongoing hazard prevention planning, confined-space and gas considerations, and emergency management, consistent with an active construction safety program. Completion, if defined, has not yet occurred as of the latest publicly available materials.
Dates and milestones: The OSHA release is dated January 13, 2026; Manchester’s CBDT website posts ongoing notifications (e.g., controlled blasting notices and lane closures) through 2026 and beyond, with a three-year construction horizon noted in project materials. The explicit completion condition—systems in place and all subcontractors trained—has not been publicly fulfilled or announced as complete. Reliabilty note: The sources are official (OSHA) and municipal communications, which strongly support the existence and ongoing nature of the safety program but do not document final completion.
Reliability and incentives: OSHA’s involvement indicates regulatory and safety oversight incentives for contractors to adopt formal safety management and training. The Manchester CBDT communications emphasize public safety and infrastructure outcomes, aligning with both regulatory expectations and municipal accountability. Overall, information supports ongoing progress rather than final completion, with transparent disclosure of project milestones and safety activities.
Update · Jan 18, 2026, 04:10 PMin_progress
Restatement of the claim: The OSHA partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: The Department of Labor announced the strategic partnership on January 13, 2026, aiming to prevent worker injuries by focusing on safety management systems and hazard recognition for subcontractors (OSHA news release, 2026-01-13). The Manchester, NH city page for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project confirms ongoing project activity, including milestones and safety-related notices as the work proceeds (CBDT project page, 2026-01-09). A May 2025 report indicates the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture was awarded the project contract, establishing the organizational framework for safety efforts.
Current status: The partnership itself is in place as of January 2026, and initial construction activities and safety-related communications are underway. The project has visible construction milestones (e.g., planned blasting notices starting January 19, 2026) and public updates reflecting ongoing progress toward a large-scale drainage improvement project. There is no evidence yet that the safety-management training and hazard-recognition training for all subcontractors have been completed across the entire site.
Notes on sources and reliability: The primary attestations come from an official U.S. Department of Labor OSHA news release (high reliability) and the City of Manchester’s CBDT project page (local government source, reliable for progress updates). Cross-referencing shows the contract award in 2025 and ongoing project communications, supporting an ongoing process rather than a finished state. Given the incentives of the parties (public safety goals, municipal infrastructure funding, and regulatory compliance), cautious interpretation favors ongoing implementation rather than a completed milestone at this date.
Update · Jan 18, 2026, 02:32 PMin_progress
Restated claim: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: The DOL/OSHA announced a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture on January 13, 2026, focusing on preventing worker injuries, hazards recognition, and implementing safety and health management systems for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project (DOL news release, 2026-01-13).
Ongoing program status: Separate project materials indicate the CBDT is actively progressing with launch site preparations, excavation support, and other work. The City of Manchester’s CBDT Work Progress page shows multiple active work zones, with a tunnel boring machine fabrication underway and milestones such as mid-2026 TBM arrival and ongoing site preparation (CBDT Work Progress page, Jan 2026).
Milestones and dates: The OSHA partnership emphasizes hazard prevention and contractor training, but the completion condition—contracts developing safety/health management systems and subcontractor training—has not been publicly declared as complete as of 2026-01-18. The CBDT progress page notes ongoing construction activities through 2027 and beyond, including future shaft work and TBM milestones (CBDT Work Progress; DOL release).
Source reliability: The primary claim comes from the DOL/OSHA press release (official
U.S. government source), complemented by the City of Manchester’s official project tracker (local government source). Together these provide a conservative, official view of progress and ongoing work without relying on secondary or biased outlets.
Update · Jan 18, 2026, 12:15 PMin_progress
Restatement of claim: The OSHA-Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture partnership aims to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH.
Progress evidence: OSHA announced a formal strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture on January 13, 2026, to promote worker safety and health during construction of the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The release describes goals including preventing gas exposure, confined-space risks, and ensuring shoring and protective systems, as well as developing safety and health management systems and training for subcontractors. A Manchester project page (Jan 9, 2026) confirms ongoing public information about the project, indicating active construction activity and governance around safety and schedule, consistent with early-stage implementation activities.
Status of completion vs. milestones: As of 2026-01-18, there is clear initiation (agreement signing and activation of partnership) but no public confirmation that all contractors have fully developed and implemented safety/health management systems or completed subcontractor training. The DOL release frames these as objectives of the partnership, not a completed condition, and no subsequent follow-up reporting has been found to certify full compliance yet.
Key dates and milestones: The formal partnership was announced January 13, 2026. The City of Manchester’s Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel project page (January 9, 2026) shows project activity and planning communications, but does not provide a milestone chart for safety-management-system completion or subcontractor training completion. The combination of these sources suggests a starting point with ongoing work toward the stated completion conditions.
Source reliability and incentive context: The primary source is the U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA news release (official government source), which is reliable for the partnership announcement and stated goals. Industry-coverage sources corroborate the partnership’s focus on safety training, hazard recognition, and leadership-driven safety practices. There is no evidence in the publicly available materials to indicate any misalignment of incentives or deliberate misreporting; the initiative aligns with standard federal safety partnership incentives to reduce construction hazards.
Overall assessment: The claim is currently in_progress. The partnership has been formed and articulated safety-training aims and management-system development are planned, but full completion (certified implementation of systems and subcontractor training) has not yet been demonstrated publicly as of 2026-01-18.
Update · Jan 18, 2026, 10:27 AMin_progress
Restated claim: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Evidence of progress: On January 13, 2026, OSHA announced a strategic partnership between the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture and OSHA to promote worker safety and health during the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. The release states the initiative will help contractors develop safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards on construction sites. No completion date or explicit milestone date beyond the partnership signing is provided in the initial announcement. Reliability note: The primary source is OSHA, a
U.S. federal agency; corroborating context appears in other industry trade outlets and the Manchester project page, but concrete completion milestones have not been published.
What progress exists toward the stated milestones: The press release describes the establishment of a safety partnership and emphasis on leadership engagement, hazard identification protocols, and training, but it does not indicate that safety-management systems have been fully developed or that subcontractor training has been completed. Independent reporting around the project confirms the project is ongoing and substantial—contract award occurred in 2025 and the project is a major public works effort—but does not document completion of the specific training and system-implementation milestones.
Current status against completion condition: As of 2026-01-17, there is no public evidence that all contractors have fully developed and implemented safety and health management systems or that subcontractor training has been completed under this partnership. The available materials show a formal partnership in place with stated objectives, but no dated completion confirmation.
Notes on sources and future tracking: The core source is OSHA’s January 13, 2026 news release (OSHA.gov), which confirms the partnership and its goals. Additional context comes from Manchester, NH project pages and industry coverage noting the project’s scope and timeline. For an updated assessment, a follow-up should check OSHA updates, project progress reports from the city of Manchester, and any contractor safety training attestations or progress dashboards in 2026.
Update · Jan 18, 2026, 08:08 AMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. It implies concrete progress toward systemic safety improvements and formal training for subcontractors associated with the project.
Public records show that OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture entered into a strategic safety partnership to promote safety and health during the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. The formal announcement and coverage indicate the collaboration focuses on hazard prevention, leadership engagement, and safety program development as part of construction activities dated January 13, 2026.
As of January 17, 2026, there is no publicly documented evidence that contractors have fully developed and implemented safety and health management systems or that subcontractors have completed targeted hazard-recognition training and certification for this project. The available sources describe the partnership and its aims, but do not confirm completion of the stated conditions.
Source reliability is high for the core claim: OSHA’s official press release and status updates from reputable outlets summarize the partnership and project scope. While the reporting confirms the agreement and planned activities, it remains unclear when the completion criteria will be met, given the project’s timeline and ongoing construction work.
Update · Jan 18, 2026, 04:17 AMin_progress
Restated claim: The OSHA-Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture partnership aims to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: OSHA announced the strategic partnership on January 13, 2026, outlining its focus on preventing injuries, managing hazards, and training subcontractors as part of the project’s safety program. The release emphasizes leadership engagement, hazard identification protocols, and implementation of safety/health management systems, but does not report completed systems or training milestones.
Current status and milestones: As of January 17, 2026, the partnership appears to be in the initial formation and planning phase, with the project itself progressing as a major municipal drainage project in
Manchester. There is no public record in the cited sources of completed safety-management systems or subcontractor training having been completed yet.
Source reliability and context: The primary information comes from OSHA’s official regional news release (
Boston region) and corroborating coverage in trade and municipal channels. The statements describe intended actions and governance of the partnership, not a post-implementation assessment. Given the timeline, ongoing progress should be monitored for explicit completion credentials or training attestations.
Follow-up note: Monitor OSHA updates and the Manchester civic pages for milestones on safety-management system implementation and subcontractor training, with a targeted follow-up date set to 2026-07-13 to assess status.
Update · Jan 18, 2026, 03:00 AMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The January 13, 2026 OSHA release confirms that the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture entered a strategic partnership with OSHA to promote safety and health during the project, including efforts to develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at construction sites. As of the current date, there is no publicly available reporting of a completed safety-management system or formal training completion for subcontractors. The available statements describe intended activities and program design rather than a reported completion milestone, and no projected Completion Date is provided in the official release. The sources citing the partnership are primary (DOL/OSHA release) and reputable safety/industry outlets that echoed the initial announcement, with no independent confirmation of completed components to date. Overall, the status appears to be in_progress, with initial partnership formation and planned activities but no verifiable completion evidence yet.
Update · Jan 18, 2026, 12:51 AMin_progress
Restated claim: The OSHA partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The January 2026 announcement specifies a focus on preventing injuries, implementing hazard identification protocols, and training subcontractors in recognizing site hazards when working in and around construction sites (OSHA release, 2026-01-13).
Evidence of progress: The OSHA release confirms the signing of a strategic partnership and outlines intended activities, including leadership engagement, accountable safety systems, and hazard recognition training for subcontractors. The project is described as modernizing Manchester’s drainage system through a gravity-fed stormwater tunnel, with emphasis on protecting workers from gases, confined spaces, and excavation hazards (OSHA release, 2026-01-13).
Current completion status: There is no stated completion date or milestone indicating that safety management systems have been fully developed and implemented or that all subcontractors have completed training. The release describes planned actions and commitments but does not provide a completion timestamp (OSHA release, 2026-01-13).
Key dates and milestones: The public announcement on January 13, 2026, marks the initiating date for the partnership. The
Manchester project page corroborates the project scope and timeline but does not publish specific safety-training milestones or completion dates (OSHA release; Manchester project page, 2026).
Source reliability and balance: The primary source is an official U.S. Department of Labor OSHA press release, a credible document for policy and safety program announcements. Supplementary industry coverage reinforces the partnership and project scope without presenting contradictory claims. Overall, sources are current and reputable.
Notes on incentives: The release emphasizes safety leadership and hazard control, aligning contractor incentives with worker protection and regulatory compliance; no conflicting incentives are evident in the available materials.
Update · Jan 17, 2026, 10:11 PMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public records confirm that OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture signed a strategic safety partnership on January 13, 2026, explicitly to promote worker safety, health, and hazard recognition at the CBDT project (OSHA release, 2026-01-13). The OSHA release emphasizes leadership involvement, hazard identification protocols, and contractor training components aligned with the claim (OSHA release, 2026-01-13). Manchester city pages describe the CBDT construction as active with milestones beginning in January 2026, indicating continued progress on a multi-year project (CBDT project page, 2026-01-09).
Update · Jan 17, 2026, 08:07 PMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public records confirm that OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture signed a strategic partnership on January 13, 2026, focused on reducing hazards and improving safety systems for the project (OSHA release, Jan 13, 2026).
Evidence to date shows the CBDT project is active and progressing as described by the City of Manchester, with ongoing construction infrastructure work (e.g., drop shafts and a 2.25-mile tunnel) and public notices about schedule and site operations. The official CBDT project page emphasizes safety initiatives and project milestones, but does not publish a formal completion of a safety-management systems rollout or subcontractor training metrics yet (Manchester CBDT page, Jan 2026).
The completion condition — that contractors have developed and implemented safety and health management systems and that subcontractors have received hazard-recognition training — does not appear to be met as of the current date. The available sources document the partnership and ongoing project activities, but provide no verified evidence that the specified training and systems implementation are completed.
Key milestones identified publicly include the partnership formation (Jan 13, 2026) and the near-term construction activities and notices related to CBDT work. There is no published completion date for the safety-management systems or training outcomes; progress appears to be in the execution phase rather than finished.
Source reliability varies but includes an official OSHA press release and the City of Manchester’s CBDT project page, both of which are primary or near-primary sources. Collectively they support the claim that the partnership exists and that the project is underway, while not providing a completed status for the claimed training and systems implementation.
Note on incentives: the partnership aligns with regulatory safety objectives and project risk management, which critics and advocates alike view as central to construction governance. The lack of a completion date or published training metrics suggests the incentives are currently oriented toward ongoing safety improvements rather than finalization of a formal safety-management framework.
Update · Jan 17, 2026, 06:28 PMin_progress
Claim restatement: A partnership is intended to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH.
Evidence of progress: The U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA announced a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture on January 13, 2026 to promote worker safety and health during the project, detailing that the initiative will assist contractors in developing safety and health management systems and train subcontractors on recognizing hazards when working in and around construction sites.
Current status and milestones: As of January 17, 2026, the partnership is newly formed; the release outlines aims and processes but does not report a completion date or milestone schedule. No final completion or full implementation timeline is provided in the available material.
Source reliability: The primary source is an official OSHA news release (Boston Region) dated January 13, 2026, a government authority. Corroborating municipal context exists for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel project, but formal progress milestones remain unspecified in the current reporting.
Update · Jan 17, 2026, 04:07 PMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public records confirm a strategic partnership between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture announced on January 13, 2026, with a focus on preventing injuries and strengthening hazard recognition and management on site.
Update · Jan 17, 2026, 02:11 PMin_progress
Claim restatement: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Evidence of progress: OSHA announced a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture on January 13, 2026 to promote safety and health during CBDT construction in
Manchester, NH, with emphasis on hazard recognition and safety-management systems (OSHA release 25-1534-BOS). Supporting context: Manchester’s CBDT project page confirms ongoing work over a multi-year timeline, indicating active construction and ongoing safety/public-facing milestones. Reliability: The primary source is OSHA’s official release, supplemented by
Manchester city communications, both suitable for assessing public progress and status.
Update · Jan 17, 2026, 12:21 PMin_progress
The claim describes a partnership to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. This aligns with the January 2026 OSHA partnership announcement focusing on prevention of injuries, hazard identification, and training, with an emphasis on leadership accountability and worker participation.
Public reporting confirms the partnership exists and outlines its objectives (safety/health management systems and hazard-recognition training for subcontractors), but does not indicate that all contractors have completed new systems or that training has been universally delivered yet.
The Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project is active in
Manchester, NH, with a substantial scope (a 2.25-mile tunnel and related structures). Project communications describe ongoing and upcoming activities, including blasting notices and road/riverwalk impacts, but no milestone showing full completion of safety-management systems across all contractors.
Overall, sources confirm the partnership and its aims, but there is no evidence of full completion as of 2026-01-17. Completion status remains in_progress rather than complete, based on available official statements and project updates.
Reliability: best-supported by the OSHA release and Manchester project page; no credible reporting indicating full completion to date.
sources:
https://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/boston/20260113,
https://ohsonline.com/Articles/2026/01/13/OSHA-Partners-with-Methuen-Obayashi-JV-on-Manchester-Tunnel-Project-Safety.aspx,
https://www.manchesternh.gov/Departments/Sewer-and-Stormwater/Cemetery-Brook-Drain-Tunnel-ProjectUpdate · Jan 17, 2026, 10:30 AMin_progress
The claim concerns a strategic OSHA partnership that would help contractors on the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards. The project location is
Manchester,
New Hampshire, and the initiative is tied to the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project, a major stormwater and sewer modernization effort.
Public evidence shows that OSHA announced a formal strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture on January 13, 2026. The press release describes aims to prevent workers’ exposure to hazards such as gas, confined spaces, and excavation risks, and to promote the use of proper shoring and protective systems, as well as leadership engagement and hazard identification protocols.
The completion condition stated in the claim—contractors developing and implementing safety and health management systems and subcontractors receiving hazard-recognition training—lacks a reported completion date or milestone in the available materials. The agency’s release frames the partnership as an ongoing safety initiative rather than a completed program.
As of January 16, 2026, there is no public documentation confirming that all contractors have fully developed and implemented safety and health management systems or that subcontractor training has been completed. The available sources describe the partnership’s formation and intended activities, not a wrap-up or finished status. Milestones and progress updates would likely appear in subsequent OSHA releases or project-specific updates from Manchester or the project partners.
Source reliability: the primary information comes from a U.S. Department of Labor OSHA news release (official government source), corroborated by industry coverage that mirrors the announced partnership. While corroboration from additional official project updates would strengthen the assessment, the core claim is grounded in the documented partnership announcement. The evaluation remains neutral and focused on verifiable progress indicators rather than speculative outcomes.
Update · Jan 17, 2026, 08:21 AMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The official DOL OSHA release confirms the partnership was established on January 13, 2026 and emphasizes safety-management development and subcontractor hazard recognition as part of the agreement. There is no evidence in the release that the safety systems have been completed or that subcontractor training has been delivered to date.
Independent reporting and project pages indicate the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project is actively progressing in
Manchester, NH. The City of Manchester’s project page notes ongoing construction activities, with announcements in January 2026 and planned milestones (e.g., controlled blasting notices beginning January 19, 2026) and a three-year construction horizon. This demonstrates continued work on the project, aligning with the partnership’s aims but not proving completion of the claimed training or system implementations.
The completion condition—contractors having developed and implemented safety and health management systems and subcontractors having received hazard-recognition training—has not been documented as achieved as of the current date. The DOL release describes the initiative and its goals, but does not provide a post-initiation assessment or verification of completed safety-management systems or completed subcontractor training.
Concrete milestones cited include the project’s scope (seven drop shafts, a launch structure, and a 2.25-mile tunnel) and the January 2026 blasting schedule. The presence of these milestones supports ongoing progress, but they do not substitute for or confirm the completion of the safety-system development and training specified in the partnership.
Reliability notes: the primary sources are the U.S. Department of Labor/OSHA press release and the City of Manchester project page, both of which are official or municipal sources with direct relevance to the project. Cross-referencing with multiple outlets corroborates that work is underway but does not indicate finished compliance with the training and safety-management implementation promise. Based on available evidence, the status remains in_progress rather than complete or failed.
Update · Jan 17, 2026, 04:26 AMin_progress
Claim restatement: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The goal is for contractors to develop and implement systems and for subcontractors to receive hazard-recognition training during work on the project.
Progress evidence: OSHA announced on January 13, 2026 that it signed a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to promote safety and health during construction of the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, focusing on preventing injuries and hazards, including leadership engagement and hazard identification protocols. The release explicitly states the initiative will assist contractors in safety management system development and subcontractor training. This confirms official intent and program design, not a completed rollout. OSHAs release is corroborated by regional coverage and the project’s own public materials.
Current status and completion assessment: As of January 16, 2026, there is no public evidence that all Contractors have fully developed and implemented safety and health management systems or that subcontractor hazard-recognition training has been completed citywide for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The OSHA release describes the partnership and activities aimed at improvement, but does not indicate final completion. The project page and related notices reflect ongoing construction activity and safety planning rather than a finished state.
Source reliability and context: The central claim originates from an official OSHA press release (
Boston region) dated January 13, 2026, which is a primary, government source for safety partnerships. Additional project context comes from the City of Manchester’s Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project page and local notices announcing construction milestones, such as planned blasting and lane closures in early 2026. Together, these sources provide a coherent picture of ongoing safety collaboration without asserting final completion.
Update · Jan 17, 2026, 02:42 AMin_progress
Claim restated: A partnership between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Evidence from official sources confirms the partnership framework and focus on hazard recognition, safety management systems, and contractor/subcontractor training (OSHA press release, 2026-01-13). The Manchester CBDT project page reinforces the project scope and its broader safety/engineering aims, including anticipated construction milestones and public-facing notifications (CBDT project page, Jan 2026).
Progress indicators: OSHA states the partnership aims to prevent worker injuries and exposures to hazards, and to ensure appropriate shoring and protective measures, with emphasis on leadership engagement and hazard identification protocols (OSHA release, 2026-01-13). The City of Manchester page documents ongoing CBDT work, including the installation of a 2.25-mile tunnel and multiple drop shafts, along with scheduled blasting notices and lane closures beginning in late 2025 and continuing over the next several years (CBDT page, Jan 2026). These items imply active compliance and safety coordination, but do not publicly confirm formal completion of SHMS development or subcontractor training milestones.
Status assessment: There is explicit mention that the initiative will train subcontractors and assist contractors in safety/health management systems, but no documented completion date or milestone indicating full completion of these specific training/management-system requirements. Given the project’s multi-year timeline and absence of a stated finish date for the safety-management/training components, the claim remains in_progress rather than complete or failed.
Reliability note: The primary sources are the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA press release and the City of Manchester CBDT project page, both official or municipal channels. They provide clear project scope and partnership objectives but have not published a discrete completion assessment for the safety-management/training elements. The balance of sources supports ongoing activity and safety coordination but not final completion confirmation.
Update · Jan 17, 2026, 01:44 AMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Public documents show that OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture signed a strategic partnership on January 13, 2026 to promote worker safety and health during the project, with emphasis on hazard recognition, confined-space and excavation safety, and leadership-driven hazard prevention (OSHA Boston region news release).
Evidence of progress includes the formal partnership framework and the project’s ongoing site activities. The OSHA release notes that the partnership will assist in safety-management system development and subcontractor training, and the
Manchester project page confirms active work on the 2.25-mile tunnel with planned drop shafts and launch structures, along with continued community notifications about road impacts and construction milestones (OSHA release;
City of Manchester CBDT page).
There is no public indication that the completion condition—contractors developing and implementing safety and health management systems and subcontractors having completed hazard-recognition training—has been achieved yet. The project is described as progressing with major construction elements and ongoing safety planning, but no dated milestone confirms full completion of the training provision or a formal closure of the safety-system development in the materials reviewed.
Update · Jan 16, 2026, 10:46 PMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Evidence shows the partnership was formed and publicly announced by OSHA on January 13, 2026, as part of a strategic initiative to improve safety in the Manchester project (OSHA Boston Region news release, 2026-01-13; OSHA press text). The description emphasizes preventing exposures to hazardous gases, confined spaces, and other risks, and notes support for safety-management systems and hazard-recognition training for subcontractors (OSHA release; OH&S article). There is no reported completion date or milestone indicating that contractors have fully developed and implemented these systems or that subcontractor training has been completed, suggesting the status remains ongoing. Reliability of sources is high, drawing from the federal OSHA release and industry-facing reporting that cite the partnership goals and activities.
Update · Jan 16, 2026, 08:21 PMin_progress
Restated claim: The partnership between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The OSHA press release confirms the strategic partnership is in place and emphasizes that the initiative will assist with safety/health management systems and training subcontrators on hazard recognition. The Manchester CBDT project page provides context for the project and notes ongoing construction with anticipated milestones over the next several years, but it does not document completion of safety-management systems or formal subcontractor hazard-recognition training as a completed condition. Both sources establish the existence of the partnership and the project, but do not show completion of the claimed training and systems implementation.
Update · Jan 16, 2026, 06:39 PMin_progress
Restating the claim: The partnership between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The initial evidence shows OSHA announced a strategic partnership on January 13, 2026, describing focus areas such as hazard recognition, safety-management-system development, and training for subcontractors (OSHA Boston Region news release, 2026-01-13). Additional coverage highlights planned emphasis on leadership engagement, accountability measures, and hazard-prevention protocols during construction (OSHA release and industry outlets, 2026-01-13). Progress indicators: The January 2026 materials confirm the partnership exists and identify the project’s objective to reduce hazards such as gas exposure, confined spaces, and excavation risks, with training and safety-system development as key components (OSHA release, 2026-01-13; OH&S Online, 2026-01-13). Evidence of completion: There is no public record by January 16, 2026, that safety-management systems have been fully developed and implemented across all contractors or that subcontractor training on site hazards has been completed. The available materials frame the agreement as an early, ongoing partnership with stated goals rather than a closed-cycle completion with milestones published yet (OSHA release, 2026-01-13). Progress signals and milestones: The sources emphasize planned deliverables (safety-management systems, hazard-recognition training, and leadership engagement) rather than concrete, dated completion dates or progressed percentages as of 2026-01-16 (OSHA, 2026-01-13; OH&S Online, 2026-01-13). Reliability and context: The primary reference is an official OSHA regional news release, supplemented by trade coverage and a municipal project page. While the OSHA release provides authoritative framing of the partnership, it does not provide quantitative milestones or completion dates beyond the initiative description, so interpreting status as in-progress is appropriate pending further updates (OSHA release, 2026-01-13). Follow-up note: A future check on progress should look for updated OSHA regional releases or contractor-specific reports detailing the completion of safety-management systems and any documented training completions for subcontractors. Suggested follow-up date: 2026-12-31.
Update · Jan 16, 2026, 04:14 PMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. OSHA’s January 13, 2026 release confirms a safety partnership focusing on safety systems, training, and hazard recognition, aligning with the stated goals. However, no explicit completion date or milestone for full implementation is provided, indicating the work is ongoing. Public project materials describe CBDT as an ongoing, multi-year effort with multiple construction milestones, supporting the interpretation that the safety initiatives are progressing but not yet finished.
Update · Jan 16, 2026, 02:18 PMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The official record confirms a strategic partnership between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture formed on January 13, 2026, to promote worker safety and health during construction of the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. The project is described as modernizing drainage to reduce sewer overflows, with emphasis on hazard prevention in confined spaces, gas exposure, and excavations.
Evidence of progress shows the partnership has been established and publicized by OSHA and the City of Manchester, including OSHA press materials and city project pages. The primary documented focus is on preventing exposure to hazards and on the development of safety and health management practices, plus training of subcontractors, as part of the partnership framework. As of January 16, 2026, there is no publicly available, verifiable statement showing that these safety-management systems have been fully developed and implemented or that subcontractor training has been completed.
Milestones or completion signals are not present in the sources reviewed. The OSHA press release (January 13, 2026) outlines the goals and structure of the partnership but does not provide a completion date or a status update indicating full implementation. City project materials describe the CBDT project scope and timeline, but do not confirm operational safety-management systems or training completion as of the current date.
Source reliability is high for the stated facts: the Department of Labor/OSHA press release is an official primary source, and the
Manchester city project page provides contextual project details. Cross-checks from multiple industry outlets corroborate the partnership formation, though none establish completion of the claimed safety-system development or training. Overall, the available public record supports that the partnership exists and aims to achieve the stated outcomes, but does not confirm final completion by January 16, 2026.
Update · Jan 16, 2026, 12:56 PMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The official announcement confirms a strategic partnership between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to promote worker safety and health during construction of the project (OSHA press release, 2026-01-13).
Evidence of progress includes the formation of the partnership and a scope focused on hazard recognition, confined-space risks, hazardous gases, excavation safety, and leadership-driven hazard prevention as described by OSHA and industry coverage (OSHA press release; OHSA Online article, 2026-01-13).
There is no reported completion date or milestone signaling full completion of the safety-management development, system implementation, or subcontractor training. The sources indicate the initiative is ongoing, with the 2026-01-13 announcement marking a starting point rather than a finished program (OSHA press release; Manchester, NH project communications).
Additional context from the city project page confirms ongoing project activities and timelines for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel, but does not specify completion of the safety-management or training components (
Manchester city project page, 2026-01-09). This suggests continued progress is contingent on subsequent contractor actions and training schedules rather than a fixed deadline.
Source reliability is strong where cited: OSHA’s official press release provides primary confirmation of the partnership and scope, while city communications corroborate the project’s ongoing status. The coverage from industry outlets aligns with the official information, but does not add verifiable milestones beyond the partnership announcement.
Update · Jan 16, 2026, 10:28 AMin_progress
Claim restatement: The OSHA partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture (Mojv) will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The January 13, 2026 OSHA release confirms the partnership and outlines goals around hazard identification, construction-site safety, and development of safety/health management systems, including training for subcontractors.
Evidence of progress: The sources document the formation of the strategic partnership and its intended focus areas rather than completed safety-management implementations. The OSHA release does not report finished implementations or completed contractor trainings as of that date. Manchester’s CBDT project page reiterates project scope and public notices, but contains no post-initiation milestones showing full adoption of safety-management systems.
Completion status: There is no public evidence of full completion—i.e., contractors having developed and implemented comprehensive safety/health management systems and subcontractors having completed hazard-recognition training—within the cited sources up to January 15, 2026. The materials indicate a start and ongoing partnership activities, with explicit completion conditions not yet verifiable.
Dates and milestones: The primary milestone cited is the partnership announcement on January 13, 2026. The City of Manchester CBDT page lists near-term site activities (controlled blasting notices, lane closures), but does not publish a timetable of safety-system deployments or training completions. No subsequent updates confirming completion or ongoing training milestones are found in the consulted materials.
Source reliability and context: Official OSHA release (OSHA.gov) and the City of Manchester CBDT page are high-quality, publicly verifiable sources. Secondary coverage corroborates the partnership announcement. All sources present the partnership’s aims rather than definitive completion, consistent with an early-stage status.
Overall assessment: Based on public documentation through January 15, 2026, the claim remains in_progress. Substantial progress would require documented development and deployment of safety/health management systems across contractors and completed hazard-recognition training for subcontractors, which is not yet evidenced in the cited materials.
Update · Jan 16, 2026, 08:05 AMin_progress
Claim restatement: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: OSHA announced on January 13, 2026 that it had formed a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to promote safety and health during construction of the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH, with a focus on safety/health management systems and subcontractor hazard training.
Additional progress indicators: Manchester’s CBDT project page describes ongoing construction and notices (e.g., controlled blasting, lane closures) for a multi-year drainage project, including milestones such as a September 2025 ground breaking and subsequent work scope.
Assessment of completion status: Public sources show planning, formal partnership, and active construction, but there is no confirmation that all contractors have fully developed and implemented safety/health management systems or that subcontractor hazard-training has been completed across the project. The completion condition is thus not yet met based on available information.
Update · Jan 16, 2026, 04:37 AMin_progress
What the claim states: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
What evidence exists that progress has been made: OSHA announced a strategic partnership between the Department of Labor and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to promote worker safety and health during the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. The release notes that the initiative aims to prevent exposure to hazards and to develop and implement safety and health management systems, including training subcontractors on hazard recognition. The statement does not specify completion of these actions, only that the partnership has been formed to pursue these goals (OSHA press release, 2026-01-13).
Completion status: There is no reported completion date or milestone indicating that the safety management systems have been fully developed or that subcontractor training has been completed; the partnership formation itself represents an in-progress stage.
Relevant dates and milestones: The official action occurred on January 13, 2026, with an emphasis on leadership engagement, hazard identification, and system development as ongoing objectives. The press release does not provide a timeline for when specific safety-management implementations or trainings must be completed. Reliability of sources: The primary source is OSHA, a federal agency; the release provides direct statements about the partnership and its intended activities, though it does not document post-announcement outcomes. Additional coverage from trade outlets corroborates the partnership and its focus areas, but remains general about progress to date.
Overall assessment: Based on available information, the claim aligns with the reported formation of a safety partnership and its stated aims, but there is no evidence of completed safety-management systems or completed subcontractor training as of the current date. The project remains in-progress pending subsequent updates or reports detailing milestones and completion. Stakeholders should monitor OSHA updates or project-specific briefings for explicit progress metrics.
Update · Jan 16, 2026, 02:36 AMin_progress
What the claim states: The OSHA-Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: OSHA publicly announced a strategic partnership on January 13, 2026, describing actions to promote worker safety and health during construction, including leadership engagement, hazard identification protocols, and training/subcontractor recognition of hazards. Multiple outlets report the partnership and its focus on confined spaces, gases, excavation safety, and related hazards, consistent with the OSHA release.
Assessment of completion status: The OSHA release describes intended activities and programmatic goals but provides no completion date or definitive milestone indicating that safety/health management systems have been fully developed or that subcontractor training has been completed. Therefore, as of 2026-01-15, the project appears to be in the early to mid-implementation phase rather than completed.
Dates and milestones: The key dated reference is the January 13, 2026 OSHA release announcing the partnership. No explicit completion date or final assessment is published in the available materials, apart from ongoing project construction details for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester. The absence of a completion timeline suggests ongoing work with periodic updates anticipated.
Source reliability note: The primary source is OSHA’s official news release, supplemented by coverage from industry outlets and the Manchester, NH project page. The OSHA release provides authoritative confirmation of the partnership and its stated aims, while third-party outlets corroborate the partnership focus; however, they do not furnish independent completion verification. Consider OSHA as the most authoritative reference for progress status.
Update · Jan 16, 2026, 12:25 AMin_progress
The claim describes a partnership to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Public evidence shows OSHA announcing a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture on January 13, 2026, focusing on hazard recognition, confined-space and excavation safety, and safety-system development, but no completion report is published. City of
Manchester project pages confirm active construction and timing notices (e.g., January 2026 blasting notices and ongoing work) rather than a closed, fully-trained-status milestone. Taken together, the available sources indicate ongoing progress and safety initiatives, but no final completion of the stated conditions has been publicly documented to date.
Update · Jan 16, 2026, 12:10 AMin_progress
Restatement of claim: The partnership announced by OSHA with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture aims to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: The January 13, 2026 DOL/OSHA news release confirms the strategic partnership was formed to promote safety and health during construction, including efforts to prevent exposures to gases, confined spaces, and other hazards, and to assist in developing safety and health management systems and training subcontractors.
Current status: As of 2026-01-15, the public record shows the partnership agreement and its stated objectives, but there is no public documentation indicating that contractors have fully developed and implemented safety/health management systems or that subcontractor hazard-recognition training has been completed.
Milestones and dates: The release provides the project context (Manchester’s Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project) and the partnership date (January 13, 2026), but does not outline subsequent milestones or a completion timeline. The absence of follow-up reports means progress toward the completion condition remains unverified.
Reliability of sources: The primary source is an OSHA/DOL news release, supported by regional coverage. These are authoritative for policy and partnership announcements; however, they do not independently confirm on-the-ground implementation or completion status beyond the initial agreement.
Notes on incentives: The partnership emphasizes leadership engagement and hazard-prevention protocols, aligning with regulatory safety goals and the project’s public health objectives, while also reflecting standard industry incentives to reduce injuries, exposure, and liability. No contrary or disqualifying incentives are evident in the materials reviewed.
Update · Jan 15, 2026, 08:19 PMin_progress
Claim restated: A partnership between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The January 13, 2026 OSHA release frames the agreement as preventive and supervisory in nature rather than a completed obligation.
Evidence of progress: The OSHA release confirms the establishment of a strategic partnership and outlines intended activities, including hazard recognition training and safety-management-system development for contractors and subcontractors (OSHA release, 2026-01-13). The Manchester, NH CBDT project page periodically updates on project activities and public notices, including ongoing construction activity and scheduled blasting, indicating active implementation of the broader project plan (City of Manchester CBDT page, 2026). A January 2026 blasting notice and other progress notices corroborate continued field work and stakeholder coordination.
Evidence of completion vs. current status: There is no public indication that the safety-management systems have been fully developed and implemented across all contractors or that subcontractor training has been completed. The OSHA statement describes planned outcomes and processes, not a final completion report. The project’s public updates show ongoing construction activities and site management steps, consistent with an implementation phase rather than completion (OSHA release;
Manchester CBDT page, 2026).
Dates and milestones: The key milestone announced is the formation of the strategic partnership on January 13, 2026. Ongoing milestones include scheduled controlled blasting (announced 2026-01-09) and general CBDT progress updates, with no declared completion date for the safety-management system development or subcontractor training. Source reliability is high for OSHA and municipal pages, which are appropriate public records for this topic.
Reliability note: OSHA’s release is a primary government source detailing the partnership terms and aims, while the Manchester CBDT page provides project governance and progress context. Together, they offer a credible view of ongoing activity and the status of the claimed safety-management and training commitments, without evidence of full completion at this time.
Update · Jan 15, 2026, 06:47 PMin_progress
Claim restatement: The OSHA partnership between Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture and OSHA aims to develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: The Department of Labor published a formal news release on January 13, 2026, announcing the strategic partnership and outlining its focus on hazard recognition, safety management systems, and training for subcontractors at the project in
Manchester. The release describes expected activities, leadership engagement, and performance measures as part of OSHA’s Strategic Partnership Program.
Current status vs. completion: There is no public follow-up indicating that contractors have fully developed and implemented safety/health management systems or that subcontractor hazard-recognition training has been completed. The January 2026 release positions the effort as ongoing beyond that date, with no completion date provided.
Dates and milestones: Publication date of the source announcement is January 13, 2026. The article notes the partnership terms and intended focus but does not list subsequent milestones or a completion date. No additional public updates found confirming closure or completion.
Source reliability: The primary source is the U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA News Release (official government source), which is appropriate for policy/partnership announcements. No conflicting or low-quality outlets are used. The lack of a published completion update means status remains uncertain beyond the initial announcement.
Notes on incentives: The release emphasizes safety leadership, accountability, and worker participation, but does not indicate any deviation from standard regulatory enforcement expectations. Given the project context, progress is contingent on ongoing collaboration between the JV partners, OSHA guidance, and site-specific implementation.
Update · Jan 15, 2026, 04:23 PMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The initial step announced is the signing of a strategic partnership between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to promote worker safety during the project. This establishes a framework and goals but does not by itself confirm full implementation of systems or completed training.
Evidence of progress shows the partnership was formalized on January 13, 2026, with OSHA outlining focus areas such as hazard recognition, safety management systems, and leadership engagement. The release emphasizes planned activities, prevention of exposures to hazards, and use of protective systems, indicating program development rather than completion. No public disclosure confirms that all contractors have adopted the safety management systems or that subcontractors have completed training.
As of the current date (January 15, 2026), there is no documented completion of the stated conditions—contractors’ safety management systems fully developed/implemented or subcontractor training completed. The available materials describe intent, governance, and process design, not finished deployment or certification milestones. The claim remains contingent on subsequent reporting from OSHA, the JV, or project sponsors.
Key milestones identified include the January 13, 2026 OSHA press release announcing the partnership and its aims, plus the broader project scope of Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel in
Manchester, NH. Concrete milestones such as dates for system implementation, training completion, or inspection attestations have not been publicly disclosed. The reliability of this status relies on the official OSHA release, corroborated by regional press coverage.
Source materials consist of the OSHA press release and related coverage describing the partnership’s scope and objectives. These are high-quality, official sources, though they describe intended activities rather than completed actions. Given the absence of verifiable completion data, the current assessment remains cautious about final outcomes.
Update · Jan 15, 2026, 02:19 PMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. OSHA’s January 13, 2026 release confirms a formal partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture focused on safety systems and subcontractor hazard recognition, establishing the initiative but not confirming full completion of those training/system milestones. Manchester’s CBDT project updates show ongoing construction activity and safety notices, indicating progress but do not provide documented completion of the claimed milestone.
Update · Jan 15, 2026, 12:31 PMin_progress
Claim restatement: The OSHA partnership between the Department of Labor and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Progress evidence: OSHA announced the strategic partnership on January 13, 2026, highlighting aims to prevent worker injuries, manage hazards, and ensure training for subcontractors working on the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. The press release emphasizes leadership engagement, accountability, and hazard identification protocols as part of the partnership, with the CBDT project described as a modernization effort to reduce sewer overflows.
Current status relative to completion condition: There is no public evidence that contractors have fully developed and implemented safety and health management systems or that subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training as of January 15, 2026. The available materials describe the initiation of the partnership and ongoing project activity, but do not confirm completion of the stated safety-system development or training milestones.
Milestones and context: The CBDT project is a multi-year infrastructure effort in Manchester with 2025–2028 progress notes and public updates on the project’s scope (e.g., seven drop shafts, a launch structure, and a 2.25-mile tunnel), along with periodic construction notices. The OSHA release frames the partnership as a preventive governance mechanism rather than a completion milestone. Public-facing project pages likewise provide status updates and notices but do not document completion of the safety-management or training elements.
Source reliability note: Primary confirmation comes from the U.S. Department of Labor/OSHA press release dated 2026-01-13, supplemented by OSHA coverage and
the City of Manchester CBDT project page. These sources are authoritative for project governance and safety initiatives; however, they do not provide audited evidence of completed safety-management systems or training as of the current date. The combination of federal/municipal sources supports the interpretation that the initiative is underway but not yet finished.
Update · Jan 15, 2026, 10:25 AMin_progress
The claim states the partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Evidence shows the partnership was established and announced by OSHA on January 13, 2026, with emphasis on safety program development and subcontractor training. There is no public record as of January 14, 2026 that these actions have been completed; progress is described as ongoing and ongoing implementation is anticipated. The available sources are official or industry reporting and indicate a current, not yet finished, status.
Update · Jan 15, 2026, 08:27 AMin_progress
Claim restatement: The OSHA partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture aims to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: The U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA issued a formal regional news release on January 13, 2026 announcing the strategic partnership, with emphasis on preventing worker injuries, hazard exposure, and ensuring safety management systems and subcontractor training are pursued as part of the project. Industry coverage corroborates the partnership and its focus on safety systems, training, and hazard recognition at the site.
Progress status vs completion: As of January 14, 2026, there is public confirmation of a partnership and intended activities, but no public documentation showing that safety and health management systems have been fully developed/implemented or that subcontractor training has been completed. The completion condition described appears not yet met in public records.
Dates and milestones: The formal partnership announcement is dated January 13, 2026. No subsequent public updates detailing completion milestones, training completion rates, or completed safety-system implementations have been found. Reporting reiterates the partnership and ongoing emphasis on hazard recognition and safety management, but not a final completion.
Source reliability note: The primary substantiation comes from the OSHA regional news release (official government source) and corroborating industry reporting. These sources are consistent in describing the partnership’s goals but do not provide evidence of completed implementation or training at this time. The information is credible for progress status but remains incomplete regarding completion.
Update · Jan 15, 2026, 04:57 AMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The initial published commitment comes from OSHA on January 13, 2026, announcing a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to promote worker safety and health during CBDT construction and to train subcontractors on recognizing hazards (DOL/OSHA release, 2026-01-13).
Evidence of progress toward those specific training and safety-management-system outcomes is not detailed in the public materials released to date. The OSHA release describes intended activities and emphasis areas but does not report completion or milestones for the safety-management systems or subcontractor training.
Independent progress indicators show the CBDT project is underway with published work-status information from Manchester’s CBDT project page, including launch-site preparations and planned milestones (mid-2026 TBM arrival, shaft work). These reflect ongoing construction but do not confirm the specific completion of the promised safety-management-system implementation or subcontractor training.
As of 2026-01-14, the completion condition—contractors developing/implementing safety and health management systems and subcontractors receiving hazard-recognition training—has not been publicly verified as completed. The sources confirm the partnership and ongoing project activity but not full completion of the stated promise within the current timeframe.
Update · Jan 15, 2026, 02:42 AMin_progress
Claim restatement: The article described a strategic partnership where OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture would assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: The OSHA release on January 13, 2026 confirms the partnership and its focus on preventing injuries, hazard exposure, and implementing safety-management systems and subcontractor training. The
Manchester project materials corroborate that the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project is proceeding as a major public works effort with multi-year construction. Industry coverage reiterates the partnership’s goals, aligning with the formal OSHA announcement.
Current standing: There is no public documentation showing full completion of safety-management systems across all contractors or universal subcontractor training verification. The release describes intended activities and governance but does not provide completion milestones or audit results. Given the project’s scale and typical timelines, progress on implementing systems and training is plausible, but not verifiably complete.
Dates and milestones: The principal milestone cited is the January 13, 2026 OSHA partnership announcement. The project itself is a multi-year endeavor, with ongoing construction, but no public post-2026 completion update is cited here. Post-announcement milestones (e.g., deployment of safety frameworks or training completion reports) would require follow-up disclosures from OSHA,
the City of Manchester, or the joint venture.
Update · Jan 15, 2026, 01:02 AMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Public records confirm that on January 13, 2026, OSHA entered into a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to promote safety and health during the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. The release notes that the initiative will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and train subcontractors on recognizing hazards when working in and around construction sites.
There is no published information indicating completion of these conditions. The DOL release emphasizes ongoing collaboration, leadership engagement, hazard identification protocols, and training as part of the partnership, but it does not provide a completion date or milestones signaling finished implementation.
Additional context from the project indicates the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel is a large public works project aimed at reducing sewer overflows, which supports the plausibility that safety-system development and subcontractor training would occur during construction. However, independent, verifiable milestones or completion evidence specific to the safety-management systems or subcontractor training are not presented in the sources reviewed.
Source reliability is high for the key claim, given the official DOL OSHA release dated 2026-01-13. Corroborating coverage from OSHA-focused outlets aligns with the government statement, though none provide a completed status or dates for when the training and systems were fully implemented.
Notes on interpretation: Based on available information, the partnership is active and pursuing safety-system development and training, but there is no documented completion or closure of the completion condition as of 2026-01-14.
Update · Jan 14, 2026, 10:44 PMin_progress
The claim states that a partnership will help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Based on the source material, the initiative was announced as a strategic partnership between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture. The formal commitment centers on improving safety management and hazard recognition on site (OSHA press release, 2026-01-13).
Evidence of progress: OSHA announced the signing of the strategic partnership on January 13, 2026, with objectives to prevent worker injuries, manage hazards, and train subcontractors. The release describes intended activities but does not provide interim implementation metrics or on-site endorsements beyond the partnership itself (OSHA press release, 2026-01-13).
Evidence of completion: There is no public documentation indicating that safety and health management systems have been developed and implemented or that subcontractor training has been completed for the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. No completed milestones or official project handover notes are cited in the available materials (OSHA release; regional news coverage).
Evidence of ongoing work: The materials point to an initial enforcement and planning phase rather than a completed program rollout. No subsequent updates or progress reports with dates, percentages, or training counts have been published in the cited sources (OSHA Boston Region release, 2026-01-13).
Reliability note: The primary source is an official U.S. Department of Labor OSHA release, which is a credible government document; other outlets cited in the search reiterate the partnership but do not add verifiable progress data. Given the lack of documented milestones, the status should be considered preliminary and pending on-site implementation evidence (OSHA release; corroborating regional coverage).
Overall assessment: At this point, the claim is best characterized as in_progress, since a formal partnership exists and aims are stated, but concrete completion of safety management systems and subcontractor training has not been evidenced publicly.
Update · Jan 14, 2026, 09:24 PMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The official press release from OSHA on January 13, 2026 announces the strategic partnership between the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture and OSHA to promote worker safety and health during the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester. The release describes intended activities, including safety-management system development and subcontractor hazard recognition training, but does not provide metrics or a completion date. (OSHA press release, 2026-01-13)
As of the current date, there is no public documentation confirming that contractors have fully developed and implemented safety and health management systems or that subcontractor training has been completed. News coverage and project pages highlight the partnership and the project scope, but stop short of reporting completion milestones for the claimed safety-program outcomes. (OSHA regional news brief; Manchester project pages, early 2026)
Evidence available indicates the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project is a large public works effort with a $360 million contract and ongoing construction activities, which provides context for why safety programs are being pursued. However, these sources do not verify the completion condition described in the claim. (Manchester Ink Link; Manchester official project page; project press coverage, 2025–2026)
Given the absence of documented completion milestones or verification of completed safety-management systems and training, the status remains that progress is anticipated but not evidenced as completed. The available sources are official (OSHA) and project pages, which are reliable for announcements and scope but insufficient to confirm completion. (OSHA release; official project communications, 2025–2026)
Reliability note: OSHA’s official announcement is a credible primary source for the partnership intent and safety objectives, while project pages provide contextual background. No low-quality outlets are used, aligning with The Follow Up’s sourcing standards and neutrality. (OSHA.gov; city/project pages, 2025–2026)
Update · Jan 14, 2026, 06:51 PMin_progress
Restatement of the claim: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: OSHA announced on January 13, 2026 a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to promote safety and health during CBDT construction, including development of safety/health management systems and subcontractor training.
Additional project context:
The City of Manchester’s CBDT page shows ongoing construction activity, with notices in early 2026 (e.g., planned blasting from January 19, 2026) but does not confirm completion of the safety-management systems or training.
Completion status: No public record confirms full completion of the stated completion condition; sources describe planning and ongoing work rather than final implementation.
Key dates and milestones: OSHA’s release is dated 2026-01-13; the CBDT project indicates ongoing milestones and notices in January 2026.
Source reliability: OSHA’s official release and the city project page are authoritative for governance and safety initiatives, though neither proves final completion of the claimed outcomes.
Update · Jan 14, 2026, 04:19 PMin_progress
Restated claim: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: OSHA announced on January 13, 2026 that the Department of Labor’s OSHA signed a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to promote worker safety and health during the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. The release describes objectives such as preventing exposure to hazards and supporting safety-management system development and subcontractor hazard-recognition training.
Evidence of status and completion: Public records do not show that contractors have fully developed and implemented safety and health management systems, nor that subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training. The available materials document the partnership and intended activities, not finished outcomes (OSHA release).
Dates and milestones: The primary documented milestone is the partnership formation date (January 13, 2026) with outlined goals, but there is no published completion date or post-implementation milestone reported. The Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project is a large-scale municipal project; progress toward the stated completion criteria remains unverified in public sources.
Reliability of sources: The core source is an official OSHA press release, a primary document for partnership announcements. Coverage from industry outlets supports the existence of the partnership but does not provide validated evidence of completed training or fully deployed management systems at this time.
Update · Jan 14, 2026, 02:26 PMin_progress
Summary of claim and current status: The article claimed that a partnership would help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and would train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The January 13, 2026 OSHA release announces the strategic partnership between the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture and OSHA to promote safety and health on the project, including development of safety/health management systems and training subcontractors to recognize hazards. However, the release does not indicate that these activities have been completed; it frames them as ongoing objectives of the partnership.
Evidence of progress to date:
The City of Manchester project page confirms ongoing CBDT (Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel) activities, including scheduled construction elements (e.g., drop shafts, tunnel construction) and routine public notices about blasting and lane closures in early January 2026. These items show project execution and safety-focused planning are active, but they do not provide documented completion of the specific safety-management-system development or subcontractor hazard-recognition training promised in the partnership.
Assessment of completion status: There is no public record within the sources consulted that contractors have fully developed and implemented the required safety and health management systems, nor that all subcontractors have completed the hazard-recognition training as of 2026-01-14. The OSHA release describes the partnership framework and goals, while subsequent project notices focus on construction activities and mitigations rather than milestone completions for training or system implementation.
Dates, milestones, and reliability: Key references are the OSHA release (01/13/2026) and the Manchester CBDT project page (ongoing notices through early 2026). The combination suggests ongoing work with safety emphasis, but lacks verifiable completion milestones for the claimed training and management-system implementation. Source quality is high (OSHA and municipal project page), and the information is consistent with an active, in-progress effort rather than a completed milestone.
Update · Jan 14, 2026, 12:41 PMin_progress
The claim concerns a partnership to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and train subcontractors to recognize hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Evidence shows OSHA announced a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture on January 13, 2026, detailing goals to prevent worker injuries and to assist with safety-management systems and hazard-recognition training (OSHA release 25-1534-BOS).
The City of Manchester’s CBDT project page confirms ongoing construction activity and scheduled milestones, indicating the project is active and progressing. However, there is no public evidence yet that all contractors have fully developed and implemented comprehensive safety-management systems or that every subcontractor has completed the specified hazard-recognition training, which suggests the completion condition has not yet been met. The sources cited are official OSHA and city project materials, which are credible for status updates, though they show ongoing work rather than a finalized completion. Given the available information, the status is best described as in_progress, with a clear path toward meeting the stated goals but no final completion report to date.
Update · Jan 14, 2026, 10:42 AMin_progress
Claim restated: The partnership between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: OSHA announced a strategic partnership with the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture on January 13, 2026, focused on preventing worker injuries and hazards during construction of the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project in
Manchester, NH. The release specifies that the initiative will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards on construction sites.
Assessment of completion status: As of the January 13, 2026 announcement, the partnership had been formed and described as a collaborative effort with defined safety goals, training, and systems development. There is no publicly available evidence within the cited materials that contractors have fully developed and implemented safety and health management systems or that subcontractor training has been completed yet.
Dates and milestones: The key date is the formation announcement (January 13, 2026). The materials outline expected activities (systems development, hazard-recognition training, leadership engagement) but do not provide a completion date or milestones indicating full completion.
Source reliability note: Primary information comes from OSHA’s official news release and corroborating industry reporting (OH&S Online). These are reputable sources for government-led safety partnerships; no reliance on low-quality outlets is evident. The current status remains a formed partnership with ongoing implementation rather than a completed program.
Update · Jan 14, 2026, 08:29 AMin_progress
Restatement of claim: The OSHA partnership between the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture and OSHA aims to help contractors develop and implement safety and health management systems and to train subcontractors to recognize hazards on the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. Evidence from the January 13, 2026 OSHA news release confirms the partnership and the training objective, but does not indicate completion of safety-management systems or full subcontractor training across all parties as of that date. The project is a multi-year construction effort in
Manchester, NH, with ongoing safety and health planning components as part of the partnership.
Update · Jan 14, 2026, 06:28 AMin_progress
The claim states that the partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project. The formal announcement of the partnership occurred on January 13, 2026, via OSHA, detailing the collaboration between the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture and OSHA to promote safety and health during construction. The release notes emphasis on hazard recognition training and safety-management system development as part of the partnership goals.
Update · Jan 14, 2026, 02:36 AMin_progress
Restated claim: The partnership will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and will train subcontractors on recognizing hazards at the Cemetery Brook Drain Tunnel Project.
Evidence of progress: The OSHA Boston Region news release dated January 13, 2026 confirms the strategic partnership between OSHA and the Methuen Obayashi Joint Venture to promote safety and health during construction, and explicitly states that the initiative will assist contractors in developing and implementing safety and health management systems and train subcontractors on recognizing hazards when working in and around construction sites.
Assessment of completion: The release describes planned activities and partnership structure but does not report that contractors have fully developed or implemented safety and health management systems, nor that all subcontractors have completed hazard-recognition training. No specific completion milestones or dates are provided.
Dates and milestones: The key public milestone is the January 13, 2026 partnership announcement. The release outlines ongoing safety objectives but does not enumerate subsequent milestones or a completion timeline.
Reliability note: The information comes from an official OSHA press release (OSHA.gov), a primary government source for workplace-safety initiatives, which strengthens credibility relative to secondary outlets. Cross-checking with project updates from
Manchester, NH municipal sources could provide additional context on project progress beyond safety initiatives.
Follow-up: A future update confirming contractor SHMS development, implementation, and subcontractor training would indicate completion. Suggested follow-up date: 2026-12-31.
Original article · Jan 13, 2026