- Alliance Background
Date Signed
September 19, 2007
Overview
The OSHA and Lamar Alliance provides Lamar employees and others in the outdoor
advertising industry with information, guidance, and access to training
resources that will help them protect employees' health and safety, particularly
in reducing and preventing exposure to falls, electrical, struck-by and
trenching hazards, as well as hazards related to the operation of aerial lifts.
Implementation Team Members
| OSHA: |
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| Kevin Clarke |
Program Manager
Alliance/Partnership, Boston, Massachusetts Regional Office |
| Sandra Khan |
Safety and Occupational Health
Specialist, Office of Outreach Services and Alliances (OOSA), Directorate of
Cooperative and State Programs (DCSP) |
| Robert Kowalski |
Area Director, Bridgeport Area
Office |
| Stephen Nee |
Team Leader, Boston,
Massachusetts Regional Office |
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| Lamar: |
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| Paul Gagnon |
Corporate Safety Director |
| Bruce Higdon |
Consultant |
| Chuck Wigger |
Assistant Corporate Safety
Director |
Evaluation Period
September 19, 2007 – September 18, 2008
- Implementation Team Meetings
December 12, 2007
April 4, 2008
June 24, 2008
September 16, 2008 |
Kick-off Implementation Team
meeting
Implementation Team meeting
Drug-Free Work Week Planning meeting
Implementation Team meeting |
In addition to these formal meetings, the Alliance coordinators from both
groups maintained regular contact throughout the reporting period to monitor the
Alliance’s progress and results.
- Results
- Events and Products
Training and Education Goal
- Work with OSHA to provide expertise in developing training and education
programs for Lamar employees regarding falls, electrical, struck-by and
trenching hazards, as well as hazards related to the operation of aerial lifts,
and to provide expertise in communicating such information to others in the
outdoor advertising industry.
Events
Northeast Region Outdoor Advertising Training Seminar, April 8, 2008,
Bridgeport, Connecticut
On April 8, 2008, Leona May, Compliance Assistance Specialist, Region I,
Bridgeport, Connecticut Area Office, USDOL-OSHA, provided training for 24
attendees entitled, "Safe Driving and Heat Stress."
Northeast Region Outdoor Advertising Training Seminar, September 8, 2008,
Bridgeport, Connecticut
On September 8, 2008, Leona May, Compliance Assistance Specialist, Region I,
Bridgeport, Connecticut Area Office, USDOL-OSHA, provided training for 24
attendees entitled, “Personal Protective Equipment and the Selection and Use of
Hand and Power Tools."
Outreach and Communication Goals
- Work with OSHA to provide expertise in developing information on the
recognition and prevention of workplace hazards, and to provide expertise in
developing ways of communicating such information (e.g., print and electronic
assistance tools and OSHA's and Lamar's Web sites) to employers and employees in
the industry.
Products
OSHA and Lamar Alliance Web page
OSHA created and maintains an OSHA and Lamar Alliance Web page that is posted on
the Agency Web site. The page includes the OSHA and Lamar Alliance agreement
news releases, photos, and activities and events.
Print and Electronic Media
Articles about the OSHA and Lamar Alliance have appeared in a number of printed
and online publications, including Market Watch and OSHA QuickTakes. For more
information on the articles, please see the Alliance Program Reach table in this
report.
- Share information among OSHA personnel and industry safety and health
professionals regarding Lamar's best practices or effective approaches and
publicize the results through outreach by Lamar and through OSHA- or
Lamar-developed materials, training programs, workshops, seminars, and lectures
(or any other applicable media, such as Lamar billboards).
Events
Occupational Safety and Health State Plan Association (OSHSPA) and OSHA Spring
2008 Meeting, Burlington, Vermont
On June 18, 2008, Marthe Kent, Regional Administrator, Region I, USDOL-OSHA; and
Chuck Wigger, Assistant Corporate Safety Director, Lamar Outdoor Advertising;
presented an overview of the OSHA and Lamar Alliance at the OSHSPA/OSHA Spring
2008 meeting in Burlington, Vermont.
- Promote and encourage Lamar's participation in OSHA's cooperative programs,
such as Compliance Assistance, the Voluntary Protection Programs, the On-site
Consultation Program, and its Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program.
During this reporting period, OSHA and Lamar did not work on projects to address
this goal.
- Work with other Alliance participants on projects to address safety and health
issues in the outdoor advertising industry including falls, electrical,
struck-by and trenching hazards, as well as hazards related to the operation of
aerial lifts.
Products
National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week (NWZAW), April 7-11, 2008
Lamar, along with several other Alliance Program participants, supported and
promoted the National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week, April 7-11, 2008. The
week is sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration and is held annually to
bring national attention to motorist and worker safety and mobility issues in
work zones. Through the OSHA and Lamar Alliance, Lamar advertised the Week on
billboards throughout the U.S. More than 300,000 people a day viewed these
billboards during the 2008 NWZAW
This support lead Lamar, through the OSHA and Lamar Alliance, to create and
place work zone safety messages on billboards throughout Alabama and
Mississippi. Lamar donated the billboards because of the increase in workers
exposed to struck-by hazards after Hurricane Katrina. The billboards will remain
active until all post-Katrina rebuilding is complete.
- Executive Summary
During the first year of their Alliance, OSHA and Lamar worked together through
the Alliance Program to promote the OSHA and Lamar Alliance and to reduce and
prevent exposure to fall, electrical, struck-by and trenching hazards, as well
as hazards related to the operation of aerial lifts. For example:
- Lamar supported and promoted the 2008 National Work Zone Safety Awareness
Week, April 7-11, 2008, by advertising information about the Week on Lamar
billboards throughout the United States. More than 300,000 people a day viewed
these billboards during the 2008 National Work Zone Awareness Week. In addition,
Lamar also created and placed work zone safety messages on billboards across
Alabama and Mississippi.
- Leona May provided training on "Safe Driving and Heat Stress” and “Personal
Protective Equipment and the Selection and Use of Hand and Power Tools" on April
8, 2008 and September 8, 2008, respectively.
- Marthe Kent, Regional Administrator, Region I, USDOL-OSHA; and Chuck Wigger,
Assistant Corporate Safety Director, Lamar Outdoor Advertising gave a
presentation about the OSHA and Lamar Alliance on June 18, 2008, at the OSHSPA/OSHA
Spring 2008 meeting in Burlington, Vermont.
- OSHA created and maintains an OSHA and Lamar Alliance Web page that is posted
on the Agency Web site. The page includes the OSHA and Lamar Alliance agreement,
news releases, photos, and activities and events.
- Articles about the OSHA and Lamar Alliance have appeared in a number of
printed and online publications, including Market Watch and OSHA QuickTakes.
- Alliance Program Reach
| Type of Activity
(Conference, Training, Print and Electronic Distribution, etc.) |
Number of
Individuals Reached or Trained |
| OSHA and Lamar Alliance Web page
on the OSHA Web site |
3,287 |
September 19, 2007: OSHA
Announces New National Alliance with Lamar Outdoor Advertising
OSHA News Release |
69 News Services |
September 19, 2007: OSHA
Announces New National Alliance with Lamar Outdoor Advertising
Market Watch |
Data Not Available |
September 19, 2007: OSHA
Announces New National Alliance with Lamar Outdoor Advertising
Compliance Home |
Data Not Available |
September 20, 2007: OSHA
Announces New National Alliance with Lamar Outdoor Advertising
Safety Online |
Data Not Available |
September 20, 2007: OSHA
Announces New National Alliance with Lamar Outdoor Advertising Provides
Information to Employees in Outdoor Advertising Industry
News Week 25 |
Data Not Available |
September 20, 2007: State Firms
Sign Workplace Safety Agreements
News Times Live |
Data Not Available |
September 20, 2007: OSHA
Announces New National Alliance with Lamar Outdoor Advertising
33 News |
Data Not Available |
September 24, 2007: OSHA Forms
Alliance with Lamar Outdoor Advertising
ThomasNet – Industrial NewsRoom |
Data Not Available |
September 25, 2007: OSHA Forms
Alliance with Lamar Outdoor Advertising
Construction Digest |
Data Not Available |
September 2007: OSHA Announces
New National Alliance With Lamar Outdoor Advertising
US Newswire |
Data Not Available |
October 1, 2007: Alliance
Program Update
OSHA QuickTakes |
Data Not Available |
April 8, 2008: Northeast Region
Outdoor Advertising Training Seminar, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Speaker: Leona May, Compliance Assistance Specialist, Region I, Bridgeport,
Connecticut Area Office, USDOL-OSHA |
24 |
| April 7-11, 2008: National Work
Zone Safety Awareness Week |
300,000 |
September 8, 2008: Northeast
Region Outdoor Advertising Training Seminar, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Speaker: Leona May, Compliance Assistance Specialist, Region I, Bridgeport,
Connecticut Area Office, USDOL-OSHA |
24 |
| TOTAL |
402,285 |
- Upcoming Milestones
During the upcoming year, OSHA and Lamar will continue to provide training,
speak and exhibit at conferences and seminars and develop compliance assistance
tools and resources. For example, the Alliance will:
- Provide training at the Northeast Region Outdoor Advertising Training
Seminars.
- Provide speakers or exhibit at the 2009 Outdoor Advertising Association of
America Operations Conference and Trade Show.
- Support and promote the National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week, April
6-10, 2009.
- Support and promote the 2009 North American Occupational Safety and Health
Week, May 3-9, 2009.
- Support and promote the 2009 Drug-Free Work Week, October 19-25, 2009.
- Begin to serve on the editorial boards for several of the 120 OSHA eTools
and Safety and Health Topics pages.
- Develop an Outdoor Advertising Safety and Health Training presentation for
OSHA Compliance Officers.
Report prepared by: Sandra Khan, Safety and Occupational Health Specialist,
Office of Outreach Services and Alliances, October 1, 2008.
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