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Region I > Alliance Annual Report Printing Instructions ALLIANCE ANNUAL REPORT CONNECTICUT BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (CBIA) I. Alliance Background Date Signed 25 April 2003 Overview The purpose of the Alliance is to foster a culture of prevention through sharing best practices and technical knowledge to promote safe and healthful working conditions for CBIA member company employees by providing information and guidance that will help them protect employees health and safety by reducing and preventing exposure to workplace hazards. Implementation Team Members Cindy Panioto – CBIA Richard Palo – ConnOSHA Thomas Hozebin – ConnOSHA Kenneth Tucker – ConnOSHA John Able – ConnOSHA Robert W. Kowalski – USDOL/OSHA Bridgeport Area Office Leona May – USDOL/OSHA Bridgeport Area Office C. William Freeman – USDOL/OSHA Hartford Area Office Anthony Fuschillo - USDOL/OSHA Hartford Area Office Contributors None Evaluation Period Annual Report 25 April 2005 to 24 April 2006 II. Implementation Team Meetings 7 May 2005 24 February 2006 III. Events and Products Training and Education 4 October 2005: Career day for high school students 21 February 2006: 10 hour general industry training Outreach and Communication Events 19 May 2005: Monthly round table meeting 20 October 2005: Monthly round table meeting 15 November 2005: Monthly round table meeting 29 March 2006 Annual CBIA Safety and Health Conference Promoting the National Dialogue on Workplace Safety and Health Events IV. Results   Type of Activity (Conference, Training, Print and Electronic Distribution, etc.) Number of Individuals Reached or Trained Career day 1000 10 hour general industry training 32 OSHA Update/roundtable meetings 141 TOTAL 1173 V. Upcoming Milestones Outreach presentations will be scheduled for CBIA members to discuss SST 06 notification letters that have been sent out and to discuss the SST program The compliance assistance specialists and area office staff will continue to participate in CBIA monthly round table meetings. Quarterly meetings will be scheduled to discuss objectives that are of mutual interest to OSHA and to CBIA. A meeting will be scheduled to discuss setting up an alliance that will promote safety and health training of non English speaking workers. Federal OSHA and Conn OSHA will schedule and teach the OSHA 10 hour general industry training courses for individuals from CBIA member companies. The OSHA offices will continue to be a resource available to answer compliance questions and to research technical questions posed by CBIA members.

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