I. Alliance Background
Date Signed
7 July 2005
Overview
The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) and the Boise Area Office (BAO) entered into an alliance
whereby a collaborative relationship was established to provide ITD employees and others with
information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect employees’
health and safety, particularly in reducing and preventing exposure to construction and
environmental hazards and addressing work zone hazards.
Implementation Team Members
Cheryl Rost, ITD and Bill Bankhead, BAO
Contributors
Rosemarie Olney, BAO
Evaluation Period
August 1, 2006 through July 30, 2007
II. Implementation Team Meetings
25 October 2006: Meeting between Cheryl Rost, ITD and Rosemarie Olney, BAO to discuss alliance
opportunities.
III. Events and Products
Training and Education
Events
- 11-15 December 2006: Numerous ITD employees attended the four-day Safety Fest of the Great
Northwest. The Fest included several OSHA 10-hour General Industry, Construction and Highway
Safety courses, in addition to a number of construction-related courses.
- October, 2006 and April, 2007: A number of ITD employees attended the three-day Snake River
Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineer’s (ASSE) Environmental, Safety and Health
Symposium. The symposium included a work zone safety course. The ITD Safety Director and BAO CAS
worked together on the planning committee for this educational session.
- 19-22 June 2007: Two ITD employees attended an OSHA 10-hour General Industry course organized and
sponsored by OSHA.
Products
Outreach and Communication
Events
- 1 May 2007: The BAO CAS attended ITD’s annual foremen/superintendent meeting. The CAS presented a
training session on hazard identification and the relationship between ITD and OSHA.
- 9 July 2007: The BAO CAS and an office compliance officer met with representatives from ITD,
Federal Highway Administration and the Idaho T2 Center to formulate a working group to research
methods available to improve work zone safety.
Products
Promoting the National Dialogue on Workplace Safety and Health
Events
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IV. Results
The alliance has opened the doors for a better flow of communications between
the ITD and OSHA. The ITD Safety and Risk Manager and various ITD managers have requested clarification
of standards, discussed and coordinated mutual training opportunities, and even emailed photos of
alleged hazards.
Additionally, the various training opportunities ITD personnel have attended coupled with the
services of safety consultants and outside trainers has improved the overall safety of this state
agency. These training venues have educated ITD personnel working on road projects to better
recognize safety and health hazards, determine when to remove their employees from possible
hazardous situations, and discuss those safety issues and abatement options with the contractors on
the jobsite.
V.
| Type of Activity (Conference, Training, Print
and Electronic Distribution, etc.) |
Number of Individuals Reached or Trained |
| Conferences |
Approximately 300 |
| Training |
Approximately 10 |
| TOTAL |
310 |
VI. No Other Issues
VII. Upcoming Milestones
ITD is working to develop a training program in which contracted employees on each of their job
sites receive appropriate safety and health training. This project is in the conception phase.
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