Alliance -- An OSHA Cooperative Program<< Back to Concluded Alliances

  1. Alliance Background

    Date Signed
    April 4, 2007

    Overview
    Provide their members, clients, and others with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect employees’ health and safety, in particular non-English or limited English speaking employees, addressing general and construction industry hazards such as falls, amputations, electrical hazards, and struck-by/crushed-in hazards.

    Implementation Team Members
    Gordon DeLeys, OSHA
    Wilson Soto, OSHA
    J. Luis Acosta, Urban Community Corporation
    Lourdes T. Iglesias, Hispanos Unidos de Buffalo, Inc.
    Edwin Martinez, Hispanic Alliance of Western New York

    Contributors
    Jose’ Rivera, General Mills

    Evaluation Period
    4/4/08-4/3/09

     
  2. Implementation Team Meetings

     
  3. Events and Products

    Training and Education
    • Events
      o 10/27/08 – 10/30/08: Conducted a 10-hour class in Occupational Safety and Health for the Construction Industry in a combination of both Spanish and English.
    • Products
    Outreach and Communication
    • Events
      • 09/07/08: Attended Meeting of the Hispanic Alliance of Western New York in September 2008 to promote OSHA outreach training.
      • 09/30/08: Met with Luis Acosta, President of the Urban Community Corporation (UCC) to provide Spanish publications for delivery to the students of the UCC.
      • 02/24/09: Met with Lourdes Iglesia, Director of the Hispanics United of Buffalo, to promote the OSHA 10-hour courses and to deliver Spanish publications in safety and health.
    • Products
    Promoting the National Dialogue on Workplace Safety and Health
    • Events
    • Products
       
  4. Results
     
    Type of Activity (Conference, Training, Print and Electronic Distribution, etc.) Number of Individuals Reached or Trained
     
    10/27 – 10/30/08: 10-hour Occupational Safety & Health for the Construction Industry class 28
    09/07/08 : Attended Meeting of the Hispanic Alliance of Western New York in September, 2008 to promote OSHA outreach training 40
    09/30/08: Met with Luis Acosta, President of the Urban Community Corporation (UCC) to provide Spanish publications for delivery to the students of the UCC 22
    02/24/09: Met with Lourdes Iglesia, Director of the Hispanics United of Buffalo, to promote OSHA 10-hour courses and to deliver Spanish publications in safety and health 32
    TOTAL 122

     
  5. Upcoming Milestones
    The Buffalo Area Office anticipates renewing this Alliance in an effort to reach out to disenfranchised workers.