The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the New Jersey Department of Labor and
Workforce Development (NJDLWD) and the New Jersey Cooperative Education Coordinators Association (NJCECA)
recognize the value of establishing a collaborative relationship to foster safer and more healthful
American schools and workplaces. OSHA, NJDLWD and NJCECA therefore agree to renew the Alliance
signed on March 26, 2004 to provide NJCECA members and other interested parties with information,
guidance and access to training resources that will help them protect the health and safety of
NJCECA members, young workers/students, school administrators and other school personnel. In
particular, the Alliance will focus on exposure to safety hazards such as unguarded machinery,
electrical hazards, general housekeeping hazards related to slips, trips and falls, and such health
hazards as air contaminants, noise, bloodborne pathogens and also the proper selection and use of
personal protective equipment.
In renewing this Alliance, OSHA, NJDLWD and NJCECA recognize that OSHA’s NJ State Plan and
Consultation Project partners are an integral part of this Alliance and the OSHA national effort.
OSHA, NJDLWD and NJCECA will work together to achieve the following training and education goals:
- Develop training and education programs on safety and health awareness targeted to the NJCECA
membership, school administrators and personnel and young workers/students. The training may address
personal protective equipment, electrical safety, unguarded machinery, slips, trips and falls,
hazard communication, workplace chemical exposure, noise and bloodborne pathogens.
- Deliver or arrange for the delivery of the OSHA 10 Hour General Industry or the OSHA 10 Hour
Construction Safety and Health Program, or both, for NJCECA members, school administrators, school
personnel and young workers/students.
- Deliver or arrange for the delivery of training to NJCECA members on prohibited occupations and
hours of work for minors.
- Deliver or arrange for the delivery of training to NJCECA members on the Public Employees
Occupational Safety and Health Act (PEOSHA).
OSHA, NJDLWD and NJCECA will work together to achieve the following outreach and
communication goals:
- Develop and disseminate information through print and electronic media, including electronic tools
and links from the OSHA, NJDLWD and NJCECA websites.
- Speak, exhibit, or appear at OSHA, NJDLWD and NJCECA conferences, monthly or quarterly meetings or
other events such as Generation Next to promote worker on the job safety and health.
- Promote or encourage participation in OSHA’s cooperative programs such as compliance assistance,
the Voluntary Protection Program, Consultation and its Safety and Health Achievement Recognition
Program, and the Governor’s Safety Award Program to those employers who provide employment or on the
job training to NJCECA members or young workers/students.
- Encourage teaching professionals and school administrators who are not members of NJCECA to build
relationships with OSHA’s Region II Area Offices and to invite OSHA staff into the schools to
present on the job safety and health awareness programs.
- Work with other Alliance partners on specific issues and projects related to young worker/student
safety and health, such as motor vehicle accidents and eye safety and health.
OSHA, NJCECA, and NJDLWD staff will work together to achieve the following goals related to
promoting the national dialogue on workplace safety and health:
- Raise others’ awareness of and demonstrate their own commitment to workplace safety and health
whenever the signatories address groups such as parent-teacher organizations, Safe Schools
Conferences, and the Safety and Loss Control Expo.
- Develop and disseminate case studies and success stories illustrating the business and social
value of workplace safety and health and publicize their results in school newsletters, the OSHA
Region 2 Newsletter and the NJCECA website.
- Convene or participate in forums, roundtable discussions or meetings on young worker/student on
the job safety and health issues; such as the Safe Schools Program dialogue on additions to the
prohibited occupations for minors list.
OSHA’s Alliances provide parties an opportunity to participate in a voluntary cooperative
relationship with OSHA for purposes such as training and education, outreach and communication and
promoting a national dialogue on workplace safety and health. These Alliances have proved to be
valuable tools for both OSHA and its Alliance participants. By entering into an Alliance with a
party, OSHA is not endorsing any of that party’s products or services; nor does the Agency enter
into an Alliance with the purpose of promoting a particular party’s product or services.
An implementation team made up of representatives from each organization will meet to develop a plan
of action, determine procedures, and identify the roles and responsibilities of the participants. In
addition, they will meet on a regular quarterly schedule to track and share information on
activities and results in achieving the goals of the Alliance.
This agreement will remain in effect for two years. Signatories may terminate it for any reason at
any time, provided they give 30 days written notice. This agreement may be modified at any time with
concurrence of all signatories.
Signed on this 24th day of March,
2006
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| Occupational Safety and Health
Administration |
Patricia K. Clark
Regional Administrator |
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Lisa Levy, Area Director
Hasbrouck Heights Area Office |
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Robert J. Kulick, Area Director
Avenel Area Office |
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Philip M. Peist, Area Director
Parsippany Area Office |
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Gary Roskoski, Area Director
Marlton Area Office |
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New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development |
Leonard Katz, Assistant Commissioner
Labor Standards & Safety Enforcement |
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NJ Cooperative Education Coordinators Association |
Lisa Krauss, President |
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Walter Troike, President-Elect |
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