Alliance -- An OSHA Cooperative Program<< Back to Region II

  1. Alliance Background

    Date Signed

    Original: February 5, 2003
    Renewed: February 10, 2005

    Overview

    The partners in this Alliance are made up various business and trade organizations. The list of organization that have signed this alliance is at the end of this document

    The purpose of this New Jersey Statewide Alliance has been for the various organizations that signed the Alliance and OSHA to use their collective expertise to provide leadership, guidance, and a positive example to employers and help foster a culture of worker health and safety and accident prevention through a cooperative sharing of best practices and technical knowledge. This has been accomplished in two ways.

    The first is the dissemination of OSHA information via e-mail through this Alliance. This has work very well as these organizations reach thousands of employers with their e-mail list. This has enabled OSHA to send out timely information on subjects such as new standards, LEPs/NEPs, upcoming OSHA seminars, and timely Safety and Health reminders such as Hurricane Preparedness.

    The second way has been to hold specific subject seminars and conferences. These conferences/seminars were jointly arranged by OSHA and one or more of the NJICA organizations. The subjects were determined by the NJICA member organizations surveying their members on subjects they would be interested in.

    Implementation Team Members

    Philip Peist – OSHA Ed Hogan - NJICA
    Kris Hoffman – OSHA Steve Barnett – NJICA

    Evaluation Period

    February 5, 2003 – December 31, 2006

  2. Implementation Team Meetings

    February 5, 2003: In-person
    April 23, 2003 – In person
    September 5, 2003: Conference Call
    November 19, 2003: In person
    March 4, 2004: Conference Call
    September 22, 2004: Conference Call
    December 9, 2004 – Conference Call
    February 10, 2005: In person
    May 19, 2005 – Conference Call
    July 14, 2005 – Conference Call
    December 8, 2005 – In person
    February 15, 2006 : In Person
    July 18, 2006 – Conference Call
    September 4, 2006 – Conference Call
    December 28, 2006 – Conference Call

  3. Events and Products

    Training/ Education/Event
    May 19, 2004 – An “All About OSHA Conference for Small Business”. The presenters included OSHA representatives, employers and private attorneys that handled OSHA cases. The seminar gave an over view of OSHA, inspection targeting, the inspection process and post inspection activities.

    June 21, 2005 - Women Environmental Conference –An OSHA seminar on Mold was given as part of this conference

    January 18, 2006 – Emergency Response and Recovery - The purpose of this seminar was to provide information on how businesses can prepare for events such as hurricanes, terrorist attacks, chemical releases etc. and how to safely clean up after such an event. The presenters were from OSHA, other State and Federal Agencies and the private sectors.

    November 28, 2006 - OSHA for Real Estate Developers and Managers – The purpose of this seminar was to preset information about OSHA and general Safety and Health Management.

    Outreach/ Communication/Seminars:
    The use of the NJICA member organization’s e-mail list has allowed OSHA to provided timely and important safety and health information to thousands of NJ employers

    Products
    N/A

  4. Results

    Conferences:
    5/19/04 – Representatives from 40 different companies attended
    6/21/05 – Representatives from 30 different companies attended
    1/18/06 - Over 75 representatives from both the private and public sector attended
    11//28/06 - Representatives from 35 different companies attended

  5. Upcoming Milestones

    The Alliance will be renewed in 2007.

    Organizations that are signatories

    ACADEMY OF CERTIFIED HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGERS, NEW JERSEY CHAPTER; AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SAFETY ENGINEERS, PENN JERSEY CHAPTER; AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SAFETY ENGINEERS, NEW JERSEY CHAPTER; CHEMISTRY COUNCIL OF NEW JERSEY; THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY; NEW JERSEY BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION; NEW JERSEY PETROLEUM COUNCIL; NEW JERSEY STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; NEW JERSEY STATE SAFETY COUNCIL; NORTH JERSEY SECTION OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS; REGIONAL BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP; AND SOMERSET COUNTY BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP