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

  1. Alliance Background

    Date Signed

    Original date - May 28, 2003, resigned a renewal Alliance agreement on June 21, 2005.

    Overview

    The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Allentown Area Office and the Philadelphia Area Office, Alliance Environmental Systems, Inc. and its partnering subcontractors and suppliers (AES Plus), and the PA/OSHA Consultation Program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (PA/OSHA Consultation), aligned to provide AES Plus 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 the hazards of asbestos and indoor air quality abatement and demolition and HAZMAT activities.

    Implementation Team Members

    Alliance Environmental Systems, Inc.
    Senya Isayeff, and Larry Brownell

    USDOL/OSHA

    Domenick Salvatore, Philadelphia Area Office
    Scott G. Shimandle, Allentown Area Office Contributors

    Bullseye Corporation, John Roshelli
    Delaware Valley Bobcat LLC, Jim Sullivan
    Rufo Contracting, Tony Rufo
    Aramsco, Joseph Obrant
    A & C Environmental Services, Inc., Toni Patrick

    Evaluation Period

    July 28, 2004 through June 21, 2006.

  2. Implementation Team Meetings

    March 31, 2005
    April 26, 2005
    July 26, 2005
    July 29, 2005
    August 30, 2005
    October 11, 2005
    October 21, 2005
    November 29, 2005
    February 7, 2006
    February 23, 2006
    February 24, 2006    		 West Chester, Pa - Implementation Meeting
    West Chester, Pa - Implementation Meeting
    Conference call w/ AES - safety chairpersons
    Correspondence via email - presentation planning
    West Chester, Pa - Implementation Meeting
    Correspondence via email - presentation planning
    Correspondence via email - upcoming meeting & topics
    Correspondence via email - need for rescheduling
    Correspondence via email - presentation planning
    Correspondence via email - need for rescheduling of outreach presentation
    Correspondence via email - attempting to reschedule outreach with presenter and Alliance members

  3. Events and Products

    Training and Education

    • Events - Due to scheduling conflicts no training or education sessions had been held.

    • Products - None

      No products developed at this time.
    Outreach and Communication

    • Events

      No events occurred, other than the meetings and communication correspondence listed above.

    • Products

      No products developed at this time.
    Promoting the National Dialogue on Workplace Safety and Health

    • Events

      No National dialog at this time.

    • Products

      No products developed at this time.
  4. Results

    Although antidotal in nature, results of our Alliance activities are as follows:

    • Although this renewed Alliance has only resulted in several meetings and no training or outreach sessions conducted as a group - individually some of the representing companies have taken steps to form safety and health committees and to have those committees certified in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Representatives from the participating companies have expressed that the information discussed and shared at the "Alliance" meetings have been extremely informative and educational. Several of the topics discussed have become topics that the company's safety committee has taken the initiative to discuss at their own meetings to educate their own employees and to expand their programs.
    • Again, at the beginning of this "Alliance", member employers had been somewhat hesitant to approach OSHA to discuss their safety and health issues. Now, employers have indicated they are much more willing to talk with us and to call the local Area Office with questions to discuss various safety and health issues as they pertain to their respective facilities and/or site programs.
    Type of Activity (Conference, Training, Print and Electronic Distribution, etc.) Number of Individuals Reached or Trained
    Print (Certified Safety and Health Committee Information) 10 individuals, representing 6 companies having a total employee population of approximately 300
    TOTAL

     

  5. Upcoming Milestones.

    Plans are currently not to re-new this Alliance.