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ANNUAL ALLIANCE REPORT
January 8, 2009

  1. Alliance Background

    Date Signed

    September 11, 2007

    Overview

    Provide Allegheny National Forest employees with information, guidance, and training that will help protect forest employees’ health and safety.

    Implementation Team Members

    Don Scronek, S & H Program Manager; Linda Houston, Supervisor & Acting S & H Program Manager; Mike Shelvey, Acting S & H Program manager; Mark Harmon, Compliance Officer; Joe Chmielewski, Compliance Assistance Specialist.

    Contributors

    Ed Selker, Area Director, Erie, Pa.

    Evaluation Period

    September 11, 2007 thru September 11, 2008

     
  2. Implementation Team Meetings

    There were 14 meetings, phone conversations, presentations and strategy sessions to develop an Alliance between the U.S. Forest Service and OSHA before the Alliance was signed.
    Since the Alliance has been signed, during this evaluation period, there were 11 meetings, phone conversations, presentations and strategy sessions.

     
  3. Events and Products

    Training and Education
    • Events

      Prior to signing the following formal training was conducted:
      • June 7, 2007 Presentation to the Forest Safety Committee, 12 members and the topic was “Introduction to OSHA” and extensive Question and Answer Session. Presentation was given by Joe Chmielewski.
      • July 18, 2007 Presentation was to the managers, 60 employees and the topics covered were: 1) Introduction to OSHA 2) Pineros Issue 3) Recordkeeping 4) Forest Employees and Contractors 5) Alliance. Presentation was given by Joe Chmielewski.
      • August 14, 2007 Presentation was to all Forest employees, 150 employees and topics covered were: 1) Introduction to OSHA 2) Common Violations 3) Logging 4) Oil and Gas Drilling 5) Electrical. Presentations were conducted by Mark Harmon and Joe Chmielewski.
      • After Signing: January 10, 2008 Presentation to the Forest Safety Committee, 12 Members and the topics were: 1) Pandemic Flu 2) Recordkeeping. Presentation was given by Joe Chmielewski.

         
  4. Results
     
    Type of Activity (Conference, Training, Print and Electronic Distribution, etc.) Number of Individuals Reached or Trained
    See training and Educational Section for attendance breakdown. 234
       
    TOTAL 234

     
  5. A major issue in program implementation for the first year has been constant turnover in safety and health staff at the Forest Service and three reassignments of Forest Service alliance contacts to OSHA.

     
  6. Theresa Naim, Area Director of the Erie Area Office and Joe Chmielewski are scheduled to meet on January 13, 2009 with Leanne Marten, Forest Supervisor and Carol McMahon, Acting S & H Program Manager. Three out of the four people are new to this Alliance. The forest supervisor is responsible for all 150 federal employees at this National Forest.