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I. Alliance Background

Overview

Signed for two-years, Sept. 22, 2004-Sept. 22, 2006. Provide PCIAA members, as well as small business community with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will address machine, electrical, and fall hazards, and safety and health management systems to small business. Due to organizational changes at PCIAA, shortly after the agreement was signed, Alliance implementation was delayed until October 2005.

Implementation Team Members

Barbara Bray, Region 3, OSHA; Dale Glacken, Compliance Assistance Specialist, Harrisburg OSHA Area Office; Keith Lessner, Vice President, Loss Control, PCIAA; John Bohn, Home Office Loss Control Specialist, Guard Insurance Group; Scott Patterson, Manager Loss Control, Liberty Mutual; John Orr, Regional Loss Control Specialist, Erie Insurance

Evaluation Period

Sept. 22, 2005 – Sept. 22, 2006

Implementation Team Meetings
 
10/14/05 Conference call to discuss small business workshops in context of PCIAA alliance.
 
10/20/05 Conference call to revise Safety at Work PowerPoint developed by earlier, informal PCIAA/OSHA alliance. Also discussed logistics for a ½ day small business safety and health seminar.
 
11/8/05 Conference call to revise Safety at Work PowerPoint and review status of arrangements for ½ day small business safety and health seminar.
 
12/1/05 Conference call to revise Safety at Work PowerPoint and review status of arrangements for ½ day small business safety and health seminar.
 
12/12/05 Conference call to review tentative agenda for Safety at Work Small Business Seminar scheduled for 1/24/05 in Grantville, PA.
 
1/13/05 Conference call to finalize arrangements for 1/24/05 Small Business Seminar.
 
2/11/06 Follow up conference call to review 1/24/05 Small Business Seminar.

II. Events and Products

Training and Education
  • Safety at Work: Risk Management Techniques for Small Business, Holiday Inn, Grantville, PA January 24, 2006

  • Products

    PowerPoint: Safety at Work: Risk Management for Small Business
III. Results
 
Type of Activity (Conference, Training, Print and Electronic Distribution, etc.) Number of Individuals Reached or Trained
 ½ Day Seminar based on Safety at Work PowerPoint; Distributed OSHA Small Business CD to attendees 46
TOTAL 46

Over 80% of evaluations indicated that information presented in Jan ’06 Seminar was of practical use in administering safety and health programs.

IV. Upcoming Milestones

Additional workshops planned for Pennsylvania in 2007.