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ALLIANCE CLOSE-OUT REPORT
PHILADELPHIA AREA OFFICE
AMERICAN RED CROSS SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER
December 30, 2009

JANUARY 2009
  1. Alliance Background

    Renewed 11/28/07

    Alliance Overview.

    Provide local businesses 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 fall, amputation, ergonomic, chemical, electrical and other physical hazards and/or addressing implementation of effective safety and health program issues. This Alliance was in its fourth year. The Alliance was originally signed on October 27, 2005, and was renewed for an additional two years on November 27, 2009.

    Implementation Team Members.

    OSHA:

    Albert D’Imperio – Area Director OSHA Philadelphia Area Office
    James P Touey– Compliance Assistance Specialist OSHA Philadelphia Area Office

    Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter American Red Cross:

    Kathleen Cassidy – Director of Health and Safety Services
    Lynda Connelly – Health and Safety Services Manager
    David Seltzer- Senior Associate Product Manager

    Contributor:

    Barbara Bray - Technical Information Specialists- OSHA Region III

    Evaluation Period

    November 28, 2008 – November 28, 2009

     
  2. Implementation Team Meetings

    January 27, 2009-Implementation Team Meeting, American Red Cross, Philadelphia, PA
    March 4, 2009- Implementation Team Meeting, American Red Cross, Philadelphia, PA
    November 10, 2009- Implementation Team Meeting, American Red Cross, Philadelphia, PA


  3. Activities and Products

    Training and Education

    EventsOn January 28, 2009, the American Red Cross and OSHA’s Philadelphia Area Office conducted a “Navigating OSHA’s e-tool Website” webinar. The webinar was the third and final session in a cooperatively developed series of “Workplace Preparedness Online Seminars”. The seminar series focus was geared towards developing enhanced and effective Safety & Health Management Systems for small businesses. Topics covered in the series of seminars included: OSHA and the Inspection Process; OSHA Compliance Impact on Small Business; Reducing Workers Injuries; Understanding the Major Elements of a Successful Safety & Health Program; and Navigating the OSHA Website. Over the final two years of the Alliance there were approximately 200 safety and health representatives from small businesses in the Southeastern PA Area that participated in the seminar series.

    On June 8, 2009, OSHA’s Philadelphia Area Office presented the Navigating OSHA’s Website to approximately 50 representative of the OSHA/American Mushroom Institute Alliance Group as part of their annual training breakout session for their members. The Power Point Presentation which had been developed under the Red Cross/OSHA Alliance was used as a tool to encourage employers in the mushroom growing industry to develop Safety & Health Management Systems.

    On July 23, 2009, the American Red Cross Southeastern PA Chapter conducted a “Pandemic Flu Preparation for the Workplace” webinar attended by 29 local small business representatives. The Southeastern PA Chapter was selected by the American Red Cross National Office to pilot their training session as a result of the experience gathered from the prior webinars delivered by the local OSHA/Red Cross Alliance.

    Promoting National Dialogue on Workplace Safety and Health

    The Alliance continued to promote shared safety and heath agenda’s established by the National Alliance Agreement between OSHA and the Red Cross.
     
  4. Results

     
    Type of Activity (Conference, Training, Print and Electronic Distribution, etc.) Number of Individuals Reached or Trained
    Safety and Training 50
    2 Webinars 60
    TOTAL 110

     
  5. Upcoming Milestones

    Over the last year of the Alliance Agreement the format for delivering selected safety & health topics and materials had changed from a traditional classroom style training setting to real time, web-based interactive presentations. The change in the format was geared toward reaching a larger and more diversified audience by making the information more accessible to a broader base of recipients. These developed presentations have been made available and are being used for outreach throughout Region III to assist employers in a variety of industries in their improvement in the areas of safety and health.

    The Alliance has come to its natural conclusion and has been deemed by all participants as successful. Although the rime frame for the OSHA Cooperative Program has been completed, OSHA’s Philadelphia Are Office and the Southeastern PA Chapter of the Red Cross have agreed to maintain and nurture this mutually beneficial relationship and will continue to work to promote both national and local safety and health agenda through co-sponsored outreach.


    Report Prepared by: James Touey, CAS, Philadelphia OSHA Area Office


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