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Alliance Report
August 25, 2009
HOUSTON AREA OSHA OFFICES AND THE CITY OF
HOUSTON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
- Alliance Background
Date Signed: August 19, 2008
End Date: August 18, 2010
Overview:
OSHA and the City of Houston Mayor’s Office of Affirmative Action Contract
Compliance formed an Alliance to provide small contractors in the construction
industry 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 occupational safety and health hazards such
as electrical, falls, struck-by, and caught-between hazards in the construction
industry.
Implementation team Members:
City of Houston
Juan Padilla, COH MO-AACC
Kelly Shreck, COH MO-AACC
USDOL/OSHA
Jim Shelton, Houston North AO
Mark Hernandez, Houston South AO
Evaluation Period:
August 19, 2008 through August 19, 2009
- Implementation Team Meetings:
After the signing of the Alliance coordination and planning was conducted
through phone and email.
- Events and Products
Training and Education
- Events – N/A
- Seminars – Two hour class on OSHA and Focused Four in Construction
- Products – Developed a list of hyperlinks for hurricane related
information
Outreach and Communication
- Events – Distributed information on the OSHA 10 Hour Marathon to small
contractors
- Products – Developed a hyperlinked Powerpoint presentation on hurricane
resources.
Promoting the National Dialogue on Workplace Safety and Health
- Events – No National dialogue at this time
- Products – No products developed at this time
- Results
Forty-five small business employers trained on OSHA and Focused Four Hazards.
Hurricane safety information distributed to several hundred businesses after
hurricane Ike.
- Upcoming Milestones
Exploring additional outreach activities.
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