Alliance -- An OSHA Cooperative Program<< Back to Concluded Regional Alliances - Region VII

  1. Alliance Background

    Date Signed

    12/18/2008

    Overview

    This alliance was signed as a vehicle to provide career and technical educators and their students with materials, guidance, and access to training resources that will positively impact the occupational safety and health of young workers.

    Outreach and communication:
     
    • Work to provide expertise in developing information for young workers on workplace hazard recognition and prevention and to provide expertise in developing ways of communicating such information to educators, employers and young workers.
       
    • Speak, exhibit, or appear at OSHA's and SkillsUSA's conferences, state and chapter events.

    Promote the National Dialogue:
     

    • Convene or participate in forums, round table discussions, or stakeholder meetings on young worker safety and health issues to help forge innovative solutions for the workplace.

    Implementation Team Members

    Greg Stahr
    SkillsUSA Nebraska - State Director
    Nebraska Department of Education
    301 Centennial Mall South, 6th Floor
    Lincoln, NE 68509-4987
    Phone: 402-471-0898
    Fax: 402-471-0117
    Email: greg.stahr@nebraska.gov (new address effective 6/26)
    www.skillsusanebraska.org
    www.nde.state.ne.us/TEAM/index.htm
    Top Five Strengths - Belief, Adaptability, Responsibility, Restorative, Empathy

    Doug Fletcher
    Compliance Assistance Specialist
    OSHA – Omaha Area Office

    Evaluation Period

    12/18/2008 – 12/18/2009


  2. Implementation Team Meetings
     
    • Communication is conducted electronically between parties. Although outreach opportunities do not necessarily take place on a quarterly basis, contact is maintained regularly.
  3. Events and Products

    Outreach and Communication

    Events:

    Prior to (and following) the signing of this agreement, OSHA representatives attended five joint meetings of the NDE – IMES and SkillsUSA Nebraska coordinators and the career education faculty from across the State. Each meeting was held in a different city in Nebraska, in order to accommodate faculty from various school districts. OSHA representatives gave presentations on Young Worker safety, safety education, and the vision for what the alliance would entail.

    The CAS spoke to approximately 250 students from around the State of Nebraska, at the annual state-wide SkillsUSA Nebraska competition. The presentation described OSHA and its mission, young worker injury and illness statistics, the importance of workplace safety and health, young worker rights under the OSH Act, and steps that young workers can take to protect themselves in the workplace. A "lively" discussion followed the presentation.

    The SkillsUSA – Nebraska annual competition will be the focal point of educational efforts under this Alliance.

    Promote the National Dialogue

    Events:

    No such opportunities have been available, to date.

  4. Results
     
    Type of Activity Number of Individuals Reached or Trained
    Career Education Faculty meetings

    09/22/08 Omaha
    09/24/08 Lincoln
    10/08/08 North Platte
    10/09/08 Hastings
    10/15/08 Norfolk     		50 faculty members

    40 faculty members

    22 faculty members

    17 faculty members

    12 faculty members
    Nebraska SkillsUSA Competition

    03/26/09    		 ~ 250 student competitors and faculty
    TOTALS ~391

  5. Upcoming Milestones

    We are currently exploring additional opportunities to provide outreach and communication to young workers and SkillsUSA coordinators across the state. We continue to provide information on young worker safety and health issues to the SkillsUSA Nebraska State Director for his consideration and dissemination. We are hoping to expand our role at the next annual competition so that more students will have exposure to this important information.