The Occupational Safety and Health Administration Region
IX (OSHA), the Nevada Department of Business and Industry, Division of
Industrial Relations, Safety Consultation and Training Section (Nevada SCATS),
and the National Utility Contractors Association Las Vegas Chapter (NUCA-LV)
recognize the value of establishing a collaborative relationship to foster safer
and more healthful American workplaces. OSHA, Nevada SCATS, and the NUCA-LV
hereby form an Alliance to provide the State of Nevada and NUCA members 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 work-related hazards, by addressing safety training
issues. In developing this Alliance, OSHA, Nevada SCATS, and the NUCA-LV
recognize that OSHA’s State Plan and On-site Consultation Project partners are
an integral part of the OSHA national effort.
OSHA, Nevada SCATS, and the NUCA-LV will focus on safety and health issues
including excavation safety, hazard communication, emergency evacuation, tool
safety, driving safety, and jobsite emergencies. In developing this Alliance,
OSHA, Nevada SCATS, and the NUCA-LV recognize that, as partners, they shall work
together to reduce accidents and injuries.
OSHA, Nevada SCATS, and the NUCA-LV will work together to achieve the following
training and education goals:
- Provide expertise to develop training and education programs for small
businesses and non-English- or limited-English-speaking employees regarding
excavation safety, hazard communication, emergency evacuation, tool safety,
driving safety, and jobsite emergencies, and to provide expertise in
communicating such information to employers and employees in the industry.
- Deliver or arrange for delivery of the aforementioned programs.
OSHA, Nevada SCATS, and the NUCA-LV will work together to
achieve the following outreach and communication goals:
- Provide expertise in developing information on the recognition and
prevention of workplace hazards, and disseminate information through print and
electronic media, including electronic assistance tools and links to Web sites.
- Speak, exhibit, or appear at OSHA’s, Nevada SCATS’s, or NUCA-LV’s
conferences, local meetings or other events.
- Share information among OSHA personnel and industry safety and health
professionals regarding NUCA-LV’s best practices or effective approaches, and
publicize results through outreach by NUCA-LV and through OSHA- or NUCA-LV-developed
materials, training programs, workshops, seminars, and lectures (or any other
applicable forum).
- Promote and encourage NUCA-LV members’ or worksites’ participation in OSHA’s
cooperative programs such as compliance assistance, the Voluntary Protection
Programs, and the Consultation Program and its Safety and Health Achievement
Recognition Program.
- Work with other Alliance participants on specific issues and projects
related to excavation safety, hazard communication, emergency evacuation, tool
safety, driving safety, and jobsite emergencies that are addressed and developed
through the Alliance Program.
OSHA, Nevada SCATS, and the NUCA-LV will work together to
achieve the following goals related to promoting the national dialogue on
workplace safety and health:
- Raise others’ awareness of and demonstrate their own commitment to workplace
safety and health whenever NUCA-LV leaders address groups.
- Develop and disseminate case studies illustrating the business value of
safety and health, and publicize their results.
- Convene or participate in forums, roundtable discussions, or stakeholder
meetings on excavation safety, hazard communication, emergency evacuation, tool
safety, driving safety, and jobsite emergencies to help forge innovative
solutions in the workplace.
OSHA’s State and Federal Alliances provide parties an
opportunity to participate in a voluntary cooperative relationship with OSHA for
purposes such as training and education, outreach and communication, and
promoting a national dialogue on workplace safety and health. These Alliances
have proved to be valuable tools for both OSHA and its Alliance participants. By
entering into an Alliance with a party, OSHA is not endorsing any of that
party’s products or services; nor does the Agency enter into an Alliance with
the purpose of promoting a particular party’s products or services.
Representatives of all three organizations will meet to develop a plan of
action, determine working procedures, and identify the roles and
responsibilities of the participants. In addition, they will meet at least twice
per year to track and share information on activities and results in achieving
the goals of the Alliance.
This agreement will remain in effect for a two-year period. Any signatory may
terminate it for any reason at any time, provided they give 30 days written
notice. This agreement may be modified at any time with the concurrence of all
signatories.
National Utility
Contractors Association
Las Vegas Chapter |
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Nevada Safety Consultation and
Training Section (SCATS) |
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Dick Schnieder
Executive Director |
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Jan Rosenberg
Chief Administrative Officer |
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Occupational Safety
and Health
Administration, Region IX |
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Ken Nishiyama-Atha
Regional Administrator
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