The OSHA and NAHB Alliance focuses on providing NAHB members and others in the residential construction industry, including non-English and limited English speaking workers and trade contractors, with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect the health and safety of workers. Through the Alliance, the organizations will continue to address fall, electrical, struck-by, and caught in/between safety hazards. The Alliance's goals include:
Training and education
- Provide expertise to develop training and education programs for the residential construction industry, including non-English and limited English speaking employees and trade contractors, regarding fall, electrical, struck-by and caught in/between safety hazards, and to provide expertise in communicating such information, in English, Spanish and/or other languages, to employers and workers in the industry.
Outreach and communication
- Share information among OSHA personnel and industry safety and health professionals regarding NAHB's best practices and effective approaches, and publicize results through outreach by NAHB and through OSHA- or NAHB-developed materials, training programs, workshops, seminars, and lectures (or any other applicable forum).
- Encourage NAHB's state and local associations and members to build relationships with OSHA's Regional and Area Offices to address health and safety issues, including fall, electrical, struck-by and caught in/between hazards.
Promoting the national dialogue on workplace safety and health
- Convene or participate in forums, roundtable discussions, or stakeholder meetings on fall, electrical, struck-by and caught in/between hazards in the residential construction industry to discuss safety and health issues and to help forge innovative solutions in the workplace.
Products and Resources
Alliance Program Participant Developed Products
- Roofing Operations Safety Card. (ASHX). Provides workers and employers with guidance for working safely on roofs in residential construction.
- Power Nailer Safety Card. (ASHX). Provides tips regarding the safe use of power nailer equipment.
- Trenching Safety Card. (ASHX). Addresses the most common trenching hazards in the residential construction industry.
Related OSHA Safety and Health Topics Pages
Publications and Newsletters
NAHB's Weekly e-Newsletter
2007
- Nations Building News. Includes an article, "OSHA Chief Says Builders Are Reaching Out and Saving Lives" which describes former-Assistant Secretary Edwin G. Foulke Jr.'s presentation to the NAHB Executive Board and provides information about the OSHA and NAHB Alliance.
2006
- Nations Building News. Includes an article, "OSHA Inspectors See Safety Through the Eyes of a Builder" that describes that describes a residential construction training course that was developed through the OSHA and NAHB Alliance.
- Nations Building News. Includes an article, "NAHB Meets with OSHA Head to Advance Construction Safety" that describes the organization's June 27, 2006 meeting with former-Assistant Secretary Edwin G. Foulke Jr.
- Nations Building News. Includes an article, "Maryland Alliance Committed to Work Site Safety" that describes the Alliance signed on March 10, 2006 between NAHB's Maryland-National Capital Building Industry Association, the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation and the Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
- Nations Building News. Includes an article, "OSHA Resources Helping Katrina Recovery Workers" that describes the OSHA Quick Cards and fact sheets available on the OSHA Hurricane Recovery Web page.
- Nations Building News. Includes an article, "Web Tool Provides Quick Start on OSHA Compliance" that describes the Construction module of the Compliance Assistance Quick Start.
2005
- Nations Building News. Includes an article, "NAHB Gives OSHA Staff Insights on Home Building" that describes a residential construction training course that was developed through the OSHA and NAHB Alliance.
- Nations Building News. Includes an article, "Manually Lifted Balloon Framed Walls Present Hazards." The article describes how the OSHA Safety and Health Information Bulletin: Hazards of Manually Lifting Balloon Framed Walls, which was developed through the OSHA and NAHB Alliance, provides a list of safe lifting methods to prevent an accidental collapse of framed walls from occurring.
- Nations Building News. Includes an article, "Builders Cement Working Alliance With OSHA" that describes the October 18, 2005 renewal signing ceremony and the goals of the renewal agreement.
Related Alliances
- Arkansas Home Builders Association (AHBA). signed May 21, 2009.
- U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA and Arkansas Home Builders Association in Little Rock, Ark., sign safety and health alliance agreement. Region 6 News Release.
- Connecticut Department of Labor, Division of Occupational Safety and Health and Home Builders Association of Hartford County, In. signed.
- Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation and Maryland Occupational Safety and Health with the Maryland Home Builders Safety Alliance. signed.
Additional Resources
- Alliance Program Construction Roundtable. Through the Alliance Program's Construction Roundtable, a number of products and resources have been developed for the construction industry.
- OSHA's Fall Prevention Campaign. Provides links to OSHA tools and resources to help prevent construction-related falls.
- NAHB and OSHA Alliance page.