AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN
NAPERVILLE, CHICAGO NORTH, CHICAGO SOUTH ILLINOIS AREA OFFICES
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
DISTRICT COUNCIL TRAINING CENTER (DCTC) AND BRICKLAYERS & ALLIED CRAFT WORKERS (BAC) LOCAL 21

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Naperville, Chicago North and Chicago South Illinois Area Offices and District Council Training Center (DCTC) and Bricklayers & Allied Craft Workers (BAC) Local 21 recognize the value of establishing a collaborative relationship to foster safety and health practices and programs to improve American workplaces. To that end, OSHA, DCTC, and BAC Local 21 hereby form an Alliance to provide members and the public with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect workers by reducing and preventing exposure to fall, electrical, struck-by, caught-in-between, ergonomic hazards, heat illness, cold stress, silica and scaffold awareness, erecting and dismantling practices and other construction hazards in the construction industry and understand the rights of workers and the responsibilities of employers under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act).

This agreement provides a framework and objectives for the Alliance’s activities. Alliance participants also agree to meet the “Fundamental Requirements for OSHA Alliance Program Participants” and the “Guidelines for OSHA’s Alliance Program Participants: Alliance Products and Other Alliance Projects.”

Through the Alliance, the organizations will use available injury, illness, and hazard exposure data, when appropriate, to help identify areas of emphasis for Alliance awareness, outreach, and communication activities. The Alliance will also explore and implement selected options, including but not limited to member surveys, to evaluate the Alliance and measure the impact on improving workplace safety and health. In developing this Alliance, OSHA, and District Council Training Center (DCTC) and Bricklayers & Allied Craft Workers (BAC) Local 21 recognize that OSHA's State Plan and On-Site Consultation Program partners are an integral part of the OSHA national effort, and that information about the products and activities of the Alliance may be shared with these partners for the advancement of common goals.

Raising Awareness: Outreach and Communication

The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following objectives:

• Share information on current OSHA's National /Regional/Local initiatives Emphasis Programs, Regulatory Agenda, Outreach, and opportunities to participate in initiatives and the rulemaking process.

• Share information on occupational safety and health laws and standards, including the rights and responsibilities of workers and employers.

• Speak, exhibit, or appear at OSHA, DCTC and BAC Local 21 meetings, forums, expositions, round tables, and events.

• Convene or participate in forums, roundtable discussions, or stakeholder meetings on hazards associated with Fall Hazards, Silica exposure, Erecting, Dismantling and Operating of Swing Stages, Access, Egress while working on Supported Scaffolding Systems and Operation and Set up of material hoisting equipment to help forge innovative solutions in the workplace or to provide input on safety and health issues.

• Develop information on the recognition and prevention of workplace hazards, and communicate such information (e.g., print, and electronic media, electronic assistance tools, and OSHA, DCTC, and BAC Local 21 websites) to employers and workers in the industry.

• Ensure information developed encourages and reflects the diversity of the workforce and is accessible in multiple languages and formats.

• Share information among OSHA personnel and industry safety and health professionals regarding best practices for hazards associated with our Trowel Trades and effective approaches through training programs, workshops, seminars, and lectures (or any other applicable forum).

• To promote awareness of OSHA’s Outreach Campaign.

Training and Education

The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following objectives:

• Develop effective training and education programs for participants on workplace hazards and communicate information to constitute employers and workers. Ensure training materials/programs are made available in appropriate languages and formats to equitably meet the needs of their target audiences.

• Facilitate encourage and unilaterally work with OSHA's National /Regional/Local to provide their expertise in developing training and education programs for DCTC and BAC Local 21.

• Strive, maintain, and build relationships with OSHA's Regional and Area Offices to address health and safety issues.

• Develop effective training and education programs for participants to promote understanding of workers' rights, including the use of the OSHA complaint process, and the responsibilities of employers and to communicate such information to workers and employers. Ensure training materials/programs are made available in appropriate languages and formats to equitably meet the needs of their target audiences.

• To encourage worker participation in workplace safety and health by speaking at DCTC and BAC Local 21 OSHA 10-hour and 30-hour courses.

OSHA's Alliances provide organizations an opportunity to participate in a voluntary cooperative relationship with OSHA for purposes such as raising awareness of OSHA's initiatives, outreach, communication, training, and education. These Alliances have proven to be valuable tools for both OSHA and Alliance participants. By entering an Alliance with an organization, OSHA is not endorsing or promoting, nor does it intend to endorse or promote, any of that organization's products or services.

An implementation team made up of representatives of each organization will meet one to two times per year to discuss the responsibilities of the participants, to share information on activities, and to track results in achieving the goals of the Alliance. OSHA team members will include representatives of the Naperville, Chicago North, Chicago South Area Offices and any other appropriate offices. OSHA will encourage State Plan' and OSHA On-Site Consultation programs' participation on the team.

This agreement will remain in effect for two years. 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 written concurrence of all signatories.

Signed this 10^th day of January 2025.