ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE PROGRAM EMBASSADOR RELATIONSHIP

BETWEEN

THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
KANSAS CITY AND THE SAINT LOUIS AREA OFFICES

AND

MISSOURI ON-SITE SAFETY AND HEALTH CONSULTATION PROGRAM

AND

MISSOURI ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS (MAM)

Since entering into an Alliance on October 28, 2020, with subsequent renewal on December 29, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Kansas City and Saint Louis Area Office, Missouri On-Site Safety and Health Consultation Program, and Missouri Association of Manufacturers (MAM) have worked together to improve workplace health and safety by sharing information, guidance, access to training resources that address occupational hazards and promoting the understanding of the rights of workers and the responsibilities of employers under the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Through the Ambassador Alliance, the organizations will continue to address the following hazards: amputations, lacerations or punctures, lockout tagout hazards, machine guarding, heat stress, falls, struck-by, caught-in/between, ergonomics, and electrical hazards.

OSHA and MAM continue to recognize the value of maintaining a collaborative relationship to improve safety and health practices and programs in American workplaces and commit to continue their work together through an Alliance Program Ambassador relationship.

In recognition of this ongoing commitment, OSHA will continue to foster an active relationship with MAM by:

• Providing routine communications on enforcement, regulatory, and outreach initiatives.

• Sharing invitations to and offering opportunities to speak at OSHA Alliance Program and other agency stakeholder meetings or events, such as outreach and training activities through the National, Regional, or Area Office, and the National Alliance Program Construction Roundtable and Forum.

• Engaging in information sharing and technical discussions, as appropriate, including special projects of mutual interest that align with agency priorities and as resources allow.

• Maintaining the organization's status as Alliance Program Ambassador on the agency's public webpage.

MAM will continue to foster an active relationship with OSHA by:

• Sharing information with MAM's members and stakeholders on OSHA's National Initiatives (Enforcement, Regulatory, and Outreach), and encouraging their participation in OSHA's outreach initiatives such as Safe and Sound, Heat Illness Prevention, and Suicide Prevention, and rulemaking processes.

• Sharing information with MAM's members and stakeholders on occupational safety and health laws and standards, including the rights and responsibilities of workers and employers.

• Encouraging MAM's members and stakeholders to build relationships with OSHA's National, Regional, and Area Offices to address health and safety issues.

• Sharing information with OSHA personnel and industry safety and health professionals regarding MAM's good practices and effective approaches through training programs, workshops, seminars, conferences, and lectures (or any other applicable forum).

• Offering OSHA opportunities to speak, exhibit, or appear at one another's conferences, local meetings, or other MAM's annual conferences and events.

• Adhering to requirements laid out in the Alliance Program Directive regarding the prohibition on promoting or implying the agency's endorsement of their policies, products, or services, including acknowledging that they will not receive any preferential treatment related to any statutory function of the agency.

• Abiding by all terms and conditions for the use of the Alliance Program logo as specified in OSHA's Guidelines for Use of the Alliance Logo.

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 initiaOSHA's cooperative programs provide organizations an opportunity to participate in a voluntary, collaborative relationship with OSHA for purposes such as raising awareness of OSHA's initiatives, outreach, communication, training, and education. These programs have proven to be valuable tools for both OSHA and participants. OSHA and MAM acknowledge that this document is not legally binding. This document does not obligate or authorize the expenditure or reimbursement of appropriations or other funds, nor does it require the parties to enter into any contract or other obligations. It does not confer any rights or responsibilities under U.S. law, nor does it limit or restrict the parties from participating in similar activities or arrangements with other entities. This document does not limit, supersede, or otherwise affect OSHA's normal operations or decisions in carrying out its statutory and regulatory duties and functions. OSHA's entering this relationship with an organization does not imply the agency's endorsement or promotion of that organization's products or services.

This Ambassador relationship will be executed in full compliance with all applicable federal laws. It takes effect on the date of signing and will remain in effect for the duration of an ongoing cooperative association and a good faith effort by OSHA, Missouri Onsite safety and Health Consultation Program, and Missouri Association of Manufacturers parties to meet the intent of this document and its underlying policies. Any signatory may terminate it for any reason at any time, provided they give 30 days' written notice.

Signed this 19 day of August, 2025