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ANNUAL ALLIANCE REPORT
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the
Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association (ILMA)
May 7, 2009
I. Alliance Background
Date Signed
February 9, 2004
Dates Renewed
May 23, 2006; May 13, 2008
Evaluation Period
February 9, 2008 – February 8, 2009
Overview
Through the OSHA and ILMA Alliance, OSHA and ILMA are working together to
encourage employers, including small businesses, to increase employee access to
safety and health information and training resources, particularly in reducing
and preventing exposure to industrial hazards in the manufacturing environment.
In addition, the OSHA and ILMA Alliance Implementation Team will work on
developing resources to address hazard communication and safety and health
issues related to above ground storage tanks.
Implementation Team Members
OSHA: |
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Russell Jones
Tony Mapes*
Lisa Ramber**
Elizabeth (Bea) Way |
Office of Small Business
Assistance,
Directorate of Outreach Services and Alliances (DCSP)
Office of Outreach Services (OOSA), DCSP
OOSA, DCSP
OOSA, DCSP |
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ILMA: |
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John Burke
Adam Cramer
John Howell
Rich Kraska
Jeffrey Leiter
Carol Poole
Celeste Powers
Gene White |
Chair, Safety, Health, Environmental,
and Regulatory
Affairs (SHERA) Committee
Leiter & Cramer, PLLC (ILMA Counsel)
D.A. Stuart Corp.
ILMA Toxicology Consultant
Leiter & Cramer PLLC (ILMA Counsel)
Quaker Chemical
Executive Director
Milacron |
* Tony Mapes has been serving as the Alliance Coordinator since January 22,
2008.
** Lisa Ramber is no longer with OSHA as of August 2009.
II. Implementation Team Meetings
May 7, 2008
May 13, 2008
May 16, 2008
July 29, 2008
August 27, 2008 |
Conference call to discuss Safe
Tank Entry Brochure
Implementation Team Meeting
Conference call to discuss Safe Tank Entry Brochure
Conference call to discuss Safe Tank Best Practices Seminar
Conference call to discuss Safe Tank Best Practices Seminar |
In addition to these formal meetings, the Alliance coordinators from the groups
maintained regular contact throughout the reporting period to monitor the
Alliance’s progress and results.
III. Results
- Events and Products
Outreach and Communication
- Work with OSHA to provide expertise in developing information on the
recognition and prevention of workplace hazards, and to provide expertise in
developing ways of communicating such information (e.g., print and electronic
media, electronic assistance tools and OSHA’s and ILMA’s Web sites) to
employers and employees in the industry.
Products
Safe Tank Entry: When Entering Aboveground Storage Tanks Brochure
The OSHA and ILMA Alliance Implementation Team worked with the OSHA and Safe Tank Alliance
through the Alliance Program to develop the "Safe Tank Entry: When Entering Aboveground
Storage Tanks" brochure. The brochure provides information for employers and employees
for hazards such as falls and confined space entry in above ground storage tanks.
Lubricant Fact Sheet
Through the Alliance, ILMA is developing a Lubricant Fact Sheet. The association will share
the draft with OSHA for review and feedback when it is completed.
OSHA Safety and Health Topics pages
Representatives from ILMA serve on the editorial boards of the following
OSHA Safety and Health Topics pages, providing OSHA with their expertise and
technical review:
- Making the Business Case for Safety and Health
- Carol Poole, Health and Safety Specialist, Quaker Chemical
Corporation, Conshohocken, PA
- Metal Working Fluids
- Gene White, PhD, MS, Manager, Environmental Science, Milacron, Inc.,
Cincinnati, OH
OSHA and ILMA Alliance Web page
OSHA is continuing to update the OSHA and ILMA Alliance Web page that is
posted on the OSHA Web site. It includes the OSHA and ILMA Alliance
agreement, renewal agreement, news releases, products and resources,
activities and events and milestones and successes.
ILMA Web site
ILMA is continuing to update the sections on its Web site, which contains
information on the OSHA and ILMA Alliance. The sections include links to the
Alliance agreement, Alliance-developed products, OSHA and ILMA press releases
and OSHA’s Safety and Health Topics pages.
Publications and Newsletters
Information on the activities of the OSHA and ILMA Alliance have appeared in
a number of print and online publications, including: ILMA’s FLASHPoint, and
Compoundings. For more information on the articles, see the "Alliance Program
Reach" table.
- Speak, exhibit, or appear at OSHA’s or ILMA’s conference, meetings or
workshops including ILMA’s Spring Management Forum; Fall Annual Meeting; and
Safety, Health, Environmental and Regulatory Affairs (SHERA) Committee
meetings.
Events
3rd Symposium on the Assessment and Control of Metal Removal Fluids,
October 5-8, 2008, Dearborn, Michigan
On October 6, 2008, Elaine M. Clapp, M.S., Safety and Health Manager,
Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA), gave a
presentation entitled "Overview of OSHA and State Plan State Enforcement
Activities Involving Metalworking Fluids," to 40 attendees during the
symposium.
- Share information among OSHA personnel and industry safety and health
professionals regarding ILMA’s best practices or effective approaches and
publicize results through outreach by ILMA and through OSHA- or ILMA-developed
materials, training programs, workshops, seminars and lectures (or any other
applicable forum).
Events
OSHA On-site Consultation Training Conference, April 28-May 1, 2008,
Seattle, Washington
On April 30, 2008, Lee Anne Jillings, then-Director, Office of Outreach
Services and Alliances, Directorate of Cooperative and State Programs,
USDOL-OSHA, presented an overview of the OSHA and ILMA Alliance and John K.
Howell, Safety, Health, and Environmental Specialist, D.A. Stewart Company
discussed tools and resources that have been developed through the Alliance
Program in a workshop entitled, "Safety and Health Tools for Down-stream
Users for Metal Working Fluids" to 29 attendees during the On-site
Consultation Training Conference.
Products
Dermal Assessment Guide
During the reporting period, ILMA promoted the "Dermal Assessment Guide" to
its members by informing them and their customers that the guide can be
downloaded from the ILMA and OSHA Alliance Web page on the ILMA Web site. The
guide, which was produced as a product of the OSHA and ILMA Alliance, has
been recognized by the metalworking fluid industry as a valuable resource.
- Promote to the ILMA members the benefits of OSHA’s cooperative programs;
such as compliance assistance, the Voluntary Protection Programs, On-site
Consultation Program and its Safety and Health Achievement Recognition
Program.
ILMA FLASHPoint enewsletter
ILMA published the following articles in their FLASHPoint enewsletter
promoting OSHA’s On-site Consultation Program, Safety and Health Achievement
Recognition Program (SHARP), Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP), and various
OSHA compliance assistance resources:
- November 11, 2008 – "OSHA Forum Discusses Small Business Compliance
Challenges"
- December 2, 2008 – "OSHA Programs Helped to Reduce Injury/Illness Rates"
- January 13, 2009 – "OSHA Revises Voluntary Protection Programs"
- Work with other Alliance participants on specific issues and projects on
manufacturing industrial hazards that are addressed and developed through the
Alliance Program.
Safe Tank Entry: When Entering Aboveground Storage Tanks Brochure
The OSHA and ILMA Alliance Implementation Team worked with the OSHA and Safe
Tank Alliance through the Alliance Program to develop the "Safe Tank Entry:
When Entering Aboveground Storage Tanks" brochure. The brochure provides
information for employers and employees for hazards such as falls and
confined space entry in above ground storage tanks.
National Dialogue on Workplace Safety and Health Goal
- Convene or participate in forums, roundtable discussions or stakeholder
meetings on manufacturing industrial hazards and hazard communication to help
forge innovative solutions in the workplace.
Event
3rd Symposium on the Assessment and Control of Metal Removal Fluids,
October 6-8, 2008, Dearborn, Michigan
ILMA, along with other trade associations and professional societies, hosted
the 3rd Symposium on the Assessment and Control of Metal Removal Fluids,
October 6-8, 2008 in Dearborn, Michigan. The event focused on safety, health,
and sustainability issues in metalworking fluids. Conference participants
included end-users and suppliers of metalworking fluids as well as government
and academic representatives from around the world. In addition,
representatives from OSHA’s Region V and MIOSHA attended the symposium by
invitation from ILMA. OSHA also provided compliance assistance publications
for distribution to the seminar attendees.
- Executive Summary
As a result of the Alliance’s successes in its first four years, OSHA and ILMA
signed a Alliance renewal agreement on May 13, 2008. OSHA and ILMA will
continue to work together to increase employer and employee access to training
resources that address hazard communication and safety and health issues
related to above ground storage tanks. The positive and collaborative
relationship has led to the development of the many programs and projects that
the OSHA and ILMA Alliance Implementation Team are currently working on or has
produced. For example, OSHA and ILMA worked with the OSHA and Safe Tank
Alliance to develop the Safe Tank Entry: When Entering Aboveground Storage
Tanks brochure. The brochure provides information to small businesses for
hazards such as falls and confined space entry for above ground storage tanks.
As part of their outreach efforts, John K. Howell, Safety, Health, and
Environmental Specialist, D.A. Stewart Company, made a presentation at OSHA’s
On-site Consultation Training Conference on April 30, 2008. ILMA also invited
Elaine M. Clapp, M.S., Safety and Health Manager, MIOSHA, to make a
presentation at the 3rd Symposium on the Assessment and Control of Metal
Removal Fluids on October 6, 2008. In addition, ILMA invited federal OSHA and
MIOSHA staff to attend the symposium free of charge.
- Alliance Program Reach
Type of Activity (Conference,
Training, Print and
Electronic Distribution, etc.) |
Number of Individuals Reached or
Trained |
OSHA and ILMA Alliance Web page
on the OSHA Web site |
2,056 |
ILMA and OSHA Alliance Web page
on the ILMA Web site |
1,708 |
Metalworking Fluids in Small
Business: A Health and Safety QUICKSTART Guide on ILMA’s Web page |
2,588 |
Dermal Assessment Guide: A
Health and Safety Guide for Dermatitis on ILMA’s Web site |
1,441 |
OSHA Making the Business Case
for Safety and Health Topics Page |
11,519 |
OSHA Metalworking Fluids Safety
and Health Topics Page |
6,512 |
April 30, 2008 - OSHA On-site
Consultation Training Conference, April 28-May 1, 2008, Seattle, Washington
Speakers: Lee Anne Jillings, then-Director, Office of Outreach Services and
Alliances, Directorate of Cooperative and State Programs, USDOL-OSHA,
presented an overview of the OSHA and ILMA Alliance and John K. Howell,
Safety, Health, and Environmental Specialist, D.A. Stewart Company discussed
tools and resources that have been developed through the Alliance Program in a
workshop entitled, "Safety and Health Tools for Down-stream Users for Metal
Working Fluids." |
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May 13, 2008 –
"ILMA Renews Alliance with OSHA for Second Time," Fuels and Lubes |
Data not available |
May 22, 2008 –
"ILMA and OSHA Alliance Renewed for Second Time," ThomasNet – Industrial Newsroom |
Data not available |
May 23, 2008 –
"OSHA continues
its Alliance with the Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association," OSHA
News Release |
69 |
May 29, 2008 –
"OSHA Renews Metalworking Fluid Maker Alliance," BNA Occupational Safety and Health
Reporter |
Data not available |
May/June 2008 –
"OSHA, Lubricant Manufacturers Group Renew Alliance," ReliablePlant |
Data not available |
June 3, 2008 –
"John Howell
represents ILMA at OSHA Employee Conference," FLASHPoint |
1,970 |
June 12, 2008 –
"OSHA Continues Its Alliance with the Independent Lubricant Manufacturers
Association,"
Compliance Home |
Data not available |
June 2008 –
"ILMA Renews Alliance with OSHA," Compoundings |
2,000 |
July 1, 2009 –
"OSHA
Representative to Speak at ILMA Annual Meeting," News Manager |
Data not available |
October 6, 2008 - 3rd Symposium
on the Assessment and Control of Metal Removal Fluids, October 5-8, 2008,
Dearborn, Michigan
Speaker: Elaine M. Clapp, M.S., Safety and Health Manager, MIOSHA, gave a
presentation entitled "Overview of OSHA and State Plan State Enforcement
Activities Involving Metalworking Fluids." |
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TOTAL |
29,932 |
IV. Upcoming Milestones
In the upcoming year, the OSHA and ILMA Alliance Implementation Team will
continue to work together to develop resources for small businesses to protect
workers from metalworking fluids and industrial hazards in the manufacturing
environment and hazards associated with above ground storage tanks. For example,
the Implementation Team will finalize the draft Lubricant Fact Sheet. In
addition, the OSHA and ILMA Implementation Team will work with the OSHA and Safe
Tank Alliance to conduct a Safe Tank Entry Workshop during the next reporting
period.
As part of the Alliance’s outreach efforts, ILMA representatives will be joining
with other Alliance Program participants to support 2009 North American
Occupational Safety and Health Week, May 3-9, 2009. ILMA representatives also
will continue to provide OSHA their expertise in serving on the editorial boards
of the Making the Business Case for Safety and Health and Metal Working Fluids
Safety and Health Topics page.
Report prepared by: Tony Mapes, Safety and Occupational Health Specialist,
Office of Outreach Services and Alliances, May 6, 2009
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