Part 1

1. Alliance Background: Northrop Grumman Alliance
   
   Date Signed: May 9, 2003
   
   Overview: The Northrop Grumman Alliance was established to foster a collaborative relationship focused on safeguarding workers in the shipbuilding industry, by sharing best practices and technical knowledge.
   
   Implementation Team Membership: Representatives from OSHA (region 4 and 6 - Jackson, Mississippi, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana), Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Inc (Ingalls, Gulfport, and Avondale Operations, including locations in Pascagoula and Gulfport, Mississippi, as well as Avondale and Tallulah, Louisiana) and the Pascagoula Metal Trades Council, AFL-CIO, the New Orleans Metal Trades Council, AFL-CIO, and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 733, which represent employees at these sites.
   
   Contributors: Same as above
   
   Evaluation Period: April 13, 2004, through May 16, 2005
   
   
2. Implementation Team Meetings:
   
   Meetings of the alliance team have been conducted quarterly
   
   Training and Education FY 2004
   
   Shipyard ergonomics training program was conducted
   
   All employees have received workplace violence training
   
   New employee orientation program implemented that increases training
   
   OSHA 501 training conducted for EH & S personnel
   
   Outreach and Communication FY 2004
   
   Presentation at the MS Labor Management Conference
   
   Local high school vocational training programs for students
   
   Joint Labor Management presentations to Chambers of Commerce
   
   Presentation at Labor Division of the National Safety Congress
   
   Promoting the National Dialogue on Workplace Safety and Health FY 2004
   
   Develop contractor training safety program
   
   Presentation at the MS Labor Management Conference
   
   Local high school vocational training programs for students
   
   Joint Labor Management presentations to Chambers of Commerce
   
   Presentation at Labor Division of the National Safety Congress
   
   VPPPA chapter meetings attended
   
   
3. Events and Products
   
   Injury and illness rates have been reduced at four facilities to below the industry average
   
   The employer will be submitting VPP application for locations this calendar year
   
   Alliance members have assisted with Shipyard employment e-tool
   
   Alliance members participated on the negotiated rulemaking for fire protection
   
   
4. Results
   
   Refer to the events above
   
   
5. Upcoming Milestones in FY 2005
   
   Alliance renewal

Part 2

1. Alliance Background: EPA of MS Alliance
   
   Date Signed: May 23, 2003
   
   Overview: to foster Alliance was established to foster a collaborative relationship between OSHA and EPA of MS focused on reducing and preventing exposure to electrical transmission and distribution equipment hazards.
   
   Implementation Team Membership:
   
   Representatives from OSHA and EPA of MS
   
   Contributors: Same as above.
   
   Evaluation Period: April 13, 2004, through May 16, 2005
   
   
2. Implementation Team Meetings:
   
   Meeting held on a quarterly basis
   
   Training and Education FY 2004
   
   Presented "So You Want to Be a Lineman" to the following Associations:
   • Central Electric Power Association
   • Yazoo Valley Electric Power Association
   • East Mississippi Electric Power Association
   Basic Transformer Banking, Sponsored by Coast Electric Power Association
   
   MS Gulf Coast Community College Apprentice Electric Lineman School
   
   Basic Lineman School
   
   Advance Lineman School. Postponed due to hurricanes
   
   Outreach and Communication FY 2004
   
   Share information on best practices
   
   
   Testing of Rubber Gloves every 60 days.
   Mount strobe lights fleet vehicles in order to increase visibility.
   Certified Loss Control Representatives
   Each system performs outreach to the community (Coast Electric & Four County have developed training trailers to be used for live demonstrations)
   Distribute Struck By CD
   
   Distribute Photo Archive CD (update)
   
   Distribute Recordkeeping CD
   
   Top Gun Lineman Rodeo CD
   
   Several articles in the Today in Mississippi official publication of the Electric Power Associations of Mississippi
   
   Promoting the National Dialogue on Workplace Safety and Health FY 2004
   
   Coast Electric EPA has expressed an interest in becoming a VPP site. Major obstacle is majority of work performed offsite as part of a mobile workforce
   
   Representatives promote their good working relationship with OSHA at national safety coordinators meetings
   
   
3. Events and Products
   
   Full Time Safety Coordinator Round Table
   
   Annual Safety Coordinators Conference
   
   Yazoo Valley Electric Power Association sponsored Top Gun Lineman Rodeo
   
   
4. Results
   
   Refer to the events above
   
   
5. Upcoming Milestones in FY 2005
   
   Arboriculture Seminar 7/27/05
   Alliance renewal – Date Pending