Partnership #1289 - Agreement - April 19, 2023
Region 5 - Alliance Agreement - April 21, 2023
Region 5 - Alliance Agreement - April 21, 2023
AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN
THE WISCONSIN OSHA AREA OFFICES OF
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
WISCONSIN SAFETY AND HEALTH CONSULTATION PROGRAM
AND
WISCONSIN UNDERGROUND CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, INC.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Appleton, Eau Claire, Madison and Milwaukee Area offices, Wisconsin Safety and Health Consultation Program and the Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association, Inc. (WUCA) recognize the value of establishing a collaborative relationship to foster safe and healthful American workplaces. To that end, OSHA, Wisconsin Safety and Health Consultation Program and WUCA hereby form an Alliance to provide WUCA members and others with information, guidance, and training resources to protect the health and safety of workers particularly by reducing and preventing exposure to hazards associated with trench cave-ins, underground utility strikes, confined space entries, struck-by equipment and material, respirable silica, heat illness, roadway work zones 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 WUCA recognize that OSHA's On-Site Consultation Program partner (Wisconsin Safety and Health Consultation Program) is 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 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.
- 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 and the WUCA website) to employers and workers in the industry.
- Speak, exhibit, or appear at OSHA and WUCA conferences, local meetings, or other related events.
- Convene or participate in forums, roundtable discussions, or stakeholder meetings on underground construction to help forge innovative solutions in the workplace or to provide input on safety and health issues.
- Share information among OSHA personnel and industry safety and health professionals regarding WUCA's good practices or effective approaches through training programs, workshops, seminars, and lectures (or any other applicable forum).
- Encourage worker participation in workplace safety and health increasing hazard awareness training and reporting.
- Develop and disseminate case studies on trenching and publicize their results.
- Encourage WUCA members to build relationships with OSHA's Regional and Area Offices to address health and safety issues, including trenching, struck-by, underground utilities, confined space entry, and roadway work zone safety. Promote employer and employee participation in a Trench Stand Down with an OSHA representative.
Training and Education
The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following objectives:
- Develop effective training and education programs for the underground construction regarding trenching, struck-by equipment and materials, respirable silica, heat illness, underground utilities, confined space entry and roadway work zone safety, and to communicate such information to constituent employers and workers.
- Develop effective training and education programs for the underground construction industry 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.
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, communications, training, and education. These Alliances have proven to be valuable tools for both OSHA and Alliance participants. By entering into 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 track and share information on activities and results in achieving the goals of the Alliance. OSHA team members will include representatives of the Appleton, Eau Claire, Madison and Milwaukee Area Offices and any other OSHA Area Office representatives that may contribute to the success of the Alliance. Wisconsin Safety and Health Consultation Program will designate a representative to be on the implementation team.
This agreement will remain in effect for two years. Either 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 21st day of April, 2023
Robert Bonack
OSHA Area Director
Appleton, WI
Robert J Bartel
WUCA Executive Director
Waukesha, WI
Ruth Mitzy Wright
OSHA Area Director
Eau Claire, WI
Ernie Stracener
Wisconsin Safety and Health
Consultation Program Director
Madison, WI
Chad Greenwood
OSHA Area Director
Madison, WI
Chris Zortman
OSHA Area Director
Milwaukee, WI
Region 6 - Ambassador Document - April 6, 2023
Region 6 - Ambassador Document - April 6, 2023
ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE PROGRAM AMBASSADOR RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN
SAN ANTONIO AREA OFFICE
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
AMERICAN SUBCONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION-SAN ANTONIO CHAPTER
Since entering into an Alliance on October 26, 2015, with subsequent renewals on February 22, 2018, and March 17, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) San Antonio Area Office and The American Subcontractors Association (ASA) have worked together to improve workplace health and safety by sharing information and guidance, accessing training resources that address occupational hazards, and promoting understanding of the rights of workers and the responsibilities of employers under the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
OSHA and ASA 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 ASA 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 completing 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.
ASA will continue to foster an active relationship with OSHA by:
- Sharing information with members and stakeholders on OSHA’s National Initiatives (Enforcement, Regulatory, and Outreach), and encouraging their participation in OSHA’s outreach initiatives and rulemaking processes.
- Sharing information with members and stakeholders on occupational safety and health laws and standards, including the rights and responsibilities of workers and employers.
- Encouraging ASA Chapters 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 ASA good practices or effective approaches through training programs, workshops, seminars, and lectures (or any other applicable forum).
- Offering OSHA opportunities to speak, exhibit, or appear at one another’s conferences, local meetings, or other construction safety summit 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 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. By entering into this Ambassador relationship, OSHA is not endorsing or promoting, nor does it intend to endorse or promote, any of that organization’s products or services.
This Ambassador relationship will remain in effect for the duration of an ongoing cooperative association and a good faith effort by both parties to meet the intent of this document and its underlying policies. Either signatory may terminate it for any reason at any time, provided they give 30 days’ written notice.
Signed this 6th day of April, 2023.
Alejandro Porter
Area Director
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Jennifer Swinney
Executive Director
American Subcontractors
Association- San Antonio Chapter
CAOHC - Alliance Agreement - April 17, 2023
CAOHC - Alliance Agreement - April 17, 2023
AGREEMENT
ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
COUNCIL FOR ACCREDITATION IN OCCUPATIONAL HEARING CONSERVATION (CAOHC)
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC) recognize the value of establishing a collaborative relationship to foster safety and health practices and programs to improve American workplaces. To that end, OSHA and CAOHC 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 occupational noise hazards, preventing occupational hearing loss, encouraging the establishment of effective workplace hearing conservation programs, encouraging workplaces to institute controls to reduce occupational noise, 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 requirements for program participation laid out in 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 CAOHC 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 related to raising awareness among employers and employees of the hazards associated with occupational noise, the importance of establishing effective hearing conservation programs and the means to reduce and prevent hearing loss among workers exposed to occupational noise. The participants will:
- Share information on OSHA's National 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.
- Develop information on the recognition and prevention of occupational hearing loss, and communicate such information (e.g., print and electronic media, electronic assistance tools, and OSHA and the CAOHC websites) to employers and workers.
- Speak, exhibit, or appear at OSHA and CAOHC conferences, local meetings, or other events.
- Convene or participate in forums, roundtable discussions or stakeholder meetings on safety and health programs to help forge innovative solutions in the workplace to prevent occupational hearing loss among workers exposed to occupational noise hazards.
- Share information regarding best practices or effective approaches for occupational hearing conservation to OSHA personnel and industry safety and health professionals through training programs, workshops, seminars, and lectures (or any other applicable forum) developed by the participants.
- Collaborate with other Alliance participants on specific issues and projects on occupational hearing loss.
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 Directorate of Cooperative and State Programs, Directorate of Technical Support and Emergency Management 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. Either 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 both signatories.
Signed this 17th day of April, 2023.
Douglas L. Parker
Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health
Cindy Lemek
Executive Director
Council for Accreditation for Occupational Hearing Conservation
Region 4 - Alliance Annual Report - April 06, 2023
Region 4 - Alliance Annual Report - April 06, 2023
ANNUAL ALLIANCE REPORT
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Ft. Lauderdale Area Office
1000 South Pine Island Road, Suite 100
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33324
(954) 424-0242; Fax (954) 424-3073
And the
Underground Contractors Association of South Florida dba NUCA of South Florida
April 06, 2023
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Alliance Background
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Date Signed:
June 20, 2019
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Evaluation Period
January 1, 2022 – March 31, 2023
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Overview:
OSHA and Underground Contractors Association of South Florida dba NUCA of South Florida (NUCASF) agreed to provide NUCASF members and others guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect workers by reducing and preventing exposure to trenching, confined spaces, silica, heat stress, work zone hazards and excavation hazards. Through the Alliance, the group will also provide members and other with an understanding the rights of workers and the responsibilities of employers under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act).
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Implementation Team Members
OSHA
Condell Eastmond – Area Director Fort Lauderdale Area OfficeAlliance participant
Johnna Venuti-Piggee – Executive Director
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Implementation Team Meetings
During this period, Alliance meetings were conducted virtually and/or by telephone. The Alliance coordinators from each group maintained regular contact throughout the reporting period to monitor the Alliance's progress and results.
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Results
The following table summarizes the Alliance's activities in support of the goals in the Alliance agreement.
Dissemination: Alliance Program participant shared information on OSHA-developed or OSHA Alliance Program-developed tools and resources, OSHA standards/rulemakings, enforcement, or outreach campaigns.
Dissemination Type Date Description Emphasis Area(s) Number Reached Dissemination FY 2022 -2023
During this period, the Alliance group led by NUCA shared OSHA updates and NUCA Safety newsletters quarterly via email. Safety and Health Management System (SHMS)
1,000 employees
Dissemination FY 2022 -2023
During this period, the Alliance group led by NUCA hosted webinars on safety and health best practices. Safety and Health Management System (SHMS)
1,000 employees
Outreach Events and Training for non-OSHA Staff: Alliance Program participant or OSHA participation in events, which includes speeches/presentations, exhibits, roundtables, conferences, informational webinars or other meetings or training in support of the Alliance or an OSHA initiative.
Activity Type Date Event Name Representative Name and Affiliation Title Of Presentation, if applicable City State Emphasis Area(s) Number Reached Training June 2022 Safety and Health Training NUCA Members During this period, the Alliance group, led by NUCA, promoted the National Trench Safety Stand Down Week. West Palm Beach FL Construction, Trenching and Excavation, Small Business, Hispanic/ Latino Workers, Safety and Health Management System (SHMS), Hazard Communication/Chemicals, and Young Workers 400 attendees
Training During this period (July 2022 and January 2023) Safety and Health Training NUCA Members During this period, the Alliance group conducted the following safety and health training courses: - Crew Leaders Safety and Health Training (12 -attendees)
- Confined Space and Competent Person Trench Safety training (25 – attendees)
- OSHA 10-hour Safety and Health Training (conducted by the University of South Florida (USF) (23 – attendees)
West Palm Beach FL Construction, Trenching and Excavation, Small Business, Hispanic/ Latino Workers, Hazard Communication/Chemicals Total - 60 Attendees
Training January 2023 Safety and Health Training NUCA Members During this period, the Alliance group, led by NUCA, participated in the Sunshine 811 Damage Prevention roundtable discussion. West Palm Beach FL Construction, Small Business, Hispanic/ Latino Workers, Hazard Communication/Chemicals 40 Attendees
Report Prepared by: Leny Chango, Compliance Assistance Specialist (CAS), Ft. Lauderdale Area Office.
Maritime Industry - Rulemaking
Maritime Industry - Rulemaking
Shipyard Fall Protection Rulemaking
Background
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA or the Agency) proposes to revise its safety standards that address scaffolds in shipbuilding, ship repair, shipbreaking, and other shipyard-related employment.
Region 4 - Alliance Agreement - March 31, 2023
Region 4 - Alliance Agreement - March 31, 2023
AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN
THE FORT LAUDERDALE AREA OFFICE
OF THE
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
WECOUNT!
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Fort Lauderdale Area Office and WeCount! recognize the value of establishing a collaborative relationship to foster safety and health practices and programs to improve American workplaces. To that end, OSHA and WeCount! hereby form an Alliance to provide WeCount! members and the public with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect vulnerable1 workers by reducing and preventing exposure to hazards in the agricultural2 and construction3 industries and understand the rights or 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 explore and implement selected options, including but not limited to member surveys, to evaluate the Alliance and measure the Alliance’s impact on improving workplace safety and health. In developing this Alliance, OSHA and WeCount! 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:
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Share information4 on occupational safety and health laws and standards, including the rights and responsibilities of workers and employers.
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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 and the WECount! websites) to employers and workers in the agricultural and construction industries.
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Speak, exhibit, or appear at OSHA and WECount! conferences, local meetings, or other WECount! events5.
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Convene or participate in forums, roundtable discussions, or stakeholder meetings on agricultural and construction industry hazards to help forge innovative solutions in the workplace or to provide input on safety and health issues.
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Share information among OSHA personnel and industry safety and health professionals regarding WECount! good practices or effective approaches through training programs, workshops, seminars, and lectures (or any other applicable forum6).
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Encourage worker participation in workplace safety and health by soliciting direct feedback on OSHA’s print and online materials from agriculture and construction workers in an effort to enhance outreach and communication materials. As needed, WeCount! will survey members and host one-to-ones and listening sessions with members to gather helpful feedback and recommendations.
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Encourage other community and labor partners in South Florida to build relationships with OSHA’s Regional and Area Offices to address health and safety issues, including agricultural and construction industry hazards.
Training and Education
The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following objectives:
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Develop effective training and education programs for the agricultural and construction regarding prevailing industry hazards, and to communicate such information to constituent employers and workers.
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Deliver or arrange for the delivery of WeCount! courses.
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Develop effective training and education programs for WeCount! 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.
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, communications, training, and education. These Alliances have proven to be valuable tools for both OSHA and Alliance participants. By entering into 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 track and share information on activities and results in achieving the goals of the Alliance. OSHA team members will include representatives of the Ft. Lauderdale Area Office and any other appropriate offices. OSHA will encourage State Plans' and OSHA On-Site Consultation program' participation on the team.
This agreement will remain in effect for two years. Either 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 both signatories.
Signed at Homestead, Florida, this 31st day of March 2023.
Condell Eastmond
Area Office Director
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Oscar Londoño
Co-Executive Director
WeCount!
Homestead, Florida
Claudia Navarro
Co-Executive Director
WeCount!
Homestead, Florida
1 Vulnerable Workers include low-wage and immigrant workers.
2 Agricultural Hazards include falls, amputations, suffocations, burns, toxic exposure, struck-by, and heat illness.
3 Construction Hazards include falls, struck-by, electrical, caught-in and heat illness.
4 OSHA and WeCount! will share information regarding OSHA’s Heat Illness Prevention Campaign in South Florida, OSHA’s National Emphasis Program (NEP) on Outdoor and Indoor Heat Hazards, as well as OSHA’s General Duty Clause and Section 11(c) of the OSH Act.
5 Other Events such as the development of radio PSAs for community radio station, such as Radio Poder 97.7 FM. As feasible, WeCount! will recruit members to interpret radio PSAs to the Mayan languages and dialects.
6 Other applicable forum such as OSHA’s annual campaigns and initiatives, e.g., Workers Memorial Day, Stand-Downs, Labor Rights Week, and Safe + Sound.
Region 6 - Alliance Agreement - March 28, 2023
Region 6 - Alliance Agreement - March 28, 2023
AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN
THE DALLAS AND FORT WORTH AREA OFFICES
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
HCBECK, LTD
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Dallas and Fort Worth Area Offices and HCBECK, LTD recognize the value of establishing a collaborative relationship to foster safety and health practices and programs to improve American workplaces. To that end, OSHA and HCBECK, LTD hereby form an Alliance to provide HCBECK, LTD members and the public with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect workers by reducing and preventing exposure to the hazards of all Industries 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 HCBECK, LTD 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:
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Share information on 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.
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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 and HCBECK, LTD websites) to employers and workers in the industry.
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Speak, exhibit, or appear at OSHA and HCBECK, LTD conferences, local meetings, and events.
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Convene or participate in forums, roundtable discussions, or stakeholder meetings on all safety topics to help forge innovative solutions in the workplace or to provide input on safety and health issues.
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Share information among OSHA personnel and industry safety and health professionals regarding HCBECK, LTD good practices or effective approaches through training programs, workshops, seminars, and lectures (or any other applicable forum).
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Encourage worker participation in workplace safety and health by promoting industry health and safety conferences across the region.
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Develop and disseminate case studies that are issued by OSHA, and other research material published by accredited academic or industry entities and publicize their results.
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Encourage HCBECK, LTD members to build relationships with OSHA’s Regional and Area Offices to address health and safety issues, including best practices and compliance.
Training and Education
The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following objectives:
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Promote education programs for HCBECK, LTD members to encourage 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.
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, communications, training, and education. These Alliances have proven to be valuable tools for both OSHA and Alliance participants. By entering into 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 track and share information on activities and results in achieving the goals of the Alliance. OSHA team members will include representatives of the Dallas Area Office and any other appropriate offices. OSHA will encourage State Plans’ and OSHA On-Site Consultation programs’ participation on the team.
This agreement will remain in effect for two years. Either 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 both signatories.
Signed this 28th day of March, 2023.
Basil Singh
Area Director
Dallas Area Office
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Timothy Minor
Area Director
Fort Worth Area Office
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Gradlin Franks
Director of Diversity and Inclusion
HCBECK, LTD