AGREEMENT RENEWING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN THE
FORT WORTH AREA OFFICE
THE DALLAS AREA OFFICE
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
THE DRYWALL AND ACOUSTICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Fort Worth Area Office, the Dallas Area Office, and the Drywall and Acoustical Contractors Association (DACA), continue to 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 DACA herein after referred to as "Participant," hereby renew the Alliance signed November 16, 2017 with a continued emphasis on providing the participant’s members and others with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect the health and safety of workers, particularly by reducing and preventing exposure to worker falls and struck-by hazards, 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 relevant 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 renewing this Alliance, OSHA and DACA 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:

• To share information on OSHA’s National/Regional/Local Emphasis Programs, Regulatory Agenda, and opportunities to participate in the rulemaking process.
• To share information on occupational safety and health laws and standards, including the rights and responsibilities of workers and employers.
• To convene or participate in forums, roundtable discussions, or stakeholder meetings on occupational safety and health topics to help forge innovative solutions in the workplace or to provide input on safety and health issues.
• To encourage worker participation in workplace safety and health by providing training and outreach opportunities with minority owned businesses.
• To develop information on the recognition and prevention of workplace hazards, and to develop ways of communicating such information (e.g., in person training such as OSHA 10 hour courses, print and electronic media, electronic assistance tools, and links to OSHA's Web site from the Chapters Web site) to employers and workers in the industry.
• To speak, exhibit, or appear at the participants' conferences, local meetings, or other events.
• To share information among OSHA personnel and industry safety and health professionals regarding the participants’ good practices or effective approaches through training programs, workshops, seminars and lectures developed by the participants and to publicize results through OSHA’s Quick Takes and associated media resources.
• To convene or participate in forums, roundtable discussions, or stakeholder meetings on workplace safety and health, to help forge innovative solutions on issues concerning workplace safety and health and understanding of workers' rights and responsibilities of employers under the OSH Act.
• OSHA Fort Worth requests that DACA submit, on quarterly basis, success stories highlighting DACA members who have successfully implemented safe and healthful practices at their places of business. These success stories should consist of 1-2 paragraphs and photos when applicable.

Training and Education

The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following training and education objectives:

• To develop effective free training and education programs for Drywall and Acoustical Tile Contractors in the Dallas and Fort Worth Region regarding hazards in construction and general industry, and to communicate such information to constituent employers and workers.
• To develop effective free training and education programs for Drywall and Acoustical tile Contractors in the Dallas and Fort Worth Region 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.
• To deliver or arrange for the delivery of workplace safety and health awareness courses.

OSHA’s Alliances provide parties an opportunity to participate in a voluntary cooperative relationship with OSHA for purposes such as raising awareness of OSHA’s rulemaking and enforcement initiatives, training and education, and outreach and communication. These Alliances have proved to be valuable tools for both OSHA and its 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 party’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 Fort Worth 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 at Fort Worth, Texas, this 28^th day of October, 2020.

ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE PROGRAM AMBASSADOR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
Philadelphia Area OSHA Office
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND
American Mushroom Institute

Since entering into an Alliance on September 28, 2007, with subsequent renewal(s) on October 27, 2009, February 16, 2012, September 29, 2014 and September 25, 2017 the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Philadelphia Area Office and the American Mushroom Institute have worked together to improve workplace health and safety by sharing information, guidance, and access to 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 the American Mushroom Institute 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 the American Mushroom Institute 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 an Alliance Program Ambassador on the agency’s public webpage.

The American Mushroom Institute 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 American Mushroom Institute members 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 American Mushroom Institute 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 the American Mushroom Institute’s Annual Meeting.
• Adhering to requirements laid out in the Alliance Program Directive regarding the prohibition on promoting or to 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 on-going 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 22^nd day of October, 2020.

ANNUAL ALLIANCE REPORT
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
And the
BRAZILIAN WORKERS CENTER
February 07, 2020

1. Alliance Background

   1. Date Signed- Renewal

   2. Evaluation Period

      September 01, 2018 – December 30, 2019

   3. Overview

      Brief summary of the purpose and scope of the Alliance – from the Alliance agreement.

      A continued emphasis on construction workplace safety and health by providing BRAZILIAN WORKERS CENTER (BWC) members and others with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them educate vulnerable workers on job site health and safety and better understand their rights as workers under the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH Act). Address current trends and improvements in construction safety and health, exchange technical information and safe best practices, update the community regarding OSHA-procedures and policy issues, and promote and encourage involvement and activities in OSHA safety stand-downs.

      List OSHA members and titles/offices:

      James Mulligan – Area Director, Braintree Office
      Anthony Covello – Area Director, Andover Office

      List Alliance participant members and titles/offices:

      Natalicia M. Tracy –Executive Director BWC

      The Alliance coordinators maintained regular contact throughout the reporting period to monitor the Alliance’s progress, results, activities and community events.

2. Results

   The following summarizes the BWC alliance activities in support of the goals in the Alliance agreement:

   • Brazilian Workers Center continued to actively promote and participate in OSHA’s Fall Safety Stand-Down. They participate through the use of the ethnic media, social media, and community events and training. OSHA provided BWC with boxes of fall stand-down and safety publications, which were handed to employees and employers.

   • The Brazilian Workers Center were active participants and contributors to Workers Memorial Day in April, in which OSHA –Region 1 attended.

   • OSHA along with BWC set up a safety and health information table at the Brazilian Independence Day Festival in Allston, MA, as part of the Alliance Agreement with OSHA. The alliance answered questions and provided OSHA publications on workers’ safety and health, and workers’ rights to the Brazilian Portuguese speaking community at this all day event.

   • BWC contributed to a full day of fall protection training to Spanish speaking workers. The Braintree CAS attended the Saturday session in which 25 Spanish workers received hands on fall protection training. BWC also provided OSHA -10 training, ladder safety training, and fall protection training to the Portuguese speaking community reaching many vulnerable workers improving their hazard recognition skills.

   Evaluations

   The Alliance’s activities with BWC were successful for this review period. The BRAZILIAN WORKERS CENTER training and outreach events reached a total attendance of about 500 people, discussing a variety of topics from protecting workers from fall hazards in residential construction, promoting fall stand down activities, ladder training and fall protection, increasing hazard awareness of the focus-four hazards on residential construction sites, discussing the new silica standard, increased employee knowledge of their rights under the OSHA Act, reaching vulnerable workers. All these trainings and outreach led to hundreds of construction workers engaging in the fall stand downs and job site specific training tool box talks.

3. Upcoming Milestones

   The goal for this new period is to continue to reach vulnerable workers entering the construction field and high hazard industries so they can reduce their risk of injuries and illnesses on the job, and improve their level of safety training, reaching an increased number of vulnerable workers. There will be continued emphasis on reducing fall hazards through involvement and activities with the fall stand down. There need to be further insight to reduce struck- by hazards, which are now matching fall hazards as a leading cause of fatalities and injuries in Region 1.

   Report prepared by: Peter Barletta, Compliance Assistance Specialist, Braintree Office, July 27, 2018.

   Activity Types:

   • Alliance Product: Products (e.g., fact sheets, videos, toolbox talks) developed by Alliance participants as part of the Alliance. These are not OSHA products.
   • Dissemination: An Alliance participant sends OSHA information, Alliance products, or other safety and health information to its stakeholders. This includes information sent by email or social media (Facebook, Twitter), and information included in newsletters and other publications. It also includes hits on the Alliance participant’s or OSHA’s Web page.
   • Evaluation: Any efforts by the Alliance participant to evaluate the effectiveness of an Alliance activity or the Alliance as a whole.
   • Event: Participation in events such as the Construction Roundtable and NAOSH Week.
   • Exhibit: OSHA exhibits at events sponsored by the Alliance participant.
   • OSHA Product Review: Review of an OSHA product by an Alliance participant. For example, an Alliance participant may provide technical comments on an OSHA eTool or publication. The review itself is considered the Alliance activity.
   • Speech/Presentation: Speeches or presentation by OSHA staff at events sponsored by the Alliance participant.
   • Training: This includes best practice seminars or other training that Alliance participants provide for OSHA staff. It also includes training for workers/employers/others by Alliance participants.

   • Other: Use this if an activity does not fit into one of the other categories.

   OSHA Areas of Emphasis:

   • Agriculture
   • Asian American/Pacific Islander Workers
   • Construction
   • Ergonomics
   • Fall Prevention
   • Hazard Communication/Chemicals
   • Health Care
   • Heat Illness Prevention
   • Hispanic/Latino Workers
   • Maritime
   • Oil and Gas
   • Small Business
   • Temporary Workers
   • Transportation
   • Young Workers

AGREEMENT RENEWING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN THE
FORT WORTH AREA OFFICE
THE DALLAS AREA OFFICE
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
THE REGIONAL HISPANIC CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Fort Worth Area Office, the Dallas Area Office, and the Regional Hispanic Contractors Association, continue to 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 the Regional Hispanic Contractors Association herein after referred to as "Participant," hereby renew the Alliance signed April 28, 2014 and renewed on May 31, 2018 with a continued emphasis on providing the participant’s members and others with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect the health and safety of workers, particularly by reducing and preventing exposure to worker falls and struck-by hazards, 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 relevant 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 renewing this Alliance, OSHA and the Regional Hispanic Contractors Association 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:

• To share information on OSHA’s National/Regional/Local Emphasis Programs, Regulatory Agenda, and opportunities to participate in the rulemaking process.
• To share information on occupational safety and health laws and standards, including the rights and responsibilities of workers and employers.
• To convene or participate in forums, roundtable discussions, or stakeholder meetings on occupational safety and health topics to help forge innovative solutions in the workplace or to provide input on safety and health issues.
• To encourage worker participation in workplace safety and health by providing training and outreach opportunities with minority owned businesses.
• To develop information on the recognition and prevention of workplace hazards, and to develop ways of communicating such information (e.g., in person training such as OSHA 10 hour courses, print and electronic media, electronic assistance tools, and links to OSHA's Web site from the Chapters Web site) to employers and workers in the industry.
• To speak, exhibit, or appear at the participants' conferences, local meetings, or other events.
• To share information among OSHA personnel and industry safety and health professionals regarding the participants’ good practices or effective approaches through training programs, workshops, seminars and lectures developed by the participants and to publicize results through OSHA’s Quick Takes and associated media resources.
• To convene or participate in forums, roundtable discussions, or stakeholder meetings on workplace safety and health, to help forge innovative solutions on issues concerning workplace safety and health and understanding of workers' rights and responsibilities of employers under the OSH Act.
• OSHA Fort Worth request that the Regional Hispanic Contractors Association submit, on quarterly basis, success stories highlighting Regional Hispanic Contractors Association members who have successfully implemented safe and healthful practices at their places of business. These success stories should consist of 1-2 paragraphs and photos when applicable.

Training and Education

The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following training and education objectives:

• To develop effective free training and education programs for Hispanic Contractors in the Dallas and Fort Worth Region regarding hazards in construction and general industry, and to communicate such information to constituent employers and workers.
• To develop effective free training and education programs for Hispanic Contractors in the Dallas and Fort Worth Region 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.
• To deliver or arrange for the delivery of workplace safety and health awareness courses.

Outreach and Communication

The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following outreach and communication objectives:

• To develop information on the recognition and prevention of workplace hazards, and to develop ways of communicating such information (e.g., print and electronic media, electronic assistance tools, and OSHA's and the regionalhca.org websites) to employers and workers in the construction industry.
• To speak, exhibit, or appear at OSHA's or RHCA conferences, local meetings, or other construction worker safety-related events.
• To share information among OSHA personnel and construction industry safety and health professionals regarding RHCA Member best worker safety practices or effective approaches through training programs, workshops, seminars, and lectures (or any other applicable forum) developed by the participants.
• To work with other Alliance participants on specific issues and projects on construction-focused written Safety and Health Programs that are addressed and developed through the Alliance Program.
• To develop and disseminate case studies on construction injury and illness rates and publicize their results.

OSHA’s Alliances provide parties an opportunity to participate in a voluntary cooperative relationship with OSHA for purposes such as raising awareness of OSHA’s rulemaking and enforcement initiatives, training and education, and outreach and communication. These Alliances have proved to be valuable tools for both OSHA and its Alliance participants. By entering into an Alliance with a party, OSHA is not endorsing or promoting, nor does it intend to endorse or promote, any of that party’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 Fort Worth 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 at Fort Worth, Texas, this 21 day of October, 2020.

ANNUAL ALLIANCE REPORT
BOSTON NORTH, BOSTON SOUTH, AND SPRINGFIELD AREA OFFICES
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STANDARDS/OSHA CONSULTATION
AND
THE MASS BREWERS GUILD
October 1, 2020

1. Alliance Background

   1. Date Signed: August 5, 2019

   2. Evaluation Period: August 5, 2019 – August 5, 2020

   3. Overview

      The goal of this Alliance is to provide the Massachusetts brewing industry and others with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect the safety and health of workers in the craft brewing industry, and to understand the rights of workers and the responsibilities of employers under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act).

   4. Implementation Team Members

      Katie Stinchon, Executive Director, MBG
      Kathy Flannary, Supervisor, OSHA Consultation Program, DLS
      Katie Nishimura, Assistant Area Director, Boston South OSHA Area Office

      List OSHA members and titles/offices

      Anthony Covelo, Area Director Boston North OSHA Area Office
      James Mulligan, Area Director Boston South OSHA Area Office
      Mary E. Hoye, Area Director Springfield OSHA Area Office

      List Alliance participant members and titles/offices

      Katie Stinchon, Executive Director, MBG
      Kathy Flannary, Supervisor, OSHA Consultation Program, DLS
      Katie Nishimura, Assistant Area Director, Boston South OSHA Area Office

2. Implementation Team Meetings

   October 10, 2019: Conference call to plan alliance events for the year.

   • Consultation and OSHA will send OSHA information/updates monthly to be included in the monthly MBG newsletters.
   • MBG would like an OSHA recordkeeping class to offer its members.
   • OSHA/Consultation will develop a half-day of workshops/presentations for MBG members in 2020.
   • MBG will reach out to the Safety Ambassador with the Brewers Association to see if he would be willing to do a training for OSHA inspectors/Consultation.
   • MBG is looking into a safety grant opportunity for Spring 2020
   • May 18, 2020 – MBG Technical Brewing and Business Conference – OSHA/Consultation table opportunity and consultation services plug

   • June 1, 2020 – MBG Summer Member Meeting – 15-20 min knowledge sharing session/table opportunity

   December 17, 2019: Follow-up to October conference call.

   • Consultation shared Western Mass/OSHA Alliance training schedule with MBG, including a Recordkeeping class on December 20, 2019.
   • OSHA inspector training – planned for May 19, 2020 at Harpoon Brewery. 30 spots available for MA OSHA offices and MA Consultation.
   • Planning safety training day(s) for brewery members. MBG will poll members for interest in OSHA/Consultation suggested topics:
     • OSHA Record Keeping & Reporting
     • Hazard Communication
     • Lockout/Tagout
     • Permit Required Confined Space
     • Emergency Action, Fire Prevention Plan, Egress and other emergencies
     • Electrical Safety
     • Walking Working Surfaces
     • Personal Protective Equipment
     • Working Safely with Outside Contractors
     • MA State Hoisting License Requirements

     • Overview of MA State Workplace Regulations (sick time, minimum wage, work hours, PFMLA. Meal breaks etc..)

   February 6. 2020: MBG poll results for requested training topics: OSHA Recordkeeping and Reporting, Fire Prevention, Emergency Action Plans and Egress, Permit Required Confined Space.

   April 15, 2020: MBG Brewers Conference scheduled for May 2020 postponed to October 2020 due to COVID pandemic. Onsite OSHA training postponed to October also. MBG Summer Member Meeting in June postponed.

   August 12, 2020: Discuss moving OSHA inspector training to a virtual session held on October 6, 2020. MBG will set up an Eventbrite registration. Registration will be opened to anyone in OSHA Region 1 as well as all consultation programs in Region 1.

3. Evaluations

   The first year of this alliance started strong with the introduction and signing of the Alliance at a MBG Meeting and sharing OSHA and Consultation information with members at the meeting. OSHA/Consultation information and training opportunities were shared with MBG members through the monthly newsletters. The COVID pandemic however, forced us to either cancel or postpone all of the in-person training and meetings that were planned. Some of the trainings are being re-scheduled and will be held virtually.

4. Upcoming Milestones

   List major planned activities, products, and issues that the Alliance plans to work on during the next reporting period, including plans for renewal or conclusion.

   The plan for the next year is to continue the collaboration between OSHA, MBG, and MA Consultation to provide information and education to the brewing industry to improve the safety and health of their workforce.

Report prepared by: Katie Nishimura, AAD, Boston South OSHA Area Office.

AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
CAREERSAFE: THE NATIONAL YOUTH SAFETY INITIATIVE

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and CareerSafe: The National Youth Safety Initiative (CareerSafe) continue to recognize the value of maintaining a collaborative relationship to foster safety and health practices and programs to improve American workplaces. To that end, OSHA and CareerSafe hereby renew, in part, the Alliance signed June 26, 2018, with a continued emphasis on improving awareness of workplace safety and health among youth workers, educators, and employers. Specifically, both organizations are committed to providing young workers, ages 16 to 24, school educators and administrators, and employers with information and resources on the most common hazards encountered by new workers in order to prevent and reduce workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities, and improve young workers’ understanding of 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 relevant 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 renewing this Alliance, OSHA and CareerSafe 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 OSHA’s National Outreach Initiatives and Regulatory Activities, 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, particularly those faced by young workers, and communicate such information (e.g., print and electronic media, electronic assistance tools, and OSHA’s and CareerSafe’s websites) to young workers and their employers.
• Speak, exhibit, or appear at OSHA’s conferences, local meetings, and youth-focused events, including career and technical education events.
• Convene or participate in forums, roundtable discussions, or stakeholder meetings focused on young and entry-level workers to raise awareness of the foundational occupational safety and health (OSH) competencies and training needs of these workers among educators and employers, enhance OSH training in career education, and engage these workers in conversations about the safety and health issues impacting them.
• Collaborate with other Alliance participants on young and entry-level worker safety and health.
• Build relationships with OSHA’s National, Regional and Area Offices to address health and safety issues, particularly those most impacting young workers.
• Review and contribute to OSHA publications and resources intended for young workers and employers in industries that rely heavily on these workers.

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 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 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, Office of Communications, 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 five 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 8^th day of October, 2020.

ANNUAL ALLIANCE REPORT
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
And the
New England Laborers Training Academy (NELTA)
October 9, 2020

1. Alliance Background

   1. Date Signed

      September 10, 2019

   2. Evaluation Period

      September 01, 2019 – September 30, 2020

   3. Overview

      Brief summary of the purpose and scope of the Alliance – from the Alliance agreement.

      A continued emphasis on construction workplace safety and health by providing NELTA members and others with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect the health and safety of workers and understand the rights of workers and the responsibilities of employers under the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH Act). Address current trends and improvements in construction safety and health technologies, exchange technical information and safe best practices, update roundtable members regarding OSHA-procedures and policy issues, and promote and encourage involvement and activities in OSHA safety stand-downs.

   4. Implementation Team Members

      James Merloni – NELTA
      Stephen Nee – OSHA Labor Liaison
      Joe Green – OSHA CAS

      List OSHA members and titles/offices:

      Anthony Covello – Area Director, Andover Office

      List Alliance participant members and titles/offices:

      Joel Kubilis – NELTA Instructor

2. Implementation Team Meetings

   • There were periodic team in person and phone meetings concerning the NELTA alliance. The meetings consisted of ways OSHA and the NELTA could support one another regarding the alliance. Due to the COVD 19 pandemic, no year-end meeting was able to be held in person.

   In addition to these formal meetings, the Alliance coordinators maintained regular contact throughout the reporting period to monitor the Alliance’s progress and results.

3. Results

   The following table summarizes the Alliance’s activities in support of the goals in the Alliance agreement.

   October 8, 2019 – The Andover CAS developed and presented an OSHA trenching and excavating safety presentation to over 28 laborer apprentices at the NELTA.

   October 21, 2019 – The Labor Liaison participated and supported the NELTA OSHA 30 course that was being held for 30 attendees.

   November 7, 2019, the Andover CAS developed and presented an OSHA update to over 35 apprentices at the NELTA. One of the topics was struck by hazards which was the leading cause of death pertaining to the focus 4 hazards in Region 1.

   December 9, 2019 – The Labor Liaison participated and presented the fourhigh hazards in construction to support the NELTA OSHA 30 course that was being held for 25 attendees.

   December 10, 2019, the Andover CAS presented the fall prevention section of an OSHA 30 hour course to over 45 laborers at the NELTA.

   December 20, 2019 – The Labor Liaison participated and supported the NELTA OSHA 30 course that was being held for 32 attendees.

   January 21, 2020, the Andover CAS presented a safety presentation regarding precautions while workers would be potentially exposed to silica.

   January 23, 2020 – The Labor Liaison participated and supported the NELTA OSHA 30 course that was being held for 28 attendees.

   NOTE – Due to the COVID 19 Pandemic, the NELTA suspended in person training for the remainder of the year.

4. Evaluations

   The Alliance’s activities were again very popular and successful for this review period. The joint training that both OSHA and the NELTA collaborated on reached a total attendance of about 300 people, discussing a variety of topics from protecting workers from a variety of hazards, promoting fall stand down activities, ladder training, increasing hazard awareness of powered cut-off machines, discussing the new silica standard, improving management of safety programs on construction sites, to and trench safety. All these technical meetings led to hundreds of construction workers engaging in various stand downs and job site specific training tool box talks.

5. Upcoming Milestones

The goal for this new period is to mentor and reach younger workers at the NELTA entering the construction field so that the next generation of construction workers, managers and safety professionals improve and advance safety and health attitudes, training, technologies, applications and programs by moving the safety bar to a greater level and reaching an increased number of workers.

There will be continued discussion of the silica standards and implementation of new technologies to control respirable silica dust. There will be continued emphasis on reducing fall hazards through involvement and activities with the fall stand down. There need to be further insight to reduce Struck- by hazards, which are now matching fall hazards as a leading cause of fatalities and injuries in Region 1.

Report prepared by: Joseph Green, Compliance Assistance Specialist, Andover Area OSHA Office.

Activity Types:

• Alliance Product: Products (e.g., fact sheets, videos, toolbox talks) developed by Alliance participants as part of the Alliance. These are not OSHA products.
• Dissemination: An Alliance participant sends OSHA information, Alliance products, or other safety and health information to its stakeholders. This includes information sent by email or social media (Facebook, Twitter), and information included in newsletters and other publications. It also includes hits on the Alliance participant’s or OSHA’s Web page.
• Evaluation: Any efforts by the Alliance participant to evaluate the effectiveness of an Alliance activity or the Alliance as a whole.
• Event: Participation in events such as the fall stand down week.
• Exhibit: OSHA exhibits at events sponsored by the Alliance participant.
• OSHA Product Review: Review of an OSHA product by an Alliance participant. For example, an Alliance participant may provide technical comments on an OSHA eTool or publication. The review itself is considered the Alliance activity.
• Speech/Presentation: Speeches or presentation by OSHA staff at events sponsored by the Alliance participant.
• Training: This includes best practice seminars or other training that Alliance participants provide for OSHA staff. It also includes training for workers/employers/others by Alliance participants.
• Other: Use this if an activity does not fit into one of the other categories.

OSHA Areas of Emphasis:

• Agriculture
• Asian American/Pacific Islander Workers
• Construction
• Ergonomics
• Fall Prevention
• Hazard Communication/Chemicals
• Health Care
• Heat Illness Prevention
• Hispanic/Latino Workers
• Maritime
• Oil and Gas
• Small Business
• Temporary Workers
• Transportation
• Young Workers