ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE PROGRAM AMBASSADOR RELATIONSHIP

BETWEEN

THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BRIDGEPORT AREA OFFICE
HARTFORD AREA OFFICE

AND

STATE OF CONNECTICUT- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

AND

ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS OF CONNECTICUT

Since entering into an Alliance on October 16, 2005 subsequent renewal(s) on July 27, 2018 the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Bridgeport Area Office, Hartford Area Office, State of Connecticut – Department of Labor Division of Occupational Safety and Health, and Associated Builders and Contractors of Connecticut (ABC CT) 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 ABC CT 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 ABC CT 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 Ambassadors on the agency’s public webpage.

ABC CT 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 ABC CT 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 ABC CT 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 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 on-going cooperative association and a good faith effort by all parties to meet the intent of this document and its underlying policies. Any signatory may terminate it for any reason at any time, provided the terminating signatory gives 30 days’ written notice to the others. Termination by one signatory will not nullify the Ambassador relationship with all signatories, with the exception of OSHA; OSHA may terminate the Ambassador relationship as a whole, or its relationship with one or more individual signatories.

Signed this 10th day of April 2024.

AGREEMENT RENEWING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN
AUGUSTA AREA OFFICE
AND
BANGOR DISTRICT OFFICE
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
CONSTRUCTION SAFETY ALLIANCE OF MAINE
AND
MAINE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH DIVISION- SAFETYWORKS!

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Augusta Area Office & Bangor District Office, Construction Safety Alliance of Maine (CSAM), and Maine 21(d) On-Site Consultation Program-SafetyWorks! (SafetyWorks!) 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 CSAM, and SafetyWorks! hereby renew the Alliance signed August 3, 2022 with a continued emphasis on construction worker safety. Specifically all organization(s) are committed to providing CSAM members and others with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect workers and understand the rights of workers and the responsibilities of employers under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act). Through the Alliance, the organizations will continue to address reducing and preventing exposure to construction workplace safety and health hazards and addressing upcoming and ongoing trends in construction safety and health, 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 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 CSAM 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/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, SafetyWorks!, and the CSAM websites) to employers and workers in the industry.
• Speak, exhibit, or appear at OSHA, SafetyWorks!, and CSAM conferences, local meetings, or other construction safety related events in Maine.
• Convene or participate in forums, roundtable discussions, or stakeholder meetings on variety of construction related topics to help forge innovative solutions in the workplace or to provide input on safety and health issues.
• Share information among OSHA personnel, SafetyWorks!, and industry safety and health professionals regarding CSAM'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 by posting information such as safety stand down locations and times on social media and alliance website.
• Collaborate with other Alliance participants on specific issues and projects on construction workplace safety and health.
• Develop and disseminate case studies on construction safety related topics and publicize their results.
• Encourage CSAM to build relationships with OSHA's Regional and Area Offices and SafetyWorks! to address health and safety issues, including keeping on top of upcoming and current trends in relation to construction safety and health.
• Develop a network of like-minded Safety Professionals that wish to work with each other.
• Share Lessons Learned in an open, judgment free manner.
• Share Safety Best practices.

Training and Education

The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following objectives:

• To deliver or arrange for the delivery of educational courses in conjunction with other area office alliances courses.
• To develop effective training and education programs for construction safety professionals 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, 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 track and share information on activities and results in achieving the goals of the Alliance. OSHA team members will include representatives of the Bangor District Office and the Augusta 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 five years. Any signatory may terminate their organization's participation in the agreement for any reason at any time, provided they give 30 days' written notice to the others. This agreement may be modified at any time with the written concurrence of all signatories.

Signed this 15th day of July, 2024.

ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE PROGRAM AMBASSADOR RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN

THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BOSTON NORTH, BOSTON SOUTH AND THE SPRINGFIELD OSHA AREA OFFICES
AND
MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF VOCATIONAL ADMINISTRATORS
AND
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS-MASSACHUSETTS
AND
MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STANDARDS/OSHA CONSULTATION PROGRAM
AND
OSHA TRAINING INSTITUTE EDUCATION CENTER, REGION 1/KEENE STATE COLLEGE

Since entering into an Alliance on July 11, 2005 and renewed on July 11, 2008, August 6, 2015 and February12, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Boston OSHA Area Office North, the Boston OSHA Area Office South, the OSHA Springfield Area Offices and the Massachusetts Association of Vocational Administrators (MAVA), American Federation of Teachers-Massachusetts (AFT-MASS), Massachusetts Department of Labor Standards/ OSHA Consultation Program (DLS), and OSHA Training Institute Education Center, Region 1/Keene State College (KSC OTI Education Center) 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 MAVA 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 MAVA by:

• 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 workplace hazards faced by the entry level and youth workforce 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 having each school with an OSHA authorized Outreach Trainer conduct at least one (1) hour outreach program for students annually. OSHA and the DLS will provide assistance and guest lecturers to authorize outreach trainers/teachers conducting the OSHA outreach classes for vocational students.
• Maintaining the organization's status as Alliance Program Ambassador on the agency's public webpage.

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

• Provide expertise to develop training and education programs for vocational-technical education students and educators regarding safety and health hazards in the workplace and to provide expertise in communicating such information to students and educators.
• Deliver or arrange for delivery of occupational safety and health standards courses offered through the OTIEC, Region 1 (510 OSHA Standards for the Construction Industry and 511 OSHA Standards for General Industry) to enhance teachers' working knowledge of the OSHA safety standards to enhance curriculum for the benefit of students in all vocational classes. Along with mandatory experience using the OSHA standards in work history, the OSHA 510 and 511 are also prerequisites needed to take the Outreach Trainer Course.
• Deliver or arrange for delivery of OSHA Outreach Training courses (OSHA 500 Trainer Course in Occupational Safety and Health Standards for Construction) that authorize teachers to conduct the Outreach Training Program 10 and 30 hour classes at their respective schools. NOTE: Only OTIEC authorized instructors who meet the minimum instructor qualifications of the Directorate of Training and Education (DTE) may conduct OSHA standard and authorized Outreach Trainer courses.
• Participate in on-going teacher professional development by supporting teacher conferences and events enhanced by attendance and presentations by OSHA and DLS personnel.
• Work together to develop information on recognition and prevention of workplace hazards, and provide expertise in methods of communicating information (for example, printed documents, electronic and social media, eTOOLS and APPS available at recognized agency websites.
• Share information among personnel and industry safety and health professionals regarding best practices, effective approaches, and publicize the results through outreach by OSHA, DLS, OTIEC, MAVA, and AFT-MASS developed materials, training programs, workshops, seminars and lectures.
• Promote and encourage MAVA and AFT-MASS Member participation in OSHA's cooperative programs and trainings, as applicable to schools.
• 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 all parties to meet the intent of this document and its underlying policies. Any signatory may terminate it for any reason at any time, provided the terminating signatory gives 30 days' written notice to the others. Termination by one signatory will not nullify the Ambassador relationship with all signatories, except for OSHA; OSHA may terminate the Ambassador relationship as a whole, or its relationship with one or more individual signatories.

Signed this 1st day of April 2024.