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* This is one of the 29 OSHA-approved State Plans. Twenty-two State Plans (21 states and Puerto Rico) cover both private and state and local government workplaces. The other seven State Plans (Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and the Virgin Islands) cover state and local government workers only.
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Location: Augusta, Maine
Maine Consultation Issues Videos to Help Train Employees Working Remotely
Since entering into an Alliance on October 1, 2008, with subsequent renewals and latest renewal on November 7, 2018. the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Providence Area Office and The Safety Alliance for Furthering Educational Resources in Rhode Island (SAFER) 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 SAFER 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 SAFER by:
SAFER will continue to foster an active relationship with OSHA by:
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. Any signatory may terminate it for any reason at any time, provided it gives 30 days’ written notice. 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 13 day of April 2022.
Robert Sestito
Area Director
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Chester Hombert
Manafort Precision
SAFER Sub-Committee Chair
Wayne Estes
Atmed Occupational Medicine
SAFER Steering Committee
Robert Kunz
Dimeo Construction Company
SAFER Steering Committee Chair
Jane Viscolsi
New England Laborers Health and Safety
Fund
SAFER Steering Committee
John Conroy
Arden Engineering
SAFER Webmaster
In response to an online request, the New Hampshire On-Site Consultation Program (WorkWISE NH) located at Keene State College, conducted a visit to a stone countertop manufacturer. WorkWISE NH consultants made multiple health hazard visits to the facility from March 2020 to July 2021. These visits came about from the company’s interest in improving workplace safety and health, with particular interest in Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS).
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Region I Concord NH OSHA Area Office, WorkWise NH / OSHA Consultation Program and the NH Governor’s Office continue to recognize the value of maintaining a collaborative relationship to foster safer and more healthful American workplaces. To that end, OSHA, WorkWise NH and the NH Governor’s Office hereby renew an Alliance signed on December 17, 2019 with a continued emphasis to provide healthcare professionals, businesses, trade organizations and others with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help 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 providing healthcare professionals, businesses, trade organizations and others with information, guidance, and access to training resources to help protect workers, particularly by raising awareness of physical well-being and promoting individual wellness for Granite Staters by empowering workplaces to provide support for people recovering from substance use disorders in the community and workplace.
This Alliance will provide and assist employers with guidance and access to prevention, treatment, training and recovery support services to help prevent substance misuse in the community and workplace through the NH Governor’s Recovery Friendly Workplace (RFW) Initiative. This initiative will promote individual wellness by creating work environments that further mental and physical well-being of employees; proactively preventing substance misuse and supporting recovery from substance use disorders while encouraging healthy and safe working environments where employers, employees, and communities can collaborate to create positive change, eliminate stigma, and support recovery. This alliance will also assist employers and employees to 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 "Guideline for OSHA’s Alliance Program Participants: Alliance Product 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, WorkWise NH and the NH Governor’s Office 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 of OSHA’s Rulemaking and Enforcement Initiatives
The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following objectives related to raising awareness of OSHA’s rulemaking and enforcement initiatives:
Training and Education
The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following training and education objectives:
Outreach and Communication
The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following outreach and communication objectives:
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 from each organization will meet one to two times per year to track and share information on activities and the results in achieving the goals of the Alliance. OSHA team members will include representatives of the Concord and Boston Regional Office that is a signatory to the Alliance agreement and any other appropriate offices. OSHA will encourage State Plan States’ and OSHA On-Site Consultation programs’ participation on the team.
This agreement will remain in effect for 5 years. Any signatory or its successor may terminate this agreement for any reason and at any time, provided that signatory or its successor gives 30 days’ written notice. This agreement may be modified at any time with the written concurrence of all signatories or their successor(s).
Signed this 15th day of December, 2021.
Región 1 de la Administración de Seguridad y Salud Ocupacional (OSHA) del Departamento de Trabajo de los Estados Unidos de América y el Consulado de México en Boston, MA, en adelante denominados conjuntamente “los Participantes”;
RECONOCIENDO el compromiso conjunto de proteger los derechos de los trabajadores mexicanos en los Estados Unidos; y
RECONOCIENDO que el Programa de Alianza de la OSHA prevé el establecimiento de relaciones de cooperación para fines tales como la capacitación y la educación, difusión y comunicación, y para promover un diálogo nacional sobre la seguridad y la salud en el trabajo;
Se proponen establecer una Alianza para lograr lo siguiente:
Objetivo General
Los Participantes tienen la intención de establecer una relación de colaboración para proveer a los nacionales mexicanos y a otros en información, orientación y acceso a recursos de capacitación Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, y Vermont y educación para promover los derechos de los trabajadores a la protección de su seguridad y salud ocupacionales, y para ayudarlos a entender la ley nacional de los Estados Unidos de América sobre los derechos de los trabajadores y las responsabilidades de los empleadores al amparo de la Ley de Seguridad y Salud Ocupacionales (OSH Act).
Capacitación y Educación
Los Participantes tienen la intención de trabajar conjuntamente para lograr los siguientes objetivos de capacitación y educación:
Difusión y Comunicación
Los Participantes tienen la intención de trabajar conjuntamente para lograr los siguientes objetivos de difusión y comunicación:
Promoción de un Diálogo Nacional
Los Participantes tienen la intención de trabajar conjuntamente para lograr los siguientes objetivos relacionados con la promoción de un diálogo conjunto sobre la seguridad y la salud en el lugar de trabajo:
Un grupo de implementación, integrado por representantes de cada Participante, tiene la intención de reunirse para elaborar un plan de acción, determinar los procedimientos de trabajo y establecer las funciones y responsabilidades de los Participantes. Además, los Participantes tienen el propósito de reunirse por lo menos tres veces al año con fines de seguimiento e intercambio de información sobre las actividades y los resultados en torno al logro de los objetivos de la Alianza.
Nada de lo dispuesto en el presente Arreglo compromete a los Participantes a erogar recursos.
Este Arreglo puede iniciarse una vez firmado por los dos Participantes. El presente Arreglo puede durar dos (2) años a partir de la fecha de su firma. El Participante que tenga la intención de dar por terminado el presente Arreglo procurará notificar por escrito al respecto con treinta (30) días de antelación. El presente Arreglo podrá modificarse por escrito en cualquier momento mediante el consentimiento mutuo de los Participantes.
Firmado en Boston, Massachusetts, en duplicado, el día 03, de septiembre 2021, en los idiomas inglés y español.
POR LA Región 1 DE LA
ADMINISTRACIÓN DE SEGURIDAD Y
SALUD OCUPACIONAL DEL
DEPARTMENTO DEL TRABAJO DE
LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA:
POR EL CONSULADO DE MÉXICO EN
Boston, Massachusetts
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Region 1 and the Consulate of Mexico in Boston, MA (the Consulate), hereinafter referred to collectively as “the Participants;”
RECOGNIZING the joint commitment to protect workers’ rights for Mexican workers in the United States; and
RECOGNIZING that OSHA’s Alliance Program provides for the establishment of cooperative relationships for purposes such as training and education, outreach and communication, and promoting a national dialogue on workplace safety and health;
Intend to form an Alliance to achieve the following:
Overall Objective
The Participants intend to establish a collaborative relationship to provide Mexican Nationals in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont, and others information, guidance, and access to education and training resources to promote workers’ rights in protecting their occupational safety and health, and to help them understand U.S. domestic law on the rights of workers and the responsibilities of employers under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act).
Training and Education
The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following training and education goals:
Outreach and Communication
The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following outreach and communication goals:
Promotion of a National Dialogue
The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following goals related to promoting a joint dialogue on workplace safety and health:
An implementation team made up of representatives of each Participant intends to meet to develop a plan of action, determine working procedures, and identify the roles and responsibilities of the Participants. In addition, the Participants intend to meet at least three times per year to track and share information on activities and results in achieving the goals of the Alliance.
Nothing in this Arrangement commits the Participants to the expenditure of any funds.
This Arrangement may commence upon signature by both Participants. This Arrangement may continue for two (2) years from the date of signing. A Participant should endeavor to provide thirty (30) days advanced written notice of its intent to discontinue the Arrangement. This Arrangement may be modified in writing at any time by mutual consent of the Participants.
Signed at Boston, Massachusetts, in duplicate, this 03 day of September 2021, in the English and Spanish languages.
FOR THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR’S
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
Region 1 OFFICE:
FOR THE CONSULATE OF MEXICO
IN Boston, Massachusetts:
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Region I Office, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Northeastern Division, New England Chapters (AFSP), and the OSHA Region I 21(d) Consultation Programs, including, the Connecticut Department of Labor Division of Occupational Safety and Health, Maine Bureau of Labor Standards Workplace Safety & Health Division, Massachusetts Department of Labor Standards/OSHA Consultation Program, WorkWISE NH, Rhode Island Department of Health Office of Healthy Housing & Environment OSHA Consultation Program, and Vermont Department of Labor Project WorkSAFE (OSHA Region I Consultation Programs) 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, AFSP, and the OSHA Region I 21(d) Consultation Programs hereby renew the Alliance signed September 11, 2018, with a continued emphasis on providing healthcare professionals, businesses, trade organizations and others with information, guidance, and access to training resources to help protect workers, particularly by raising awareness of well-being and mental health issues related to occupational deaths by suicide in all industries. Specifically, each organization is committed to providing AFSP and OSHA Region I Consultation Programs 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 provide guidance, and access to prevention training and services, to help prevent suicide and suicide attempts in the workplace.
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 other activities, 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 AFSP recognize that OSHA’s State Plan 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:
Training and Education
The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following objectives:
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 a representative(s) from OSHA Region I. OSHA will encourage State Plans to participate on the team.
This agreement will remain in effect for five years. Any signatory may terminate it for any reason at any time, provided that signatory gives 30 days’ written notice to the others. This agreement may be modified at any time with the written concurrence of all signatories.
Signed this 7 day of March 2022.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Regions 1 through 10 and the Elevator Contractors of America (ECA), Elevator Industry Work Preservation Fund (EIWPF), International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC), National Association of Elevator Contractors (NAEC), National Elevator Industry Educational Program (NEIEP), and National Elevator Industry, Inc., (NEII), collectively known as the “Elevator Industry Safety Partners” (EISP) 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 EISP hereby renew the Alliance signed September 5, 2019, with a continued emphasis on providing the conveyance industry employers and workers, and the public with information, guidance, and access to industry specific training resources that will help reduce and prevent exposure to industry-recognized hazards. Elevator industry conveyances include, but are not limited to, elevators, escalators, moving walks, dumbwaiters, Limited Use Limited Application (LULA) lifts, wheelchair lifts, sidewalk lifts, dock lifts, material lifts, inclines, and other special purpose conveyances or similar industry devices designed to transport or maneuver persons or property. A list of conveyances is included for reference. Specifically, each organization is committed to providing its 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 reduce and prevent exposure to the “Focus Four” (falls, electrical, struck-by, and caught between) and other recognized hazards during the construction, modernization, maintenance, and repair of conveyances.
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 EISP 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:
Training and Education
The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following objectives:
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, and more frequently when necessary, to track and share information on activities and results in achieving the goals of the Alliance. OSHA team members will include representatives of the OSHA Regions 1 through 10 that are signatory to the agreement and any other appropriate OSHA representatives from the Office of Training and Education (OTE), OSHA Training Institute (OTI), and the Directorate of Enforcement Programs (DEP). 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. This agreement may be modified at any time with the written concurrence of all signatories. Additional entities involved in the conveyance industry may be added as Alliance participants to this agreement at any time during the lifetime of this agreement upon written request and approval of OSHA and the EISP.
Signed this 20th day of October, 2021
The attached list of Conveyances is not all inclusive
|
Conveyance |
ASME/ANSI |
|---|---|
| 1. Dumbwaiter |
A17.1, Part 7 |
| 2. Electric Elevator |
A17.1, Part 2 |
| 3. Escalator |
A17.1, Part 6 |
| 4. Hand Elevator |
A17.1, Part 4 |
| 5. Hydraulic/Water-Hydraulic Elevator |
A17.1 Part 3, A17.1 Part 8 (8.6.5.3) |
| 6. Material Lift |
B20.1 |
| 7. Freight Elevator |
A17.1, Part 2,3 |
| 8. Moving Walk |
A17.1, Part 6 |
| 9. Rack & Pinion Elevator |
A17.1, Part 4 |
| 10. Screw Column Elevator, Platform and Chairlifts |
A18.1 |
| 11. Special Application Elevators |
A17.1, Part 5 |
| 12. Wind Turbine Tower Elevator |
A17.8 |
| 13. Personnel Hoist |
A10.4 |
| 14. Employee Elevator |
A10.4 |
| 15. Material Hoist |
A10.4 |
| 16. Automated People Mover, Shuttles and Monorails |
ANSI/ASCE/T&DI 21-13 |
| 17. Belt Manlift/Elevators |
A90.1 |
| 18. Conveyors |
ASME B20.1 |
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Hartford Area Office (HAO), Bridgeport Area Office (BAO), State of Connecticut- Department of Labor Division of Occupational Safety and Health (CONN-OSHA) and the Workers’ Compensation Trust (WCT) 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 WTC hereby renew the Alliance signed 09/20/2018, with a continued emphasis on bloodborne pathogens, personal protective equipment, chemicals in the workplace, emergency planning, infection control, respiratory protection, falls, strains and sprains, walking working surfaces, electrical, and amputations. Specifically, OSHA and CONN-OSHA are committed to providing WCT 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 bloodborne pathogens, personal protective equipment, use of chemicals, emergency planning, infection control, respiratory protection, falls, strains and sprains, walking working surfaces, electrical, and amputations hazards in the workplace.
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 WCT 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.
The Alliance also recognizes that the WCT consists of over 400 healthcare and social service employers. The WCT has been providing safety awareness, consultations, and OSHA compliance programs to their members for over 38 years.
Raising Awareness: Outreach and Communication
The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following objectives:
Training and Education
The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following objectives:
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 HAO, BAO, CONN-OSHA 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 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 September, 2021.
Dale Varney
Acting Area Director
Bridgeport Area Office
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Kenneth Tucker
Director
State of Connecticut
Department of Labor
Division of Occupational Safety and Health
Christine George
Acting Area Director
Hartford Area Office
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Diane M. Ritucci
President & Chief Executive Officer
Workers’ Compensation Trust
