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<title>Vermont*</title>
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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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Region 1 - Ambassador Document - November 7, 2022


Region 1 - Ambassador Document - November 7, 2022

ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE PROGRAM AMBASSADOR RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN
BRIDGEPORT AREA OFFICE
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, LOCAL 1150

Since entering into an Alliance on September 16, 2003 subsequent renewal(s) on February 27, 2018 the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Bridgeport Area Office and International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 1150 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 Teamsters, Local 1150 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 Teamsters, Local 1150 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.

Teamsters, Local 1150 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 Teamsters, Local 1150 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 Teamsters, Local 1150 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 that signatory 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 7th day of November, 2022.


Cathy Brescia
Area Director
Bridgeport Area Office
Occupational Safety and Health Administration


Rocco J. Calo
Secretary-Treasurer/Principal Officer
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Local 1150

Region 1 - Alliance Agreement - August 3, 2022


Region 1 - Alliance Agreement - August 3, 2022

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

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Augusta Area Office, Bangor District Office, Maine 21(d) On-Site Consultation Program-SafetyWorks! (SafetyWorks!), and Construction Safety Alliance of Maine (CSAM) recognize the value of establishing a collaborative relationship to foster safety and health practices and programs to improve American workplaces. To that end, OSHA, SafetyWorks!, and CSAM hereby form an Alliance to provide CSAM members and the public with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect workers by reducing and preventing exposure to construction workplace safety and health hazards and addressing upcoming and on going 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 "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, SafetyWorks!, 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 and SafetyWorks! for purposes such as raising awareness of OSHA's and SafetyWorks! initiatives, outreach, communications, training, and education. These Alliances have proven to be valuable tools for both OSHA, SafetyWorks!, 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.

This agreement will remain in effect for two 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 3 day of August, 2022.

 


David McGuan
Area Director
Occupational Safety and Health Administration


Steven L. Greeley
21(d) Director
SafetyWorks!

 

 


Richard Galletta
Co-Chairperson
Safety Director
Landry/French Construction

 


Bob Burdick
Co-Chairperson
President/Instructor & Consultant
Burdick Training & Consulting Services

 

 


Cameron Hagger
Safety Director
Sargent Corp.

 


Mike McCarren
Regional Safety Manager
E.S. Buolos

 

 


Nancy Hughes
President
OHS Training & Consulting, Inc.

 


Michaela Curley
Safety Coordinator
Landry/French Construction

 

 


Rod Stanley
Director, Loss Control Services Region I
MEMIC

Region 1 - Ambassador Document - April 13, 2022


Region 1 - Ambassador Document - April 13, 2022

ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE PROGRAM AMBASSADOR RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN
PROVIDENCE AREA OFFICE
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
THE SAFETY ALLIANCE FOR FURTHERING EDUCATIONAL RESOURSCES IN RHODE ISLAND

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:

  • 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.

SAFER 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 SAFER worksites 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 SAFER’s 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 monthly 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 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
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Controlling Respirable Crystalline Silica Exposures in a Stone Countertop Fabrication Company

Controlling Respirable Crystalline Silica Exposures in a Stone Countertop Fabrication Company


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).

Region 1 - Renewal Agreement - December 15, 2021


Region 1 - Renewal Agreement - December 15, 2021

AGREEMENT RENEWING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGION I OFFICE
AND
NH GOVERNOR’S OFFICE
AND
WORKWISE NH / OSHA CONSULTATION PROGRAM

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:

  • Raise awareness of and demonstrate how a commitment to workplace safety and health has a direct connection to overall personal well-being of the person and include an occupational component when authorized trainers for the NH Governor’s Recovery Friendly Workplace (RFW) address groups at membership meetings, training, conferences and trade shows.

Training and Education

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

  • Work with OSHA to disseminate training and education materials on various topics, including, but not limited, to occupational deaths and illnesses by substance misuse, and to communicate such information to small businesses, trade organizations, healthcare service providers, and construction related organizations.
  • To deliver or arrange for the delivery of the NH Governor’s Recovery Friendly Workplace (RFW) initiative while proactively providing prevention and awareness trainings for substance misuse and supporting recovery from substance use disorders in the workplace and community.

Outreach and Communication

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

  • Develop and disseminate information through print and electronic media, including electronic assistance tools and links from OSHA’s, NH Governor’s Recovery Friendly Workplace (RFW) Initiative and State of NH websites.
  • To speak, exhibit, or appear at OSHA’s conferences, local meetings, or other events.
  • Promote and encourage participation in OSHA’s cooperative programs such as compliance assistance and NH Workwise / OSHA Consultation Program.

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.


  • Galen Blanton
  • Regional Administrator
  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration

 


  • Rosemarie Cole
  • Concord NH Area Director
  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration

 


  • Stephen Gauthier
  • Champion

  • Chris Sununu
  • Governor
  • State of New Hampshire

 


  • Shannon Breshaw
  • Director
  • NH Governor’s Recovery Friendly Workplace

Region 1 - Agreement (Spanish) - October 1, 2021


Region 1 - Agreement (Spanish) - October 1, 2021

ARREGLO QUE ESTABLECE UNA ALIANZA
ENTRE
OSHA Región 1
DE LA ADMINISTRACIÓN DE SEGURIDAD Y SALUD OCUPACIONAL DEL
DEPARTAMENTO DEL TRABAJO DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA
Y
EL CONSULADO DE MÉXICO EN Boston, MA

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:

  • Elaborar programas de capacitación y educación para los empleadores y los trabajadores mexicanos en Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, y Vermont sobre la seguridad y la salud en el lugar de trabajo.
  • Elaborar programas de capacitación y educación para los empleadores y los trabajadores mexicanos en Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, y Vermont a fin de promover el entendimiento de los derechos de los trabajadores y las responsabilidades de los empleadores al amparo del OSH Act, incluyendo el uso del procedimiento de quejas de OSHA.

Difusión y Comunicación

Los Participantes tienen la intención de trabajar conjuntamente para lograr los siguientes objetivos de difusión y comunicación:

  • Elaborar información sobre el reconocimiento y la prevención de riesgos en el lugar de trabajo, y formular mecanismos para comunicar dicha información (por ejemplo, por medios impresos y electrónicos, herramientas de asistencia electrónica y enlaces al sitio Web de la OSHA desde el sitio Web del Consulado), a los nacionales mexicanos que trabajan en Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, y Vermont y a sus empleadores.
  • Dar discursos, realizar exposiciones o presentarse en las conferencias, reuniones locales u otros eventos de los Participantes.
  • Participar en las actividades y los eventos del “Consulado Móvil”.

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:

  • Dar a conocer y demostrar el compromiso con la seguridad y la salud en el lugar de trabajo y los derechos de los trabajadores siempre que los funcionarios principales de los Participantes se dirijan al público.
  • Convocar o participar en foros, debates en mesas redondas o reuniones de interesados principales sobre cuestiones que afectan a los nacionales mexicanos que trabajan en Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, y Vermont para ayudar a forjar soluciones innovadoras sobre cuestiones relativas a la seguridad y la salud en el lugar de trabajo, y el entendimiento los derechos de los trabajadores y las responsabilidades de los empleadores al amparo del OSH Act.

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:


  • Jeffrey A. Erskine,
  • Deputy Regional Administrator
  • OSHA, Region 1

POR EL CONSULADO DE MÉXICO EN
Boston, Massachusetts
 
 
 


  • Alberto Fierro Garza,
  • Consul General of Mexico in Boston