AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN
THE WILKES-BARRE AREA OFFICE OF
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
A CONSORTIUM OF THE
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA SAFETY NETWORK
AND
LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
AND
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SAFETY PROFESSIONALS
(NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER)

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Wilkes-Barre Area Office, the Northeast Pennsylvania Safety Network (NEPASN), Luzerne County Community College (LCCC), and the Northeast Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) 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 NEPASN (hereinafter referred collectively to as “the Participants”) hereby form an Alliance to provide workplaces and the public with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect workers by reducing and preventing exposure to general industry hazards, the impact of workplace fatalities and emergency preparedness issues, 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 participants may 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 to evaluate the effectiveness of the Alliance and measure the impact on improving workplace safety. In developing this Alliance, the participants recognize that OSHA’s State Plan and On-site Consultation Project partners are an integral part of OSHA’s 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 Emphasis Programs, Regulatory Agenda, and opportunities to participate in the rulemaking process.

• Share information on occupational safety and health laws and standards, including the rights and responsibilities of workers and employers.

• Convene or participate in forums, roundtable discussions, or stakeholder meetings on general industry hazards, work and life wellness programs, and emergency preparedness to help forge innovative solutions in the workplace or to provide input on safety and health issues.

• Develop pathways to communicate information regarding the recognition and prevention of workplace hazards (e.g., print and electronic media, electronic assistance tools, and OSHA’s and the NEPASN’s, LCCC’s and/or the American Society of Safety Professionals – NEPA Chapter’s local emails and newsletter) to employers and workers in the industry.

Training and Education

The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following training and education objectives, as the opportunities or resources permit:

• Develop effective training and education programs for NEPASN members and others regarding general industry hazards, emergency preparedness, and work and life wellness programs, and communicate such information to constituent employers and workers.

• Deliver or arrange for the delivery of such courses as: Emergency Preparedness, including National Incident Management System and Incident Command Systems; Ergonomic issues; Job Safety Analysis; Personal Protective Equipment; and, Safety Committee operations.

• Develop effective training and education programs for NEPASN members and others 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 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 Wilkes-Barre 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. 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 20^th day of September, 2022

BETWEEN
ALLENTOWN AREA OFFICE
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
LEHIGH CAREER AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
AND
PENNSYLVANIA OSHA CONSULTATION PROGRAM
INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Allentown Area Office, and Wage and Hour Division’s (WHD) Wilkes-Barre and Philadelphia District Offices, Lehigh Career and Technical Institute (LCTI), and the Pennsylvania OSHA Consultation Program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (PA OSHA Consultation) recognize the value of establishing a collaborative relationship to foster safety and health practices and programs to improve American workplaces. To that end, OSHA, WHD, LCTI and PA OSHA Consultation hereby form an Alliance to provide warehouse and material logistics industry employers and workers, including temporary workers, with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them reduce and prevent exposure to workplace safety and health hazards (e.g., overexertion, contact with objects and fall hazards); and promote understanding of workers' rights and employer responsibilities under WHD statutes and 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, the Alliance participants 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.

• Share information on wage and hour laws and regulations, including workplace rights with overtime, use of the Family and Medical Leave Act and assurances that workers are safe from workplace harassment and retaliation when they claim their rights.

• 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, WHD, LCTI, and PA OSHA Consultation websites) to employers and workers in the warehouse and materials logistics industry.

• Assist LCTI in curriculum development or review of the Materials Logistics Program including occupational safety and health regulations, guidelines, and best practices and wage and hour requirements.

• Speak, exhibit, or appear at conferences, local meetings, or other events, as time and resources permit.

• Convene or participate in forums, roundtable discussions, or stakeholder meetings on warehouse and material logistics workplace safety and health issues and/or wage and hour issues to help forge innovative solutions in the workplace and/or to provide input on identified issues.

• Share information among OSHA and WHD personnel and industry safety and health professionals regarding participating members 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 inviting workers to actively participate in any local meetings, conference, or other events, as time and resources permit.

• Collaborate with other Alliance participants on specific issues and projects on the primary focused hazards within the warehouse and materials logistics industry, including overexertion, contact with objects and falls.

Training and Education

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

• Develop effective training and education programs for the warehouse and materials logistics industry regarding workplace safety and health hazards and wage and hour regulations and communicate such information to warehouse and materials logistics industry employers and workers.

• Deliver or arrange for the delivery of the OSHA #7005 – Public Warehousing and Storage course.

• Develop effective training and education programs for the warehouse and materials logistics industry to promote understanding of workers’ rights, including the use of the OSHA complaint process, and the responsibilities of employers and to communicate such information to workers and employers.

OSHA’s Alliances provide organizations an opportunity to participate in a voluntary cooperative relationship with OSHA for purposes such as raising awareness of OSHA’s initiatives, outreach, communications, training, and education. These Alliances have proven to be valuable tools for both OSHA and Alliance participants. By entering into an Alliance with an organization, OSHA and WHD 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 OSHA Allentown Area Office and the Wage and Hour District Offices (Philadelphia and Wilkes-Barre) as well as representatives from the Lehigh Career and Technical Institute and the PA OSHA Consultation Program.

This agreement will remain in effect for two 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 10th day of August 2022.

Alliance Agreement Signature Page

ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE PROGRAM
AMBASSADOR RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINSTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ERIE AREA OFFICE
AND
ERIE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Since entering into an Alliance on June 13, 2013, with subsequent renewals on June 26, 2015, and June 26, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Erie Area Office, and the Erie Institute of Technology (EIT) have worked together to improve workplace health and safety by sharing information, guidance, and access to training resources that address occupational hazards, and by promoting understanding of the rights of workers and the responsibilities of employers under the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

OSHA and EIT 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 EIT 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 EIT's status as an Alliance Program Ambassador on OSHA's public webpage.

EIT 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 EIT 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 ETI'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 events.
• Adhering to requirements laid out in the Alliance Program Directive regarding the prohibition on promoting or implying the OSHA'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 ETI'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. Each signatory may terminate this Alliance for any reason at any time, provided they give 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 24th day of June 2022.

ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE PROGRAM
AMBASSADOR RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINSTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ERIE AREA OFFICE,
PENNSYLVANIA OSHA CONSULTATION SERVICE,
AND
PENNWEST CLARION SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER

Since entering into an Alliance on February 13, 2018, with subsequent renewal(s) on February 13, 2020, and February 22, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Erie Area Office, Pennsylvania OSHA Consultation Service and PennWest Clarion Small Business Development Center (SBDC) 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.

Through the Notice of Funding Opportunity from the Small Business Administration, SBDC's services include maintaining current information concerning environmental, energy, health, safety, and other Federal, state and local regulations that affect small businesses and counseling small businesses on methods of compliance with such regulations. OSHA, Pennsylvania OSHA Consultation Service and PennWest Clarion Small Business Development Center (SBDC) 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 Pennsylvania OSHA Consultation Service and PennWest Clarion Small Business Development Center (SBDC) 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.

Pennsylvania OSHA Consultation Service and PennWest Clarion Small Business Development Center (SBDC) 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 Pennsylvania OSHA Consultation Service and PennWest Clarion Small Business Development Center (SBDC) 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 Pennsylvania OSHA Consultation Service and PennWest Clarion Small Business Development Center (SBDC) 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 ongoing cooperative association and a good faith effort by all parties to meet the intent of this document and its underlying policies. All signatory may terminate it for any reason at any time, provided they give 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 July 13, 2022.

AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN
THE PHILADELPHIA AREA OFFICE
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
THE MECHANICAL & SERVICE CONTRACTORS’ ASSOCIATION OF EASTERN PA
AND
UA LOCAL 420 STEAMFITTERS
AND
PLUMBERS UNION LOCAL 690

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Philadelphia Area Office and The Mechanical & Service Contractors’ Association of Eastern Pennsylvania UA Local 420 Steamfitters & the Plumbers Union Local 690 (herein after referred to collectively as “the Participants”) 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 the Participants hereby renew the Alliance signed January 31, 2019. Specifically, the Participants are committed to providing mechanical workers 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: fall, trenching, silica and other occupational safety and health hazards.

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 Participants 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, the Participants 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, as resources permit:

• To share information on OSHA's National Initiatives (Emphasis Programs, Regulatory Agenda, and Outreach Initiatives), and opportunities to participate in initiatives and the rulemaking process.
• To share information on occupational safety and health laws and standards, including the rights and responsibilities of workers and employers.
• To speak, exhibit, or appear at conferences, local meetings, or other training sessions and events.
• To share information among OSHA personnel and industry safety and health professionals regarding best practices or effective approaches through training programs, workshops, seminars, lectures, and other appropriate forum.
• To develop and disseminate case studies on silica exposure and publicize their results.

Training and Education

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

• To develop and deliver effective training and education regarding hazards from falls, trenching, silica exposure, concrete , equipment, and from hazards created by other contractors on the worksite, and to communicate such information to constituent employers and workers.
• To deliver or arrange for the delivery of specific safety and health related courses that directly affect mechanical workers. Some of these may include but are not limited to: Active Shooter Training for construction sites, Safety Stand-Downs, positive re-enforcement through behavior based safety, elevated hazard identification, and embracing the notion of “See Something, Say Something”.

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 Philadelphia 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 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 22nd day of April 2022.