U.S. Department of Labor
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Atlanta Regional Office
61 Forsyth Street, S.W., Room 6T50
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
(678) 237-0443; Fax (678) 237-0447

OSHA, Consul General of El Salvador in Atlanta Alliance
Region IV Alliance Annual Report
March 7, 2025

1. Alliance Background

   1. Date Signed:
      April 10, 2013

      Renewal Date:
      March 15, 2016

   2. Evaluation Period:
      April 11, 2024, through March 3, 2025

   3. Overview:
      The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Consul General of El Salvador in Atlanta formed an Alliance to provide Salvadoran Nationals throughout the southeast with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect employees’ health and safety and allow them to exercise their rights fully.

2. Implementation Team Meetings

   During this period, the Alliance members met and/or communicated virtually, as well as in-person.

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

3. Results of Alliance Activities in Support of Agreement Goals

   Dissemination: Alliance Program participant shared information on OSHA-developed or OSHA Alliance Program-developed tools and resources, OSHA standards/rulemakings, enforcement, or outreach campaigns.

   Dissemination Type	Date	Description	Emphasis Area(s)*	Number Reached (numeric value)
   Dissemination/ Outreach	Ongoing during this period	During this period, representative from OSHA’s Atlanta-West Area Office, the US DOL – ETA, Worker Advocate Groups, and State Monitor Advocates met to address concerns facing immigrant workers, such as housing and heat illness prevention. The group also met to plan the 2025 Agricultural Seminar in December 2024.	Heat Illness Prevention, Hispanic/ Latino Worker, and Small Business	400+ attendees
   Dissemination/ Outreach	09/2024 10/17/24	During this period, representatives from the Alliance group including OSHA’s Atlanta-West Area Office, and the Consulate of El Salvador participated in the following meetings: Orgullo Pride Celebration at Atlanta City Hall	Hispanic/ Latino Worker, and Small Business	100+ attendees
   Dissemination/ Outreach	Ongoing during this period	During this period, Representatives from the Alliance group including OSHA’s Atlanta-West Area Office, and the Consulate of El Salvador participated in meeting with the EMPLEO.	Heat Illness Prevention, Hispanic/ Latino Worker, and Small Business	50+ attendees
   Dissemination/ Outreach	Ongoing during this period	Representatives from the Alliance group participated in the Georgia Farmworkers Taskforcei meetings. The Farmworker Taskforce2 consist of a wide range of government agencies, community groups, as well as diplomatic representatives.	Hazard Communication/ Chemicals, Heat Illness Prevention, Hispanic/ Latino Worker, and Small Business	100+ attendees

   Outreach Events and Training for non-OSHA Staff: Alliance Program participant or OSHA participation in events, which includes speeches/presentations, exhibits, roundtables, conferences, informational webinars or other meetings or training in support of the Alliance or an OSHA initiative.

   Activity Type	Date	Event Name	Representative Name and Affiliation	Title Of Presentation, if applicable	City	State	Emphasis Area(s)*	Number Reached (numeric value)
   Dissemination/Training	August 26 thru 30, 2024	Mexican Consulate’s 15th Annual Labor Rights Week	OSHA Staff from both the Atlanta-East and West Area Offices	During this period, OSHA staff from both the Atlanta-East and West Area Offices supported the Labor Rights Week event coordinated by the Consulate General of El Salvador in Atlanta, Georgia.	Atlanta	GA	Fall Prevention, Chemicals, Heat Illness Prevention, Hispanic/ Latino Worker and Small Business	100+ attendees
   Dissemination/Training	09/2024	Webinars/Facebook Live Sessions	Marilyn Velez, CAS – Atlanta-West Area Office	During this period, webinars and Facebook Live sessions were conducted in Spanish, for the consulate staff and others, which focused on the following topics: Preventing Falls in the Construction Industry; Worker’s Rights; Suicide Prevention; Worker Memorial Day; and Heat Illness Prevention.	Atlanta	GA	Worker Rights, Fall Prevention, Chemicals, Heat Illness Prevention, Hispanic/ Latino Worker and Small Business	100+ attendees
   Dissemination/Training	10/2/24	Interview with NotiVision	OSHA Atlanta- West Area Offices	During this period, an OSHA representative from the Atlanta-West was interviewed by NotiVision. The interview focused on promoting the October 10, 2024, Silica Work Group Seminar, conducted by the Area Office, and the prevention of worker exposure to engineered stone.	Atlanta	GA	Chemicals, Hispanic/ Latino Worker and Small Business	1,000+ Impacted
   Dissemination/Training	10/10/24	Silica Work Group Seminar	OSHA Atlanta- West Area Offices	During this period, the Alliance group supported the Silicosis Work Group, to preventing silicosis among engineered stone workers. This event represented a collaborative effort between fabrication businesses, industry stakeholders, government officials, policymakers, public health professionals, insurance providers, OSHA, and NIOSH.	Atlanta	GA	Chemicals, Hispanic/ Latino Worker and Small Business	1,000+ Impacted
   Dissemination/Training	10/16/24 10/28/24 12/10/24 12/13/24	Worker’s Rights Event	OSHA Atlanta- West Area Offices	During this period, an OSHA representative from the Atlanta-West Area Office and members of the Alliance group supported several events focused on worker’s rights.	Atlanta	GA	Hispanic/ Latino Worker and Small Business	100+ attendees

   Report Prepared by: Tom Bosley, Region IV Alliance Coordinator

   ⁱThe Georgia Farmworker Task Force is an advocacy group lead by the Farmworker Rights Division of the Georgia Legal Services. They advocate and represent farmworkers who are working and living unsafely because their employer is violating regulations in place to protect them. This group visits farms to inform workers of their rights; they also provide legal representation and inform the members of potential violations of existing laws. The Federal Agencies belonging to this group are there to provide resources and clarification of their regulations/jurisdictions/limitations and the non-profit organizations and Consulates are usually receiving employees’ complaints because the workers feel more comfortable speaking to them than a government agency.

   ⁱⁱMembers of the Farmworker Taskforce consisted of the following: Georgia Legal Services Program; Tapestry / Anti-Human Trafficking Program; Southern Poverty Law Center; Justice for Migrant Women; Emory University Nursing School; Medical College of Augusta; Farmworker Association of Florida; United Farm Workers (UFW) Foundation; Mexican Consulate of Atlanta; El Salvador Consulate of Atlanta; Honduras Consulate of Atlanta; Guatemala Consulate of Atlanta; USDOL OSHA; USDOL Wage & Hour Division; and the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

ANNUAL ALLIANCE REPORT

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
And the
Interactive Community Alliance

February 15, 2025

1. Alliance Background
   1. Date Signed
      February 23, 2024
   2. Evaluation Period
      February 23, 2024, to February 23, 2025
   3. Overview:
      The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Fort Lauderdale Area Office and the Interactive Community Alliance, Inc. (ICA) 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 ICA hereby form an Alliance to provide ICA members and the public with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect vulnerable¹ workers by reducing and preventing exposure to hazards in the agricultural² and construction³ industries and understand the rights or workers and the responsibilities of employers under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act).
   4. Implementation Team Members OSHA

      Condell Eastmond, Area Director, Fort Lauderdale Area Office
      Leny Chango, Compliance Assistance Specialist, Fort Lauderdale Area Office

      Alliance participants
      Claudia Patricia Vega – Executive director ICA
2. Implementation Team Meetings
   • December 15, 2023 (Planning/Development Meeting)
   • January 16, 2024 (Planning/Development Meeting)
   • January 18, 2024 (Planning/Development Meeting)
   • January 23, 2025

   The Alliance implementation meetings were held in-person, virtually, and/or by phone. A minimum of two implementation meetings were conducted by the Alliance group, during which the Interactive Community Alliance shared valuable safety information. This included updates on the services provided by OSHA, our partnership with Career Services, FIU, and USF. Additionally, health and safety materials were distributed via mass emails and social media to promote positive trends in worker health and safety.

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

3. Results

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

   Dissemination: Alliance Program participant shared information on OSHA-developed or OSHA Alliance Program-developed tools and resources, OSHA standards/rulemakings, enforcement, or outreach campaigns.

Outreach Events and Training for non-OSHA Staff: Alliance Program participant or OSHA participation in events, which includes speeches/presentations, exhibits, roundtables, conferences, informational webinars or other meetings or training in support of the Alliance or an OSHA initiative.

¹ Vulnerable Workers include low-wage and immigrant workers.
² Agricultural Hazards include falls, amputations, suffocations, burns, toxic exposure, struck-by, and heat illness.
³ Construction Hazards include falls, struck-by, electrical, caught-in, and heat illness.

ANNUAL ALLIANCE REPORT

U.S. Department of Labor
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Atlanta-East Area Office
2296 Henderson Mill Road, NE, Suite 200
Atlanta, Georgia 30345
(770) 493-6644; Fax (770) 493-7725

Georgia Warehouse Alliance

Alliance Annual Report
February 26, 2025

1. Alliance Background
   1. Date Signed
      February 22, 2023
   2. Evaluation Period
      April 1, 2024, through February 24, 2025
   3. Overview
      The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Atlanta-East, Atlanta-West, and Savannah Area Offices and Ergonomics Assist Systems & Equipment Council (EASE) of MHI 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 EASE of MHI hereby form an Alliance to provide EASE of MHI members and others, including owners and operators of public warehouses and other third-party warehouses, with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect workers, including hard-to-reach and youth workers, by reducing and preventing exposure to ergonomics issues related to material handling.
   4. Implementation Team Members

      OSHA
      Robin Bennett, Compliance Assistance Specialist (CAS), Atlanta-East Area Office (AO)
      Jessica Bookman, Assistant Area Director (AAD), Savannah Area Office
      Tom Bosley, Region IV Alliance Coordinator

      Georgia Tech Onsite Consultation Program
      Paul Schlumper, Georgia Tech

      Industry Group Alliance Participants
      Anna Teter, Managing Executive (ASRS, ICWM, Rack Manuf. Institute, and SMA)
      Kelly Wehner- Boston Tech/EASE Chair
      Dr. Steve Lavender, Prof., Integrated Systems Engineering
      Rob Beightol, Gorbel
      Randy Dickinson, Southworth
      Patrick Lippert- Hamilton
      Jodi Fritsch- Hamilton
      Michael Famularo- MHI
2. Implementation Team Meetings
   • The Alliance group met of the following dates to discuss its goals and objectives.
     • March 18, 2024
     • April 5, 2024 (OSHA coordinated the participation of NCDOL in the MHI Spring Meeting)
     • May 21, 2024 (MHI Spring Meeting)
     • July 30, 2024
     • August 1, 2024
     • September 16, 2024
     • November 25, 2024
   • In addition to these formal meetings, the Alliance coordinators from each organization maintained regular contact throughout the reporting period to monitor the Alliance’s progress and results.
3. Results of Alliance Activities in Support of Agreement Goals
   
   Dissemination: Alliance Program participant shared information on OSHA-developed or OSHA Alliance Program-developed tools and resources, OSHA standards/rulemakings, enforcement, or outreach campaigns.

Outreach Events and Training for non-OSHA Staff: Alliance Program participant or OSHA participation in events, which includes speeches/presentations, exhibits, roundtables, conferences, informational webinars or other meetings or training in support of the Alliance or an OSHA initiative.

ARRANGEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR’S
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, AREA OFFICE
AND
THE GENERAL CONSULATE OF EL SALVADOR IN MIAMI, FLORIDA

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the General Consulate of El Salvador in Miami, Florida, hereinafter referred to collectively as “the Participants;”

Recognizing the joint commitment to protect workers’ rights for Salvadorans workers acknowledged in the Letter of Arrangement between the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the United States of America and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador, signed at Washington, D.C., on May 10, 2022; 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 Salvadoran Nationals in Florida and others information, guidance, and access to education and training resources to promote workers’ rights in protecting their occupational safety and health, particularly with regards to fall, heat illness, trenching and excavation, as well as landscaping hazards, and to help them understand 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:

• To develop training and education programs for Salvadoran Nationals in Florida regarding fall, heat illness, trenching and excavation, as well as landscaping hazards.
• To develop training and education programs for Salvadorans Nationals in Florida to promote understanding of workers' rights and responsibilities of employers, including the use of the OSHA complaint process.
• To deliver or arrange for the delivery of fall, heat illness, trenching and excavation, as well as landscaping safety courses.
• To develop workplace health and safety curricula on fall, heat illness, trenching and excavation, as well as landscaping hazards.

Outreach and Communication

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

• To develop information on the recognition and prevention of workplace hazards, and to develop ways of communicating such information (e.g., print and electronic media, electronic assistance tools, and links to OSHA's Web site from the Consulate's Web site) to Salvadoran Nationals in Florida and their employers.
• To speak, exhibit, or appear at the Participants' conferences, local meetings, or other events.
• To participate in "Mobile Consulate" activities and events.
• To share information among DOL personnel and safety and health professionals regarding the Consulate General of El Salvador in Miami, Florida, good practices or effective approaches and publicize results through outreach by Consulate General of El Salvador in Miami, Florida, and through materials, training programs, workshops, seminars, and lectures (or any other applicable forum) developed by the participants.

Promotion of a National Dialogue

The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following goals related to promoting a national dialogue on workplace safety and health:

• To raise awareness of and demonstrate commitment to workplace safety and health and workers' rights under the OSH Act whenever leaders from the Participants address groups.
• To convene or participate in forums, roundtable discussions, or stakeholder meetings on fall, heat illness, trenching and excavation, as well as landscaping hazards to help forge innovative solutions on issues concerning workplace safety and health and understanding of workers' rights and responsibilities of employers under the OSH Act.
• To share information on laws and standards, including those relating to workers' rights and responsibilities of employers.

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 is intended to discontinue two (2) years from the date of signing. A Participant should endeavor to provide thirty (30) days advance written notice of its intent to discontinue its participation in this Arrangement. This Arrangement may be modified in writing at any time by mutual consent of the Participants.

Signed at Miami, Florida, in duplicate, this January 15 day of 2025 in the English and Spanish languages.