AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN
THE DENVER AND ENGLEWOOD AREA OFFICES OF
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
STOP THE DROP TASKFORCE

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Denver and Englewood Area Offices and the Stop the Drop Taskforce, 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 Stop the Drop Taskforce hereby form an Alliance to provide the Taskforce’s members and others in the construction industry with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect workers by reducing and preventing exposure to falling object hazards in the construction industry 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 and the Stop the Drop Taskforce 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 Stop the Drop Taskforce Participants intend to work together to achieve the following objectives:

• Collaborate to develop and communicate training and education programs for workers in the construction industry that could be exposed to dropped objects.
• Collaborate to provide continual awareness to its members through presentations, electronic and printed media on the hazards associated with dropped objects.
• 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 and the participant's websites) to employers and workers in the industry. Ensure information developed encourages and reflects the diversity of the workforce and is accessible in multiple languages and formats.
• Ensure Alliance activities are informed by the perspectives of non-managerial workers employed in the construction industry to ensure meaningful worker participation in the Alliance.

Training and Education

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

• Develop effective training and education programs for workers regarding dropped object safety and communicate such information to constituent employers and workers. This includes, but is not limited to, presentations, videos and resources that can be used by employers for toolbox safety meetings. Ensure training materials/programs are made available in appropriate languages and formats to equitably meet the needs of their target audiences.
• Develop outreach and coordinate activities for a designated dropped object stand-down week to be held in the month of October each year.

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 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 each OSHA Office that is a signatory to the Alliance agreement and any other appropriate offices. OSHA will encourage State Plans' and OSHA On-Site Consultation program' participation on the team.

This agreement will remain in effect for two 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.

Signed this 23rd day of April, 2024.

ADDENDUM TO THE
ALLIANCE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
DENVER AND ENGLEWOOD AREA OFFICES OF
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SAFETY PROFESSIONALS
COLORADO AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHAPTERS

The American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) Southern Colorado Chapter joins The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Denver and Englewood Area Offices in Colorado and the ASSP Colorado and Rocky Mountain Chapters in recognizing the value of establishing a collaborative relationship to foster safety and health practices and programs to improve American workplaces. The ASSP Southern Colorado Chapter therefore agrees to join the Alliance to use their collective expertise to help protect employees' health and safety, particularly in the reduction and prevention of struck by and work zone hazards. The ASSP Southern Colorado Chapter agrees to all of the provisions of the original Alliance signed on April 3, 2024.

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.

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 9th day of May, 2024

ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE PROGRAM AMBASSADOR RELATIONSHIP

BETWEEN

REGION VIII
AND THE ENGLEWOOD AND DENVER AREA OFFICES OF THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

AND

THE COLORADO (21d) ON-SITE HEALTH & SAFETY CONSULTATION PROGRAM

AND

THE BREWERS ASSOCIATION

AND

THE MASTER BREWERS ASSOCIATION OF THE AMERICAS

Since entering into an Alliance on March 8, 2019, with a subsequent renewal on March 9, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Region VIII Office, Denver Area Office and Englewood Area Office, the Colorado (21d) On-Site Health and Safety Consultation Program (CO Consultation), the Brewers Association and the Master Brewers Association (Brewery Industry) 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.

These organizations 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 and CO Consultation will continue to foster an active relationship with the Brewery Industry 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 Offices, and the CO Consultation program.
• 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 an Alliance Program Ambassador on the agency's public webpage.

The Brewery Industry will continue to foster an active relationship with OSHA and CO Consultation 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 the Brewery Industry to build relationships with OSHA's National, Regional and Area Offices and On-Site Consultation to address health and safety issues.
• Sharing information with OSHA personnel and industry safety and health professionals regarding the Brewery Industry good practices or effective approaches through training programs, workshops, seminars, and lectures (or any other applicable forum).
• Offering OSHA and CO Consultation opportunities to speak, exhibit, or appear at one another's conferences, local meetings, safety committees, 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 this Ambassador relationship, OSHA is not endorsing or promoting, nor does it intend to endorse or promote, any of the Brewery Industry'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 they give 30 days' written notice.

Signed this 9th day of April 2024.

AGREEMENT RENEWING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
SIOUX FALLS AREA OFFICE
AND
AGC OF SOUTH DAKOTA

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of South Dakota 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 AGC of South Dakota hereby renew the alliance signed March 16, 2022 with a continued emphasis on providing employers and employees working in construction in South Dakota with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect workers by reducing and preventing exposure to hazards related to trenching activities, falls, heat exposure, and silica, and to 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 construction industry hazards including electrocution, falls, struck-by as well as caught-by 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 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 and AGC 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 provide opportunities to participate in initiatives and the rulemaking process by information sharing on public comment timelines.

• Share information on occupational safety and health laws and standards, including the rights and responsibilities of workers and employers particularly through discussions and participation with the AGC of South Dakota Safety Committee.

• Develop information on the recognition and prevention of workplace hazards and communicate such information in conjunction with the annual trench stand down as well as the annual fall prevention stand down.

• Speak, exhibit, or appear at OSHA and AGC conferences, local meetings, or other events.

• Share information related to respirable silica through training programs, workshops, seminars, and lectures (or any other applicable forum).

• Encourage worker participation in workplace safety and health through participation in the annual fall prevention and trench safety stand downs.

• Share information, and educate AGC membership and their employees, on OSHA’s Heat Illness Prevention Campaign.

• Encourage AGC and their membership to build relationships with OSHA’s Regional and Area Offices as well as SDSU Engineering/OSHA Consultation to address health and safety issues, including trenching and fall safety.

Training and Education

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

• Develop effective training and education programs for the construction industry in South Dakota regarding trenching and fall safety and to communicate such information to constituent employers and workers.

• Deliver or arrange for the delivery of courses related to falls, trenches, silica, and heat awareness.

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

OSHA's Alliances provide organizations an opportunity to participate in a voluntary cooperative relationship with OSHA for purposes such as raising awareness of OSHA's initiatives, outreach, communication, training, and education. These Alliances have proved 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 discuss the responsibilities of the participants, to share information on activities, and to track results in achieving the goals of the Alliance. OSHA team members will include representatives of the Directorate of Cooperative and State Programs and any other appropriate offices. OSHA will encourage OSHA On-Site Consultation programs’ participation on the team.

This agreement will remain in effect for three years. Any signatory may terminate this 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.

Signed this 24^th day of Aril, 2024.

AGREEMENT
ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN DENVER REGIONAL OFFICE
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION OSHA TRAINING INSTITUTE
EDUCATION CENTER

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Denver Regional Office and the Construction Education Foundation OSHA Training Institute Education Center (CEF OTIEC), 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 CEF OTIEC hereby form an Alliance to provide OTIEC students and the public with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect workers by reducing and preventing exposure to prevalent safety hazards in the general and construction industries and understand the rights of workers and the responsibilities of employers under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act).

This agreement provides a framework and objectives for the Alliance's activities. Alliance participants also agree to meet the requirements for program participation laid out in the "Fundamental Requirements for OSHA Alliance Program Participants" and the "Guidelines for OSHA's Alliance Program Participants: Alliance Products and Other Alliance Projects."

Through the Alliance, the organizations will use 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 surveys, to evaluate the Alliance and measure the impact on improving workplace safety and health. In developing this Alliance, OSHA and CEF OTIEC 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 objective(s):

• Share information on OSHA's National 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 and the OTIEC websites) to employers and workers. Ensure information developed recognizes the diversity of the workforce and is accessible in multiple languages and formats.

• Speak, exhibit, or appear at OSHA and OTIEC conferences, local meetings, or other outreach and training activities throughout Region VIII as appropriate. Support Region VIII Field Federal Safety and Health Councils (FFSHCs) by periodically attending meetings to share information about OTIEC resources and hosting meetings when possible.

• Convene or participate in forums, roundtable discussions, or stakeholder meetings for information sharing and technical discussion, as appropriate. These meetings may include completing special projects of mutual interest that align with agency priorities, to help forge innovative solutions in the workplace or provide input on safety and health issues.

• Encourage worker participation in workplace safety and health by sharing information with OTIEC students in Region VIII about effective safety and health management systems. Encourage students/employees to actively participate in their company safety programs and events including Safety and Health Stand Down events or attend events hosted by the OTIEC.

• Collaborate with other Alliance participants on training programs, workshops, seminars, and lectures, and issues such as Diversity Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA), and mental health.

• Share information with and educate OTIEC students in Region VIII on OSHA's Heat Illness Prevention Campaign.

• Build relationships between the OTIECs and OSHA's Regional and Area Offices and State Plan offices to address health and safety issues, including current hazards trending in Region VIII.

Training and Education

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

• Develop effective training and education programs for OTIEC students in Region VIII 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. Ensure training materials/programs are made available in appropriate languages and formats to equitably meet the needs of their target audiences.

• Deliver or arrange for the delivery of health and safety training to targeted industries in support of OSHA's National/Regional/Local Emphasis Programs and campaigns including fall prevention, trenching, heat injury and illness prevention, controlling silica dust exposure and others. Ensure training materials/programs are made available in appropriate languages and formats to equitably meet the needs of their target audiences.

• Collectively assess employer training needs in Region VIII and determine the most effective OTIEC locations to provide training on different topics.

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 discuss the responsibilities of the participants, to share information on activities, and to track results in achieving the goals of the Alliance. OSHA team members will include representatives of the Denver and Englewood Area Offices and any other appropriate offices. OSHA will encourage State Plan and OSHA On-Site Consultation programs' participation on the team.

This agreement will remain in effect for two years. Either signatory may terminate it for any reason at any time, provided they give 30 days' written notice.

Signed this 25th day of April 2024.