U.S. Department of Labor
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Portland Area Office
and
The Consulate of Mexico in Portland, Oregon

1. Alliance Background

   1. Date Signed

      August 30, 2012, renewed August 27, 2018

   2. Evaluation Period

      August 30, 2018 to August 30, 2019

   3. Alliance Overview

      The OSHA Portland Area Office and the Consulate of Mexico in Portland formed the Alliance to provide Mexican nationals in Oregon, Southwest Washington, and others information, guidance, and access to education and training resources. The Alliance focuses on worker safety and worker rights, specifically U.S. domestic law on the rights of workers and the responsibilities of employers under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act).

   4. Implementation Team Members

      OSHA

      Cecil Tipton, Area Director, OSHA, Portland Area Office
      Abby Lopez, State Programs Manager, OSHA Region X

      The Consulate of Mexico in Portland

      Jose Ernesto Hernandez Delgado, Mexican Consulate Portland
      Alejandra Flores, Mexican Consulate Portland

2. Implementation Team Meetings

   Alliance members planned outreach activities, including Labor Rights Week, via email communications.

3. Activities, Events, and Products

   Training and Education

   • Abby Lopez staffed information tables at the Consulate once per quarter.
   • During Labor Rights Week, OSHA, the Consulate of Mexico in Portland, Oregon OSHA, Department of Labor agencies, and worker organizations conducted educational sessions at the Mexican Consulate.

   Outreach and Communication

   • Abby Lopez distributed worker rights information through the Mexican Consulate.

   Promoting the National Dialogue on Workplace Safety and Health

   • The Mexican Consulate has been successful in facilitating OSHA outreach to the Hispanic community.

4. Results

   • The Alliance distributed worker rights information to hundreds of Hispanic workers in the Oregon and Southwest Washington.

    

5. Upcoming Milestones

   The Alliance Agreement is up for renewal in August of 2020. The implementation team is working on updating the work plan.

U.S. Department of Labor
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Washington Area Office
and
Puget Sound Shipbuilders Association

1. Alliance Background

   • Date Signed

     February 23, 2007, renewed January 20, 2017

   • Evaluation Period

     February 23, 2018 to February 23, 2019

   • Alliance Overview

     OSHA-Washington Area Office and the Puget Sound Shipbuilders Association (PSSA) entered the Alliance to foster a culture of prevention while sharing best practices and technical knowledge.

   • Implementation Team Members

     OSHA

     Dave Baker, Area Director, OSHA, Washington Area Office

     Nicole Flessner, Compliance Officer, Washington Area Office

     Blake Skogland, Safety and Occupational Health Manager, Region 10

     
     PSSA

     Ron Sykes, Foss Maritime

     aymie Hirsch, Stabbert Marine & Industrial LLC.

2. Implementation Team Meetings

   Held meeting on January 18, 2019.

3. Activities, Events, and Products

   Training and Education

   The Alliance produces safety posters and toolbox talks. Topics include fall prevention cold stress, electrical safety, cranes and hoist, and the Global Harmonization System (GHS).

   Outreach and Communication

   The Alliance distributes outreach materials to meeting attendees.

4. Results

   The Alliance had little activity for the year reviewed. The Alliance has increased activity for the current year, including a presentation on GHS by CSHO Flessner in April 2019. The Alliance is producing quarterly toolbox talk materials.

5. Upcoming Milestones

   The Alliance Agreement is up for renewal in January 2022. CSHO Flessner and Blake Skogland from CSP in Region 10 will attend upcoming meetings and help to increase the Alliance’s outreach activities.

U.S. Department of Labor
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Washington Area Office
and
Joint Base Lewis-McChord

1. Alliance Background

   • Date Signed

     June 1, 2004, renewed December 7, 2017

   • Evaluation Period

     June 1, 2018 to June 1, 2019

   • Alliance Overview

   • OSHA-Washington Area Office and Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) entered the Alliance to foster safer and more healthful workplaces and responses to emergencies. The Alliance emphasizes promoting a culture of sharing best practices, technical knowledge, collective expertise, and resources.

   • Implementation Team Members

     OSHA

     Dave Baker, Area Director, OSHA, Washington Area Office

     JBLM

     Joy Fowlkes, Joint Base Safety Director

      

   • Results

     • Due to due to senior staff turnover and a reduction in safety staff at JBLM, this Alliance has ceased to function as intended. The Alliance framework does not enhance our relationship with the base. JBLM is an active participant on the Mt. Rainer Federal Safety and Health Council, which is a better fit for our work with the base. Area Director recommends closing out this Alliance upon its expiration in December 2019.

   • Upcoming Milestones

     The Alliance Agreement expires in December 2019.

Puget Sound Shipbuilders Association

AGREEMENT RENEWING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN
REGION X, BELLEVUE AREA OFFICE
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
PUGET SOUND SHIPBULDERS ASSOCIATION

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Region X Bellevue Area Office and the Puget Sound Shipbuilders Association (PSSA) continue to recognize the value of maintaining a collaborative relationship to foster safer and more healthful American shipyards. To that end, OSHA and Puget Sound Shipbuilders Association hereby renew the Alliance initially signed February 22, 2007 with a continued emphasis on using knowledge to help foster a culture of prevention while sharing best practices and technical knowledge.

Specifically, OSHA and the Puget Sound Shipbuilders Association are committed to providing PSSA members and others with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect the health and safety of 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 safe and healthful working conditions for shipyard employees, particularly addressing and preventing exposure to shipyard safety and health hazards. In renewing this Alliance, OSHA and PSSA recognize that OSHA’s State Plan and On-site Consultation Project partners are an integral part of the OSHA national effort.

Raising Awareness of OSHA’s Rulemaking and Enforcement Initiatives

The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following goals related to raising awareness of OSHA’s rulemaking and enforcement initiatives:

• To share information on OSHA’s National/Regional/Local Emphasis Programs, Regulatory Agenda, and opportunities to participate in the rulemaking process.
• To share information on occupational safety and health laws and standards, including the rights and responsibilities of workers and employers.
• To convene or participate in forums, roundtable discussions, or stakeholder meetings on shipyard hazards to help forge innovative solutions in the workplace or to provide input on safety and health issues.

Training and Education

The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following training and education goal.

Develop training programs, as needed, on any of the following subjects:

Should a PSSA member desire assistance on any topics listed above, OSHA may be contacted and assistance will be arranged. The compliance assistance provided will be negotiated by OSHA and the shipyard, and may include the presence of OSHA staff at the shipyard.

Outreach and Communication

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

• Invite OSHA personnel into their shipyards to observe best practice situations. Cross-train OSHA personnel and industry safety and health practitioners in PSSA’s best practices and/or effective approaches.
• Seek opportunities to jointly develop and disseminate information from conferences, local meetings, events, or through print and electronic media, including links from OSHA’s Web site.
• Share information on best practices of PSSA members/worksites, as jointly determined by OSHA and PSSA, with others in the industry through outreach by PSSA and through OSHA on developed training programs and materials.
• Convene or participate in forums or roundtable discussions, on common safety hazards, to help forge innovative solutions.
• Provide OSHA with future topics for the OSHA Shipyard Safety and Health “E-Tool”.

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 to develop a plan of action, determine working procedures, and identify the roles and responsibilities of the participants. In addition, they will meet at least three 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 Region X OSHA and the Puget Sound Shipbuilders Association and any other appropriate offices. OSHA will encourage State Plan States’ and OSHA On-site Consultation Projects’ participation on the team.

This agreement will remain in effect for five years from the date of signing. 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 20th day of January, 2017.

AGREEMENT RENEWING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN
REGION X, BELLEVUE AREA OFFICE
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, REGION X
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
PUGET SOUND SHIPBULDERS ASSOCIATION

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Region X Bellevue Area Office and the Puget Sound Shipbuilders Association (PSSA) continue to recognize the value of maintaining a collaborative relationship to foster safer and more healthful American shipyards. To that end, OSHA and Puget Sound Shipbuilders Association hereby renew the Alliance signed February 22, 2007 with a continued emphasis on using knowledge to help foster a culture of prevention while sharing best practices and technical knowledge.

Specifically, OSHA and the Puget Sound Shipbuilders Association are committed to providing PSSA members and others with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect the health and safety of 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 safe and healthful working conditions for shipyard employees, particularly addressing and preventing exposure to shipyard safety and health hazards. In renewing this Alliance, OSHA and PSSA recognize that OSHA’s State Plan and On-site Consultation Project partners are an integral part of the OSHA national effort.

Raising Awareness of OSHA’s Rulemaking and Enforcement Initiatives

The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following goals related to raising awareness of OSHA’s rulemaking and enforcement initiatives:

• To share information on OSHA’s National/Regional/Local Emphasis Programs, Regulatory Agenda, and opportunities to participate in the rulemaking process
• To share information on occupational safety and health laws and standards, including the rights and responsibilities of workers and employers.
• To convene or participate in forums, roundtable discussions, or stakeholder meetings on shipyard hazards to help forge innovative solutions in the workplace or to provide input on safety and health issues.

Training and Education

The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following training and education goal.

Develop training programs, as needed, on any of the following subjects:

Should a PSSA member desire assistance on any topics listed above, OSHA may be contacted and assistance will be arranged. The compliance assistance provided will be negotiated by OSHA and the shipyard, and may include the presence of OSHA staff at the shipyard.

Outreach and Communication

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

• Invite OSHA personnel into their shipyards to observe best practice situations. Cross-train OSHA personnel and industry safety and health practitioners in PSSA’s best practices and/or effective approaches.
• Seek opportunities to jointly develop and disseminate information from conferences, local meetings, events, or through print and electronic media, including links from OSHA’s Web site.
• Share information on best practices of PSSA members/worksites, as jointly determined by OSHA and PSSA, with others in the industry through outreach by PSSA and through OSHA on developed training programs and materials.
• Convene or participate in forums or roundtable discussions, on common safety hazards, to help forge innovative solutions.
• Provide OSHA with future topics for the OSHA Shipyard Safety and Health “E-Tool”.

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 to develop a plan of action, determine working procedures, and identify the roles and responsibilities of the participants. In addition, they will meet at least three 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 Region X OSHA and the Puget Sound Shipbuilders Association and any other appropriate offices. OSHA will encourage State Plan States’ and OSHA On-site Consultation Projects’ participation on the team.

This agreement will remain in effect for two years from the date of signing. Either 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 16th day of January, 2015.

Puget Sound Shipbuilders Association

1. Alliance Background
   
   Date Signed – 2/23/07
   
   Overview
   
   Promote safe and healthful working conditions for shipyard employees through the development and implementation of training and education programs. The association is a group of shipyards and closely associated employers in the Puget Sound.
   
   Implementation Team Members
   
   Joy Flack – Area Director, Al Rainsberger – PSSA President 
   
   Contributors
   
   Mike Bonkowski – CAS, Philip Dovinh – PSSA Marine Chemist, Venetia Runnian - UofW, NPFVOA Association members.
   
   Evaluation Period
   
   October 1, 2007 – September 30, 2008
   
    
2. Implementation Team Meetings
   
   Regular emails – at least once per month.
   
    
3. Events and Products
   
   Training and Education
   • Events
     
     10/2/08 Safety Seminar on Electrical, shipboard ventilation, Hexavalent Chromium.
     
     10/11/08 Repeated the safety seminar
     
     1/4/08 Recordkeeping Presentation
     
     1/18/08 – Personal Protective Equipment discussion
     
     3/11/08 – Presentation on proposed shipyard standards
     
     7/18/08 – Another presentation on the proposed shipyard standards.
      
   • Draft Puget Sound written Fire plan for shipyards also under the jurisdiction of the Seattle Fire Department.
      
   Outreach and Communication
   • Events
      
   • Products
     
     Promoting the National Dialogue on Workplace Safety and Health
      
   • Events
      
   •  Products
     
      
4. Results
    

   Type of Activity (Conference, Training, Print and Electronic Distribution, etc.)	Number of Individuals Reached or Trained
   Safety Seminar on Electrical, shipboard ventilation, Hexavalent Chromium.	60
   Recordkeeping Presentation	25
   Personal Protective Equipment discussion	1000
   Presentation on proposed shipyard standards	80
   Draft Puget Sound written Fire plan for shipyards also under the jurisdiction of the Seattle Fire Department.	1000
   TOTAL	XXX




 
5. Upcoming Milestones
   
   Complete draft of written Fire Plan.
   
   Plan to renew alliance.

AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
BELLEVUE AREA OFFICE
AND
PUGET SOUND SHIPBUILDERS ASSOCIATION

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Bellevue Area Office, and the Puget Sound Shipbuilders Association, (PSSA) recognize the value of establishing a collaborative relationship to foster safer and more healthful American shipyards. Bellevue Area Office OSHA and PSSA therefore agree to form an Alliance to use their collective expertise to help foster a culture of prevention while sharing best practices and technical knowledge.

Bellevue Area Office OSHA and PSSA agree to establish an Alliance to promote safe and healthful working conditions for shipyard employees by:

• Providing PSSA members with information and guidance that will help them protect employees’ safety and health, particularly in reducing and preventing exposure to shipyard safety and health hazards.
   
• Increasing access to safety and health information and training resources.

Bellevue Area Office OSHA and PSSA will also work together to achieve the following training and education goals:

• Develop and implement training and education programs that can be used to improve shipyard safety and health programs. Training and education programs may be developed under the broad categories of: Training. Hazard Recognition, Management Systems and Health Hazards: Topics under the selected categories may include:
  
  Training
   
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Hazard Recognition
  • Fall Protection
  • Accident Investigation
  • Shipyard Competent Persons and Marine Chemists
  Management Systems
   
  • Employee Participation
  • Workplace Violence
  • Subcontractors
  Hazard Recognition
   
  • Fire Protection
  • Scaffolding
  • Slips, Trips and Falls
  • Housekeeping
  • Machine Guarding
  • Electrical
  • Welding/Cutting/Buming
  • Powered Industrial Vehicles, Materials Handling i.e. Slings. Cranes and Forklifts
  • Stuck-by Hazards
  Health Hazards
   
  • Painting
  • Blasting
  • Welding Fume
  • LeadlCadmium/Arsenic
  • Asbestos
  • Noise
  • Hexavalent Chromium

Should an PSSA member desire assistance on any topics listed above, the OSHA Bellevue Area Director will be contacted and assistance will be arranged. The compliance assistance provided will be negotiated by the Bellevue Area Office Area Director and the shipyard, and may include the presence of OSHA staff at the shipyard.

The PSSA and OSHA also believe the Alliance is an excellent method to improve the overall safety of shipyards, increase outreach and communication between OSHA and the shipyard industry, develop expertise of compliance officers and participate in the national dialogue on shipyard safety and health.

Bellevue Area Office OSHA and PSSA will work together to the extent possible to achieve the following outreach and communication goals:

• Invite OSHA personnel into their shipyards to observe best practice situations. Cross-train OSHA personnel and industry safety and health practitioners in PSSA’s best practices and/or effective approaches.
   
• Promote and encourage PSSA’s members’ participation in OSHA’s cooperative programs such as the Voluntary Protection Program, Consultation and SHARP. In addition, encourage PSSA members to act as mentors to PSSA members/work sites that aspire to excellence in safety and health.
   
• Seek opportunities to jointly develop and disseminate information at conferences, local meetings, events, or through print and electronic media, including links from OSHA’s Web site.

Bellevue Area Office OSHA and PSSA will work together to the extent possible to achieve the following goals related to promoting the national dialogue on workplace safety and health:

• Share information on best practices of PSSA members/worksites, as jointly determined by Bellevue Area Office OSHA and PSSA, with others in the industry through outreach by PSSA and through Bellevue Area Office OSHA on developed training programs and materials.
   
• Convene or participate in forums or roundtable discussions, on common safety hazards, to help forge innovative solutions.
   
• Provide OSHA with future topics for the OSHA Shipyard Safety and Health “eTool”.
   
• PSSA leadership will demonstrate commitment and increase safety awareness by including workplace safety and health in all public discussions.

An implementation team made up of representatives of both organizations will meet to develop a plan of action, determine working procedures, and identify the roles and responsibilities of the participants. In addition, they will meet at least three times per year to track and share information on activities and results in achieving the goals of the Alliance. OSHA will encourage State Plan States’ and OSHA Consultation Projects’ participation on the team.

This agreement will remain in effect for two years from the date of signing. Bellevue Area Office and the PSSA will meet prior to the expiration of this alliance to discuss accomplishments and if applicable, agree upon activities for the coming year. This agreement may be modified at anytime with the concurrence of both signatories and may be terminated for any reason with 30 days written notice from either signatory.