ALLIANCE BETWEEN
THE WILMINGTON AREA OFFICE OF
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND
LA PLAZA DELAWARE, INC. AND DELAWARE ALLIANCE OF LATINO ENTREPRENEURS (¡DALE!)

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Wilmington Area Office, La Plaza Delaware, Inc., and Delaware Alliance of Latino Entrepreneurs (¡DALE!)) (collectively "the Participants") recognize the value of establishing a collaborative relationship to foster safer and more healthful American workplaces. To that end, the Participants hereby form an Alliance to provide La Plaza Delaware, Inc. and ¡DALE! members and others with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect the health and safety of workers, particularly by reducing and preventing exposure to safety hazards and concerns at construction sites, 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"¹ and the "Guidelines for OSHA's Alliance Program Participants: Alliance Products and Other Alliance Projects².

Through the Alliance, the Participants 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 to evaluate the effectiveness of the Alliance and measure the impact of its overall effort on improving workplace safety for employers and workers. In developing this Alliance, OSHA, and La Plaza Delaware, Inc. and Delaware Alliance of Latino Entrepreneurs (¡DALE!) recognize that OSHA's State Plan and On-site Consultation Project 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/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 at the OSHA and La Plaza Delaware, Inc., and Delaware Alliance of Latino Entrepreneurs (¡DALE!) annual or quarterly meeting and/or the Fall Prevention Stand Down to help forge innovative solutions in the workplace or to provide input on safety and health issues.
• To encourage worker participation in workplace safety and health by promoting the value of injury and illness prevention programs.
• 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 OSHA's, La Plaza Delaware, Inc.'s, and Delaware Alliance of Latino Entrepreneurs' (¡DALE!) websites) to employers and workers in the industry.
• To speak, exhibit, or appear at OSHA's, La Plaza Delaware, Inc.'s, and/or Delaware Alliance of Latino Entrepreneurs' (¡DALE!) conferences, local meetings, and the National Safety Stand-Down to prevent Falls in Construction events.
• To share information among OSHA personnel and industry safety and health professionals regarding best practices or effective approaches through training programs, workshops, seminars, and lectures (or any other applicable forum) developed by the Participants.

Training and Education

The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following objectives as resources permit:

• To develop and/or deliver effective training and education programs for La Plaza Delaware, Inc. and Delaware Alliance of Latino Entrepreneurs (¡DALE!) members, their workers, and others within the construction industry focusing on reducing and preventing exposure to fall, electrical, caught-in or between, struck-by, and any other relevant safety and health hazards, and to communicate such information to constituent employers and workers.
• La Plaza Delaware, Inc., and Delaware Alliance of Latino Entrepreneurs (¡DALE!) members, their workers, and other 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.
• To educate stakeholders and encourage the voluntary use of the free, confidential onsite consultation services provided by Delaware OSHA Consultation.

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 Wilmington Area Office and any other appropriate offices. OSHA will encourage State Plan States' and OSHA On-site Consultation Projects' participation on the team.

This Alliance 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 20th day of June 2024.

1: https://www.osha.gov/alliances/templates/regional-annual-report-template

2: https://www.osha.gov/alliances/alliance-products-guide

(From left to right): George Harris, President, ASSE-Greater Baton Rouge Chapter; Dorinda Folse, Area Director, Baton Rouge Area Office, USDOL-OSHA; and Lance Roux, ASSE-Greater Baton Rouge Chapter, Delegate and former Chapter President, at the Alliance signing on March 17, 2011.

AGREEMENT RENEWING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION,
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ALLIANCE FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION, AND
STOP STIGMA TOGETHER

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recognizes the value of maintaining a collaborative relationship to foster safety and health practices and programs to promote workplace mental health in American workplaces. To that end, OSHA and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), together with the Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide Prevention (CIASP) and Stop Stigma Together (SST) as additional signatories, hereby renew the Alliance signed September 7, 2022, with a continued emphasis on providing employers, workers, and the public with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them promote workplace mental health and suicide prevention awareness 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 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, AFSP, CIASP, and SST 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 Initiatives (Emphasis Programs, Regulatory Agenda, Outreach), and opportunities to participate in activities and initiatives related to workplace mental health and suicide prevention.
• Share information on occupational safety and health laws and standards, including the rights and responsibilities of workers and employers.
• Develop information on workplace mental health and suicide prevention awareness, and communicate such information (e.g., via print and electronic media, other electronic assistance tools, and the AFSP, CIASP, OSHA, and SST websites). Ensure products developed encourage and reflect the diversity of the workforce, are accessible in multiple languages and formats, and encourage workers’ sense of belonging.
• Speak, exhibit, or appear at conferences, local meetings and other events, such as OSHA’s Alliance Program Forum and Construction Roundtable, and AFSP, CIASP, and SST events.
• Convene or participate in forums, roundtable discussions, or stakeholder meetings on workplace mental health and suicide prevention awareness to help forge innovative solutions or to provide input on safety and health issues.
• Share information among OSHA personnel and safety and health professionals regarding AFSP, CIASP, and SST’s best practices and effective approaches for promoting workplace mental health and suicide prevention awareness through training programs, workshops, seminars, and lectures (or any other applicable forum).
• Collaborate with other Alliance participants on specific issues and projects on workplace mental health and suicide prevention awareness.
• Facilitate relationships between OSHA’s National, Regional, and Area Offices and AFSP, CIASP, and SST to promote workplace mental health and suicide prevention awareness.

Training and Education

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

• Deliver or arrange for the delivery of workplace mental health and suicide prevention awareness and loss support programming to federal OSHA, State Plan, and On-Site Consultation Program personnel.

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, the Directorate of Construction, 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 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 13th day of January, 2025.

ARRANGEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR’S
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
LAS VEGAS AREA OFFICE
AND
THE CONSULATE OF MEXICO IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Las Vegas Area Office and The Consulate of Mexico in Las Vegas, Nevada (the Consulate), hereinafter referred to collectively as "the Participants";

RECOGNIZING the joint commitment to protect workers' rights for Mexican workers in the United States acknowledged in the Letter of Arrangement between the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the Department of Labor of the United States of America and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Mexican States, concerning Workplace Safety and Health Protections Applicable to Mexican Workers in the United States, signed Washington, D.C., on August 23, 2024; 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 Mexican Nationals in Nevada and others information, guidance, and access to education and training resources to promote workers' rights in protecting their occupational safety and health, and to help them understand U.S. domestic law on 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 Mexican workers and Mexican employers in Nevada regarding workplace safety and health.
• To develop training and education programs for Mexican workers and Mexican employers in Nevada to promote understanding of workers' rights and responsibilities of employers under the OSH Act, including the use of the OSHA complaint process.

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 Mexican Nationals working in Nevada 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.

Promotion of a National Dialogue

The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following goals related to promoting a joint 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 issues affecting Mexican Nationals working in Nevada 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.

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

Signed at Las Vegas, Nevada, in duplicate, this 26 day of August, 2024, in the English and Spanish languages.