ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE PROGRAM AMBASSADOR RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN
THE WILMINGTON AREA OFFICE OF
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
THE ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC.,
DELAWARE CHAPTER

Since entering into an Alliance on June 15, 2016, with subsequent renewal(s) on September 19, 2018 the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Wilmington Area Office and the Associated Builders and Contractors Inc., Delaware Chapter (ABC DE) (hereinafter referred to collectively as "the Participants") 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.

OSHA and ABC DE 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 ABC DE 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 ABC DE status as Alliance Program Ambassador on the agency's public webpage.

ABC DE 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 ABC DE 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 ABC DE good practices or effective approaches through training programs, workshops, seminars, lectures, or any other applicable forum.
• Offering OSHA opportunities to speak, exhibit, or appear at ABC DE'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 both parties to meet the intent of this document and its underlying policies. Either signatory may terminate it for any reason at any time, provided they give 30 days' written notice to the other party.

Signed this 9th day of May 2024.

AGREEMENT RENEWING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN
KANSAS CITY, OMAHA, ST. LOUIS, WITCHITA OFFICES
OF REGION 7
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
IOWA DIVISION OF LABOR DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTIONS, APPEALS, AND LICENSING (DIAL)
AND
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA on behalf of its COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, HEALTHIER
WORKFORCE CENTER OF THE MIDWEST

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Kansas City, Omaha, St. Louis, Wichita, Area Offices, and Iowa Division of Labor Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing (DIAL), and the Healthier Workforce Center of the Midwest (HWC) in the University of Iowa College of Public Health 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 Healthier Workforce Center of the Midwest (HWC) in the University of Iowa College of Public Health hereby renew the Alliance signed March 10, 2021, with a continued emphasis on behavioral health issues.  Through the alliance, the organization will continue to provide HWC members and the public with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect workers by reducing and preventing exposure to workplace hazards and address behavioral health issues, 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 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, Iowa OSHA (DIAL) and HWC recognize that the 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 will 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 and Local Initiatives to address behavioral health (including both mental health and substance abuse) topics in the workplace and opportunities to participate in initiatives and the rulemaking process.
• Share information on occupational safety and health laws and standards that support behavioral health, including the rights and responsibilities of workers and employers.
• Use existing surveillance to examine impact of behavioral health on workplace injury and illness, the need to reduce stigma associated with behavioral health and treatment, and identify programs, practices, and policies that can be used to address these topics. Communicate such information (e.g., print, and electronic media, electronic assistance tools, and OSHA and the HWC websites) to employers and workers in the industry.
• Speak, exhibit, or appear at OSHA and HWC conferences, local meetings, or other events promoting behavioral health in the workplace.
• Convene or participate in forums, roundtable discussions, or stakeholder meetings on behavioral health in the workplace to help forge innovative solutions in the workplace or to provide input on safety and health issues.
• HWC will share summary information among OSHA personnel and industry safety and health professionals regarding good practices or effective approaches to address behavioral health in the workplace through training programs, workshops, seminars, and lectures (or any other applicable forum).
• Collaborate with other Alliance participants on specific issues and projects addressing behavioral health in the workplace.
• Encourage HWC to build relationships with OSHA’s Regional and Area Offices to address health and safety issues, including behavioral health.
• Utilize a multimedia approach to promote efforts to address behavioral health in the workplace.

Training and Education

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

• Develop programs, practices and policies, and materials to be delivered at the workplace (e.g., Toolbox Talks) addressing the impact of behavioral health on workplace injury and illness, the warning signs of suicide, the need to reduce stigma associated with behavioral health and treatment, and the benefits of a workplace that supports recovery.

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 Kansas City, Omaha, St. Louis, and Wichita, Area Offices, and any other appropriate offices. OSHA will encourage the Iowa OSHA On-Site Consultation program’s participation on the team.

This agreement will remain in effect for five years.  Any signatory may terminate their participation in the Alliance for any reason at any time, provided they give 30 days’ written notice.  If OSHA chooses to terminate the Alliance, they will give all signatories 30 days’ written notice. This agreement may be modified at any time with the written concurrence of all signatories.

Signed this 11th day of August, 2023.

AGREEMENT RENEWING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN
EL PASO AREA OFFICE
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
EL PASO ASSOCIATION OF CONTRACTORS

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) El Paso Area Office and El Paso Association of Contractors 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 El Paso Association of Contractors hereby renew the Alliance signed on September 26, 2018, and renewed March 8, 2021, with a continued emphasis on construction workers safety and health. Specifically, OSHA and El Paso Association of Contractors organizations are committed to providing their members, stakeholders 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 exposure to falls, electrocution, struck-by, caught-in or between and addressing construction and industrial contractor safety and health issues.

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 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 member surveys, to evaluate the Alliance and measure the impact on improving workplace safety and health. In renewing this Alliance, OSHA and El Paso Association of Contractors 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 construction rulemaking process.
• Share information on occupational safety and health laws and standards, such as falls, electrocution, struck-by, caught-in or between and heat illness hazards including the rights and responsibilities of workers and employers.
• Convene or participate in forums, roundtable discussions, or stakeholder meetings on construction issues to help forge innovative solutions in the workplace or to provide input on construction safety and health issues.
• Encourage worker and trade contractors' participation in workplace safety and health by providing safety information during visits to company's jobsites and involving employees during jobsite assessments, inspections and audits.
• 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 and the El Paso Association of Contractors Web sites) to employers and workers in the industry.
• Speak, exhibit, or appear at OSHA's or El Paso Association of Contractors conferences, local meetings, or other safety training events.
• Share information among OSHA personnel and industry safety and health professionals regarding El Paso Association of Contractors good 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:

• Develop effective training and education programs for construction and industrial contractors regarding such as but not limited to falls, electrocution, struck-by, caught-in or between and to communicate such information to constituent employers and workers.
• Develop effective training and education programs for contractors 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.
• Deliver or arrange for the delivery of OSHA 10- and 30-Hour Construction courses in English and Spanish.

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 El Paso 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 three years. Either signatory may terminate their organizations 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 both signatories.

Signed this 14th day of May, 2024.

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.