AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN 
HARRISBURG, WILKES-BARRE, ERIE, AND PITTSBURGH AREA OFFICES
OF THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, KEYSTONE CHAPTER
AND
PENNSYLVANIA OSHA CONSULTATION PROGRAM
INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Harrisburg, Wilkes-Barre, Erie, and Pittsburgh Area Offices, the Association of Builders and Contractors - Keystone Chapter (ABC Keystone), and the Pennsylvania OSHA Consultation Program of Indiana University of Pennsylvania (PA OSHA Consultation) (collectively "the Participants") recognize the value of establishing a collaborative relationship to foster safety and health practices and programs to improve American workplaces. To that end, the Participants hereby form an Alliance to provide the participating construction industry employers and workers and the public with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect workers by reducing and preventing exposure to "Focus Four" hazards (fall, electrical, struck-by and caught between) and other recognized hazards associated with 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, the Participants 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 (as resources permit):

• Share information with members and stakeholders on OSHA's National Initiatives (Enforcement, Regulatory, and Outreach), and encourage their participation in OSHA's outreach initiatives and rulemaking processes, including the rights and responsibilities of workers and employers.
• Encourage ABC Keystone members/customers to build relationships with OSHA's National, Regional and Area Offices to address health and safety issues.
• Share information with OSHA personnel and industry safety and health professionals regarding ABC Keystone's, and its members' good practices or effective approaches through training programs, workshops, seminars, and lectures (or any other applicable forum).
• Promote and facilitate opportunities for ABC Keystone members to utilize the PA OSHA Consultation service to proactively identify and abate hazards associated with onsite construction site/project activities, provide compliance assistance, and examine topics related to injury and illness rates and other industry-specific hazards and/or injury and illness prevention efforts. For any member construction employers and eligible contractors or subcontractors who request services from the OSHA funded free consultation program, those employers will receive priority service from PA OSHA Consultation as resources permit. No cost compliance assistance services can be requested by calling 1-800-382-1241 or at www.iup.edu/pa-oshaconsultation.

Training and Education

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

• Offer OSHA opportunities to speak, exhibit, or appear at one another's conferences, local meetings, or other roundtable events.
• Support ABC Keystone's training and education programs for employers, employees, and safety professionals regarding hazards in general industry and construction and communicate such information to member employers and workers.

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 Alliances have proven to be valuable tools for both OSHA and participants. By entering into this Alliance relationship, 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 at least once 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 Harrisburg, Wilkes-Barre, Erie, Pittsburgh, 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 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 March 9th, 2023

Alliance Agreement Signature Page

AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN
THE DALLAS AREA OFFICE
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
DALLAS COUNTY

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Dallas Area Office and Dallas County 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 Dallas County hereby form an Alliance to provide members and the public with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect workers by reducing and preventing exposure to the hazards of all 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. OSHA and Dallas County 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 Dallas County 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

OSHA and Dallas County intend to work together to achieve some or all of 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 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 Dallas County websites) to employers and workers in the industry.
• Speak, exhibit, or appear at OSHA and Dallas County conferences, local meetings, and events.
• Convene or participate in forums, roundtable discussions, or stakeholder meetings on all safety topics to help forge innovative solutions in the workplace or to provide input on safety and health issues.
• Share information among OSHA personnel and industry safety and health professionals regarding Dallas County's good practices or effective approaches through training programs, workshops, seminars, and lectures (or any other applicable forum).
• Encourage worker participation in workplace safety and health by promoting industry health and safety conferences across the region.
• Develop and disseminate case studies that are issued by OSHA and other research material published by accredited academic or industry entities and publicize their results.
• Encourage Dallas County to build relationships with OSHA's Regional and Area Offices to address health and safety issues, including best practices and compliance.

Training and Education

OSHA and Dallas County intend to work together to achieve the following objective:

• Promote education programs for Dallas County to encourage 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, 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 the Dallas 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 two years after the last date signed by the parties. Either party may terminate it for any reason at any time, provided the party gives 30 days' written notice. This Agreement may be modified at any time with the written concurrence of both parties.

Signed this 17th day of October 2023.

ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE PROGRAM AMBASSADOR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
BRIDGEPORT AREA OFFICE HARTFORD AREA OFFICE
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
STATE OF CONNECTICUT- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH AND
CONNECTICUT TREE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION

Since entering into an Alliance on July 21, 2005 subsequent renewal(s) on January 7, 2016 the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Bridgeport Area Office, Hartford Area Office, State of Connecticut - Department of Labor Division of Occupational Safety and Health, and Connecticut Tree Protective Association (CTPA) 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 CTPA 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 CTPA 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 status as Alliance Program Ambassadors on the agency's public webpage.

CTPA 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 CTPA 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 CTPA good practices or effective approaches through training programs, workshops, seminars, and lectures (or any other applicable forum).
• Offering OSHA opportunities to speak, exhibit, or appear at one another'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 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. Termination by one signatory will not nullify the Ambassador relationship with all signatories, with the exception of OSHA; OSHA may terminate the Ambassador relationship as a whole, or its relationship with one or more individual signatories.

Signed this 11th day of April 2023.

• Catherine Brescia, Area Director, Bridgeport Area Office, Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Dale Varney, Area Director, Hartford Area Office, Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• John Rosa, Director, State of Connecticut Department of Labor, Division of Occupational Safety and Health
• Michael Almstead, President, Connecticut Protective Tree Association

ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE PROGRAM AMBASSADOR RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN
BOSTON REGIONAL OFFICE
REGION 1
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
KEENE STATE COLLEGE
OSHA TRAINING INSTITUTE EDUCATION CENTER

Since entering into an Alliance on February 25, 2009, with subsequent renewal(s) on March 29, 2011, December 4, 2015, and March 13, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Boston Regional Office- Region 1 and Keene State College, OSHA Training Institute Education Center (KSC OTIEC) 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 KSC OTIEC 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 KSC OTIEC by:

• Providing routine communications on enforcement, regulatory, and outreach initiatives.
• Sharing invitations to and offering opportunities to speak at Region I Alliance Program events and other stakeholder meetings or events, such as outreach and training activities through the Regional or Area Office.
• 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 Alliance Program Ambassador on the agency's public webpage.

KSC OTIEC will continue to foster an active relationship with OSHA by:

• Sharing information with 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 stakeholders on occupational safety and health laws and standards, including the rights and responsibilities of workers and employers.
• Building relationships with OSHA's Regional and Area Offices to address health and safety issues.
• Sharing information with OSHA personnel and industry safety and health professionals regarding good practices or effective approaches through training programs, workshops, seminars, and lectures (or any other applicable forum).
• Offering OSHA opportunities to speak, exhibit, or appear at conferences, local meetings, or other events, such as KSC OTIEC's Annual Trainers/Instructors Seminar.
• 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 the participating 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.

Signed this 27tth day of June, 2023.

ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE PROGRAM AMBASSADOR RELATIONSHIP WITH AN ALLIANCE KNOWN AS THE WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS OSHA ALLIANCE
BETWEEN
SPRINGFIELD AREA OFFICE.
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND
MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STANDARDS OSHA CONSULTATION PROGRAM
AND
HAMPDEN, HAMPSHIRE, AND FRANKLIN CONTRACTORS/LOCAL EMPLOYERS
AND
LABORER’S INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA LOCAL 596
AND
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 98

Since entering into an Alliance on May 12, 2006, with subsequent renewal(s) on May 18, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Springfield Area Office, the MA OSHA Consultation Program (MOCP), the Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin contractors (HHFC) and local employers, Laborers International Union of North America Local 596 (LiUNA) and the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 98 (IUOE)  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 Western Massachusetts OSHA Alliance 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 Western Massachusetts OSHA Alliance 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 W M OSHA Alliance status as Alliance Program Ambassador on the agency's public webpage.

Western Massachusetts OSHA Alliance 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 alliance partner worksites 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 W M OSHA Alliance good practices or effective approaches through training programs, workshops, seminars, and lectures (or any other applicable forum).
• Offering OSHA opportunities to speak, exhibit, or appear at one another’s conferences, local meetings, or other outreach 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 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.  Termination by one signatory will not nullify the Ambassador relationship with all signatories, with the exception of OSHA; OSHA may terminate the Ambassador relationship as a whole, or its relationship with one or more individual signatories.

Signed this 3rd day of July 2023.

AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
ANDOVER OSHA OFFICE
AND
THE NEW ENGLAND LABORERS TRAINING ACADEMY

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Andover Office and the New England Laborers Training Academy (NELTA) 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 NELTA hereby form an Alliance to provide NELTA members and others with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help the NELTA protect employee's safety and health. The alliance will focus on reducing and preventing exposure to safety and health hazards, including but not limited to trenching, fall protection, electrical safety, caught in between and struck by hazards. In addition, education and outreach will be provided on current and upcoming issues, 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 effectiveness of the Alliance and measure the impact of its overall effort on improving workplace safety and health. In developing this Alliance, OSHA and NELTA 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 objective.

• To share information on OSHA's National/Regional/Local Initiatives (Emphasis Programs, Regulatory Agenda, Outreach), and opportunities to participate in initiatives and the rulemaking process.
• To share information on occupational safety and health laws and standards, including the rights and responsibilities of workers and employers.
• To develop and communicate such information via print, electronic media or other that are affiliated with the NELTA.
• To speak, exhibit, or appear at OSHA’s or NELTA conferences, local meetings, or other NELTA events.
• To encourage NELTA Regional Council members to build relationships with OSHA's Regional and Area Offices to address health and safety issues that affect their members.

Training and Education

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

• To partner with the NELTA training program to provide, develop and communicate effective training and education programs such as: four high hazards (falls, electrocution, struck by and caught in between) as well as Introduction to OSHA and other safety topics that maybe relevant to the NELTA and its members.
• To develop effective training and education programs for NELTA 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 deliver or arrange for the delivery of educational initiatives on selected priority topics identified by the implementation team.

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 initiatives, outreach, communications, training, and education. These Alliances have proven 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 Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Andover Office. 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. 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 both signatories.

Signed this 17th day of March of the year 2023.