|
<<<Back to Industrial
Truck Association |
 Printing Instructions |
ALLIANCE ANNUAL REPORT
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the
Industrial Truck Association (ITA)
February 28, 2007 |
I. Alliance Background
Date Signed
January 15, 2004
Date Renewed
April 24, 2006
Evaluation Period
January 14, 2006 – January 13, 2007
Overview
Through the Alliance, OSHA and ITA are promoting the safe operation and use of powered industrial
trucks by providing information, guidance, and access to training resources to assist employers and
employees in reducing and preventing exposure to potential hazards associated with the use of
powered industrial trucks in general, and in warehouses in particular.
Implementation Team Members
| OSHA: |
|
| Jess McCluer |
Office of Outreach Services and Alliances |
| |
|
| ITA: |
|
Gary Cross
Mac Dunaway
Chris Merther
Bill Montwieler |
Counsel
Counsel
Manager, Technical Programs
Executive Director |
II. Implementation Team Meetings
February 3, 2006
March 14, 2006
September 19, 2006
November 15, 2006
January 4, 2007 |
Meeting to Discuss Alliance Renewal Agreement, OSHA, Washington,
DC
Meeting, OSHA, Washington, DC
Planning Meeting for Powered Industrial Truck Best Practices Seminar
Powered Industrial Truck Editorial Board Conference Call
Meeting, ITA - 1750 K Street, NW, Washington, DC |
III. Results
- Events and Products
Outreach and Communication Goals
- Work with OSHA to provide expertise in developing information on the recognition and prevention of
workplace hazards, and to provide expertise in developing ways of communicating such information
(e.g. print and electronic media, electronic assistance tools and OSHA's and ITA's Web sites) to
employers and employees, including youth workers, in the industry.
Products
OSHA and ITA Alliance Web site
OSHA is continuing to update the OSHA and ITA Alliance Web page that is posted on the Agency's Web
site. It includes the OSHA and ITA agreements, news releases, activities and events and milestones
and successes.
ITA Website (www.indtrk.org)
ITA's Web site has an OSHA Information Web page that contains links to sites relating to industrial
truck safety. It includes a link to the Protecting Young Workers: Prohibition Against Young Workers
Operating Forklifts Safety and Health Information Bulletin and the Sample Daily Checklists for
Powered Industrial Trucks.
Publications and Newsletters
During the reporting period, Information on the OSHA and ITA Alliance activities appeared in
OSHA and industry print and online media including OSHA' Alliance Quarterly Review
as well as Community Dispatch, News for OSC and Risk
Control Issues NewsBrief. For more information, see the "Alliance Program Reach" table.
Powered Industrial Trucks CD
Over 200 copies of the OSHA Powered Industrial Trucks CD were distributed at the ITA Spring Meeting
April 24-26, 2006 in Washington, DC. The CD includes the OSHA Powered Industrial Trucks Safety and
Health Topics page.
Powered Industrial Trucks Safety and Health Topics page
The following ITA staff member is continuing to participate on the OSHA Powered Industrial Trucks
Safety and Health Topics page's editorial board:
- Bill Montwieler, ITA, Executive Director; Washington, DC
Powered Industrial Trucks eTool
Through the Alliance, ITA representatives are providing their input and expertise, along with other
Alliance Program participants, to assist OSHA with the development of a Powered Industrial Trucks
eTool. The following ITA members and staff are serving on the eTool's editorial board:
- Gary Cross, Dunaway & Cross, Counsel, Washington, DC
- Mac Dunaway, Dunaway & Cross, Counsel, Washington, DC
- Chris Merther, ITA, Manager, Technical Programs, Washington, DC
- Bill Montwieler, ITA, Executive Director; Washington, DC
- Speak, exhibit, or appear at OSHA and/or ITA conferences, local meetings and other events such as
ITA's Annual and/or Spring meetings.
Events
ITA Annual Meeting, September 25-27, 2006, West Palm Beach, FL
On September 26, 2006, Steven Witt, then-Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, USDOL-OSHA, addressed
the ITA's Annual Meeting in West Palm Beach, FL. Mr. Witt gave the keynote presentation on safety
issues for lift trucks and updated over 250 attendees on the activities of the OSHA and ITA
Alliance.
- Share information among OSHA personnel and industry safety and health professionals regarding best
practices or effective approaches and publicize results through outreach by ITA and through OSHA- or
ITA-developed materials, training programs, workshops, seminars, and lectures (or any other
applicable forum).
Products
Industrial Truck Best Practices Seminar
OSHA and the ITA Alliance developed a one day Industrial Truck Best Practices Seminar. The seminar
focuses on topics such as maintaining vehicle stability and preventing vehicles from tipping over.
Presentations also emphasize the use of proper operator restraints to avoid injury should a vehicle
flip over.
In addition, ITA instructors use vehicle demonstrations to emphasize why different types of
industrial vehicles handle in certain ways; depending upon proper placement of load and maintaining
vehicle control. More than 50 attendees participated in the following seminars:
- November 2, 2006 – Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, 35 attendees
- February 9, 2006 – Tampa, Florida, 25 attendees
- Promote and encourage ITA members' participation in OSHA's cooperative programs such as compliance
assistance, the Voluntary Protection Programs, Consultation and its Safety and Health Achievement
Recognition Program.
The OSHA and ITA Alliance Implementation Team has not started work on programs or projects to
address this goal.
- Work with other Alliance participants on specific issues and projects that affect the use of
powered industrial trucks in the workplace that are addressed and developed through the Alliance
Program.
The OSHA and ITA Alliance Implementation Team has not started work on programs or projects to
address this goal.
Promoting the National Dialogue on Workplace Safety and Health Goals
- Participate in forums, roundtable discussions, conferences and stakeholders meetings on issues
concerning powered industrial trucks, including youth worker outreach, to help forge innovative
solutions to raising safety awareness in the workplace and to provide information during the
development of industry-specific safety and health guidelines.
The OSHA and ITA Alliance Implementation Team has not started work on programs or projects to
address this goal.
- Executive Summary
Through the Alliance Program, OSHA and ITA are continuing to work together to share information on
the industrial truck industry along with OSHA's compliance assistance activities and cooperative
programs. This positive relationship has led to the development a one day Industrial Truck Best
Practices Seminar.
The OSHA and ITA Alliance held the seminar for OSHA Region IV staff on February 9, 2006 in Tampa,
Florida and for OSHA Region III staff on November 2, 2006 in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. During the
seminar, ITA members and staff instructed the OSHA representatives on topics such as maintaining
vehicle stability and preventing vehicles from tipping over. Presentations also emphasized the use
of proper operator restraints to avoid injury should a vehicle flip over. In addition, ITA
instructors used vehicle demonstrations to emphasize why different types of industrial vehicles
handle in certain ways; depending upon proper placement of load and maintaining vehicle control.
In addition, OSHA and ITA representatives are sharing their expertise and information through a
number of different avenues. For example:
- Steven Witt, then-Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, USDOL-OSHA, gave a keynote presentation on
the safety issues for lift trucks and updated over 250 attendees on the activities of the OSHA and
ITA Alliance at the ITA Annual Meeting in West Palm Beach, FL on September 26, 2006.
- ITA distributed over 200 copies of OSHA's Powered Industrial Truck CD at the ITA Spring Meeting
April 24-26, 2006 in Washington, DC.
- ITA staff is continuing to serve on the editorial board for the OSHA Powered Industrial Trucks
Safety and Health Topics page.
- ITA members and staff are reviewing and providing comments on OSHA's Powered Industrial Trucks
eTool.
Finally, OSHA and ITA agreed to continue the Alliance and signed an renewal agreement on April 24,
2006.
- Alliance Program Reach
| Type of Activity (Conference,
Training, Print and Electronic Distribution, etc.) |
Number of Individuals Reached or
Trained |
| OSHA and ITA Alliance Web site on OSHA's Web page |
6,310 |
| ITA Web site – OSHA Information Web page |
Data Not Available |
| Powered Industrial Trucks Safety and Health Topics
page |
106,871 |
| February 9, 2006 – Industrial Truck Best Practices
Seminar, Tampa, FL |
25 |
| March 2006 – "Seminar Emphasizes Industrial Truck
Safety," Alliance Quarterly Review |
300 |
| April 26, 2006 – ITA distributed copies of OSHA's
Powered Industrial Trucks CD to members |
200 |
| April 27, 2006 – "OSHA Renews Alliance with the
Industrial Truck Association," OSHA News Release |
69 News Services |
| April 28, 2006 – "OSHA Renews Alliance with the
Industrial Truck Association: Focus Continues on Safe Operation of Powered Industrial Trucks,"
Community Dispatch |
Data Not Available |
| May 2006 – "OSHA Renews Alliance with the
International Truck Association," Risk Control Issues NewsBrief |
Data Not Available |
| May 15, 2006 – "OSHA Renews National Alliance, Signs
New Regional One," News for OSC |
Data Not Available |
| May 15, 2006 – OSHA includes information on the
OSHA/ITA Alliance renewal signing in QuickTakes |
52,805 |
September 26, 2006, ITA Annual Meeting, West Palm
Beach, FL
Speaker: Steven Witt, then-Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, USDOL-OSHA |
250 |
| November 2, 2006 – Industrial Truck Best Practices
Seminar, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania |
25 |
| December 2006 – "Alliance Program Participants Share
Best Practices and Safety Techniques," Alliance Quarterly Review |
300 |
| TOTAL |
167,096 |
IV. Upcoming Milestones
The OSHA and ITA Alliance Implementation Team has discussed a number of activities that will be
undertaken in the upcoming year. For example, the organizations are planning to conduct additional
Industrial Truck Best Practice seminars. ITA is working with OSHA Region VII to hold a seminar March
27, 2007 in St. Louis, Missouri and with OSHA Region III to hold a seminar March 29, 2007 in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In addition, ITA may create a section on its Web site promoting the
seminar.
In addition, the association will continue to be a member of OSHA's Powered Industrial Trucks Safety
and Health Topics page editorial board. ITA's representative will review and provide comments on the
page. In addition, ITA staff and members will continue to work with OSHA and other Alliance Program
participants to develop OSHA's Powered Industrial Trucks eTool.
Finally, OSHA has submitted a workshop proposal, "Powered Industrial Truck Compliance Assistance
Resources", for the NSC 2007 Congress & Expo, October 12-19, 2007 in Chicago, Illinois. During the
proposed workshop, Bill Montweiler and an OSHA representative would discuss OSHA's powered
industrial trucks compliance assistance resources.
Report prepared by: Jess McCluer, Alliance Coordinator, Office of Outreach Services and Alliances,
February 28, 2007
|
|
Back to Top
