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ALLIANCE ANNUAL REPORT
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Nebraska Grain and Feed Association (NGF)
Nebraska Fire Marshal
Nebraska Workforce Development – OSHA Consultation
October, 2006 – February, 2008 |
I. Alliance Background
Date Signed
Originally: September 8, 2004
Renewed: October 11, 2006
Overview
This Alliance establishes an agreement between parties to promote and educate Nebraska employers
about the value-added to business by voluntarily implementing an effective safety and health
management system. The agreement also focuses on a number of goals including:
Training and education:
- Work with OSHA to provide expertise to develop training and educational programs for NGF members
regarding engulfment, struck by, and ergonomic hazards and transportation safety issues, and to
provide expertise in communicating such information to employers and employees in the industry.
- Deliver or arrange for the delivery of OSHA 10 hour course.
Outreach and communication:
- Work with OSHA and Consultation 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,
Consultation and the NGF's Web sites) to employers and employees in the industry.
- Speak, exhibit, or appear at NGF conferences, local meetings, or other events.
- Cross-train OSHA and Consultation personnel and industry safety and health professionals in NGF's
best practices or effective approaches, as jointly determined by OSHA, NGF and Consultation.
- Promote and encourage NGF members' or worksites' participation in OSHA's cooperative programs such
as compliance assistance, the Voluntary Protection Program, Consultation, and SHARP.
- Share information among OSHA personnel and industry safety and health professionals regarding
NGF's best practices or effective approaches and publicize results through outreach by NGF and
through OSHA, Consultation or NGF developed materials, training programs, workshops, seminars, and
lectures (or any other applicable forum).
Implementation Team Members
- Pat Ptacek, Executive Vice President, NGF
- Justin R. Krahulik, VP of Operations and Education, NGF
- Jim Lightfoot, Compliance Officer, OSHA
- Doug Fletcher, CAS, OSHA
- Eldon Diedrichs, Program Manager, 21 D
- Dennis Hohbein, State Fire Marshal, SFM
Evaluation Period
10/06-02/08
II. Implementation Team Meetings
During the evaluation period, two implementation team members departed. Justin Krahulik, VP of
Operations and Education with the NGFA left the Association and has not been replaced. He was the
primary contact for the alliance and coordinated most educational activities. In addition, Dennis
Hohbein, State Fire Marshal, retired during this period. His replacement has not yet expressed
interest in continuing to support this program. Having said that, Jim Lightfoot and Pat Ptacek
continue to correspond on a quarterly basis to discuss future opportunities for the alliance.
III. Training and Education
Events:
During the evaluation period, OSHA representatives were asked to participate in two conferences (see
below). The National Grain and Feed Association referred the GEAPS organization to the Omaha Area
Office for speakers at their annual conference. The GEAPS organization is an international
organization of grain handling and processing professionals and their annual conference was on the
scale of a National Safety Congress, for their respective industry.
| Type of Activity (Conference, Training, Print and
Electronic Distribution, etc.) |
Number of Individuals Reached or Trained |
| NGFA Annual Conference: Jim Lightfoot, CSHO,
attended the NGFAs annual conference in December 2006. He provided literature at a booth that
served approximately 1,000 attendees over the two days of the conference. |
~ 1,000 |
GEAPS Annual Conference: (Grain Elevator and
Processing Society). Two presentations:
OSHA's Voluntary Protection Program
(Doug Fletcher, CAS)
Nebraska's Enforcement Activities in the Grain Industry
(Bernie Hauber, Team Leader) |
~ 75
~ 100 |
In addition, the Omaha Area Office CAS regularly updates the Nebraska Grain &
Feed Association and its membership with electronic information disseminated via e-mail. This includes
over 300 grain elevator operators and various support services associated with the grain industry.
Information about combustible dust, bin entry, fall protection, and other safety and health topics are
regularly forwarded throughout the association.
IV. Upcoming Milestones
The Omaha Area Office (OAO) will continue to support the training efforts of NGF. We are currently
working on scheduling a half-day training course on the requirements of 1910.272. This was
originally scheduled for the Annual Conference, but was then postponed by the NGFA.
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