On January 30, 2008, representatives from 13 construction-related Alliances
participated in the second Alliance Program Construction Roundtable at DOL in Washington, DC to
share information on Alliance-related activities from the construction industry-related Alliance
Program participants, get updated on OSHA's construction-related activities, and identify potential
Fall Protection and Design for Safety (DFS) and Workgroup projects to help address safety and health
in the construction industry.
During the roundtable, Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA, thanked the
Alliance Program participants for their commitment to develop construction-related safety and health
outreach products and provided information on the Agency's 2008 Teen Summer Job Safety Campaign,
which will again focus on the construction industry. Steven F. Witt, then-Director, Directorate of
Construction, provided an update on a variety of construction-related concerns that the Directorate
is addressing, including proposed rules focusing on cranes and derricks and confined spaces. In addition, products
developed through the roundtables were highlighted by representatives of the
DFS and
Fall
Protection Workgroups.
As an outcome of the roundtable, the DFS and Fall Protection Workgroups met on April 22, 2008 to
discuss common construction-related interests and the promising project ideas developed at the
roundtable meeting, such as conducting a national public awareness campaign focusing on construction
safety; joint DFS and fall protection-related initiatives; and other suggested projects.
The following Alliance representatives participated in the Construction Roundtable on January 30,
2008:
- ADSC: International Association of Foundation Drilling
- American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)
- Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM)
- Concrete Sawing and Drilling Association (CSDA)
- Construction Institute – American Society of Civil Engineers (CI-ASCE)
- Independent Electrical Contractors, Inc. (IEC)
- Laborers Health and Safety Fund of North America (LHSFNA)
- National Construction Safety Executives (NCSE)
- National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
- National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
- National Safety Council (NSC)
- Sealant Waterproofing and Restoration Institute (SWR Institute)
- Washington Division of URS Corporation
(from left to right) Standing: Michael S. Pankonin, Assistant Director, Technical and Safety
Services, AEM; Kevin Cannon, Safety Specialist, NAHB; Scott Schneider, Director for Occupational
Safety and Health, Laborers' Health and Safety Fund of North America; Matt Burkhart, Crane Safety
Committee, CI-ASCE; Karl Anderson, Safety Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; John Masarick,
Director of Codes and Safety, IEC; Richard Marshall, Chairman, Safety Committee, ADSC; Nancy McNabb,
Director, Government Affairs, NFPA; Thomas Stowell, Vice President, CSDA; Ron Pilla, Chairperson,
Safety Committee, SWR Institute; Doug Walker, Vice President, Atlantic Concrete Cutting, Inc., CSDA;
John Mroszczyk, Member, ASSE; David Kliwinski, Manager of Safety, Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.,
NCSE; Chris Peck, Chairman, NCSE; Andy Peters; Corporate Vice President, Safety, Parsons, NCSE;
Ellen Stewart, Senior Safety Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Sitting: Robert Matuga,
Director, Labor, Safety & Health Regulatory Affairs, NAHB; Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., OSHA Assistant
Secretary; Brad Giles, Vice President, Environmental Safety and Health, Washington Division of URS
Corporation; Bill Jackson, Director of Safety, Granite Construction Inc., NCSE; at the Construction
Roundtable on January 30, 2008. |
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