AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
ATLANTA-EAST, ATLANTA-WEST AREA OFFICES AND SAVANNAH, GEORGIA AREA OFFICES,
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY-SAFETY, HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY DIVISION,
AND
LAMAR OUTDOOR ADVERTISING
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The Occupational Safety and Healthy Administration (OSHA) and Lamar Outdoor Advertising (Lamar)
recognize the value of establishing a collaborative relationship to foster safer and more healthful
American workplaces. OSHA and Lamar hereby form an Alliance to provide Lamar employees and others in
the outdoor advertising industry with information, guidance, and access to training resources that
will help them protect employees’ health and safety, particularly in reducing and preventing
exposure to fall, electrical, struck by and trenching hazards, as well as hazards related to the
operation of aerial lifts. In developing this Alliance, OSHA and Lamar recognize that OSHA’s State
Plan and Consultation Project partners are an integral part of the OSHA national effort.
OSHA and Lamar will work together to achieve the following training and education goals:
- Work with OSHA to provide expertise to develop training and education programs for Lamar employees
regarding fall, electrical, struck by and trenching hazards, as well as hazards related to the
operation of aerial lifts, and to provide expertise in communicating such information to others in
the outdoor advertising industry.
- Work with OSHA to provide expertise to develop workplace safety and health curricula regarding
fall, electrical, struck by and trenching hazards, as well as hazards related to the operation of
aerial lifts, increasing worker awareness of hazards related to these operations and to enable them
to identify hazards. Lamar will deliver or arrange for the delivery of these courses.
OSHA and Lamar will work together to achieve the following 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 assistance tools and OSHA’s and the Lamar Web sites) to employers and
employees in the industry.
- Share information among OSHA personnel and industry safety and healthy professionals regarding
Lamar Advertising best practices or effective approaches and publicize results through outreach by
Lamar Advertising and through OSHA- or Lamar -developed materials, training programs, workshops,
seminars, and lectures (or any other applicable forum).
- Promote and encourage Lamar’s participation in OSHA’s cooperative programs such as compliance
assistance, the Voluntary Protective Program, Consultation, and the Safety and Health Achievement
Recognition Program.
- Work with other Alliance participants in Region IV, such as the Alabama Struck by Alliance, to
publicize safety and health issues.
- Lamar will also coordinate with OSHA to provide billboards (posters) throughout Georgia to
publicizing the “Partners in Prevention” safety slogans. Following review by OSHA, posters will be
printed in English and/or Spanish as appropriate.
- Encourage other Lamar chapters and worksites to build relationships with OSHA’s Regional and Area
Offices to address health and safety issues, including fall, electrical, struck by and trenching
hazards, as well as hazards related to the operation of aerial lifts.
OSHA and Lamar will work together to achieve the following goals related to promoting the national
dialogue on workplace safety and health:
- Raise others’ awareness of and demonstrate their own commitment to workplace safety and health
whenever Lamar leaders address groups.
OSHA’s Alliances provide parties an opportunity to participate in a voluntary cooperative
relationship with OSHA for purposes such as training and education, outreach and communication and
promoting a national dialogue on workplace safety and health. These Alliances have proved to be
valuable tools for both OSHA and its Alliance participants. By entering into an Alliance with a
party, OSHA is not endorsing any of that party’s products or services; nor does the Agency enter
into an Alliance with the purpose of promoting a particular party’s products or services.
An implementation team made up of representatives of both organizations will meet to develop a plan
of action, determine working procedure, and identify the roles and responsibilities of the
participants. Team members will include representatives of OSHA’s Directorate of Cooperative and
State Programs. In addition, they will meet at least three times per year to track and share
information on activities and results in achieving the goals of the Alliance.
This agreement will remain if effect for two (2) years. Either signatory may terminate if for any
reason at any time, provided they give 30 days written notice. This agreement may be modified at any
time with the concurrence of all signatories.
Jim Robertson
Lamar Outdoor Advertising |
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Gei Thae Breezley
Atlanta-East Area Director
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration |
Date |
John Deifer
Savannah Area Director
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration |
Date |
Andre Richards
Atlanta- West Area Director
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration |
Date |
Daniel Ortiz
Program Manager
GA Tech Research
Institute’s, Safety, Health & Environmental Technology Division |
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