Alliance Program's Small Business Roundtable
Through the Alliance Program, a number of the Program's participants came together to participate in
a Small Business Roundtable. During the Roundtable meetings, OSHA provided the Alliance Program
participants an opportunity to work with the Agency to address safety, health and compliance
assistance resources for the small business community. In addition, the Roundtable participants
reviewed and provided OSHA with feedback on compliance assistance resources and OSHA's On-site
consultation programs the Agency developed for small businesses. Following is information on the
Roundtable meetings that were held on September 8, 2005 and February 1, 2007.
Alliance Program's Small Business Roundtable, September 8, 2005
The Alliance Program Small Business Roundtable was convened to gather input from Alliance Program
participants on how OSHA could improve the Agency's compliance assistance resources and programs for
the small business community. At the Roundtable meeting, OSHA and the Program participants
discussed:
- OSHA's Small Business Initiative (SBI)
- Compliance assistance elements of the Agency's (SBI) including:
- Training
- On-site Consultation Program
- Printed material
- Web based tool
- Development of resources to effectively reach the small business community and inform it of the
compliances assistance materials and programs available from OSHA
Alliance Program Participants:
- American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)
- American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)
- Association for High Technology Distribution (AHTD)
- Building Service Contractors Association International (BSCAI)
- Chemical Reactivity Hazards Management (CRHM)
- Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS)
- Graphic Arts Coalition
- Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association (ILMA)
- National Air Transportation Association (NATA)
- National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
- National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association (NLBMDA)
- National Safety Council (NSC)
- National Wood Pallet and Container Association (NWPCA)
- Professional Landcare Network (PLANET)
- Roadway Work Zone Safety and Health Coalition
- National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA)
- Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors National Association (SMACNA)
- Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA)
- Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. (SPI)
- Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA)
Alliance Program Small Business Roundtable, February 1, 2007
The Alliance Program Small Business Roundtable was convened to review promotional materials and
tools that OSHA designed in response to the recommendations made during the Roundtable meeting on
September 8, 2006. The resources and materials discussed included:
- OSHA's Introduction to OSHA for Small Businesses Short Course
- University of South Florida's SafetyFlorida On-site Consultation Program's Consultation Connect
(ConNect)
- ConNect is a kit designed to help small businesses learn about consultation and offers
downloadable print and electronic resources for promoting consultation to small business. ConNect
includes four marketing products.
- OSHA's Web site navigation tool.
L-R: Natalie Schoonover, Staff Member, Coordinating Committee of Automotive Repair (CCAR); Terry
Bradshaw-Morris, Program Analyst, Office of Small Business, Directorate of Cooperative and State
Programs, OSHA-USDOL; and Stephanie Salmon, Member, 10-Q Committee, American Foundry Society
(AFS); review OSHA's Introduction to OSHA for Small Businesses Short Course.
Alliance Program participant representatives and OSHA national office and On-site Consultation
Program staff at the February 1, 2007, Alliance Program Small Business Roundtable. |
Alliance Program Participants:
- American Council of Independent Laboratories (ACIL)
- American Foundry Society (AFS)
- Club Managers Association of America (CMAA)
- Coordinating Committee for Automotive Repair (CCAR)
- Graphic Arts Coalition (GAC)
- Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA)
- Independent Electrical Contractors, Inc. (IEC)
- Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association (ILMA)
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