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ANNUAL ALLIANCE REPORT
Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the
National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
June 15, 2004 |
- Alliance Background
Date Signed
May 8, 2003
Overview
The Alliance focuses on providing NAHB members and others in the residential construction industry
with information, training opportunities, and guidance that will help them protect employees' health
and safety, particularly in reducing and preventing exposure to residential construction industry
hazards. The Alliance's goals include:
Training and Education
- Developing and presenting training and education programs and workshops on residential
construction industry issues, with specific emphasis on the Spanish-speaking work force.
- Exploring the feasibility of developing a comprehensive safety training course specific to
residential construction that is similar to OSHA's 30-hour construction course.
Outreach and Communication
- Assisting OSHA in identifying safety and health issues that can be addressed in eTools and other
electronic compliance assistance products specific to the residential construction industry.
- Developing and disseminating information through print and electronic media, with specific
emphasis on the Spanish-speaking workforce, including NAHB's Nation's Building News and affiliated
local associations' newsletters, electronic tools, and links from OSHA's and NAHB's Web sites.
- Providing construction safety training and/or presentations on current construction activities
within OSHA, and/or host an OSHA informational booth at the International Builders' Show and
affiliated local association functions.
- Encouraging companies or local associations to identify resources for providing training in
English as a second language, as appropriate, to the Spanish-speaking workforce in the residential
construction industry.
Promoting the National Dialogue on Workplace Safety and Health
- Working with the various Hispanic contractors associations and other Alliance Program participants
to establish a dialogue on residential construction safety issues affecting the Spanish-speaking
workforce.
- Working to raise others' awareness of, and demonstrate their respective commitments to, workplace
safety and health whenever NAHB and OSHA leaders address groups, with specific emphasis on the
Spanish-speaking work force.
Implementation Team Members
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Rob Matuga
George Middleton |
Director, Labor, Safety & Health Regulatory Affairs
Program Manager, Labor, Safety & Health Regulatory Affairs |
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Todd Briggs
Cathy Cronin
Felipe Devora
Jess McCluer
Joe Reina
Lisa Ramber
Nilgun Tolek* |
Office of Outreach Services and Alliances (OOSA)
Office of Training and Education
Office of Construction Services
OOSA
Assistant Regional Administrator, Region VI
OOSA
OOSA |
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Contributors |
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Bill Brough |
Contractor for OSHA, Salt Lake Technical Center |
Evaluation Period
May 8, 2003 – May 8, 2004
* Nilgun Tolek was Alliance Coordinator until November 2003
- Implementation Team Meetings
- June 17, 2003
- July 22, 2003
- September 15, 2003
- January 16, 2004
- May 3, 2004
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Kick-off meeting, OSHA, Washington, DC |
Meeting, OSHA, Washington, DC |
Meeting, OSHA, Washington, DC |
Meeting, OSHA, Washington, DC |
Meeting, OSHA, Washington, DC |
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- Events and Products
Outreach and Communication
Products :
- Residential Construction Safety and Health Topics page
NAHB is working with OSHA to provide expertise in development of a Residential Construction Safety
and Health Topics page which will provide users with relevant reference materials including
standards, directives, training materials and links to other informative Web sites related to the
residential construction industry. The Safety and Health Topics page is under development and is
expected to be completed by the end of FY04.
- OSHA and NAHB Alliance Web Page
The OSHA and NAHB Alliance Web page on OSHA's Web site contains information on the Alliance,
Products and Resources, Activities and Events, and Milestones and Successes. The page is updated
regularly.
- NAHB Web page – Link to Alliance agreement on OSHA's Web page.
- May 8, 2003 - OSHA distributed a news release announcing the Alliance.
- May 15, 2003 - OSHA included information on the OSHA/NAHB Alliance signing in its bi-weekly
e-newsletter, QuickTakes.
- May 15, 2003 – "OSHA Signs Alliance Agreement with Home Builders, HVAC Contractors," Occupational
Safety and Health Reporter
Promoting the National Dialogue on Workplace Safety and Health
Specific activities have not yet been planned to meet the promoting the national dialogue on
workplace safety and health goal of the Alliance. This goal will continue to be discussed by the
implementation team during the Alliance's second year.
- Results
Once the Residential Construction Safety and Health Topics page is posted on the OSHA public Web
page, one of the Outreach and Communications goals of the Alliance will be accomplished. This
includes making employers and employees in the residential construction industry aware of industry
hazards along with relevant reference materials including standards, directives, training materials
and links to other informative Web sites related to the industry in order to help reduce exposure to
hazards in the residential construction industry.
It has taken some time for Implementation Team to develop a productive working relationship. After
many discussions, the development of this productive relationship is demonstrated through the many
programs and objectives that the Implementation Team is currently working on or has identified. Some
examples include, the development of a one to two day Residential Construction Set-Up Training
Program for Compliance Assistance Specialists, distribution of copies of NAHB's Scaffolding, Job
Site and Toolbox Safety Handbook to OSHA representatives and a tour of a residential construction
site to OSHA staff.
The Residential Construction Set-up Training Program for Compliance Assistance Specialists is
currently under development. The Implementation Team is working on developing an agenda for the
course and determining a date and location for the event. The team has expressed interest in holding
the tour of the residential construction site in conjunction with the training course.
In addition, the Implementation Team has decided to distribute copies of NAHB's Scaffolding, Job
Site and Toolbox Safety Handbook to OSHA Regional Hispanic Coordinators, Compliance Assistant
Specialists, Regional/Area Offices, State Plan State and Consultation Program staff. OSHA will send
an e-mail to OSHA staff to determine how many copies of each publication they would like to have.
Once all of the requests have been processed, NAHB will distribute the publications to appropriate
contacts.
Type of Activity (Conference, Training, Print
and Electronic Distribution, etc.) |
Number of
Individuals Reached or Trained |
OSHA and NAHB Alliance Web page on OSHA's Web site |
850 (Note: The count includes data from Oct. 2003
to Apr. 2004) |
NAHB Web site – Link to Alliance Agreement |
Data Not Available |
May 15, 2003 - "OSHA Signs Alliance Agreement with Home Builders,
HVAC Contractors," Occupational Safety and Health Reporter |
Data Not Available |
May 15, 2003 - OSHA includes information on the OSHA/NAHB
Alliance signing in its bi-weekly e-newsletter; QuickTakes |
38,000 |
May 8, 2003 - OSHA distributed a news release announcing the
Alliance |
25 News Services |
TOTAL |
38,850 |
- Upcoming Milestones
The OSHA/NAHB Alliance implementation team has discussed a number of activities that will be
undertaken in the upcoming year. Once the Residential Construction Safety and Health Topics page is
posted on the OSHA Web page, NAHB and OSHA plan to issue press releases. NAHB would also like to
develop a one to two day Residential Construction Set-Up Training Program for Compliance Assistance
Specialists. They would like to have a pilot training program in Region II.
Further, NAHB would like to collect data on the number of people trained and write a success story
on the 6-Hour Residential Construction Training Course. The training course was developed through
the Susan Harwood Training Grant program and since May 2003 the course has been offered twenty-three
times. Ten of the courses were offered in Spanish only. The courses were held all throughout the
country in places such as Atlanta, GA; Dallas, TX; Laredo, TX; San Antonio, TX; Minneapolis, MN;
Phoenix, AZ; Philadelphia, PA; Tampa, FL and Missoula, MT.
The Office of Small Business Assistance expressed interest in the data since a majority of NAHB
members are small businesses. NAHB has also offered to develop a success story describing the how
the 6-hour residential construction training course worked and the results of the course. NAHB said
they would try to get comments from Joe Reina, Deputy Regional Administrator, Region VI, since he
attended one of the courses.
NAHB would also like for OSHA to review and provide comments on a draft residential construction
training video script that is based on the NAHB 6-hour training course.
Once complete, the video would be a product of the Alliance. NAHB would like to work with OSHA to
develop a Fall Protection Fact Sheet in both English and Spanish, for residential construction
workers who do framing work. NAHB said that they would like for OSHA to contribute articles on
residential construction safety issues to the Nations Building News Online newsletter. Finally, NAHB
would like to offer a tour of a residential construction site to OSHA staff including members of the
Implementation Team and Executive Staff including Assistant Secretary John Henshaw. The tour will be
held in conjunction with the previously mentioned 6-hour training course.
OSHA will also work with NAHB to have exhibits at upcoming NAHB conferences in order to promote the
products of the Alliance. Events under consideration include the November 4-6, 2004 State and Local
Government Affairs Conference in Biloxi, Mississippi and the January 13-15, 2005 International
Builders Show in Orlando, FL.
OSHA and NAHB will work together to distribute copies of NAHB's Scaffolding, Job Site and Toolbox
Safety Handbook to OSHA representatives including Regional Hispanic Coordinators, Compliance
Assistant Specialists, Regional, State Plan State and Consultation Program staff.
Finally, NAHB has expressed interest in participating in the upcoming Construction Roundtable for
construction-related National Alliances scheduled to take place in July 2004. The Roundtable is
designed for the construction-related National Alliances to discuss how they can work together to
address issues such as ergonomics, silica and motor vehicle safety, which many of them are
addressing individually through their Alliances.
Report prepared by: Jess McCluer, Alliance Coordinator, Office of Outreach
Services and Alliances, June 15, 2004
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