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ALLIANCE ANNUAL REPORT
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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ISSA
August 16, 2007 |
I. Alliance Background
Date Signed
August 5, 2005
Overview
The OSHA and ISSA Alliance focuses on providing ISSA's members and others, including small
businesses, with information, guidance, and access to training resources to help them protect
employees' health and safety. The Alliance particularly focuses on hazards in the cleaning,
maintenance and warehousing industries, such as slips, trips and falls; hazard communication; hazard
classification; precautionary labeling; material safety data sheets and personal protective
equipment.
Implementation Team Members
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Rick Harris
Lee Anne Jillings
Lisa Ramber |
Office of Outreach Services and Alliances (OOSA)
OOSA
OOSA |
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| ISSA: |
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Bill Balek
Dan Wagner |
Director of Legislative Affairs
Manager Regulatory Compliance |
Evaluation Period
August 5, 2006 – August 4, 2007
II. Implementation Team Meetings
November 1, 2006
November 27, 2006
January 17, 2007
February 22, 2007
May 21, 2007 |
Implementation Team Meeting
Cleaning Industry Safety and Health Topics Page Development Workgroup Conference Call
Cleaning Industry Safety and Health Topics Page Development Workgroup Conference Call
Implementation Team Meeting
Implementation Team Meeting |
III. Results
- Events and Products
Training and Education Goal
- Work with OSHA to provide expertise to develop training and education programs for cleaning and
maintenance industry employers and employees regarding slips, trips and falls, hazardous
communication (HAZCOM) and address issues such as hazard classification, precautionary labeling, and
material safety data sheets.
Product
ISSA Hazard Communication Training Module
ISSA developed, with input from OSHA, a draft hazard communication training module for ISSA's
members and others in the cleaning and maintenance industries. OSHA shared the draft module with
Alliance Program participant, the Society for Chemical Hazard Communication (SCHC) for review and
feedback. OSHA provided ISSA with SCHC's comments, which ISSA considered for incorporation into the
final document. When completed, the training module will be posted on ISSA Web site.
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 media, electronic assistance tools and OSHA's and ISSA's Web sites) to
employers and employees in the industry.
Products
ISSA Safety and Health Portal
ISSA maintains and updates its Safety and Health Portal on the ISSA Web SITE, which was developed
for ISSA's members, employers and employees in the cleaning industry. The Portal has the following
modules: Bloodborne Pathogens; Cleaning Chemicals in the Workplace (Hazard Communication); Injury
and Illness Recordkeeping; Personal Protective Equipment; and Slips, Trips and Falls in the
Workplace. The Portal includes links to OSHA safety, health, and compliance assistance resources on
the agency's Web site and the OSHA and ISSA Alliance Web page.
Product
Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls for Custodians
Through the OSHA and ISSA Alliance, ISSA developed an article, "Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls
for Custodians," that includes a checklist of common causes for slips, trips and falls such as wet
or oily surfaces, ice or snow and uneven surfaces. The checklist has a number of recommendations to
help employers and employees avoid slips, trips and falls in the workplace. The article was posted
on ISSA's Safety and Health Portal and linked to from the OSHA and ISSA Alliance Web page and the
Alliance Program Participant Developed Products Web page on the Agency's Web site.
Minimizing Slips, Trips and Falls
Through the OSHA and ISSA Alliance, ISSA developed a checklist, "Minimizing Slips, Trips and Falls."
The checklist addresses a number of topics including, housekeeping; employee training; flooring and
stairs; matting and footwear. The document was posted on ISSA's Safety and Health Portal and linked
to from the OSHA and ISSA Alliance Web page and the Alliance Program Participant Developed Products
Web page on the Agency's Web site.
OSHA Safety and Health Topics Pages Editorial Boards
Members from the OSHA and ISSA Alliance implementation team continue to serve on the following
Safety and Health Topics Pages' editorial boards:
- Powered Industrial Trucks (Forklifts):
Dan Wagner, Manager Regulatory Compliance
- Walking/Working Surfaces
Bill Balek, Director of Legislative Affairs
OSHA and ISSA Alliance Web Page
OSHA continues to update the OSHA and ISSA Alliance Web page on the Agency's Web site with links to
Department of Labor developed articles that were published in ISSA newsletters. The Web page
includes links to the OSHA and ISSA Alliance agreement, news releases, photographs of the signing
ceremony, activities and events, products and resources, and milestones and successes. The page also
links to the Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls for Custodians and Minimizing Slips, Trips and Falls
products of the OSHA and ISSA Alliance which are posted on the association's Web site. The page had
about 6,486 visitors during the reporting period.
Print and Electronic Media
Information on the OSHA and ISSA Alliance appeared in a number of print and online publications
including an OSHA news release, Alliance Quarterly Review; OSHA QuickTakes;
and Legislative and Regulatory Update.
For more information on the media coverage, please see the Alliance Program Reach table in Section C
of this report.
ISSA's Legislative and Regulatory Update Newsletter
ISSA published several Department of Labor-developed articles on safety and health in its monthly
newsletter, Legislative and Regulatory Update. For example, in the
November/December 2006 edition ISSA included an article, "OSHA Makes the Business Case for Safety
and Health." ISSA also continues to include a Safety and Health Corner section in the newsletter.
For more information on articles published in ISSA's newsletter, please see the Alliance Program
Reach table in Section C of this report.
- Speak, exhibit, or appear at OSHA's and ISSA's conferences and workshops, including various ISSA
training seminars and forums such as ISSA's annual convention, ISSA/INTERCLEAN®.
Events
ISSA/INTERCLEAN® 2006, October 4-7, 2006, Chicago, Illinois
On October 4, 2006, OSHA representatives from the Agency's National Office and Region V, Calumet
City, Illinois Area Office; On-site Consultation, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity; and ISSA staffed the OSHA and ISSA Alliance exhibit booth at ISSA/INTERCLEAN® 2006 in
Chicago, IL. During the event, OSHA, On-site Consultation and ISSA representatives distributed
safety and health compliance assistance information and answered questions from cleaning and
maintenance industry employers and employees. There were over 16,600 attendees at the event.
On October 4, 2006, Ann Williams, Team Leader, Region V, USDOL-OSHA, participated in a seminar,
"Update: Globally Harmonized System of Labeling - U.S. Implementation by OSHA, EPA, and DOT
Representatives" during the ISSA/INTERCLEAN® 2006. There were approximately 40 attendees at the
seminar.
ISSA Legislative and Regulatory Forum, April 5, 2007, Arlington, Virginia
On April 5, 2007, Earl Hicks, Program Analyst, OOSA, Directorate of Cooperative and State Programs,
USDOL-OSHA and Ryan Tremain, Safety and Occupational Health Specialist, OOSA, Directorate of
Cooperative and State Programs, USDOL-OSHA staffed an Alliance Program exhibit booth and distributed
OSHA safety and health information and answered questions from the forum's attendees.
- Share information among OSHA personnel and industry safety and health professional regarding ISSA
best practices or effective approaches and publicize results through outreach by ISSA and through
OSHA or ISSA developed materials, training programs, workshops, seminars and lectures (or any other
applicable forum).
Events
2007 North American Occupational Safety and Health Week (NAOSH), May 6-12, 2007
ISSA, along with a number of Alliance Program participants supported 2007 NAOSH Week, May 6-12,
2007. Sponsored annually by the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), an Alliance Program
participant, and the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering, the Week focuses on the importance of
preventing injuries and illnesses in the workplace. ISSA promoted 2007 NAOSH Week by posting
information and promoting the event on the association's Web site.
ISSA Cleaning and Maintenance Industry Presentations
Dan Wagner, Manager Regulatory Compliance, ISSA, gave a number of presentations during which he
shared cleaning and maintenance industry safety and health information and promoted the OSHA and
ISSA Alliance. See Appendix A for a list of the presentations.
Promoting the National Dialogue Goals:
- Convene or participate in forums, round table discussion or stakeholder meetings on cleaning and
maintenance industry hazards such as slips, trips and falls, and HAZCOM to help forge innovative
solutions in the workplace or to provide input on safety and health issues.
Promoting the Globally Harmonized System for the Classification and Labeling of
Chemicals (GHS) Workgroup, October 25, 2006, Washington, DC
ISSA representatives participated in the October 25, 2006 Alliance Program Hazard Communication
Roundtable's Promoting the GHS Workgroup meeting, in Washington, DC. During the Workgroup meeting,
representatives from 15 Alliance Program participants identified compliance assistance tools and
products to educate the public, particularly small businesses, about the GHS. They also provided
recommendations on the target audiences, subjects and formats of and methods for distributing the
information. The meeting was held as a follow-up to the February 15, 2005 Alliance Program Hazard
Communication Roundtable and the August 1, 2005 promoting the Globally Harmonized System for the
Classification and Labeling of Chemicals Workgroup meeting.
- Executive Summary
In the second year of the Alliance, OSHA and ISSA have continued to work together to reduce injuries
and exposure to cleaning industry safety and health hazards and to achieve the goals of the
Alliance. The Alliance implementation team collaborated to develop an Alliance renewal agreement
which will be signed on August 16, 2007 in Washington, DC.
Through the Alliance, OSHA and ISSA are developing and sharing outreach materials. For example, OSHA
maintains an OSHA and ISSA Alliance Web page on the Agency's Web site. The Web page includes links
to the OSHA and ISSA Alliance agreement, OSHA news releases, activities and events, products and
resources, and milestones and successes. The Web page had over 6,400 visitors during the reporting
period.
Further, ISSA included a number of occupational safety and health articles in its electronic
newsletter, Legislative and Regulatory Update, that it posts on its Web site. The articles
highlighted a number of safety and health topics including OSHA makes the business case for safety
and health, OSHA's guidance on pandemic flu and OSHA's Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP).
In addition, ISSA continues to update its Safety and Health Portal on the association's Web site.
The Portal's modules are: Bloodborne Pathogens; Cleaning Chemicals in the Workplace (Hazard
Communication); Injury and Illness Recordkeeping; Personal Protective Equipment; and Slips, Trips
and Falls in the Workplace. In addition, the Portal links to two new products developed through the
OSHA and ISSA Alliance, an article, "Slips, Trips and Falls for Custodians" and a checklist, "Minimizing Slip, Trips and Falls." The documents discuss a number of conditions that can contribute
to slips, trips and falls and offer recommendations and practical tips for avoiding these types of
workplace incidents.
ISSA is also sharing its expertise with OSHA, through representatives from the association serving
on the editorial boards on OSHA's Safety and Health Topics pages Powered Industrial Trucks and
Walking/Working Surfaces.
Further, OSHA gave a presentation and exhibited at ISSA's INTERCLEAN® 2006 in Chicago, IL. OSHA
representatives from the Agency's National Office and Region V, Calumet City, Illinois Area Office;
On-site Consultation, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity; and ISSA staffed the
OSHA and ISSA Alliance exhibit booth at ISSA/INTERCLEAN® 2006 in Chicago, IL. During the event,
OSHA, On-site Consultation and ISSA representatives distributed safety and health compliance
assistance information and answered questions from cleaning and maintenance industry employers and
employees. There were over 16,600 attendees at the event.
In addition, OSHA maintained an exhibit booth at ISSA's Legislative and Regulatory Forum,
distributing safety and health information to the conference's 75 attendees.
ISSA also made a number of presentations between March and June 2007 promoting industry safety and
health and the OSHA and ISSA Alliance. In addition, ISSA supported 2007 NAOSH Week by posting
information on the event on the association's Web site.
- Alliance Program Reach
| Type of Activity |
Number of Individuals Reached |
August 15, 2006, "OSHA/ISSA Alliance Generates New
Occupational Safety and Health Web Site"
QuickTakes |
54,254 |
August 16, 2006, "OSHA/ISSA Alliance Generates New
Occupational Safety and Health Web Site"
News for OSC |
Data not available |
ISSA/INTERCLEAN® 2006
October 4-7, 2006
Chicago, Illinois
Alliance Program Exhibit |
16,637 |
ISSA/INTERCLEAN® 2006
October 4, 2006
Chicago, Illinois
"Update: Globally Harmonized System of Labeling - U.S. Implementation by OSHA, EPA, and DOT
Representatives"
Speaker: Ann Williams, Team Leader, Chicago, Illinois Regional Office, Region V, USDOL-OSHA |
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November/December 2006, Safety and Health Corner,
"OSHA Makes The Business Case For Safety and Health"
Legislative and Regulatory Update |
Data not available |
November/December 2006, "OSHA Offers Avian Flu
Guidance"
Legislative and Regulatory Update |
Data not available |
January 2007, Safety and Health Corner, "OSHA
Workshop Identifies Compliance Assistance Tools For GHS"
Legislative and Regulatory Update |
Data not available |
February/March 2007, Safety and Health Corner, "OSHA
Unveils New Guidance on Preparing For Influenza Pandemic"
Legislative and Regulatory Update |
Data not available |
Legislative and Regulatory Forum
April 5, 2007
Arlington, Virginia
Alliance Program Exhibit |
75 |
March 2007, "Exhibits Information Reaches Thousands
of Conferences Participants"
Alliance Quarterly Review |
80 |
| April 20, 2007, "ISSA Supports NAOSH Week" ISSA News
Release |
Data not available |
April 2007, Safety and Health Corner, "ISSA Supports
North American Occupational Safety and Health Week, May 6-12"
Legislative and Regulatory Update |
Data not available |
May 4, 2007, "ASSE, CSSE and Industry Groups Team Up
To Increase Job Safety For North American Occupational Safety and Health Week"
OSHA News Release |
69 News Services |
May 2007, Safety and Health Corner, "OSHA Training
Must Be Presented in a Manner That is Understood by Workers"
Legislative and Regulatory Update |
Data not available |
June 2007, Safety and Health Corner, "OSHA VPP: A
Proven Way To Reduce Workplace Injuries, Illnesses and Costs"
Legislative and Regulatory Update |
Data not available |
| OSHA and ISSA Alliance Web page on OSHA's Web site |
6,486 |
| ISSA Web Site |
Data not available |
| TOTAL |
77,611 |
IV. Upcoming Milestones
The OSHA and ISSA implementation team will continue to advance its excellent working relationship by
collaborating on projects and activities to achieve the goals of the Alliance.
For example, the Alliance Program will work with ISSA to share safety and health information at
ISSA/INTERCLEAN® North America 2007, October 23-26, 2007 in Orlando, Florida. On October 26, 2007,
Carol Jones, Acting Director, Office of Biological Hazards, Directorate of Standards and Guidance,
USDOL-OSHA, will give as presentation on pandemic preparedness at ISSA/INTERCLEAN® North America
2007.
The OSHA and ISSA Alliance implementation team will also work together to finalize a Hazard
Communication Training Program for the cleaning industry. The program will provide information on
developing an effective employee safety training program, hazard communication issues (e.g. material
safety data sheets, physical and health hazards posed by spills and leaks) and will describe OSHA's
labeling requirements.
ISSA also is planning to develop an additional module on warehouse safety which ISSA plans to post
on its Safety and Health Portal late 2007. In addition, the Alliance implementation team members are
discussing working with Alliance Program participants, International Warehouse Logistics Association
(IWLA and the Warehouse Education and Research Council (WERC) to develop products on warehouse
safety.
Also, ISSA will continue to provide OSHA with information to update the Agency's Powered Industrial
Trucks (Forklifts) and Walking/Working Surfaces Safety and Health Topics pages. Finally, ISSA
representatives will continue to provide OSHA with information during the Agency's development of a
Cleaning Industry Safety and Health Topics page and identify representatives from its membership to
serve on the Topics page's editorial board.
Report prepared by: Richard L. Harris, Alliance Coordinator, Office of Outreach Services Alliances,
August 16, 2007
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