|
Region V > Alliance Annual Report |
 Printing Instructions
|
ANNUAL WISCONSIN DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH’S BUREAU OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
ALLIANCE REPORT
OCTOBER 30, 2007 |
I. Alliance Background
Date Signed:
August 31, 2006
Overview
The area of concentration during this alliance would be those workers who may be exposed to
anhydrous ammonia hazards in certain settings, especially those workplaces utilizing ammonia as a
refrigerant.
Implementation Team Members
James Drew, Wisconsin Division or Public Health’s Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health
Kimberly Stille, Madison Area Director
George Yoksas, Milwaukee Area Director
Leslie Ptak, Madison Compliance Assistance Specialist
II. Implementation Team Meetings
July 28, 2006, conference call between implementation team members
III. Activities and Products
Evaluation Period.
This report covers the period of August 31, 2006 to August 24, 2007.
Alliance Activity.
The alliance members sponsored an Ammonia Awareness Day, which was April 25, 2007. The intent of the
Ammonia Awareness Day was to interact with employers who use anhydrous ammonia to give them
information about the dangers of working with and around anhydrous ammonia in the workplace, and by
so doing, reduce the incidence of uncontrolled anhydrous ammonia events and their associated adverse
health effects.
Ammonia Awareness Day consisted of informational emails from the Wisconsin Division or Public
Health’s Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health to employers in Wisconsin who are known
users of anhydrous ammonia. The emails directed recipients to an informational web site, set up just
for Ammonia Awareness Day. Recipients were also mailed an explanatory Ammonia Awareness Day cover
letter, hard copies of an anhydrous ammonia brochure, a hard copy of a six-question evaluation
questionnaire, and a postage-paid return envelope. The purpose of the questionnaire was to have
recipients rate the effectiveness of the Ammonia Awareness Day informational campaign.
Alliance Products.
A brochure describing the kinds of anhydrous ammonia releases in Wisconsin, and their effects on
communities, was developed.
A report about the Ammonia Awareness Day project was written by the Wisconsin Division or Public
Health’s Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health.
The State of Wisconsin developed a web site of information about anhydrous ammonia releases in
Wisconsin that any employer can use to learn more about preventing such releases.
IV. Results
The alliance resulted in state of the art information being distributed to known users of anyhydrous
ammonia. The evaluation report indicated that the information was well received by the recipients.
| Type of Activity (Conference,
Training, Print and
Electronic Distribution, etc.) |
Number of Individuals
Reached or
Trained |
| Brochure |
150 |
| Web site |
500 plus |
| Ammonia Awareness Day |
38 establishments |
| TOTAL |
1000 |
Report Prepared by: Leslie Ptak, Compliance Assistance Specialist, Madison,
WI.
For more information, contact the Office of Outreach Services and Alliances at 202-693-2340 or go to
www.osha.gov.
|
|
Back to Top
