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ANNUAL AREA OFFICE ALLIANCE REPORT
HACIA
July 30, 2007 |
I. Alliance Background
Date Signed: March 21,
2005.
Alliance Overview
Primary goals of the alliance are to develop relationships with the Hispanic community, to identify
specific safety related topics and provide Spanish language safety training for employers and
employees in the construction industry.
Implementation Team Members
Mr. Juan Calahorrano – Program Manager, HACIA. Previous Program Managers were Gerry Rangel and
Manuel Perez
Mr. David Kramer – DCEO On-Site Consultation
Mr. William Coulehan - OSHA
II. Implementation Team Meetings
Implementation team meeting are conducted by conference calls in conjunction with the organization
of the OSHA 10 Hour courses and during separated alliance evaluation meetings. The last meeting was
July 26, 2007.
III. Activities and Products
These report summaries alliance activities since March 22, 2006 through to July 30, 2007.
Alliance Activity.
Primary activity has been to provide Spanish language OSHA 10 hour courses in construction. The
initial course was provided through the joint efforts of OSHA’s Calumet City, Chicago North and
Aurora Area Offices. Subsequent OSHA 10 hour courses were presented in conjunction with the City of
Chicago’s Truman College through a DCEO grant. Additional networking with the Hispanic community was
through attendance at the 2005 and 2006 HACIA awards banquets.
Alliance Products.
To date, the materials used in the Spanish language OSHA 10 hour courses has been a combination of
existing Power Point presentations, videos available through the OSHA Training Institute, and
materials developed by the OSHA Area Offices and Truman College.
IV. Results
Through the alliance, Spanish language safety training has been made available to members of HACIA
and relationships with OSHA, HACIA, and Truman College have developed. Although the alliance
specially focuses on safety training in the construction industry additional Spanish language
training in General Industry has evolved through relationships with Truman College, the OSHA
Education Center at NIU and the UIC Department of Public Health. The development and presentation of
additional Spanish language training is ongoing.
| Spanish language OSHA 10 Hour course – Sept, 05 |
17 |
| Spanish language OSHA 10 Hour course – March, 06
(Truman College) |
12 |
| HACIA Awards Banquet |
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| TOTAL |
29 |
V. Upcoming Milestones
With the expiration of the DECO grant, it is likely future OSHA 10 Hour courses will be presented
jointly by the Chicago Area OSHA offices and will utilize available Illinois On-Site Consultation
resources. An OSHA 10 Hour course has been tentatively scheduled for the October 2007. The In
addition, HACIA will survey their membership and identify individual topics of interest for short
(one / two hour) presentations to be given during regular business meetings.
It is anticipated the alliance with HACIA, DCEO On-Site Consultation and the Chicago area OSHA
offices will be renewed during 2007.
Report Prepared by: William Coulehan
For more information, contact the Office of Outreach Services and Alliances at 202-693-2340 or go to
www.osha.gov.
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