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AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, PARSIPPANY, AVENEL AND MARLTON AREA OFFICES AND UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WAGE & HOUR DIVISION SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY DISTRICT OFFICE & NORTHERN NEW JERSEY DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DIVISION OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND ASSESSMENT OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL, CAREER AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DIVISION OF WAGE AND HOUR COMPLIANCE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SCIENCES INSTITUTE
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the United States Department of Labor, Wage Hour Division (USDOL-WH), the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE), the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJLWD), the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Public Health (UMDNJ-SPH) and the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI) recognize the value of establishing a collaborative relationship to foster safer and more healthful New Jersey workplaces for students and youth workers by providing information on youth employment issues, hazardous occupations and safety and health issues. In December 2003 and in March 2005, the New Jersey State Board of Education adopted new certification and training requirements for teachers who place and supervise students in work sites, which include N.J.A.C. 6A:9-13.19 Cooperative Education Coordinator – Hazardous Occupations, N.J.A.C. 6A:9-13.20 Cooperative Education Coordinator, N.J.A.C. 6A:9-9.2 Endorsements and Authorizations, and N.J.A.C. 6A:9-5.22 Structured Learning Experiences/Career Orientation Coordination. All teachers who place and supervise students in work site experiences are now required to receive training on workplace safety and health, federal and state labor laws, developing student training plans, and student safety and health. In support of these new requirements, and in support of promoting safer and more healthful workplaces, OSHA, NJDOE, NJLWD, USDOL-WH, UMDNJ-SPH and EOHSI hereby form an Alliance to provide school administrators, teachers, students, youth workers and others, including parents, guardians, and employers of students and youth workers, with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect the safety and health of students and youth workers, as well as the safety and health of teachers and school staff. The Alliance will focus its efforts on reducing and preventing student and youth worker exposure to hazards most common to youth workers, including retail, service and health industries. Training on hazards found in many other occupations in which high school students are trained for and frequently participate in will also be included. The training will include, but not be limited to, such topics as electrical safety, machine guarding, slips trips and fall prevention, hazard communication and blood borne pathogens. In addition, information about occupations, equipment and materials that are either restricted or prohibited to students and youth workers who are minors will be addressed. The USDOL-WH, in consultation with the above named participating organizations, will develop and implement a training program for teachers who place and supervise students in work sites. This training will cover the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Child Labor Standards and Regulations, Sheltered Workshops (Section 14 of FLSA) and other appropriate laws related to youth employment. The training may consist of presentations, on-line training and/or dissemination of training materials or other publications. In developing this Alliance, the participating organizations recognize that OSHA’s NJ State Plan and Consultation Project partners are an integral part of the OSHA national effort. To that end, the Alliance will promote the NJ State Plan and Consultation Project as a resource for New Jersey’s school districts, which must also comply with federal and state safety and health laws and regulations. For the purposes of this Alliance, UMDNJ – SPH and EOSHI provides educational and technical support to vocational-technical student and teacher safety and health programs through the NJDOE’s Safe Schools Program. The Safe Schools Program is administered through the UMDNJ – SPH. OSHA and the participating organizations work together to achieve the following training and education goals: Provide expertise to develop training and professional development programs to address on-the-job safety and health awareness for school administrators, teachers, youth workers, parents, guardians and employers associated with school sponsored learning, training and employment activities taking place in the worksite. Provide expertise to deliver or arrange for the delivery of the OSHA 10 Hour General Industry course for school administrators and teachers. Included in the OSHA 10 Hour General Industry course, as appropriate, will be an additional two hours of instruction on NJDOE safety and health administrative code and an introduction to school safety and health issues associated with placing students at work sites. This will be referred to as the “OSHA 10 Plus Program.” Deliver or arrange for the delivery of the OSHA 10 Hour General Industry, OSHA 10 Hour Construction or the OSHA 2 hour Safety and Health Awareness Programs for students and for teachers who do not need to take the OSHA 10 Plus Program. Deliver or arrange for the delivery of the OSHA Train-the-Trainer Courses for school staff to enable them to conduct OSHA 10 Hour courses for their teachers and students. Deliver or arrange for the delivery of training on occupations, equipment and materials that are restricted or prohibited for students and youth workers to school administrators, teachers, new coordinator certification applicants, parents and guardians, and employers that hire students and youth workers. Provide expertise to develop training on the N.J. Public Employees Occupational Safety and Health Act (PEOSHA) for school administrators, teachers and other school personnel such as maintenance staff. Employ the Youth@Work and Youth Rules curriculum or suitable alternatives along with the OSHA and USDOL-WH standards, to teach school administrators, teachers, students, youth workers, parents and employers about occupational safety and health, recognizing workplace hazards, workplace rights, prohibited occupations and communicating workplace concerns. OSHA, and the participating organizations work together to achieve the following outreach and communication goals: Develop and distribute information to employers that hire students and youth workers on the recognition and prevention of workplace hazards and compliance with child labor regulations, especially those that have the most impact on students and youth workers. Speak, exhibit, or appear at the Alliance participants’ conferences, local meetings, or events such as Generation Next and the State Apprenticeship Conference to promote youth worker safety and health. Share information among the Alliance participants’ on best practices in training those associated with youth employment, and publicize those results through Alliance materials, training programs, workshops, seminars, websites, lectures or any other applicable forum. Encourage school administrators and employers of students and youth workers to participate in OSHA’s cooperative programs such as compliance assistance, the PEOSH Consultation Programs and the Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program. Work with other Alliance participants on specific issues and projects on reducing and preventing student and youth worker exposure to electrical hazards, unguarded machinery, falls, and blood borne pathogens, and increasing student and youth worker knowledge of the requirements for hazard communication and personal protective equipment. OSHA and the participating organizations will work together to achieve the following goals related to promoting the national dialogue on workplace safety and health: Raise the awareness of others by demonstrating their own commitment to workplace safety and health whenever Alliance partners address groups. Develop and disseminate case studies and success stories illustrating the business and social value of workplace safety and health and publicize their results in OSHA newsletters and other media such as local and school newspapers. Convene or participate in forums, round table discussions, and meetings to provide input on safety and health issues regarding student and youth worker job placements, and forge innovative strategies to reduce student and youth worker accidents and injuries in the workplace. OSHA’s Alliances provide partners and their constituents with an opportunity to participate in a voluntary cooperative relationship with OSHA for purposes such as training and education, outreach and communication and promoting a national dialogue on workplace safety and health. OSHA Alliances have proved to be valuable tools for both OSHA and its Alliance partners. By entering into an Alliance with a party, OSHA is not endorsing any of that party’s products or services; nor does the Agency enter into an Alliance with the purpose of promoting a particular party’s products or services. An implementation team made up of representatives of OSHA, USDOL-WH, NJLWD, NJDOE, UMDNJ-SPH and EOHSI will meet to develop a plan of action, determine working procedures, and identify the roles and responsibilities of the participants. In addition, they will meet at least three times per year to track and share information on activities and results in achieving the goals of the Alliance. This team will also include a representative from the PEOSH Program. This agreement will remain in effect for two years. Any signatory may terminate it for any reason at any time, provided they give 30 days written notice. This agreement may be modified at any time with the concurrence of all signatories.   Signed on this 31st day of October, 2005 Occupational Safety and Health Administration   Patricia K. Clark Regional Administrator   Lisa Levy, Area Director Hasbrouck Heights Area Office   Robert D. Kulick, Area Director Avenel Area Office   Philip M. Peist, Area Director Parsippany Area Office   Gary Roskoski, Area Director Marlton Area Office   U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division    Corliss Sellers Regional Administrator   Dominick Denato Southern District Director   Joseph Petrecca Northern District Director New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development   Leonard Katz, Assistant Commissioner Labor Standards and Safety Enforcement   Michael McCarthy, Director Div. of Wage and Hour Compliance New Jersey Department of Education   Edward J. Doolan, Acting Asst. Commissioner Div. of Education Programs & Assessment   Rochelle Hendricks, Director Office of Voc-Tech, Career and Innovative Programs University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – School of Public Health   Barry Schlegel, EdD, CIH Assistant Professor UMDNJ-SPH, Member of EOHSI and Safe Schools Program Director   Audrey R. Gotsch, DrPH, CHES, Dean UMDNJ-SPH   Francis X. Colford, Vice President for Finance and Treasurer, UMDNJ   Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute   Deborah Cory-Slechta, PhD, Director EOHSI   Philip Furmanski, PhD Executive VP for Academic Affairs Rutgers, The State University of NJ

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