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ANNUAL WISCONSIN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST ASSOCIATION ALLIANCE REPORT
August 7, 2007 |
I. Alliance Background
Date Signed. This alliance was signed on April 13, 2006.
Alliance Overview
The purpose of the alliance was to use the collective education and experience of the OSHA – WOTA
team to collaborate on workplace safety and health issues and to develop products that were useful
to the Alliance members’ mutual clients, employers and employees in Wisconsin.
Implementation Team Members
Kim Stille, Madison, Wisconsin Area Director
George Yoksas, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Area Director
Leslie Ptak, Compliance Assistance Specialist, Madison, Wisconsin
Mary Hughes, OT-R
Linda Anderson, OT-R, President of WOTA
II. Implementation Team Meetings
Meetings were held at the Madison OSHA Office on these dates to discuss the alliance. Some WOTA
members participated by conference call.
April 13, May 18 and July 20, 2006
III. Activities and Products
Evaluation Period.
This report covers the time from April 13, 2006 through August 7, 2007
Alliance Activity.
The first activity was the development of a brochure about occupational therapists that OSHA could
distribute during the Madison OSHA Office’s outreach activities. The brochure was completed.
WOTA presenters took advantage of the OSHA Alliance with the Wisconsin Council on Safety to nominate
OTs to present at WCS conferences. One OT presented at the 2006 Ergonomics conference and another
presented at the WCS Congress and Exposition, 2007. Both were presentations on musculoskeletal
disorders in the workplace.
The Madison CAS gave a three hour presentation on the development of business cases to OTs at their
annual Wisconsin convention on November 11, 2006.
IV. Results
A.
| Type of Activity (Conference,
Training, Print and
Electronic Distribution, etc.) |
Number of Individuals
Reached or
Trained |
| WCS Ergonomics Conference |
105 |
| WOTA Annual Conference |
20 |
| TOTAL |
125 |
C.
The Alliance has not had the desired impact. The OTs who practices in the
industrial environment has full time jobs and it is optional for them to participate in the Alliance.
Their employers do not strongly support their participation to the extent that they have time to meet
to develop or work on projects. It was also soon evident that the OTs are safety and health
professionals and not in need of safety and health education from OSHA.
Report Prepared by: Leslie Ptak, Compliance Assistance Specialist, Madison OSHA Office
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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