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ALLIANCE ANNUAL AND CLOSE-OUT REPORT
AMERICAN RENTAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORADO
October 31, 2008 |
- Alliance Background
Date Signed
September 19, 2006
Overview
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the American Rental
Association of Colorado (ARA) recognize the value of establishing a
collaborative relationship to foster safer and more healthful American
workplaces. OSHA and ARA of Colorado hereby form an Alliance to provide
information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them
protect employees’ health and safety, particularly in reducing and preventing
exposure to fall, struck-by, and electric shock hazards.
Implementation Team Members
Herb Gibson Area Director – OSHA
John Healy Area Director - OSHA
Chris Corrigan Team Leader - OSHA
Pete Dailey Compliance Officer – OSHA
Mike England Compliance Officer – OSHA
Gary Birkholz Chairman, ARA of Colorado
Evaluation Period
September 19, 2006, to October 1, 2008
- Implementation Team Meetings
9/19/06 Alliance signing
1/9/07 ARA of Colorado Board of Directors’/OSHA meeting
3/13/07 Scaffold safety training/meeting
4/6/07 ARA of Colorado Board of Directors’/OSHA meeting
2008 (throughout the year) OSHA/ARA of Colorado Chairman
- Events and Products
Training and Education
- Events
On March 13, 2007, OSHA conducted scaffold training to 30 ARA members and
customers with assistance from Biljax scaffold manufacturer’s representatives.
This training focused on the historical high loss areas of scaffold erection and
use. Scaffold safety educational material was also provided by OSHA and the
manufacturer.
- Products
OSHA provided over 9,650 OSHA quick cards (English and Spanish) to the ARA of
Colorado for distribution to several hundred contractors via the 55 member
equipment rental stores. These informational safety products discussed hazards
and hazard protection for; fall, struck-by, electric shock, and other hazards.
Outreach and Communication
- Products
OSHA worked with ARA of Colorado to successfully incorporate additions to the
ARA of Colorado website to provide content/links for ARA member equipment rental
stores. OSHA fatal facts were added as website content, targeting specific
hazards in the equipment rental industry such as; falls, electric shock,
struck-by, and caught-by.
A link to the OSHA home page was created on the ARA of Colorado website.
As an informational resource with OSHA, CSHO Dailey’s e-mail address was
provided on the website.
Promoting the National Dialogue
- Products
OSHA established a dialogue with several national representatives to include
the Senior Vice President, Operations/CFO, ARA, Director State and Local
Services, ARA, and Risk Manager, ARA Insurance Services. OSHA discussed with
them, methods for development of safety and health informational products,
training, and also explored other strategies to add value to the ARA loss
control. These discussions resulted in both the ARA and ARA Insurance Services
expressing a strong interest in expanding the ARA of Colorado Alliance to the
national level.
During this reporting period, the OSHA Alliance Implementation Team did not
start work on programs or projects to address this goal.
- Results
The alliance established in 2006 between the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration and the American Rental Association of Colorado has been
concluded and will not be renewed beyond the evaluation period of October 1,
2008. As illustrated by the chart below the alliance achieved limited
measureable success.
| Type of Activity (Conference, Training,
Print and Electronic Distribution, etc.) |
Number of Individuals Reached or Trained |
| OSHA Scaffold Training |
30 |
| ARA website information |
55 stores |
| OSHA quick cards |
9,650 |
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| TOTAL |
9,735 |
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