AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN
THE DENVER AND ENGLEWOOD AREA OFFICES OF
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
STOP THE DROP TASKFORCE

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Denver and Englewood Area Offices and the Stop the Drop Taskforce, recognize the value of establishing a collaborative relationship to foster safety and health practices and programs to improve American workplaces. To that end, OSHA and the Stop the Drop Taskforce hereby form an Alliance to provide the Taskforce’s members and others in the construction industry with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect workers by reducing and preventing exposure to falling object hazards in the construction industry and understand the rights of workers and the responsibilities of employers under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act).

This agreement provides a framework and objectives for the Alliance's activities. Alliance participants also agree to meet the "Fundamental Requirements for OSHA Alliance Program Participants" and the "Guidelines for OSHA's Alliance Program Participants: Alliance Products and Other Alliance Projects."

Through the Alliance, the organizations will use available injury, illness, and hazard exposure data, when appropriate, to help identify areas of emphasis for Alliance awareness, outreach, and communication activities. The Alliance will also explore and implement selected options, including but not limited to member surveys, to evaluate the Alliance and measure the impact on improving workplace safety and health. In developing this Alliance, OSHA and the Stop the Drop Taskforce recognize that OSHA's State Plan and On-Site Consultation Program partners are an integral part of the OSHA national effort, and that information about the products and activities of the Alliance may be shared with these partners for the advancement of common goals.

Raising Awareness: Outreach and Communication

The Stop the Drop Taskforce Participants intend to work together to achieve the following objectives:

• Collaborate to develop and communicate training and education programs for workers in the construction industry that could be exposed to dropped objects.
• Collaborate to provide continual awareness to its members through presentations, electronic and printed media on the hazards associated with dropped objects.
• Share information on occupational safety and health laws and standards, including the rights and responsibilities of workers and employers.
• Develop information on the recognition and prevention of workplace hazards, and communicate such information (e.g., print and electronic media, electronic assistance tools, and OSHA and the participant's websites) to employers and workers in the industry. Ensure information developed encourages and reflects the diversity of the workforce and is accessible in multiple languages and formats.
• Ensure Alliance activities are informed by the perspectives of non-managerial workers employed in the construction industry to ensure meaningful worker participation in the Alliance.

Training and Education

The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following objectives:

• Develop effective training and education programs for workers regarding dropped object safety and communicate such information to constituent employers and workers. This includes, but is not limited to, presentations, videos and resources that can be used by employers for toolbox safety meetings. Ensure training materials/programs are made available in appropriate languages and formats to equitably meet the needs of their target audiences.
• Develop outreach and coordinate activities for a designated dropped object stand-down week to be held in the month of October each year.

OSHA's Alliances provide organizations an opportunity to participate in a voluntary cooperative relationship with OSHA for purposes such as raising awareness of OSHA's initiatives, outreach, communications, training, and education. These Alliances have proven to be valuable tools for both OSHA and Alliance participants. By entering into an Alliance with an organization, OSHA is not endorsing or promoting, nor does it intend to endorse or promote, any of that organization's products or services.

An implementation team made up of representatives of each organization will meet one to two times per year to track and share information on activities and results in achieving the goals of the Alliance. OSHA team members will include representatives of each OSHA Office that is a signatory to the Alliance agreement and any other appropriate offices. OSHA will encourage State Plans' and OSHA On-Site Consultation program' participation on the team.

This agreement will remain in effect for two years. Any signatory may terminate their organization's participation in the agreement for any reason at any time, provided they give 30 days' written notice. This agreement may be modified at any time with the written concurrence of all signatories.

Signed this 23rd day of April, 2024.