AGREEMENT RENEWING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN
BRIDGEPORT AREA OFFICE
HARTFORD AREA OFFICE
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
AND
MINORITY CONSTRUCTION COUNCIL

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Bridgeport Area Office, Hartford Area Office and State of Connecticut Department of Labor Division of Occupational Safety and Health (CONN-OSHA) and Minority Construction Council (MCC) continue to recognize the value of maintaining a collaborative relationship to foster safety and health practices and programs to improve American workplaces. To that end, OSHA, CONN-OSHA, and MCC hereby renew the Alliance signed September 22, 2020, and renewed February 1, 2024. Specifically, OSHA, CONN-OSHA and MCC are committed to providing MCC members and others with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect workers by reducing and preventing exposure to fall, caught in-between, struck-by, and electrical hazards, silica dust, lead 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 requirements for program participation laid out in 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 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 renewing this Alliance, OSHA and MCC 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 Participants intend to work together to achieve the following objectives:

• To develop effective training and education programs for MCC members to promote understanding of workers' rights, including the use of the OSHA Complaint process, and the responsibilities of employers and to communicate such information to workers and employers.
• To deliver or arrange for the delivery of OSHA 10 courses.

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, communication, 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 the OSHA Hartford Area Office, Bridgeport Area Office, CONN-OSHA and any other appropriate offices. OSHA will encourage State Plans' and OSHA On-Site Consultation programs' participation on the team.

This agreement will remain in effect for a period not to exceed five years. Any signatory may terminate it for any reason at any time, provided the terminating signatory gives 30 days' written notice to the others. This agreement may be modified at any time with the written concurrence of all signatories.

Signed this 1 day of February 2024.