AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN
ST. LOUIS AREA OFFICE OF REGION VII
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
MID-AMERICA CARPENTERS REGIONAL COUNCIL APPRENTICE AND TRAINING CENTER PROGRAMS – ST. LOUIS CAMPUS

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) St. Louis Area Office and Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council Apprentice and Training Center Programs – St. Louis Campus (MACRCA&TP-St. Louis) 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 MACRCA&TP-St. Louis hereby form an Alliance to provide members and others with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will reduce and prevent exposures – such as fall, electrical, struck-by, caught-in-between, fire, explosion, lockout/tagout, and confined spaces – at all MACRCA&TP-St. Louis signatory job sites throughout eastern Missouri. The Alliance will also work to ensure that the rights of workers and the responsibilities of employers under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) are understood.

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 to evaluate the Alliance and measure the impact of its overall effort on improving workplace safety for employers and workers. In developing this Alliance, OSHA and the MACRCA&TP-St. Louis 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: of OSHA's Rulemaking and Enforcement Initiatives

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

• Share information on OSHA's National/Regional/Local Emphasis Programs, Regulatory Agenda, and opportunities to participate in the rulemaking process.
• Share information on occupational safety and health laws and standards, with special attention to falls in construction, electrical, struck-by, caught-in-between, suicide prevention, heat illness prevention, and the rights and responsibilities of workers and employers.
• To convene or participate in forums, roundtable discussions, or stakeholder meetings regarding hazards in the residential, commercial, and industrial construction industries to help forge innovative solutions in the workplace and provide input on safety and health issues.
• To encourage worker participation in workplace safety and health by obtaining feedback on MACRCA&TP-St. Louis activities.

Training and Education

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

• To develop effective training and education programs for MACRCA&TP-St. Louis representatives, OSHA, and other personnel regarding hazards in the residential, commercial, and industrial construction sectors.
• To develop effective training and education programs 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.

Outreach and Communication

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

• To provide a forum for OSHA, MACRCA&TP-St. Louis representatives and other affected parties to meet on a semiannual basis with the purpose of advancing safety and health compliance and continually improving the Alliance.
• To provide a forum for an OSHA representative to disseminate Agency directives, initiatives, protocols, etc. to MACRCA&TP-St. Louis representatives during health and safety and technical skills training endeavors.
• To promote awareness of OSHA's Fall Prevention, Excavation, Heat Campaigns, Safe and Sound, and other initiatives.
• To develop information on the recognition and prevention of residential, commercial, and industrial construction and maintenance hazards and develop innovative ways of communicating such information, such as, but not limited to print, electronic media, electronic assistance tools, and OSHA's website to safety professionals, employers, and workers in the residential commercial and industrial construction industries.
• To assist in the development and dissemination of case studies for notable agency inspections to address common and novel hazards within the residential, industrial construction, or maintenance events.

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 the St. Louis Area Office and any other appropriate offices.

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 written concurrence of all signatories.

Signed this 14th day of June 2023.