AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR'S
KANSAS CITY AND WICHITA AREA OFFICES
AND
MOKAN LABORERS TRAINING CENTER
AND
HEAVY CONSTRUCTION, LOCAL 663
AND
CONSTRUCTION & GENERAL LABORERS, LOCAL 1290

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Kansas City and Wichita Area Offices, MOKAN Laborers Training Center, Heavy Construction, Local 663, and Construction & General Laborers, Local 1290 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 MOKAN Laborers Training Center, Heavy Construction, Local 663, and Construction & General Laborers, Local 1290 hereby form an Alliance to provide employers and employees in the construction industry with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect workers by reducing and preventing exposure to safety and health hazards. Through this alliance, OSHA and MOKAN Laborers Training Center will work in a cooperative manner to disseminate information related to 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 MOKAN Laborers Training Center, Heavy Construction, Local 663, and Construction & General Laborers, Local 1290 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:

• Share information on OSHA's National/Regional/Local Emphasis Programs, Regulatory Agenda, and opportunities to participate in initiatives and the rulemaking process.

• Share information on occupational safety and health laws and standards, including the rights and responsibilities of workers and employers, particularly through MOKAN Laborers Training Center, Heavy Construction, Local 663, and Construction & General Laborers, Local 1290.

• Share information among OSHA personnel and industry safety and health professionals regarding MOKAN Laborers Training Center, Heavy Construction, Local 663, and Construction & General Laborers, Local 1290 related to industry practices or effective approaches through training programs, workshops, seminars, and lectures (or any other applicable forum).

• Speak, exhibit, or appear at OSHA and MO/KAN Laborers Training Center conferences, Heavy Construction, Local 663, and Construction & General Laborers, Local 1290, during local meetings, or other events.

• Convene or participate in forums, roundtable discussions, or stakeholder meetings on safety and health hazards in the construction industry to help forge innovative solutions in the workplace.

• Encourage MOKAN Laborers Training Center, Heavy Construction, Local 663, and Construction & General Laborers, Local 1290 staff members to build relationships with OSHA's Regional and Area Offices to address health and safety issues in the construction industry.

• Develop information on the recognition and prevention of workplace hazards, and communicate such information (e.g., print, and electronic Heavy Construction, Local 663, and Construction & General Laborers, Local 1290 websites, social media, electronic assistance tools to provide information to employers, and workers in the construction industry.

Training and Education

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

• Develop effective training and education programs for their constituent employers and workers in the construction industry regarding identification, prevention, and control of potential safety and health hazards such as but not limited to falls, struck by, caught-in-between, cave-ins, heat stress, work zone traffic safety, suicide prevention and mental health awareness, electric shocks, burns, and electrocutions.

• Develop effective training and education programs for MOKAN Laborers Training Center members, Heavy Construction, Local 663, and Construction & General Laborers, Local 1290 to promote understanding of workers' rights, including the use of the OSHA complaint process, and the responsibilities of employers to communicate such information to workers and employers.

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 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 Kansas City and Wichita Area Offices, and any other appropriate offices. OSHA will encourage OSHA On-Site Consultation program participation on the team.

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 both signatories.

Signed this 13th day of September, 2023.