ANNUAL ALLIANCE REPORT

U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Oklahoma City Area Office
And
Oklahoma Department of Labor Consultation Services
And
Oklahoma Safety Council

July 29, 2019

1. Alliance Background

   1. Date Signed

      June 26, 2015; renewed November 8, 2017

   2. Evaluation Period

      July 20, 2018 to July 29, 2019

   3. Overview

      OSHA, Oklahoma Department of Labor and Oklahoma Safety Council (OSC) formed an Alliance to provide OSC members and others with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect the health and safety of workers, particularly by reducing and preventing exposure to occupational hazards, and understand the rights of workers and the responsibilities of employers under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act). In developing this Alliance, OSHA and OSC recognize that OSHA, Oklahoma Department of Labor Consultation Services and Oklahoma Safety Council partners are an integral part of the OSHA national effort.

   4. Implementation Team Members

      OSHA

      Steven Kirby, Area Director Oklahoma City Area Office
      Jorge Delucca, Compliance Assistance Specialist, Oklahoma City Area Office

      Oklahoma Department of Labor

      Leslie Osborn, Oklahoma Commissioner of Labor
      Jason Hudson, Assistant Director, OSHA Consultation

      Oklahoma Safety Council

      Betsey Kulakowski, Executive Director

2. Implementation Team Meetings

   • November 27, 2018: Planning meeting for Worker’s Memorial event
   • February 12, 2019
   • April 23, 2019: Planning meeting for Worker’s Memorial event

   In addition to these formal meetings, the Alliance coordinators from both groups maintained regular contact throughout the reporting period to monitor the Alliance’s progress and results.

3. Results

   The following table summarizes the Alliance’s activities in support of the goals in the Alliance agreement.

   Raising Awareness of OSHA's Rulemaking and Enforcement Initiatives: Speak, exhibit at Conference
   Activity Type	Activity Name/Summary	OSHA Areas of Emphasis Supported	Number Reached
   Alliance Product	No activity
   Dissemination	No activity
   Event	April 30, 2018: Worker Memorial Day. OSC provided silhouettes for each worker killed on the job during the previous 12 months. The Oklahoma Commissioner of Labor was Master of ceremonies. The OSHA Acting Area Director, Meghan Christie, and the Oklahoma Department of Labor Deputy Commissioner read the names of 34 workers killed in occupational accidents.	Falls, struck by, electrocution, caught-in between, fire and explosion, etc.	200
   Exhibit	July 11-12: OSHA exhibit at Oklahoma Safety & Health Conference by Jorge Delucca, Compliance Assistance Specialist.	Fall protection in construction, heat illnesses; General Industry Digest; Construction Industry Digest, Respiratory Protection, OSHA laboratory standard	50
   Exhibit	JJuly 11-12: Oklahoma Department of Labor had a booth manned by Jason Hudson, Director for OSHA Consultation and John Dyer, Director of Public Employee Occupational Safety and Health.	Public Employee Occupational Safety and Health Program Safety Consultation SHARP Program	50
   OSHA Product Review	No activity
   Training	May 9, 2019: National Stand Down to Prevent Falls in Construction at Oklahoma Safety Council, Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma Safety Council at Oklahoma City hosted a series of presentation for a group of 130 attendees from OSHA, general industry, oil and gas, and college professors and students. Carmen Martinez, AAD, gave an introduction to include work-related fatalities caused by falls in Oklahoma in 2018 and 2019. Marcus Rambo, CSHO, discussed case studies from inspection that he conducted. He showed photos of violations of fall protection. Steven Kirby, AAD, gave presentation about fall protection. Jason Hudson, Director of OSHA Consultation, gave presentation of recent changes to the OSHA walking-working surfaces.	National Stand Down to Prevent Falls	130
   Speech / Presentation	July 11-12: Steven Kirby, AD, gave two sessions of OSHA Update to attendees of the 2019 Oklahoma Safety and Health Conference	Fall prevention in constriction, electrocutions, caught between; struck by; inspections, penalties, oil and gas, recordkeeping reporting, whistleblower protection, fatalities in Oklahoma in FY 2019	98
   Speech / Presentation	July 11, 2019: Jorge Delucca, CAS and Patricia Charqueño, Safety Director of McCoy Tree Surgery, gave speeches to attendees of the 2019 Oklahoma Safety and Health Conference about Challenges of a Diverse Workplace with emphasis on Hispanic workers.		74
   Total Reached			602

4. Evaluations

   This alliance is effective to accomplish safety and health outreach and training to hundreds of industry safety and health specialists, college students and workers in Oklahoma.

5. Upcoming Milestones

   Workers Memorial Day, April 28, 2020
   National Stand Down to Prevent Falls, May, 2020
   Oklahoma Safety and Health Conference, summer 2020

   Report Prepared by: Jorge A. Delucca, Compliance Assistance Specialist, Oklahoma City Area Office