U.S. Department of Labor
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
San Antonio Area Office
And
American Subcontractors Association San Antonio Chapter

1. Alliance Background

   1. Date Signed

      April 24, 2013

   2. Evaluation Period

      April 25, 2015 through April 24, 2016

   3. Overview

      To provide OSHA training to small contractors in the construction industry and others with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect employees’ health and safety, particularly in reducing and preventing exposure to occupational safety and health hazards such as heat stress, electrical, falls, struck-by, and caught-between hazards in the construction industry. This alliance provides educating small businesses on creating and having a safety/health program for their business.

      In this alliance we will conduct safety and health training meetings with the small contractors and their workers. Classes and briefing include: workers’ rights, employer responsibilities, employee responsibilities, heat stress prevention and recognition, preventing falls, and other hazards at the construction sites.

   4. Implementation Team Members

      OSHA

      Alejandro Porter

      Area Director, San Antonio Area Office

      Raul Carrillo

      Compliance Assistance Specialist (CAS), San Antonio Area Office

      American Subcontractors Association - San Antonio Chapter

      Jennifer Swinney

      Executive Director

2. Implementation Team Meetings

   • 05/04/2014
   • 11/15/2014

3. Activities, and Products

   Training and Education, Briefings included the below subjects:

   Develop training and education programs for youth workers in construction: Goal 1
   Activity Type	Activity Name/Summary	OSHA Initiative Supported	Number Reached
   Product	Construction and general industry Quick cards	Falls, electrocutions, Struck-by, PPE, Workers’ rights,	80
   Training	Developing a safety program for small employers	Falls in construction Trenching and excavations OSHA record keeping Water, rest and shade	48
   Training	OSHA 10/30 hour classes in construction	Falls, electrocutions, Struck-by, trenching	60
   Training	OSHA Scaffold Safety Presentation	Construction Training	40
   Training	Emergency Action Plans in Construction	GHS/Recordkeeping	30
   Work with OSHA to provide information in recognizing hazards to prevent injuries and electronic assistance tools and links from OSHA’s websites: Goal 2
   Activity Type	Activity Name/Summary	OSHA Initiative Supported	Number Reached
   Product	OSHA regulations and Workers’ Rights, Fact Sheets, Scaffold quick cards	Workers’ Rights Preventing Falls, electrocutions,	120
   TOTAL			235

4. Results

   Small business construction companies have had the ability to educate their workers about safety and health, OSHA regulations and workers’ rights and attend OSHA 10 and 30 hour classes.

Upcoming Milestones

Conducting a construction safety summit in our area, expecting over 100 attendees made up of safety managers, superintendents, foremen and business owners.

The Alliance is very active and plans to continue educating the small business construction companies and their workers within the area and surrounding communities.