AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR’S
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (OSHA)
THE KANSAS CITY AND THE WICHITA AREA OFFICES
AND
THE KANSAS CITY JOINT ELECTRICAL APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING COMMITTEE (KC-JATC)
(INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS’ (IBEW)
Local Union (LU), Number 124, KANSAS CITY CHAPTER
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION (NECA)

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Kansas City and Wichita Area Offices, and the Kansas City Joint Electrical Apprenticeship and Training Committee (KC-JATC), International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers’ (IBEW), Local Union 124, and the Kansas City Chapter-National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) (herein referred to collectively as the “Participants”) recognize the value of establishing a collaborative relationship to foster safer and more healthful American workplaces. To that end, OSHA and KC-JATC hereby form an alliance to provide KC-JATC apprentices with information, guidance, and training to prevent exposures to prevalent health and safety hazards in the construction industry.

This agreement provides a framework and objectives for the alliance’s activities. Alliance participants 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.” Additionally, alliance participants will summarize specific activities and timeframes for completion in a written work plan.

Through this alliance, the organizations will use injury, illness, and hazard exposure data, when appropriate, to identify areas of emphasis for awareness, outreach, and communication activities. The alliance participants will also explore and implement selected options to evaluate the effectiveness of the alliance and measure the impact of its overall effort on improving workplace safety for employers and workers. In developing this alliance the participants, recognize that OSHA’s State Plan and Onsite Consultation Program partners are an integral part of the OSHA national effort, and information about the products and activities of the alliance may be shared with these partners for the advancement of common goals.

Outreach and Communication

• Share information on OSHA’s National/Regional/Initiatives (Emphasis Programs, Regulatory Agenda Outreach), opportunities to participate in initiatives, and rulemaking process.
• Share information on occupational safety and health laws and standards, including the rights of workers and responsibilities of employers to prevent electrical shocks, electrical burns, electrocutions, and health and safety hazards in the construction industry.
• Speak, exhibit, and/ or appear at OSHA and the Kansas City Joint Electrical Apprenticeship and Training Committee-International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers’ (IBEW), Local Union 124, Kansas City Chapter-National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA), safety and health conference, local association meetings, Greater Kansas City Federal Field Safety and Health Conference council meetings, and other related events.

Training and Education

• Develop effective training and education programs for KC-JATC regarding electrical hazards, and to communicate such information to constituent employers and workers.
• Deliver or arrange for the delivery of electrical safe work practice courses.
• Develop effective training and education programs for KC-JATC 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.

Nothing in this agreement commits the participants to the expenditure of any funds.

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 Kansas City Area Office and the Wichita Area Office and any other appropriate offices. OSHA will encourage State Plans’ and 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 all signatories.

Signed at Kansas City, Missouri, in duplicate, this 20^th day of May 2022.