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ANNUAL ALLIANCE REPORT
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
and the
Association for High Technology Distribution (AHTD)
May 16, 2008 |
I. Alliance Background
Date Signed
November 29, 2004
Date Renewed
November 28, 2006
Overview
Through the Alliance, OSHA and AHTD are working together to provide industrial workers, supervisors
and machine designers with information and guidance to raise awareness of the importance of proper
selection, use, maintenance and installation of machine guarding equipment and the use of
lockout/tagout procedures.
Implementation Team Members
| OSHA: |
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Rick Harris*
Lee Anne Jillings
Lisa Ramber
Bill Willson** |
Office of Outreach Services and Alliances (OOSA)
OOSA
OOSA
OOSA |
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| AHTD: |
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Karen Badyna
Ken Hutton
Joseph Lazarra
James Norton
Lynda Patterson
Andy Riser
Maggie Skarich
Tom Swenton
Frank Weber |
Associate Director
Executive Director
Scientific Technologies Inc. (STI)
JHN Group
Management Resource Association (MRA)
MRA
MRA
Applied Automation Controls, Inc.
STI |
* Rick Harris served as the Alliance coordinator until June 2007
** Bill Willson became the Alliance coordinator in June 2007
Evaluation Period
November 29, 2006 - November 28, 2007
II. Implementation Team Meetings
February 20, 2007
May 24, 2007
August 22, 2007 |
Implementation Team Meeting
Implementation Team Meeting
Implementation Team Meeting |
III. Results
- Events and Products
Outreach and Communication Goals
- Work with OSHA to provide expertise in developing and disseminating information on machine
guarding equipment and lockout/tagout procedures, and to provide expertise in developing ways of
communicating such information (e.g. print and electronic media, electronic assistance tools and
OSHA's and the AHTD's Web site to employers and employees in the industry.)
Products
OSHA and AHTD Alliance Web Page
OSHA continues to maintain and update its OSHA and AHTD Alliance Web page on the Agency's Web site.
The page includes the OSHA and AHTD Alliance renewal agreement and photograph of the renewal signing
ceremony. In addition, it has news releases and information on the Alliance's activities and events,
and milestones and successes. For more information on the number of visits to the OSHA and AHTD
Alliance Web page, please see the Alliance Program Reach Table.
AHTD Web Site
In October 2007, AHTD updated the AHTD and OSHA Alliance Web page with links to additional safety
and health resources such as:
- Department of Labor's (DOL) Working Partners Web page
- OSHA's Machine Guarding eTool
- Machine Guarding Technology Training Seminar
- OSHA's Guidance for Protecting Employees Against Avian Flu
- OSHA's Compliance Assistance Web page
AHTD also created the web page, "OSHA's Electronic Resources for Small Businesses" on its Web site
which links to a number of OSHA's resources on the Agency's Web site including: eTools; Safety and
Health Topics pages, Compliance Assistance QuickStart and its Hispanic Employers and Workers module
as well as the Small Business Web pages.
AHTD also posted a number of DOL-developed articles on its "OSHA Resources" Web page including:
- "Helping Small Businesses Benefit from Being Drug-Free"
- "Hispanic Worker Outreach: OSHA Can Help!"
- Consultation Helps Small Businesses Establish Safety and Health Programs"
- "A Safe Workplace is a Drug-Free Workplace"
- "The Business Case for Safety and Health"
In addition, AHTD posts editions of the Alliance Program's Alliance Quarterly Review newsletter on
the members' only section of the association's Web site.
OSHA Safety and Health Topics Pages
Through the Alliance, AHTD representatives continue to serve on the editorial boards for the
following OSHA Safety and Health Topics pages and provide the Agency with their expertise and
feedback:
- Control of Hazardous Energy
- Jim Norton, JHN Group, Hanover, MA
- John Thompson, Dittman and Greer Inc., Middletown, CT
- Machine Guarding
- Joe Lazarra, Scientific Technologies Inc., Fremont, CA
- Jim Norton, JHN Group, Hanover, MA
- John Pirner, PowerMation, St. Paul, MN
- John Thompson, Dittman and Greer Inc., Middletown, CT
- Robotics
- Jim Norton, JHN Group, Hanover, MA
- John Thompson, Dittman and Greer Inc., Middletown, CT
- Speak, exhibit, or appear at OSHA's and AHTD's conferences, meetings or other events, such as the AHDT Spring and Fall Meetings and regional safety conferences that AHTD member companies may
participate in.
Events
2007 AHTD Spring Meeting, Coronado, California, April 25 - 27, 2007
OSHA provided AHTD with a number of the agency's publications which were distributed by AHTD to its
members during the association's Spring Meeting April 25 -27, 2007, in Coronado, California. The
OSHA publications included: the OSHA and AHTD Alliance Activities Summary; Small
Business Handbook and Safeguarding Equipment and Protecting Workers from
Amputations Small Business Safety and Health Management Series.
2007 AHTD Fall Meeting, St. Petersburg, Florida, October 10 - 13, 2007
OSHA provided AHTD with a number of the agency's publications which were distributed by AHTD to its
members during the association's Fall Meeting October 10 -13, 2007, in St. Petersburg, Florida. The
OSHA publications included: the OSHA and AHTD Alliance Activities Summary; Small
Business Handbook and Safeguarding Equipment and Protecting Workers from
Amputations Small Business Safety and Health Management Series.
- Encourage AHTD's members to build relationships with OSHA's Regional and Area Offices to address
health and safety issues in the industrial workplace, including machine safeguarding and
lockout/tagout procedures.
OSHA Region I
As a result of the relationship established with Region I's staff through their participation in the
AHTD's Machine Guarding Technology Training Seminar, which is a product of the Alliance, a working
relationship has been established between OSHA staff in Region I and AHTD. AHTD and Region I are
working together to schedule additional seminars.
- Work with other Alliance participants on projects to address safety and health issues in the
industrial workplace including machine safeguarding and lockout/tagout procedures.
Product
Safety Light Curtain Checklist
Developed through the OSHA and AHTD Alliance, the AHTD's draft Safety Light Curtain Checklist is in
final review and will be posted to the AHTD and OSHA Alliance Web page on the association's Web site
when finalized. In addition, the checklist, which will be available to the industry free-of-charge,
will be linked to from the OSHA & AHTD Alliance Web Page and Alliance Program Participants Developed
Products Web pages on the agency's Web site.
- Share information among OSHA personnel and industry safety and health professionals regarding AHTD
best practices or effective approaches and publicize the results through outreach by AHTD and
through OSHA-or AHTD-developed training programs, workshops, seminars and lectures (or any other
applicable forum).
Product
Machine Guarding Devices and Robotics Training Seminars
Developed through the OSHA and AHTD Alliance and incorporating the slide presentation, "Machine
Guarding Devices" which AHTD developed through the Alliance during a previous reporting period, the
AHTD's Machine Guarding Devices and Robotics Training Seminar provides OSHA staff with technical
information about the use of machine guarding devices and robotics in the workplace. The slide
presentation is posted on the AHTD and OSHA Alliance Web page on the association's Web site and is
available to the machine guarding industry and the general public free-of-charge.
Promoting the National Dialogue Goals:
- Develop and disseminate case studies illustrating the business value of safety and health and
publicize their results.
The OSHA and AHTD Alliance Implementation Team began development of a Success Story on press brakes,
based on Laser Safe machine guarding equipment. The project is currently on hold awaiting future
documentation of the equipment's impact addressing machine guarding hazards.
- Participate in stakeholder and other forums for providing input on machine safeguarding and
lockout/tagout issues in the workplace.
The OSHA and AHTD Alliance Implementation Team has not started work on programs or projects to
address this goal.
- Executive Summary
Through the OSHA and AHTD Alliance, the organizations have continued their excellent working
relationship which developed during the first two years of the Alliance. The organizations have
continued their efforts to raise awareness about high technology machine guarding devices and
robotics through sharing information and participating in outreach opportunities.
For example, OSHA continues to maintain the OSHA and AHTD Alliance Web page on the Agency's Web
site. During 2007, the page averaged about 721 visitors per month. In addition, AHTD members
continue to serve on the editorial boards for OSHA's Safety and Health Topics pages for Robotics,
Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout), and Machine Guarding. The OSHA and AHTD Alliance team
continues to work on finalizing the AHTD's draft Safety Light Curtain Checklist.
In addition, AHTD revised and updated the AHTD and OSHA Alliance Web page on the association's Web
site which highlights the OSHA and AHTD Alliance. The revised page includes links to:
- Department of Labor's (DOL) Working Partners Web page
- OSHA's Machine Guarding eTool
- Machine Guarding Technology Training Seminar
- DOL-developed Articles
AHTD also distributed a number of OSHA's publications at AHTD's 2007 Spring Meeting in Coronado,
California and at AHTD's Fall Meeting in St. Petersburg, Florida.
- Alliance Program Reach
| Type of Activity |
Number of Individuals Reached |
| OSHA and AHTD Alliance Web page |
8,661 |
| AHTD/OSHA Alliance Web page |
TBD |
December 7, 2006, "OSHA Renews Alliance with
Automation Association"
BNA Occupational Safety and Health Reporter |
Data Not Available |
December 7, 2007, "OSHA Renews Alliance with
Automation Association"
Occupational Health & Safety Magazine |
Data Not Available |
April 25, 2007, 2007 AHTD Spring Meeting, Coronado,
California
Publications |
270 |
October 10, 200, AHTD 2007 Fall Meeting, St.
Petersburg, Florida
Publications |
280 |
Control of Hazardous Energy
Safety and Health Topics page |
72,128 |
Machine Guarding
Safety and Health Topics page |
8,661 |
Robotics
Safety and Health Topics page |
8,661 |
| TOTAL |
97,661 |
IV. Upcoming Milestones
In the next year of the Alliance, OSHA and AHTD will continue to work together to identify
opportunities for promoting safety and health and the OSHA and AHTD Alliance through presentations
and exhibiting opportunities at AHTD events such as the AHTD 2008 Spring Meeting in Key West,
Florida and the AHTD Fall Meeting in Vail, Colorado.
Building on the success of the earlier presentation of the Machine Guarding Technology Training
Seminar for OSHA staff in Region I and Washington, DC, the OSHA and AHTD Alliance implementation
team plans to deliver the Machine Guarding Technology Training Seminar for OSHA staff in OSHA
Regions I, III, VII and IX during 2008. Training has been scheduled for OSHA staff in:
- Wethersfield, CT, May 21, 2008
- Montpellier, VT, May 29, 2008
- Kansas City, MO, August 20, 2008
- Harrisburg, PA, September 17, 2008
AHTD will publish its newsletter, AHTD Newsletter, in the first quarter of
2008 and would like to include an article by OSHA's Assistant Secretary Edwin G. Foulke, Jr. in 2008.
Through the Alliance, AHTD will be working to complete its draft Safety Light Curtain Checklist and
begin to develop:
- Robotics Checklist
- Safety Tips on Safety Switches
Further, AHTD members will continue to serve on the OSHA Safety and Health Topics
pages' editorial boards for Robotics, Machine Guarding, and Control of Hazardous Energy.
Lastly, OSHA and the AHTD will begin discussing the potential renewal of the OSHA and AHTD Alliance.
Report prepared by: Bill Willson, Alliance Coordinator, Office of Outreach Services Alliances, May
28, 2008.
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