What the CIOSHA Alliance Means for You

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What the CI-OSHA Alliance Means for You

• Mike Toole
• Civil Env. Engineering
• Bucknell University
• CI Site Safety Committee
• CI Const. Research Council

Lee Anne Jillings Director, Office of Outreach
Services and Alliances OSHA Directorate of
Cooperative and State Programs
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Overview

• Why the CI-OSHA Alliance
• Content of the Alliance
• Progress to Date
• Why and How to Get Involved
• OSHA Cooperative Programs

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Who Initiated the Alliance?

• Initiated by CIs Site Safety Committee
• 20 contractors, owners, consultants, educators
• Stewards of Policy Statement 350
• Proactive safety management
• Is the right thing to do
• Is the smart thing to do

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Why the Alliance?

• Raise the awareness of safety issues within CI
• Improved communication on safety regulations
  under consideration
• Allow CI members to utilize OSHAs vast resources
• Encourage safety research
• Raise the public stature of the construction
  industry and the civil engineering profession

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What the CI - OSHA Alliance Says

• OSHA and CI will work together
• to encourage employers to increase employee
  access to safety and health information and
  training resources,
• especially in the area of crane safety,
• and to incorporate safety and health issues into
  the construction / constructability process.

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Alliance Content, continued

• Outreach and communication goals
• Develop SH information and disseminate the
  information in print and/or via websites
• Contribute to CI's publications
• Speak at conferences
• Share information to help set priorities for
  training programs
• Promote OSHA's cooperative programs

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Alliance Content, continued

• Training and education goals
• Develop and deliver training programs, education
  programs, and tool-box talks
• Promoting the national dialogue on workplace
  safety and health
• Perform case studies and publicize the results
• Participate in forums and to help forge
  innovative solutions in the workplace and on the
  jobsite

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Progress to Date

• Presentations at ASCE-CI conferences
• Publications in ASCE-CI journals
• New committee members
• Safety research
• Development of model safety programs for
  engineering firms
• Other initiatives

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Why You Should Get Involved

• It is the right thing to do
• Proactive safety management pays
• Leadership opportunities within your company and
  your profession
• You are needed!

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How You Can Get Involved

• 1) Join the alliance implementation team
• 2) Serve as member of corresponding advisory
  committee
• 3) Encourage your committee to interface with the
  implementation team
• 4) Consider having your firm participate in a
  cooperative OSHA program