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Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA)
Alliance ProgramDorinda Folse Compliance
Assistance Specialist, OSHA- Region VI, Baton
Rouge Area Office

• ACCA Safety and Health Committee Meeting
• February 25, 2004
• New Orleans Marriott Hotel,
• New Orleans, LA

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OSHA Strategic Management Plan2003- 2008

• By 2008, reduce fatality rates 15 and
  injury/illness rates 20 through
• Goal 1 Reduce occupational hazards through
  direct intervention
• Goal 2 Promote safety and health culture
  through compliance assistance, cooperative
  programs, and strong leadership
• Goal 3 Strengthen agency capabilities and
  infrastructure

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Goal 2 Compliance Assistance, Cooperative
Programs Leadership

• Promote a safety and health culture through
  compliance assistance, cooperative programs and
  strong leadership.
• Strategy 2-1 Improve OSHAs ability to capture
  opportunities
• where compliance assistance, leadership,
• outreach, and cooperative programs will
  maximize
• impact.
• Strategy 2-2 Promote a safety and health
  culture throughout
• Americas worksites.
• Strategy 2-3 Improve the effectiveness of OSHAs
  approaches
• for promoting safety and health.

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OSHAs Cooperative Programs

• Alliance Program
• Voluntary Protection Programs
• VPP Challenge
• VPP Corporate
• VPP Construction
• OSHA Strategic Partnership Program
• Consultation Program
• Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program

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Benefits of an Alliance

• Build a cooperative and
• trusting relationship with
• OSHA
• Network with other
• organizations committed
• to workplace safety and health
• Leverage resources to maximize worker protection

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OSHAs Alliance Program

• Goals focus on
• Training and Education
• Outreach and Communication
• Promoting the National Dialogue
• Customized Implementation Teams
• Two-years, Renewable
• Quarterly Update Meetings or Conference Calls

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National Alliances

• Signed
• Airline Industry Alliance
• The Dow Chemical Company
• Independent Electrical Contractors
• Washington Group International
• Recent/Upcoming
• American Concrete Pipe Association
• National Electrical Contractors Association
• The Roadway Work Zone Coalition for Safety and
  Health
• Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors
  National Association, Inc.

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OSHA-ACCA Alliance

• Signed May 8, 2003
• The ACCA Alliance focuses on safety supervision,
  equipment and material handling, driver and
  vehicle safety, ladder and lift use, and
  lock-out/tag-out issues in the heating,
  ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration
  (HVACR) industry

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Alliance Timeline

• May 9, 2003 - Kick-off Meeting
• OSHA, Washington, DC
• November 6, 2003 Implementation Team Meeting
• OSHA, Washington, DC
• December 8, 2003 Implementation Team Meeting
• OSHA, Washington, DC
• February 25-27, 2004 - ACCA Conference and
  Indoor Expo
• New Orleans, Louisiana

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Outreach and Communication

• Identify existing resources and stimulate the
  development of new training programs and
  materials as appropriate. Seek opportunities for
  OSHA representatives to speak, exhibit or appear
  at the national ACCA conference as well as at
  chapter meetings or other events. 
• Develop and disseminate information through ACCA
  print and electronic media, including linkage
  between OSHAs and ACCAs web sites. 
• Cross-train OSHA personnel and industry safety
  and health professionals in effective approaches
  for improving the safety and health of workers in
  the HVACR contracting industry. 
• Promote and encourage ACCA members awareness of
  and participation in OSHAs cooperative
  programs. 

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Alliance Action Items

• OSHA exhibit at 2004 ACCA Conference and Indoor
  Expo
• Presentation to Safety Committee on Alliance
  Program and Consultation
• Serve on Fall Protection and Motor Vehicle OSHA
  Safety and Health Topics pages Editorial Boards
  on OSHAs Web site

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Future Projects

• Arrange for OSHA speakers on particular topics at
  ACCA Chapter meetings
• Develop a Heating, Ventilation and Air
  Conditioning Safety and Health Topics page
• Work on the development of a Motor Vehicle Safety
  eTool for OSHAS Web site with other Alliance
  Program participants

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Jess McCluer T [phone] E-mail
mccluer.jess_at_dol.gov