# Presentation: 048634

## OSHA’s Alliance With the Airlines Industry

**Lee Anne Jillings**
**Director, Office of Outreach Services and Alliances**
**Occupational Safety and Health Administration**
**June 4, 2003**

## OSHA Programs

**What is an OSHA Alliance?**
- Program created by OSHA to enable organizations committed to safety and health to collaborate with OSHA to prevent injuries.

**Partnerships**

**VPP**

**Alliance**

## Alliances

- Agreements established at the National,
- 	Regional or Area office level
- Goals focus on:
- Training and education
- Outreach and communication
- Promoting the national dialogue
- Customized implementation teams
- Two-year, renewable
- Quarterly update meetings or conference calls

## Benefits of an Alliance

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

## Current OSHA Alliances

- OSHA currently has 27 National Alliances and
- 14 Ergonomic-Specific Alliances, including the Airlines Industry Alliance

## National Alliances

## Regional Alliances

## Some Working Alliances

- The Dow Chemical Company
- American Biological Safety Association
- Society of the Plastics Industry
- Independent Electrical Contractors, Inc.
- National Association of Shooting Ranges & Sporting Arms & Ammunition Manufacturers Institute
- International Mass Retailers Association
- Washington Group International

## New Alliances

- Sealant Waterproofing & Restoration Institute
- Air Conditioning Contractors of America
- American Association of Occupational Health Nurses
- National Hearing Conservation Association
- American Apparel and Footwear Association
- Tree Care Industry Association

## Pending Alliances

- Clark Construction
- National Lumber and Building Materials Dealers Association
- American Shipbuilding Association
- National Shipbuilding Research Program
- National Electrical Contractors Association

## Airline Alliance MembersSigned November 12, 2002

- American Airlines
- American Trans Air
- America West Airlines

- Continental Airlines
- Delta Air Lines
- Jetblue Airways
- Midwest Express Airlines
- Southwest Airlines
- United Airlines
- US Airways
- NSC International Air Transport Section

- Air Canada
- Airtran Airways
- Alaska Airlines

## Airlines Alliance Vision

- Year 1
- Define strategy and best practices
- Educate and communicate process with interested parties
- Share successes with others
- VPP Conference
- NSC Congress

## Airlines Alliance Vision

- Year 2
- Reaffirm membership
- Review past year and identify specific projects and goals for upcoming year
- Involve interested parties
- Expand awareness of the Alliance world-wide

## Airlines Alliance Vision

- Future
- Continually re-evaluate and prioritize
- Identify additional safety and health issues to address in the airlines industry
- Continuous improvement

## Alliance Action Items

- Training and Education
- Develop a body mechanics training module
-  for employees handling checked baggage

## Outreach and Communication
Review and provide input on way to improve OSHA’s baggage handling eTool
		-On-site visits in January and April 2003 
Hold a one-day seminar on OSHA’s VPP process
		-June 4, 2003, Delta Airlines, Atlanta, Georgia
Sponsor a workshop on the Alliance program
		-National Safety Council Congress, September 10, 2003,
Chicago, IL 
		-Review the Alliance’s first year for OSHA’s National Office

- Review and provide input on way to improve OSHA’s baggage handling eTool
- 		-On-site visits in January and April 2003
- Hold a one-day seminar on OSHA’s VPP process
- 		-June 4, 2003, Delta Airlines, Atlanta, Georgia
- Sponsor a workshop on the Alliance program
- 		-National Safety Council Congress, September 10, 2003,
- Chicago, IL
- 		-Review the Alliance’s first year for OSHA’s National Office

**Alliance Action Items**

## Alliance Action Items

- Promote the National Dialogue on Workplace Safety and Health
- Educate interested parties on the ergonomics of baggage handling
- -Shared baggage handling eTool draft with interested parties in April 2003

## Alliance Timeline – Year 1

- November 12, 2002 - Signed
- OSHA, Washington, DC
- December 18, 2002 - Kick-off Meeting
- OSHA, Washington, DC
- January 27 & 28, 2003 - Workshop
- OSHA Salt Lake Technical Center, Salt Lake City, UT
- April 28 & 28, 2003 - Workshop
- 	OSHA Salt Lake Technical Center, Salt Lake City, UT
- June 4, 2003 - VPP Presentation
- Delta Airlines, Atlanta, GA
- September 10, 2003 - NSC Presentation/Panel Discussion
- National Safety Council Congress, Chicago, IL
- October 2003 - Group Performance Appraisal

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