The OSHA Alliance Program

Through the Alliance Program, OSHA establishes formal relationships with groups 

committed to worker safety and health, and collaborates with them to prevent 

workplace fatalities, injuries, and illnesses. These groups include trade and 

professional associations, labor unions, educational institutions, community and 

faith-based groups, and government agencies. OSHA and Alliance participants 

collaborate in providing workers and employers with information, guidance, and 

resources to promote workplace safety and health and awareness of workers’ 

rights and employers’ responsibilities under the Occupational Safety and Health 

Act. Alliance participants do not receive exemptions from OSHA inspections or 

any other enforcement benefits. 

Alliance Agreements and 

Implementation

OSHA establishes Alliances through a written 

agreement with an organization for an initial 

term of two years, which may be renewed at 

OSHA’s discretion. Alliance participants that 

have successfully completed an initial two-year 

agreement and one renewal period may become 

program Ambassadors.

Alliances support OSHA’s strategic goals by 

conducting collaborative activities that emphasize: 

• Raising Awareness through Outreach and 

Communication, by sharing information on 

OSHA’s regulatory and enforcement activities, 

and outreach initiatives; conducting best 

practice seminars; providing opportunities 

for OSHA to speak or exhibit at conferences 

and meetings; and creating and sharing 

compliance assistance materials in English, 

Spanish, and other languages, as appropriate.

• Training and Education, by developing and 

delivering training and education programs to 

employers and workers.

Criteria and Fundamental Requirements 

for Alliances

Alliance participants are committed to working 

closely with OSHA to achieve its departmental 

strategic goal — securing safe and healthful 

working conditions for America’s workers. 

In assessing Alliances to pursue, OSHA will 

consider factors such as:

• Alignment of the proposed goals with OSHA’s 

strategic priorities.

• Capability of potential participants to achieve 

goals with sufficient knowledge and expertise. 

• Ability to address emerging workplace safety 

and health issues.

• Demonstrated commitment of potential 

participants for working cooperatively 

with OSHA.

• Ability to conduct outreach to high-hazard 

industries and at-risk workers.

OSHA may also use available information 

and data to identify industry sectors and 

representative organizations with which to 

pursue Alliances.

Alliance participants agree to certain 

fundamental requirements as a condition of their 

participation in the Program. These include: 

• Disseminating information to their members 

and stakeholders on OSHA regulatory activities, 

enforcement initiatives, outreach campaigns, 

and compliance assistance resources. 

• Committing reasonable time and resources to 

achieve Alliance outreach and communication 

goals and complete any other mutually 

agreed-upon projects.

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• Engaging and encouraging their membersand 

stakeholders to engage with the agency on 

outreach campaigns and initiatives.

• Providing OSHA with information and data

pertaining to Alliance-related dissemination

efforts, events, speeches/presentations, and

other activities, as appropriate.

• Making a reasonable effort to secure

meaningful worker participation in the Alliance, 

which may be accomplished

by, for example, securing participation

by union, worker center, or other worker

representatives, in Alliance activities.

• Following the Guidelines for OSHA’s Alliance

Program Participants: Alliance Products and

Other Alliance Projects for Alliance activities

beyond outreach and dissemination. Any

products developed through the Alliance must

be available to the public free of charge.

Benefits of an Alliance 

Alliances with OSHA help:

• Increase worker access to effective workplace

safety and health tools and to information about

worker rights and employer responsibilities.

• Leverage resources to maximize worker safety

and health protections.

• Establish progressive dialogue with the

agency and others committed to workplace

safety and health.

More Information 

For information about national Alliances, please 

contact OSHA’s Office of Outreach Services and 

Alliances at 202-693-2340. For information about 

regional or local Alliances, please contact the 

Regional Office nearest you. More information 

about the Alliance Program and a list of OSHA 

Regional Offices are available at www.osha.gov. 

DCSP FS-3645 05/2020

This is one in a series of informational fact sheets highlighting OSHA programs, policies or standards. 

It does not impose any new compliance requirements. For a comprehensive list of compliance 

requirements of OSHA standards or regulations, refer to Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 

This information will be made available to sensory-impaired individuals upon request. The voice 

phone is (202) 693-1999; teletypewriter (TTY) number: (877) 889-5627.