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Alliance with OSHA
The OSHA and ABSA Alliance will continue to focus on enhancing workplace health and safety and to assist employers, including small businesses, in developing a preventive focus for biological safety issues. The Alliance's goals include:
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May 4-10, 2008:
2008 North American
Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week
The American Biological Safety Association and a number of other Alliance Program participants are supporting 2008 NAOSH Week, "Safety is Good Business." Sponsored annually by the American Society of Safety Engineers and the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering, the Week focuses on the importance of preventing injuries and illnesses in the workplace.
OSHA's
Assistant Secretary, John Henshaw and ABSA President, Elizabeth Gilman
Duane renew national Alliance agreement October 13, 2004
Representatives
of ABSA and OSHA gathered round John Henshaw, Assistant Secretary for
Occupational Safety and Health, and Maureen Best, President of ABSA,
after they signed the National Alliance on September 23, 2002
John Henshaw, Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health and Maureen Best, President of ABSA |
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Training and education:
- Work with OSHA to provide expertise to develop training and education materials for OSHA Compliance Safety and Health Officers (CSHOs) regarding Biosafety and to provide expertise in communicating such information to employers and employees in the industry.
Outreach and communication:
- Work with OSHA to provide expertise in developing information on the recognition and prevention of workplace hazards, and to provide expertise in developing ways of communicating such information (e.g. print and electronic media, electronic assistance tools and OSHA's and ABSA's Web sites) to employers and employees in the industry.
- Speak, exhibit or appear at OSHA's or ABSA's conferences, local meetings, or other events such as ABSA's Annual Conference.
- Share information among OSHA personnel and industry safety and health professionals regarding ABSA's best practices or effective approaches and publicize results through outreach by ABSA and through OSHA or ABSA developed materials, training programs, workshops, seminars, and lectures (or any other applicable forum).
Promoting the national dialogue concerning biological safety in the workplace:
- Convene or participate in forums, round table discussions, or stakeholder meetings on Biosafety issues to help forge innovative solutions in the workplace or to provide input on safety and health issues.
Related Documents
- Agreement signed September
23, 2002.
- OSHA, American Biological
Safety Association Form Alliance -- Goal is Collaboration, Information-Sharing
to Address Biological Hazards in the Workplace. OSHA New Release (2002, September
23).
- Alliance Annual Report 2002-2003, Office of Outreach Services and Alliances.
- Renewal
Agreement signed April 20, 2004.
- Alliance Annual
Report 2003-2004, Office of Outreach Services and Alliances.
- Alliance Annual Report 2004-2005, Office of Outreach Services and Alliances.
- Alliance Annual Report 2005-2006, Office of Outreach Services and Alliances.
- Renewal Agreement signed January 29, 2007.
- OSHA Renews Alliance with American Biological Safety Association. OSHA News Release (2007, March 1).
- OSHA, ASSE, CSSE and Industry Groups Team Up to Increase Job Safety for North American Occupational Safety and Health Week. OSHA News Release (2007, May 4).
Products and Resources
OSHA eTools
OSHA Safety and Health Topics Pages
Additional Resources
Milestones and Successes
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