OSHA forms alliance with Lamar Outdoor Advertising

Source: Construction Digital

Date :9/25/2007 11:49:01 AM

OSHA and Lamar Outdoor Advertising have formed a new national Alliance.

This Alliance is to provide employees in the outdoor advertising industry with information, guidance and access to training resources to promote and protect employee safety and health.

"The Alliance between OSHA and Lamar has had great success in developing training, educational and outreach tools to promote employee safety," says Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA Edwin G. Foulke, Jr. "We are now partnering on a national level to advance industry-wide guidelines and programs to ensure the well-being of the outdoor advertising workforce."

The national OSHA and Lamar Alliance will focus on issues regarding falls, electrical, struck-by, trenching, and aerial lifts hazards. The Alliance's efforts include developing information to identify and prevent workplace hazards. It also aims to create effective tools to assist employers with communicating safety and protection guidelines. With the assistance of OSHA personnel and industry safety and health professionals, the most effective practices and approaches will be publicized through outreach materials, training programs, workshops, seminars, and lectures. In addition, Alliance members will promote the national dialogue about workplace safety and health by participating in forums, roundtable discussions and stakeholder meetings to forge innovative solutions to hazards in the outdoor advertising industry.

"Lamar's Alliance with OSHA's Region I has been productive. Through the expansion to a nationwide effort, we hope to share our best practices toward the safety of all who must operate and maintain outdoor advertising structures. We also hope to learn innovative ways to protect our employees," says Robert Switzer, VP of Operations for Lamar.