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KCMA/OSHA Alliance
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KCMA/OSHA Alliance
OSHA Alliance to Reduce Amputations
signed March 20, 2008
Through the OSHA and KCMA Alliance, the organizations will work together to provide KCMA members and others with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect employees' health and safety, particularly in reducing and preventing exposure to amputation hazards in the manufacture of kitchen cabinets. The Alliance's goals include:
Training and education:
Work with OSHA to provide expertise to develop training and education programs for kitchen cabinet manufacturers regarding prevention of amputation injuries and to provide expertise in communicating such information to employers and employees in the industry.
Outreach and communication:
- Share information among OSHA personnel and industry safety and health professionals regarding KCMA best practices or effective approaches and publicize results through outreach by KCMA and through OSHA- or KCMA -developed materials, training programs, workshops, seminars, and lectures (or any other applicable forum).
- Promote and encourage KCMA members' participation in OSHA's cooperative programs such as compliance assistance, the Voluntary Protection Programs, and On-site Consultation and its Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program.
Promoting the national dialogue on workplace safety and health:
Convene or participate in forums, round table discussions, or stakeholder meetings on workplace safety and health issues including the prevention of amputation injuries in the kitchen cabinet manufacturing process to help forge innovative solutions in the workplace or to provide input on safety and health issues.
OSHA/KCMA Alliance
About OSHA
OSHA Tools for Cabinet Manufacturers
Table Saw Safety Training Program (January 2010) -- this training program developed by Kelly Moore and KCMA through the OSHA and KCMA Alliance as a tool for training employees on the safe operation of a table saw. It consists of five components: (1) a powerpoint presentation to train employees; (2) a safety tip sheet; (3) a test for employees to take to demonstrate their undestanding of the powerpoint presentation; (4) an answer sheet for test; and (5) an evaluation of the trainer demonstration of the saw.
- Table Saw Safety Training Powerpoint
- Table Saw Safety Tip Sheet
- Table Saw Safety Test
- Answer Sheet
- Training Evaluation Check List
Powered Industrial Truck eTool --(Sept 2008) Focuses on forklifts, provides a review of potential hazards and a summary of key OSHA requirements and recommended practices for forklift operations. Developed by OSHA with input from the Industrial Truck Association and other Alliance Program participants.
Loading Dock & Door Safety Webinar: https://www.asa.net/SafetyWebinars/tabid/503/Default.aspx 8/25/09
Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)
Link to “A Guide for Protecting Workers from Woodworking Hazards Small Business Safety Management Series” (OSHA 3157 - 1999) (English: HTMLPDF) This 79-page guide contains most of the machines used in cabinet shops.
Hispanic Workers
Hispanic Worker Integration in the Wood Products Industry
Miscellaneous Resources
OSHA Resources on Pandemic Influenza
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Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., Assistant Secretary, USDOL-OSHA, and Bill Weaver, President, Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association, after signing a national Alliance agreement on March 20, 2008.
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