ILMA/OSHA Alliance
Signed February 9, 2004; renewed May 23, 2006 and May 13, 2008
The alliance between ILMA and OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, is the first of its kind for the lubricants industry and has been described as "ground-breaking."
Created by the SHERA Committee, this alliance will provide ILMA members with information, guidance and access to training resources that:
- they can provide to their customers that will them protect workers from potential adverse effects of exposure to metalworking fluids
- will help maintain employee and community health and safety, and
- increase the value of LubeCare®, ILMA's Product Stewardship Program, to ILMA member companies.
ILMA and OSHA have agreed to collaborate on a number of goals, notably developing training and education programs on the safe and proper use of lubricant products. Outreach and education are both strong foundations in this agreement, as ILMA and OSHA work together to effectively communicate their activities to the larger lubricants community, including ILMA members, end users, and other non-governmental organizations. In addition to partnering with OSHA, ILMA, together with industry partners Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers and Society of Manufacturing Engineers, will work together to achieve outreach and education goals set forth by the alliance.
Documents Created from Alliance
Dermal Assessment Guide
Metalworking Fluids in Small Business: A Health and Safety "QUICKSTART" Guide
Safe Tank Entry (When Entering Aboveground Storage Tanks)
Important Links:
OSHA's Press Release on Alliance
ILMA's Press Release on Alliance
OSHA's ILMA Alliance Webpage
Read the official alliance
Minutes
OSHA's Technical Links to Health and Safety Topics
ILMA Executive Director Celeste Powers and Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., renew the ILMA/OSHA Alliance for two more years. (May 23, 2006) |
Photo by Jerry Fishman/OSHA
Top row, left to right — Gregory J. Foltz, Milacron Marketing Company; James L. Kudis, Allegheny Petroleum Products Company; Richard C. Kraska, Lubrizol Corp.; John A. Cutcher, D.A. Stuart; Eugene M. White, Milacron Marketing Company; John K. Howell, D.A. Stuart
Bottom row, left to right — James A. Taglia, Nor-Lakes Services Midwest; Celeste M. Powers, ILMA Executive Director; John L. Henshaw, OSHA Administrator; Carol L. Poole, Quaker Chemical Corp. (February 9, 2004) |
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