COMPANY BROCHURE 1. What is OSHA?

An administration created by the United States Department of Labor to assure safe and healthful working conditions for men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education, and assistance. 2. When was it created? After the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 3. Who does it cover? OSHA covers private sector workers, state and local government workers, and federal government workers. It does NOT cover those who are self-employed, immediate family members of farm employers that do not employ outside employees, and Workplace Hazards regulated by another Federal agency (for example, the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Coast Guard). All laws and regulations are available online at osha.gov 4. Important statistics? There are 10 regional OSHA offices and 90 local offices. Since 1970, workplace fatalities have decreased by about 65% and occupational injury and illness rates have declined by 67%. Worker death rates are down from about 38 people a day in 1970 to about 13 people a day in 2011. Worker injury and illnesses are down from 10.9 incidents per 100 workers in 1972 to fewer than 4 per 100 in 2010. 5. What is the Susan Harwood Training Grants Program? The Susan Harwood Training Grants Program is a program that awards grants to nonprofit organizations on a competitive basis. The focus of the program is to provide training and education for the workers and the employers on the recognition, avoidance, and the prevention of safety and health hazards in the workplaces, and to inform workers of their rights and employers of their responsibilities under the OSH Act. It was established in 1978, originally called New Directions, and was re-named in 1997 after the late Susan Harwood, a 17 year OSHA veteran and director who died in 1996. Since 1978, over 1.8 million workers have been trained through this program. Target audiences include underserved, low-literacy, and workers in high-hazard industries. 6. How does the Susan Harwood Training Program relate to Telamon? Telamon Corporation received a grant from the Susan Harwood Safety Training Program to develop and conduct safety training for Delmarvas poultry industry.

Through this program, Telamon developed a safety training program entitled Safe and Secure Safety Training Series. The series is split into four different safety topics: o Module 1: Creating a Place Where Safety Happens o Module 2: Job Hazards o Module 3: Ergonomics o Module 4: Preventing Slips, Trips, and Falls

7. Who gets these grants? Different types of grants are awarded each year Capacity Building grants a. Focus on developing and/or expanding the capacity of an organization to provide safety and health training, education and related assistance to targeted audiences Target Topic grants a. Focus on training workers and employers on occupational safety and health hazards associated with one of OSHAs training topics. Training Material Development grants a. Grantees are expected to develop, evaluate, and validate classroom quality training materials on one of the OSHA selected training topics. 8. How do I apply for a grant and how do I find these training classes? You can find applications for these grants online at Grants.gov or through osha.gov. Training classes can be found by contacting your OSHA Regional office. Each office has specific people who will help find classes and training sessions. Information about the classes can be found online at osha.gov, also. The classes and training that are available are very hands-on. 9. What is OSHAs relationship with the Delmarva Safety Association? The two have an alliance, officially as of March 7, 2006. Both organizations realize the importance of workplace safety and health and are working together to create safer work environments in the Delmarva area. Through the alliance, the organizations will also focus on reducing workplace injuries, illnesses and deaths among the Spanish speaking workforce especially, and offer ways to work through the language and cultural challenges that exist. 10. Why should I have my employees trained by OSHA and the Susan Harwood Safety Training Program? OSHA knows that you have a right to a safe workplace, and being properly and safely trained by OSHA and the Susan Harwood Safety Training Program can allow your workers to be in that safe workplace. Since OSHA began, the amount of workplace injuries, illnesses, and deaths has significantly decreased, and continuing to have workers and employers take courses on safety

and health hazards so that they know how to recognize, prevent, and act on those types of things will help decrease those numbers even more. The safety of workers is extremely important, and with OSHAs help, we can make the workplace a safer place for all employees to be.

CUSTOMER BROCHURE 1. What is OSHA? The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is an administration created by the United States Department of Labor to assure safe and healthful working conditions for men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education, and assistance. In other words, OSHA trains workers to help them avoid any safety or health hazards in the work place and helps make workplace conditions better through these trainings. 2. What can it do for me? OSHA can provide you with training courses that help you become more educated and aware of the safety and health hazards that can be a part of your job. These trainings will help you recognize and prevent these hazards at your work. Participating in these classes will not only help you, but it will help your company overall. 3. Has this worked for and helped others like me in the past? Yes! On the OSHA website (osha.gov) you can find success stories for people and companies who have greatly benefitted from OSHA trainings and the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program. Organizations such as the Georgia Technical Research Institute, Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA), National Council on Occupational Safety and Health (NCOSH), The University of Georgia Center for Urban Agriculture, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCWIU), etc, have all benefitted greatly from the grants awarded to them by the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program. All of their success stories are available online. Asking anyone at the Telamon Corporation can tell you how their have seen people benefit from these trainings! 4. Important statistics? There are 10 regional OSHA offices and 90 local offices. Since 1970, workplace fatalities have decreased by about 65% and occupational injury and illness rates have declined by 67%. Worker death rates are down from about 38 people a day in 1970 to about 13 people a day in 2011. Worker injury and illnesses are down from 10.9 incidents per 100 workers in 1972 to fewer than 4 per 100 in 2010.