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Maritime Industry

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These pages are part of OSHA's commitment to provide employers and maritime workers with information and assistance to help in complying with OSHA standards and in ensuring a safe workplace.

  • Maritime Standards and Guidance. OSHA. Links to maritime related standards, and to the OSHA Office of Maritime.

  • Maritime Compliance Information. OSHA. Maritime LongshoringLinks to OSHA compliance information including directives, letters of interpretation, Review Commission decisions, crane certification, and to the OSHA Office of Maritime Enforcement.

  • Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (MACOSH). OSHA. MACOSH is a committee which provides additional viewpoints to OSHA on maritime safety issues. This page provides MACOSH contacts, workgroup assignments, meeting minutes, and recommendations.

  • OSHA Maritime Outreach Training Program. OSHA has developed an OSHA Outreach Training Program for the Maritime industry. This new program builds on OSHA's successful Outreach Training Program platform to extend safety and health training to employees and employers in the maritime industry.

  • Maritime Safety and Health Topics. OSHA. Provides access to maritime publications and training materials, as well as web pages addressing specific maritime topics.
eTool
  • Shipyard EmploymentShipyard Employment. OSHA. Shipyard work has traditionally been hazardous, with an injury-accident rate more than twice that of construction and general industry. OSHA has included the industry in its Strategic Plan to reduce injuries and illnesses and prevent fatalities. The eTool describes common hazards and possible solutions for tasks performed during the maritime industry's ship repair, shipbuilding, shipbreaking, and barge cleaning processes.
Maritime Alliances and Partnerships

National Alliances
(left to right) Assistant Secretary Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., USDOL-OSHA, and Cynthia L. Brown, ASA’s President, sign the national Alliance renewal agreement on August 22, 2007
(left to right) Assistant Secretary Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., USDOL-OSHA, and Cynthia L. Brown, ASA’s President, sign the national Alliance renewal agreement on August 22, 2007
Regional Alliances Strategic Partnerships Voluntary Protection Program
In Focus
Hot Topics General Working Conditions Standard
OSHA publishes Proposed Rule for General Working Conditions in Shipyard Employment.
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