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ALLIANCE ANNUAL REPORT
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
and the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA)
March 20, 2007 |
I. Alliance Background
Date Signed
January 31, 2003
Date Renewed
June 16, 2005
Evaluation Period
January 31, 2006 – January 30, 2007
Overview
The Alliance focuses on using OSHA's and SCA's collective expertise to help advance a culture of
injury and illness prevention while sharing best practices and technical knowledge and promoting
safe and healthful working conditions for shipyard employees.
Implementation Team Members
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Steve Butler
Debra Gabry
Jim Maddux
Jess McCluer
Carl Halgren
Tom Pope* |
Office of Maritime Enforcement
Office of Science and Technology Assessment
Office of Maritime Standards
Office of Outreach Services and Alliances (OOSA)
Region X, Portland, Oregon Area Office Director
Region III, Norfolk, Virginia Area Office Director |
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| SCA: |
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Terry Preston
Daniel Youhas |
Atlantic Marine, Inc.
Manager, Government Affairs |
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| Contributors: |
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| Kristi Dearing |
Contractor for OSHA, Salt Lake Technical Center |
*Member of the Implementation Team until July 2006.
II. Implementation Team Meetings
February 8-9, 2006
February 10, 2006
April 11, 2006
May 10, 2006
October 21, 2006
October 25, 2006 |
Shipyard Employment eTool Editorial Board meeting –
Fire Protection module, Norfolk, VA
Joint Meeting with American Shipbuilders Association (ASA) and the National Shipbuilders Research
Program (NSRP) Alliances, Teleconference
Safety Alert: Shipyard Sewage and Hydrogen Sulfide, Teleconference
Joint Meeting with ASA and NSRP Alliances, Teleconference
Joint Meeting with ASA and NSRP Alliances, Teleconference
Alliance Program Hazard Communication Roundtable's Promoting the Globally Harmonized
System for Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) Workgroup, Washington, DC |
III. Activities and Products
- Events and Products
Outreach and Communication Goals
- Develop and disseminate injury and hazard information at conferences, events and/or through print
and electronic media, including informational links from OSHA's and SCA's web sites.
Products
OSHA and SCA Alliance Web site
OSHA is continuing to update the OSHA and SCA Alliance Web page that is posted on the Agency's Web
site. It includes the OSHA and SCA Alliance agreements, news releases, activities and events and
milestones and successes.
SCA Website (www.shipbuilders.org)
SCA continues to update its Web site which includes information on the OSHA and SCA Alliance, OSHA
Region X and SCA Alliance and the OSHA Region VI Houston North and South Area Offices – SCA
Strategic Partnership. During the reporting period, SCA posted the Safety Alert: Shipyard Sewage and
Hydrogen Sulfide, that was developed through the OSHA and SCA, ASA, NSRP and American Industrial
Hygiene Association (AIHA) Alliances, on its Web site.
Publications and Newsletters
Articles on the OSHA and SCA Alliance activities have appeared in a number of print and online
publications, including: OSHA's Alliance Quarterly Report, BNA Occupational
Safety and Health Reporter, BNA Daily Labor Report, CCH Safety NetNews, Occupational Health &
Safety E-news, Occupational Health & Safety Magazine and SCA's
Shipyard Chronicle. For more information see the "Alliance Program Reach" table.
In addition, SCA includes information on OSHA compliance assistance resources in its quarterly
publication, Shipyard Chronicle. A number of these articles were based on DOL-developed articles and
e-mail alerts OOSA send to the Alliance Program participants for their use in disseminating
information, OSHA compliance assistance resources and cooperative programs.
OSHA's Safety and Health Topics Pages
The following OSHA and SCA Alliance implementation team members are continuing to participate on
OSHA Safety and Health Topics pages' and eTools' editorial boards.
- Maritime Industries Safety and Health Topics page
Terry Guidry, Director of Safety, Bollinger Shipyards, Inc.; Lockport, LA
Byron Johnson, Safety and Industrial Hygiene Manager, Gunderson, Inc.; Portland, OR
Terry Preston, Safety, Environmental & Quality Director, Atlantic Marine, Inc.; Mobile, AL
Daniel K. Youhas, Manager, Government Affairs, SCA, Washington, DC
- Ship Building and Repair Safety and Health Topics page
Terry Guidry, Director of Safety, Bollinger Shipyards, Inc.; Lockport, LA
Byron Johnson, Safety and Industrial Hygiene Manager, Gunderson, Inc.; Portland, OR
Pat Killeen, Manager, Environmental Health & Safety, Signal International LLC; Pascagoula, MS
Roy Martin, Jr., Corporate Manager, Safety Compliance, VT Halter Marine, Inc.; Pascagoula, MS
Terry Preston, Safety, Environmental & Quality Director, Atlantic Marine, Inc.; Mobile, AL
Al Rainsberger, Environmental/Occupational Safety Manager, Todd Pacific Shipyards, Inc.; Seattle, WA
Daniel K. Youhas, Manager, Government Affairs, SCA, Washington, DC
- Shipyard Employment eTool
Terry Guidry, Director of Safety, Bollinger Shipyards, Inc.; Lockport, LA
Byron Johnson, Safety and Industrial Hygiene Manager, Gunderson, Inc.; Portland, OR
Terry Preston, Safety, Environmental & Quality Director, Atlantic Marine, Inc.; Mobile, AL
Daniel K. Youhas, Manager, Government Affairs, SCA, Washington, DC
Shipyard Employment eTool
Fire Protection Module
Through the Alliance, OSHA and SCA, together with the OSHA and ASA and NSRP Alliances, provided
input to OSHA during the development of OSHA's Shipyard Employment eTool Fire Protection module. The
module, which was completed and posted on OSHA's Web site in September 2006, addresses the Fire
Protection in Shipyard Employment Standard (29 CFR 1915 Subpart P).
Marine Hanging Staging (MHS) Module
SCA, ASA and NSRP are working with OSHA to provide expertise and input into the development of the
draft MHS module for the Shipyard Employment eTool. The module will help employers design, assemble,
use, and dismantle MHS in a manner that is safe for employees. It is expected to be completed in
Summer 2007.
Safety Alert: Shipyard Sewage and Hydrogen Sulfide
Through the Alliance, OSHA and SCA, and the OSHA and ASA and NSRP Alliances worked with the OSHA and
AIHA Alliance to develop the Safety Alert: Shipyard Sewage and Hydrogen Sulfide. The Safety Alert is
designed to make shipyard employers and employees aware of the hazards of sewage systems on ships
and shipyard shore facilities and how prevent accidents involving hydrogen sulfide gas. It was
posted on SCA's Web site and a link to it was added to the OSHA and SCA Alliance Web page in July
2006.
Events
SCA Safety Seminar, September 28, 2006, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
On September 28, 2006, Mel Lischefski, Director, Region V, Appleton, Wisconsin Area Office,
USDOL-OSHA, updated 25 attendees on the on the revised hexavalent chromium standard during SCA's
Safety Seminar in Sturgeon Bay, WI. In addition, Amy Wangdahl, Office of Maritime Standards,
Directorate of Standards and Guidance, USDOL-OSHA, updated the attendees on maritime regulatory
issues.
- Cross-train OSHA personnel and industry safety and health practitioners in SCA's best practices or
effective approaches; as jointly defined by OSHA and SCA.
The OSHA and SCA Alliance Implementation Team has not started work on programs or projects to
address this goal.
- Share up-to-date shipyard information, such as injury, hazard and workforce trends, with OSHA to
help identify the top priorities for the development of employee safety and health training and
outreach programs for SCA members.
Products
Root Cause of Accidents Safety and Health Information Bulletin (SHIB)
Through the Alliance Program, the Office of Science and Technology Assessment is developing a SHIB,
Root Causes of Accidents in Shipyards based on information provided to it by SCA. SCA drafted an
information sheet based on the organization's quarterly injury and illness surveys. A majority of
the incidents on the sheet focus on personal protective equipment, proper use of tools and
struck-bys/near misses.
- Promote and encourage SCA members' participation in OSHA's cooperative programs such as compliance
assistance, the Voluntary Protection Program, Consultation and SHARP. In addition, act as mentors to
SCA members that aspire to excellence in safety and health.
The OSHA and SCA Alliance Implementation Team has not started work on programs or projects to
address this goal.
Promoting the National Dialogue on Workplace Safety and Health
Goals
- Share information on the best practices of SCA members/worksites, as jointly determined by OSHA
and SCA, with others in the industry through OSHA or SCA developed programs and materials.
The OSHA and SCA Alliance Implementation Team has not started work on programs or projects to
address this goal.
- Raise awareness through speeches and appearances by SCA leaders of their positive and successful
worksite programs and their commitment to workplace safety and health.
The OSHA and SCA Alliance Implementation Team has not started work on programs or projects to
address this goal.
- Convene and/or participate in stakeholder groups, roundtable discussions or other forums to
discuss issues, as jointly identified as top priorities by SCA and OSHA, in order to develop
innovative solutions to specific injury and hazard issues in shipyards.
Promoting the Globally Harmonized System for the Classification and Labeling of
Chemicals (GHS) Workgroup, October 25, 2006, Washington, DC
An SCA representative participated in the October 25, 2006 Alliance Program Hazard Communication
Roundtable's Promoting the GHS Workgroup meeting, in Washington, DC. During the Workgroup meeting,
representatives from 15 Alliance Program participants identified compliance assistance tools and
products to educate the public, particularly small businesses, about the GHS. They also provided
recommendations on the target audiences, subjects and formats of and methods for distributing the
information. The meeting was held as a follow-up to the February 15, 2005 Alliance Program Hazard
Communication Roundtable and the August 1, 2005 promoting the Globally Harmonized System for the
Classification and Labeling of Chemicals Workgroup meeting.
2006 North American Occupational Safety and Health Week (NAOSH)
Through the Alliance Program SCA partnered with the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), an
Alliance Program participant, to promote ASSE's 2006 NAOSH Week, May 1-5, 2006. During the week, US,
Canadian and Mexican organizations coordinated events devoted to promoting workplace safety and
health and the safety, health and environmental professions.
- Executive Summary
Through the Alliance Program, OSHA and SCA are working together to address safety and health issues
in the maritime industry and continue their productive working relationship. Further, the OSHA and
SCA Alliance implementation team is working jointly on several projects with the other maritime
industry-related Alliances that have been signed by the Agency with ASA and NSRP. In addition, OSHA
and SCA, together with the ASA and NSRP Alliances worked with the OSHA and AIHA Alliance to develop
a Safety Alert: Shipyard Sewage and Hydrogen Sulfide. The Safety Alert is designed to make both
shipyard employers and employees aware of the hazards of sewage systems on both ships and shipyard
shore facilities and how to prevent accidents involving hydrogen sulfide gas.
SCA provided input to OSHA during the development of OSHA's Shipyard Employment eTool Fire
Protection module which was posted on the Agency Web site in September 2006 and is currently working
with OSHA to develop a Marine Hanging Staging (MHS) module for the eTool.
OSHA and SCA representatives are also sharing their expertise through participation on OSHA's
electronic assistance tools' editorial boards and speaking opportunities. For example, SCA
representatives are continuing to serve on the Maritime Industry and Ship Building and Ship Repair
Safety and Health Topics pages' editorial boards and the Shipyard Employment eTool's editorial
board.
In addition, Mel Lischefski, Director, Region V, Appleton, Wisconsin Area Office, USDOL-OSHA,
provided an update on the hexavalent chromium standard and Amy Wangdahl, Office of Maritime
Standards, Directorate of Standards and Guidance, USDOL-OSHA, updated 25 shipyard safety and health
professionals on maritime regulatory issues at SCA's Safety Seminar.
SCA also participates on the Alliance Program's Hazard Communication Roundtable's Promoting the GHS
Workgroup. The Workgroup is discussing the development and distribution of resources to promote the
GHS to small business in anticipation of OSHA's revising its Hazard Communication Standard to adopt
the GHS. In addition, SCA partnered with ASSE, an Alliance Program participant, to promote the 2006
NAOSH Week.
The association is also promoting the activities of the OSHA and SCA Alliance and compliance
assistance programs through articles in its quarterly publication, Shipyard Chronicle. The articles
focused on a number of topics such as the Shipyard Employment eTool Fire Protection module and the
Alliance Program Hazard Communication Roundtable.
SCA is continuing to hold joint Implementation Team meetings with ASA and NSRP and OSHA
representatives from the Directorates of Cooperative and State Programs; Enforcement Programs;
Science, Technology and Medicine; Standards and Guidance; Region III and Region IX.
Finally, as a result of the successes, SCA is working with the Agency to develop an Alliance renewal
agreement.
- Alliance Program Reach
| Type of Activity (Conference,
Training, Print and Electronic Distribution, etc.) |
Number of Individuals Reached or
Trained |
| OSHA and SCA Alliance Web page on OSHA's Web site |
6,115 |
| SCA Web site – Link to OSHA/SCA Alliance |
1,000 |
| Maritime Industries Safety and Health Topics page |
41,581 |
| Ship Building and Ship Repair Safety and Health
Topics page |
25,542 |
| Shipyard Employment eTool |
16,289 |
| January 25, 2007 – "SCA Partners With ASSE To Promote
NAOSH Week," SCA Web page – News and Public Information section |
28,500 |
| January 23, 2007- "SCA Secures Grant To Aid Hispanic
Worker Safety," SCA Web page – News and Public Information section |
28,500 |
| January 12, 2007 – "OSHA Makes the Business Case for
Safety and Health," SCA Web page – News and Public Information section |
28,500 |
| January 5, 2007 – "OSHA Issues Shipyard Abrasive
Blasting Guidance Document," SCA Web page – News and Public Information section |
28,500 |
Winter 2007 – Shipyard Chronicle
"OSHA Updates Guidance on Avian Flu,"
"OSHA Makes the Business Case for Safety and Health"
"OSHA Issues Shipyard Abrasive Blasting Guidance Document " |
300 |
December 2006 – Alliance Quarterly Review
"Workgroup Identifies Compliance Assistance Tools for Labeling of Chemicals"
"New eTools, Safety and Health Topics Pages Highlight OSHA's Alliance Program Workplace Safety and
Health Products Development" |
300 |
Fall 2006 - Shipyard Chronicle
"OSHA Posts Fire Protection Module"
"OSHA Seeks Comments On Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals
(GHS)"
"SCA Member Bay Shipbuilding Co. Hosts Fall Safety Seminar" |
300 |
| October 23, 2006 – "OSHA Adds Fire Protection Module
to Shipyard Employment eTool," CCH Safety NetNews |
Data Not Available |
| October 5, 2006 – "MACOSH Focuses on Falls, Traffic,
Guidance, Health Issues," BNA Occupational Safety and Health Reporter |
Data Not Available |
| October 4, 2006 - Maritime Committee Focuses on
Falls, Traffic, Guidance, Industrial Health Issues," BNA Daily Labor Report |
Data Not Available |
| September 28, 2006 – "Foulke Says Committee
Recommendation Resulted in Shipyard Fire Protection Module," BNA Occupational Safety and Health Reporter |
Data Not Available |
September 28, 2006, SCA Safety Seminar, Sturgeon Bay,
Wisconsin
Speakers:
Mel Lischefski, Director, Region V, Appleton, Wisconsin Area Office, USDOL-OSHA
Amy Wangdahl, Director, Office of Maritime Standards, USDOL-OSHA |
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| September 18, 2006 – "Fire Protection Module Added to
OSHA's Shipyard Employment eTool," Occupational Health & Safety Magazine |
Data Not Available |
| September 15, 2006 – OSHA includes information on the
Shipyard Employment eTool's Fire Protection module in its bi-weekly e-newsletter; QuickTakes |
52,805 |
| September 14, 2006 – "OSHA Adds Fire Protection
Module to Shipyard Employment eTool," OSHA News release |
69 News Services |
| August 2, 2006 – "AIHA and Partners Release H2S
Guidance for Shipyard Workers," Occupational Health & Safety E-News |
Data Not Available |
| August 1, 2006 – "AIHA and OSHA Partner on Safety
Alert," AIHA Press Release |
Data Not Available |
| Summer 2006 – "SCA Joins Industry and Regulatory
Groups to Produce Hydrogen Sulfide Alert," Shipyard Chronicle |
300 |
| Spring 2006 – "SCA Members Join OSHA to Write eTool
Module," Shipyard Chronicle |
300 |
| TOTAL |
258, 857 |
IV. Upcoming Milestones
In the upcoming year, OSHA's and SCA's positive relationship will continue to grow and the
implementation team will undertake a number of activities and develop a number of products. In
addition, OSHA and SCA will sign an Alliance renewal agreement.
The association will also work with OSHA to finalize the development of the MHS module for the
Shipyard Employment eTool in Summer 2007. In addition, SCA members will continue to serve on the
Maritime Industry and Ship Building and Ship Repair Safety and Health Topics pages' editorial boards
and the Shipyard Employment eTool editorial board.
Further, OSHA and SCA Alliance will continue to work with the OSHA and ASA, NSRP and AIHA Alliances
to develop safety alerts addressing incidents related to falls, electrocution and confined space.
SCA will continue to participate on the Alliance Program's Hazard Communication Roundtable's
Promoting the GHS Workgroup. The Workgroup will discuss developing and distributing resources to
promote the GHS to small businesses. SCA will also support the 2007 NAOSH Week.
OSHA and SCA will also be promoting the Alliance Program and the Agency's compliance assistance
materials. SCA plans to continue to promote OSHA compliance assistance materials, cooperative
programs and the OSHA and SCA Alliance through articles in their quarterly publication, Shipyard
Chronicle. In addition, OSHA will promote the products the Alliance produces in its Alliance
Quarterly Review and through sending the information to OSHA's Regional, Area Office, On-site
Consultation Program and State Plan State Representatives.
Finally, Dorinda Folse, Compliance Assistance Specialist, Region VI, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area
Office, USDOL-OSHA, will provide an update on the revised hexavalent chromium standard to shipyard
safety and health professionals during the SCA Safety Seminar March 21, 2007 in New Orleans,
Louisiana.
Report prepared by: Jess McCluer, Alliance Coordinator, Office of Outreach Services and Alliances,
March 20, 2007
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