The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA),
Region X, and Shipbuilders Council of America, (SCA) recognize the value of
establishing a collaborative relationship to foster safer and more healthful
America shipyards. Region X OSHA and SCA therefore agree to form an Alliance to
use their collective expertise to help foster a culture of prevention while
sharing best practices and technical knowledge.
Region X OSHA and SCA agree to establish an Alliance to promote safe and
healthful working conditions for shipyard employees by:
- Providing SCA members with information and guidance
that will help them protect employees' safety and health, particularly in
reducing and preventing exposure to shipyard safety and health hazards.
- Increasing access to safety and health information and training resources.
Region X OSHA and SCA will also work together to achieve
the following training and education goals.
- Develop and implement training and education programs that can be used to
improve shipyard safety and health programs. Training and education programs may
be developed under the broad categories of: Training, Hazard Recognition,
Management Systems and Health Hazards: Topics under the selected categories may
include:
Training
- Ergonomics
- Hazard Recognition
- Fall Protection
- Accident Investigation
- Shipyard Competent Persons and Marine Chemists
Hazard Recognition
- Fire Protection
- Scaffolding
- Slips, Trips and Falls
- Housekeeping
- Machine Guarding
- Electrical
- Welding/Cutting/Burning
- Materials Handling and Transportation i.e. Slings, Cranes and Forklifts
Management Systems
- Employee Participation
- Workplace Violence
- Subcontractors
Health Hazards
- Painting
- Blasting
- Welding Fumes
- Lead/Cadmium/Arsenic
- Asbestos
- Noise
- Silica
- PPE
Should an ACA member desire assistance on any topics
listed above, the appropriate OSHA Region X area director will be contacted and
the assistance arranged by him or her. The compliance assistance provided will
be negotiated by the Region X area director and the shipyard, and may include
the presence of OSHA staff at the shipyard.
The SCA and OSHA also believe the Alliance is an excellent method to improve the
overall safety of shipyards, increase outreach and communication between OSHA
and the shipyard industry, develop expertise of compliance officers and
participate int he national dialogue on shipyard safety and health.
Region X OSHA and SCA will also work together to the extent possible to achieve
the following outreach and communication goals:
- Invite OSHA personnel into their shipyards to observe best practice
situations. Cross-train OSHA personnel and industry safety and health
practitioners in SCA's best practices or effective approaches.
- Promote and encourage SCA's members' participation in OSHA's cooperative
programs such as the Voluntary Protection Program, Consultation and SHARP. In
additiona, encourage SCA members to act as mentors to SCA members/worksites
that aspire to excellence in safety and health.
- Seek opportunities to jointly develop and disseminate information at
conferences, local meetings, events, or through print and electronic media,
including links from OSHA's and SCA's Web sites.
Region X OSHA and SCA will also work together to the extent possible to achieve
the following goals related to promoting the national dialogue on workplace
safety and health.
- Share information on best practices of SCA members/worksites, as jointly
determined by Region X OSHA and SCA, with others in the industry
through outreach by SCA and through Regional X OSHA or SCA developed training
programs and materials.
- Convene or participate in forums or roundtable discussions to discuss
issues that frequently occur on SCA's Region X quarterly injury and illness
survey and common safety hazards in order to help forge innovative solutions
to safety problems in the workplace.
- Provide OSHA with a model shipyard Lockout/Tagout program that OSHA can
incorporate as an industry recommendation for the Shipyard Safety and Health
"E-Tool" currently being developed.
- SCA leaders will demonstrate their commitment and increase awareness by
discussing workplace safety and health whenever SCA leaders address groups.
The agreements will remain in effect for one year from
the date of signing. Region X and the SCA will meet prior to the expiration of
this alliance to discuss accomplishments and if applicable, agree upon
activities for the coming year. This agreement may be modified at any time with
the concurrence of both signatories and may be terminated for any reason with 30
days written notice from either signatory.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
______________________________________________
Richard S. Terrill
Regional Administrator
Region X
October 22, 2002
Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA)
______________________________________________
Jess McCluer
Manager, Government Affairs
October 22, 2002
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