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ALLIANCE ANNUAL REPORT
Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the
Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA)
February 26, 2004
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I. Alliance Background
Date Signed
January 31, 2003
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. The goals of the Alliance include:
Outreach and Communication
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Promoting the National Dialogue on Workplace Safety and Health
- 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.
- Raise awareness through speeches and appearances by SCA leaders of their
positive and successful worksite programs and their commitment to workplace
safety and health.
- 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.
Implementation Team Members
SCA:
Terry Guidry
Byron Johnson
Terry Preston
Al Rainsberger
Daniel Youhas
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Bollinger Shipyard
Gunderson, Inc
Atlantic Marine
Todd Pacific
Manager, Government Affairs
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OSHA:
Joe Daddura
Jess McCluer
Lisa Ramber
Amy Wangdahl |
Office of Maritime Standards
Office of Outreach Services and Alliances
Office of Outreach Services and Alliances
Office of Maritime Standards |
Contributors
Kristi Dearing |
Contractor for OSHA, Salt Lake Technical Center |
Evaluation Period
January 31, 2003 – January 30, 2004
II. Implementation Team Meetings
- January 31, 2003 Kick-off meeting, OSHA, Washington, DC
- August 14, 2003 Meeting, OSHA, Washington, DC
- November 9, 2003 Meeting, OSHA, Washington, DC
III. Events and Products
Outreach and Communication
Events:
May 14, 2003: Shipbuilders Council of America Shipyard Ergonomic Training,
Seattle, Washington
As part of the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program, Kate Stewart M.S., CPE,
Principal with the Stewart Prezant Ergonomics Group, conducted a presentation on
the Fundamentals of Shipyard Ergonomics to more than 45 attendees. The
presentation was part of the SCA Train-the-Trainer program that included a video
titled, Shipyard Ergonomics. OSHA attendees included: Carl Halgren, Region X -
Portland Area Director and Nicole Flessner, Region X - Bellevue Area Office
Compliance Officer/Industrial Hygienist.
June 25, 2003: Shipbuilders Council of America Summer Meeting, Point Clear, Alabama
As part of the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program, Steve Davis, M.Ed, CPI,
Senior Ergonomist with the Stewart Prezant Ergonomics Group, conducted a
presentation on the Fundamentals of Shipyard Ergonomics to more than 30
attendees. The presentation was part of the SCA Train-the-Trainer program that
included a video titled, Shipyard Ergonomics. OSHA attendees included: Bill Bice
and David Swain, Compliance Assistance Specialists, Region IV- Mobile Area
Office and Rex McKinney, an ergonomics specialist with the Region VI - Dallas
Regional Office.
October 29, 2003: Shipbuilders Council of America Safety Seminar, Portland, Oregon.
Carl Halgren, Region X - Portland Area Director updated shipyard safety and
health professionals on the status and contents of the OSHA Shipyard Employment
eTool.
Products:
- Shipyard Employment eTool
OSHA and the SCA, together with the American Shipbuilding Association (ASA) and
the National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) Alliances, are working to
develop OSHA's eTool that will provide information and guidance to help protect
shipyard employees' health and safety by minimizing or eliminating exposure to
shipyard safety and health hazards.
The eTool describes common hazards and possible solutions for tasks performed
during the maritime industries' ship repair, ship building, ship breaking, and
barge cleaning processes. The eTool's Ship Repair module was completed and
posted to OSHA's Web site in 2003. Further, the Ship Building, Ship Breaking,
and Barge Cleaning modules are under development. The eTool and SCA's role in
its development was featured on OSHA's Alliance Program's homepage.
In particular, SCA took the lead on the creation and development of the Barge
Cleaning module. This eTool will help barge cleaning facility managers and
employees improve their awareness of common safety issues that exist and improve
overall worker safety by integrating safety and health into all aspects of the
barge cleaning process from the pre-cleaning preparations to the actual cleaning
and post-cleaning activities. The eTool module is expected to be completed by
the end of FY04.
- OSHA and SCA Alliance Web Page
The OSHA and SCA Alliance Web page on OSHA's Web site contains information on
the Alliance, Products and Resources, Activities and Events, and Milestones and
Successes. The page is updated regularly.
- SCA Web page
Link to the Alliance agreement on its Web page.
- January 31, 2003 – OSHA distributed a news release announcing the Alliance.
- January 31, 2003 – SCA distributed a news release announcing the Alliance.
- February 1, 2003 – OSHA includes information on the OSHA/SCA Alliance signing
in its bi-weekly e-newsletter; QuickTakes.
- February 6, 2003 – “OSHA Forms Alliance with Shipbuilders,” Occupational
Safety and Health Reporter
- April 14, 2003 – “OSHA Seeks Union, Trade Group Help on Ergo Guidance for
Shipyards,” InsideHealthPolicy.com
- November 2003 – SCA's Shipyard Chronicle article on SCA Safety Seminar in
Portland, OR
IV. Results
The Alliance has succeeded in raising safety awareness within the SCA and the
maritime industry on a wide range of issues including general maritime issues
and ergonomics through videos and publications, OSHA and SCA's Web sites and the
SCA Safety and Train-the Trainer seminars. The association's Ergonomic Train-the
Trainer and Safety Seminar's were held in Region IV and Region X.
Representatives from Region VI attended the SCA Ergonomic Train-The-Trainer
event in Point Clear, AL. Through OSHA's participation in these activities, SCA
heard directly from Agency representatives about compliance assistance tools
such as the Shipyard Employment eTool. Conversely, OSHA representatives listened
to representatives from shipyards speak about real-world situations in a yard
including effective ergonomic practices. Both OSHA and SCA representatives have
indicated that these sessions provide relevant information and are effective and
both groups have gained valuable information that will be used as day-to-day
business is conducted.
Due to the popularity and positive impact of Carl Halgren's, Portland Area
Director –Region X, presentation about the Shipyard Employment eTool at the SCA
Safety Seminar, two Area Directors who also work with the maritime industry, Tom
Pope, Norfolk Area Director – Region III and Clyde Payne, Jackson Area Director
– Region IV have been invited to speak about maritime compliance issues at SCA's
next Safety Seminar, March 9-11, 2004 in Pascagoula, MS.
The OSHA/SCA National Alliance has also been working with Region X through the
Region X/SCA Alliance. Through the Region X Alliance, SCA members received lead
awareness training and electronic assistance tools such as the Lead Awareness
CD.
Type of Activity (Conference, Training,
Print and Electronic Distribution, etc.) |
Number of Individuals Reached or Trained |
May 14, 2003: Shipbuilders Council of
America Shipyard Ergonomic Training, Seattle, Washington
Attendees included: Carl Halgren, Region X - Portland Area Director and
Nicole Flessner, Region X - Bellevue Area Office Compliance
Officer/Industrial Hygienist |
45 |
June 25, 2003: Shipbuilders Council of
America Summer Meeting, Point Clear, Alabama
Attendees included: Bill Bice and David Swain, Compliance Assistance
Specialists, Region IV- Mobile Area Office and Rex McKinney, an ergonomics
expert with the Region VI - Dallas Regional Office |
24 |
October 10, 2003 SCA Safety Seminar
Speaker: Carl Halgren, Region X - Portland Area Director |
10 |
OSHA and SCA Alliance Web page on OSHA's Web
site |
1893 (Note: The count includes data from
Aug. 2003 to Jan. 2004) |
SCA Web site – Link to OSHA/SCA Alliance |
Data Not Available |
November 2003 - Shipyard Chronicle article
on SCA Safety Seminar in Portland, OR
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500 |
April 14, 2003 – “OSHA Seeks Union, Trade
Group Help on Ergo Guidance for Shipyards”, InsideHealthPolicy.com
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Data Not Available |
February 6, 2003 – "OSHA Forms Alliance with
Shipbuilders", Occupational Safety and Health Reporter
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Data Not Available |
February 1, 2003 – OSHA includes information
on the OSHA/SCA Alliance signing in its bi-weekly e-newsletter; QuickTakes |
38,000 |
January 31, 2003 – OSHA press release announcing Alliance |
25 News Services |
Maritime Industries Safety and Health Topics
page |
Data not available since Web page is not in
the Top 50 Safety and Health Topics pages visited |
Shipyard Employment eTool |
4847 (Note: The count includes data from
Aug. 2003 to Jan. 2004) |
TOTAL |
45,319 |
V. Upcoming Milestones
The OSHA/SCA Alliance implementation team has discussed a number of activities
that may be undertaken in the upcoming year. In addition to completing the Barge
Cleaning module for the Shipyard Employment eTool, the team would like to
coordinate all future meetings with the ASA and NSRP Alliance Implementation
Teams. In addition, SCA would like OSHA staff to make presentations at upcoming
SCA Safety Seminars about maritime compliance issues and Alliances. Tom Pope,
Region III – Norfolk Area Director, Clyde Payne, Region IV- Jackson Area
Director and Jess McCluer, Directorate of Cooperative and State Programs -
Office of Outreach Services and Alliances have been invited to speak at the SCA
Safety Seminar March 9-11, 2004 in Pascagoula, MS.
In addition, the SCA would like to identify maritime industry injury and illness
trends and provide OSHA with information to produce future Safety and Health
Information Bulletins.
Through the Alliance Program, SCA will offer their expertise in the development
of OSHA's Safety and Health Injury Prevention Sheet(s) that will cover topics
such as rigging and ship fitting. SCA, along with the other maritime Alliances,
ASA and NSRP, will help with the development of Fatality Videos, which will be
computer animated hazard awareness videos based on actual shipyard fatalities.
A representative from the SCA Alliance plans to participate in a Maritime
Industry general workshop, along with representatives from the ASA and NSRP
Alliances, which will take place at the National Safety Congress in September
2004. The SCA Alliance would also like to coordinate future Safety Seminars with
other Regional/Area Maritime Alliances, including the Region IV – Jackson Area
Office and the Region VI – Baton Rouge Area Office Alliance with Northrup
Grumman Ship Systems and its Unions. Finally, the Alliance would like to hold a
VPP Seminar, similar to the one held by the Airline Industry Alliance, in
conjunction with one of their upcoming Safety Seminars.
Report prepared by: Jess McCluer, Alliance Coordinator, Office of Outreach
Services and Alliances, February 26, 2004
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