The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Bellevue Area Office,
and the Puget Sound Shipbuilders Association, (PSSA) recognize the value of establishing a collaborative
relationship to foster safer and more healthful American shipyards. Bellevue Area Office OSHA and PSSA
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.
Bellevue Area Office OSHA and PSSA agree to establish an Alliance to promote safe and healthful
working conditions for shipyard employees by:
- Providing PSSA 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.
Bellevue Area Office OSHA and PSSA 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
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Hazard Recognition
- Fall Protection
- Accident Investigation
- Shipyard Competent Persons and Marine Chemists
Management Systems
- Employee Participation
- Workplace Violence
- Subcontractors
Hazard Recognition
- Fire Protection
- Scaffolding
- Slips, Trips and Falls
- Housekeeping
- Machine Guarding
- Electrical
- Welding/Cutting/Buming
- Powered Industrial Vehicles, Materials Handling i.e. Slings. Cranes and Forklifts
- Stuck-by Hazards
Health Hazards
- Painting
- Blasting
- Welding Fume
- LeadlCadmium/Arsenic
- Asbestos
- Noise
- Hexavalent Chromium
Should an PSSA member desire assistance on any topics listed above, the OSHA Bellevue Area Director
will be contacted and assistance will be arranged. The compliance assistance provided will be
negotiated by the Bellevue Area Office Area Director and the shipyard, and may include the presence
of OSHA staff at the shipyard.
The PSSA 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 in the national dialogue on shipyard safety and
health.
Bellevue Area Office OSHA and PSSA will 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 PSSA’s best practices and/or effective
approaches.
- Promote and encourage PSSA’s members’ participation in OSHA’s cooperative programs such as the
Voluntary Protection Program, Consultation and SHARP. In addition, encourage PSSA members to act as
mentors to PSSA members/work sites 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 Web site.
Bellevue Area Office OSHA and PSSA will 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 PSSA members/worksites, as jointly determined by Bellevue
Area Office OSHA and PSSA, with others in the industry through outreach by PSSA and through Bellevue
Area Office OSHA on developed training programs and materials.
- Convene or participate in forums or roundtable discussions, on common safety hazards, to help
forge innovative solutions.
- Provide OSHA with future topics for the OSHA Shipyard Safety and Health “eTool”.
- PSSA leadership will demonstrate commitment and increase safety awareness by including workplace
safety and health in all public discussions.
An implementation team made up of representatives of both organizations will meet
to develop a plan of action, determine working procedures, and identify the roles and responsibilities
of the participants. In addition, they will meet at least three times per year to track and share
information on activities and results in achieving the goals of the Alliance. OSHA will encourage
State Plan States’ and OSHA Consultation Projects’ participation on the team.
This agreement will remain in effect for two years from the date of signing. Bellevue Area Office
and the PSSA 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 anytime
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 |
Puget Sound Shipbuilders Association |
|
Joy Flack, Area Director
Bellevue Area Office |
|
Allen Rainsberger
President, PSSA |
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Date: ____________________________ |
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Date: ____________________________ |
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