OSHA has signed a voluntary agreement with two shipbuilding groups aimed at limiting worker exposure to electrical, ergonomic, struck-by and slip, trip and fall hazards in shipyards. The March 29 agreement with the Shipbuilding Group, comprised of the National Shipbuilding Research Program and the Shipbuilders Council of America, “will develop training and identify best practices that promote safety and health in shipbuilding and repair. The alliance will also support OSHA’s prevention of falls campaign, including the delivery of safety stand-down events at shipyards,” the agency said in a press release. OSHA chief David Michaels added that the two-year agreement will allow the agency to “share safety and health information with workers in the shipbuilding industry, particularly those most vulnerable to workplace hazards.”
