U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) offices in Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio, and Allied Construction Industries, a trade association representing more than 500 member companies located in Cincinnati, renewed their Strategic Partnership Program collaboration to establish safety goals within the construction, concrete, masonry, sheet metal, electrical, heating and air conditioning and finishing trades. The first partnership was signed in 2000.
The partnership’s goal is to protect construction industry workers through increased training, daily work shift safety meetings, safety orientations and stand downs designed to increase worker's knowledge of hazards, required safety procedures, protective measures and equipment.
The partnership continues to emphasize reducing injury and illness on the job site by focusing training on the top four construction industry hazards—falls, struck-by, caught-in/between and electrocutions—as well as interactive training developed from onsite information and experiences.
It also requires all employers, contractors and subcontractors to implement written safety and health programs, conduct daily pre-task planning, safety huddles and job site inspections and involve workers in safety meetings. OSHA will review these programs at least annually to track and compare information on injury and illness rates, share best practices and review goals.
"Workplace safety is achieved when everyone works together to recognize hazards and follow safety protocols and procedures," says Ken Montgomery, OSHA's area director in Cincinnati. "OSHA has found partnerships like this set the standard that safety will not be compromised."
Through its Strategic Partnership Program, OSHA works with employers, employees, professional and trade associations, labor organizations and other stakeholders to establish specific goals, strategies and performance measures to improve worker safety and health.
No more results found. The partnership’s goal is to protect construction industry workers through increased training, daily work shift safety meetings, safety orientations and stand downs designed to increase worker's knowledge of hazards, required safety procedures, protective measures and equipment.
The partnership continues to emphasize reducing injury and illness on the job site by focusing training on the top four construction industry hazards—falls, struck-by, caught-in/between and electrocutions—as well as interactive training developed from onsite information and experiences.
It also requires all employers, contractors and subcontractors to implement written safety and health programs, conduct daily pre-task planning, safety huddles and job site inspections and involve workers in safety meetings. OSHA will review these programs at least annually to track and compare information on injury and illness rates, share best practices and review goals.
"Workplace safety is achieved when everyone works together to recognize hazards and follow safety protocols and procedures," says Ken Montgomery, OSHA's area director in Cincinnati. "OSHA has found partnerships like this set the standard that safety will not be compromised."
Through its Strategic Partnership Program, OSHA works with employers, employees, professional and trade associations, labor organizations and other stakeholders to establish specific goals, strategies and performance measures to improve worker safety and health.