OSHA partners with Brasfield & Gorrie to promote workplace safety at construction site

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced it has established a strategic partnership with Birmingham, Alabama-based Brasfield & Gorrie LLC to promote worker safety and health at the Protective Stadium project site in Birmingham. The site will be the future home of University of Alabama at Birmingham football, among its other uses. The University of Alabama Safe State Consultation Program is also a signatory to this agreement and provides its support to ensuring worker safety.

The partnership seeks to prevent injuries and exposure to hazards during construction of a new 45,000-seat, open-air stadium. Under the agreement, the partners will focus on the use of personal protective equipment; heat illness prevention; fire protection and prevention; and hazards related to falls, struck-by and caught-in/between objects, electrical, hand and power tools, silica, lead and noise. The partners will also encourage contractors to develop and implement safety and health programs while providing safety and health training to employees, employers and supervisors.

OSHA's Strategic Partnership Program works with employers, employees, professional and trade associations, labor organizations, and other interested stakeholders to establish specific goals, strategies and performance measures to improve worker safety and health.