The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) has signed a strategic partnership with Mississippi State
University’s Center for Continuing Education Industrial Health & Safety
Program and Brasfield & Gorrie LLC, based in Birmingham, Alabama, to
promote worker safety and health at the Continental Tire Main Plant project in
Clinton, Mississippi. The partnership seeks to prevent injuries and exposure to
hazards during the construction of the 750,000-square-foot facility.
Under the agreement, the partners will encourage contractors to
develop and implement safety and health programs and provide safety and health
training to employees, employers, and supervisors.
Through the Strategic
Partnership Program, OSHA 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.
Set to open in late 2019, the $1.45 billion Continental Tire Main
Plant will produce large truck and bus tires. Brasfield & Gorrie is the
project’s main contractor. Mississippi State University’s Center for Continuing
Education Industrial Health & Safety Program provides free, confidential,
on-site consultation services to small businesses in Mississippi that need
assistance in identifying and correcting occupational safety and health
hazards.
Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers
are responsible for providing safe and healthful workplaces for their
employees. OSHA's role is to help ensure these conditions for America's working
men and women by setting and enforcing standards and providing training,
education, and assistance. For more information, visit www.osha.gov.