May 14, 2003—Ensuring a safer and more healthful workplace for contractors and employees in the heating, ventilating, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR) industry is the goal of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) latest alliance, signed May 8.
The Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) formalized an alliance with OSHA focused on ensuring ACCA members and others are armed with information related to safety supervision, equipment and material handling, driver and vehicle safety, ladder and lift use, and lock-out/tag-out issues.
Both organizations will develop and disseminate information through various media, including OSHA and ACCA Web sites, and will increase access to safety and health information and training resources, including Spanish-language material. OSHA will look for opportunities to speak, exhibit, or appear at national ACCA conferences, and will also encourage ACCA members to participate in the agency’s cooperative programs, including the Voluntary Protection Program and the Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program.
For more information, contact ACCA.
