December 4, 2006—The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has formed two new alliances to foster workplace health and safety in recent weeks.
OSHA formed a strategic partnership with the National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE) with the focus of improving the safety and health of employees in the telecommunications and broadcast tower erection industry. The partnership’s goal is to reduce the percentage of injuries, illnesses, and fatalities to a rate below the national average for the tower erection industry. It also seeks to recognize participants who successfully achieve those reductions and to increase awareness among OSHA’s compliance safety and health officers about industry hazards.
OSHA also joined in an alliance with the Tree Care Industry Association (TCIA), established in 1938 as the National Arborist Association, to further safety and health for employees in the tree care industry. The alliance will focus on providing TCIA members and others in the industry, including small businesses, with information, guidance, and access to training resources with a particular focus on preventing exposure to tree removal, electrical, falls, and struck-by hazards.
OSHA also renewed alliances with the Independent Electrical Contractors; the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and Joint Commission Resources, Inc.; and the “Safe Tank Alliance,” which consists of the American Petroleum Institute (API), the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), and the Steel Tank Institute (STI), on behalf of workers in the petroleum and petrochemical industry.
