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U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration Mobile Area Office 1141 Montlimar Drive Suite 1006 Mobile, Al 36609 (251) 441-6131; Fax (251) 441-6396 OSHA, GCMSA, and ALAPTA Alliance Annual Report - July 14, 2006
I. Alliance Background: OSHA, GCMSA, and ALAPTA Alliance to provide GCMSA and ALAPTA members and others in the maritime industry with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect employees’ health and safety, particularly in reducing ergonomic, as well as slip, trip and fall hazards Date Signed: May 27, 2005. Overview All parties to this agreement are committed to sharing their collective expertise to help foster a culture of injury and illness prevention while sharing best practices and technical knowledge, especially in the area of slips, trips, and falls and in reducing and preventing exposure to ergonomic hazards in the maritime industry. Implementation Team Membership: Members consist of OSHA, Alabama Chapter of the Physical Therapy Association, Gulf Coast Maritime Safety Association. Contributors: Same as above Evaluation Period: March 31, 2005, through July 14, 2006 II. Implementation Team Meetings May 26, 2005; August 19, 2005; and OSHA Longshoring Course supported by Alliance January 23 – 27, 2006. III. Events and Products Training and Education Event OSHA Longshoring Course supported by Alliance January 23 – 27, 2006. Product Group developed a PowerPoint presentation on “Enclosed and Confined Spaces” in the Shipyard Industry Outreach and Communications Event Alliance members provided training presentations at the Gulf Coast Safety and Health Expo in Mobile in March 2005. Product Group developed CD/DVD’s on presentations for maritime employers in the Gulf Coast Area. Promoting the National Dialogue on Workplace Safety and Health None. IV. Results Refer to the Training and Education events above V. Upcoming Milestones Develop a power point presentation on shipyard slip, trip and fall hazards, as well as repetitive motion injuries in the shipyards.   Develop a package containing safety information for distribution to shipyard employers in the Gulf Coast area. The package will include copies of the CD/DVD on shipyards with a PowerPoint on slip, trip, fall hazards and repetitive motion injuries, as well as updated safety information from the OSHA web page.

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