AGREEMENT RENEWING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN
SAN DIEGO AREA OFFICE
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
CAL/OSHA DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
AND
PORT OF SAN DIEGO SHIP REPAIR ASSOCIATION

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) San Diego Area Office, California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) and Port of San Diego Ship Repair Association (SDSRA) continue to recognize the value of maintaining a collaborative relationship to foster safety and health practices and programs to improve American workplaces. To that end, OSHA and Cal/OSHA and Port of San Diego Ship Repair Association hereby renew emphasis areas of personal protective equipment, management participation in safety, hazard recognition, and industrial health hazards of the Alliance signed December 13, 2022. Specifically, each organization is committed to providing SDSRA members with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect workers and understand the rights of workers and the responsibilities of employers under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) and the California Labor Code. Through the Alliance, the organizations will continue to address hazards associated with the Maritime Industry.

This agreement provides a framework and objectives for the Alliance’s activities. Alliance participants also agree to meet the requirements for program participation laid out in the “Fundamental Requirements for OSHA Alliance Program Participants” These include:

• Disseminating information to their members and stakeholders on OSHA and Cal/OSHA regulatory activities, enforcement initiatives, outreach campaigns, and compliance assistance resources.
• Committing reasonable time and resources to achieve Alliance outreach and communication goals and complete any other mutually agreed-upon projects.
• Engaging and encouraging their members and stakeholders to engage with the agency on outreach campaigns and initiatives.
• Providing OSHA with information and data pertaining to Alliance-related dissemination efforts, events, speeches/presentations, and other activities, as appropriate.
• Making a reasonable effort to secure meaningful worker participation in the Alliance, which may be accomplished by, for example, securing participation by union, worker center, or other worker representatives in Alliance activities.

Alliance participants also agree to meet the “Guidelines for OSHA’s Alliance Program Participants: Alliance Products and Other Alliance Projects,” dated July 1, 2019, and can be found at: https://www.osha.gov/alliances/alliance-products-guide

Through the Alliance, the organizations will use injury, illness, and hazard exposure data, when appropriate, to help identify areas of emphasis for Alliance awareness, outreach, and communication activities. The Alliance will also explore and implement selected options, including but not limited to member surveys, to evaluate the Alliance and measure the impact on improving workplace safety and health. In renewing this Alliance, OSHA, Cal/OSHA, and SDSRA recognize that OSHA’s State Plan and On-Site Consultation Program partners are an integral part of the OSHA national effort, and that information about the products and activities of the Alliance may be shared with these partners for the advancement of common goals.

Raising Awareness: Outreach and Communication

The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following objectives:

• Promote the Cal/OSHA On-site Consultation Program to SDSR membership.
• Seek opportunities to jointly develop and disseminate information from conferences, local meetings, events, or through print and electronic media, including links from OSHA’s Web site and Cal/OSHA’s website
• Share information on best practices of Port of San Diego Ship Repair Association members/worksites, as jointly determined by OSHA, Cal/OSHA and Port of San Diego Ship Repair Association, with others in the.
• Convene or participate in forums or roundtable discussions, on common safety hazards, to help forge innovative solutions.
• Provide OSHA with future topics for the OSHA Shipyard Safety and Health “E-Tool”.

Training and Education

The Participants intend to work together to train on the following subjects as needed for the SDSRA members:

Personal Protective Equipment

• Hazard Recognition
• Fall Protection
• Accident Investigation
• Shipyard Competent Persons and Marine Chemists

Management

• Employee Participation
• Workplace Violence
• Subcontractors

Hazard Recognition

• Fire Protection
• Scaffolding
• Slips, Trips and Falls
• Housekeeping
• Machine Guarding
• Electrical
• Welding/Cutting/Burning
• Powered Industrial Vehicles, Materials Handling i.e. Slings. Cranes and Forklifts
• Stuck-by Hazards
• Confined Space Entry
• Stored Energy Hazards

Health Hazards

• Painting
• Blasting
• Welding Fume
• Lead/Cadmium/Arsenic
• Asbestos
• Noise
• Hexavalent Chromium
• Heat-Illness
• Musculoskeletal Disorders

Should a member desire assistance on creating training or educational materials on any topics listed above, OSHA may be contacted, and assistance will be arranged. The compliance assistance provided will be negotiated by OSHA, Cal/OSHA and the SDSRA, and may include the presence of OSHA and Cal/OSHA staff at the shipyard.

OSHA’s Alliances provide organizations an opportunity to participate in a voluntary cooperative relationship with OSHA for purposes such as raising awareness of OSHA’s initiatives, outreach, communication, training, and education. These Alliances have proven to be valuable tools for both OSHA and Alliance participants. By entering into an Alliance with an organization, OSHA is not endorsing or promoting, nor does it intend to endorse or promote, any of that organization’s products or services.

An implementation team made up of representatives of each organization will meet one to two times per year to track and share information on activities and results in achieving the goals of the Alliance. OSHA team members will include representatives of the San Diego Area Office and any other appropriate offices.

This agreement will remain in effect for two years. Any signatory may terminate their organization’s participation in the agreement for any reason at any time, provided they give 30 days’ written notice. This agreement may be modified at any time with the written concurrence of all signatories.

Signed this 11 day of March, 2025.