OSHA Forms Alliances with Organizations to Improve Workplace Safety and Health in Healthcare
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has announced that five organizations and businesses nationwide have signed or renewed alliance agreements with OSHA to provide workers with access to accurate and up-to-date information on their legal and fundamental rights, and guidance and training resources on workplace safety and health. By forming alliances, these businesses and organizations can better focus on hazards in ways that are specific to their industries and workplaces. These organizations and businesses will work with OSHA on initiatives in Missouri, Kansas, North Carolina, Montana, and Nebraska.
The agreement between OSHA Billings Area Office and the Marsh McLennan Agency Northwest Region (MMA NWR) will provide around 10,000 MMA NWR clients and others with information, guidance, and access to training resources to help them protect the health and safety of workers in healthcare and other industries. The aim of the alliance is to develop effective training and education programs to reduce and prevent exposure to hazards specific to each industry and help ensure that employees understand the rights of workers and the responsibilities of employers under the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act.
The agreement between the OSHA Region VII, Kansas City, Omaha, Saint Louis, Wichita Area Offices, and the National Association of Health Care Assistants (NAHCA) is focused on sharing information about workplace safety in Missouri, Nebraska, and Kansas. Employers and employees will be provided with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect workers by reducing and preventing exposure to safety and health hazards, and improve education about workers’ rights and employer responsibilities under the OSH Act.
The alliance will share information on OSHA’s National/Regional/Local initiatives, occupational safety and health laws and standards, information on the recognition and prevention of workplace hazards, and will promote safety and health best practices. Forums, roundtable discussions, or stakeholder meetings on safety and health hazards in the healthcare industry will be convened or participated in to help forge innovative solutions in the workplace or to provide input on safety and health issues. OSHA will provide technical support and health and safety information to help with the development of effective training and education programs for certified nursing assistants (CNAs) and their employers.
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The other alliances are focused on promoting workers’ rights for Mexican Nationals in Missouri and Kansas, sharing information about safe excavation and trenching work in Missouri, and sharing safety best practices between OSHA and the Navy Fleet Readiness Center East in North Carolina.
“The most effective way to protect workers is for every employer to embrace safety and health as a core value in their workplaces,” said Doug Kalinowski, director of Cooperative and State Programs at OSHA. “These alliances from across the country and in various industries show that these employers have made worker safety and health a core value and are leaders in workplace safety.”
