|
|||
|
|
|
Alliance targets keeping airline ground workers safe
Slips, trips, and falls and being struck by objects are among the main hazards faced by airline ground personnel. Those are also the focus of prevention efforts targeted by a partnership with OSHA.
The agency announced it has renewed its alliance with the Airline Ground Safety Panel to protect more than 350,000 workers who operate aviation ground support equipment. The panel is a joint industry and labor partnership consisting of 11 airlines and three unions that represent about 85 percent of the industry. During the two-year partnership, the group will develop information that highlights "ways to prevent slips, trips and falls and other hazards while operating ground safety equipment such as hi-lift trucks and pushback tugs," the agency says. "The alliance will also conduct studies to improve the safety of ground personnel and address hazard communications and issues associated with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals."
OSHA's alliance program works with unions, trade and professional organizations, businesses, and other groups to prevent workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities. They create compliance assistance tools and resources and educate workers and employers about their rights and responsibilities. OSHA says the alliance program participants do not receive exemptions from OSHA inspections or other enforcement benefits. Read more at the WorkersComp Forum homepage. December 10, 2012 Copyright 2012© LRP Publications |
|
|
|
Entire contents copyright © 2013 Risk and Insurance® All rights reserved.
May not be reproduced in any form without written permission.
|