How Has The Partnership Program Impacted Worker Safety And Health?
OSHA’s Partnership program benefits workers by reducing their risk of death, injury, and illness on the job, by increasing practical safety and health knowledge and skills, by empowering them to take an active role in their own protection, and by enhancing the quality of their work life. More than 559,000 employees and 13,000 employers have participated in OSHA Partnerships since the program began in 1998. These Partnerships have addressed serious workplace safety and health issues, the reduction of fatalities, injuries and illnesses in a myriad of industries. Partnerships have sought to improve worker protection by implementing meaningful safety and health management systems and by tackling occupational hazards such as lead and silica exposure, falls, electrocution, and muscular-skeletal disorders.
