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Shipbreaking workers will be provided safety measures

Shipbreaking workers will be provided safety measures
Ship-breaking workers have to expose to many difficult and accident prone works that lead to asbestos, electric shock, falls and fires. They have to remove gear and equipment from old and outdated ships and have to break down the vessels for reuse or recycling. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Safe Work Practices in Ship-breaking document now offers effective ways to protect the workers from injury and death that occur at the working site. The Safe Work Practices in Ship-breaking document also offers outlines employers' obligations so that the employers could provide safe work environments for their workers.

According to OSHA Assistant Secretary David Michaels,"Ship-breaking workers' safety and health depend on their employers following the standards meant to prevent work-related hazards.”The Safe Work Practices in Ship-breaking document is available only online like many other OSHA safety training courses. It includes references to OSHA standards and explains that employers should provide emergency response and fire prevention plans to their employees that can sure help them protecting from any hazards. The Safe Work Practices in Ship-breaking document focuses on information on ship-breaking safety and health issues as OSHA regulations do. These regulations sure can help employers in developing safety and health programs that can successfully protect their workers through all phases of the ship-breaking process.

OSHA has contributed a lot for the safety and health of the workers by providing OSHA safety training and also innovating new ideas to offer effective ways so that the life and health of he workers remain safe at their working place. The aim and objective of OSHA safety training is to assure the safe conditions for America's working men and women.

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