RIMS, OSHA Establish Alliance
The Risk and Insurance Management Society and the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration have signed a deal to work together promoting workplace health and safety.
According to New York-based RIMS, the alliance acknowledges the impact of using a cooperative approach among OSHA, management and labor.
John L. Henshaw, assistant secretary of labor for OSHA, signed the alliance agreement with David Mair in his last days as RIMS president. "We hit the ball out of the park this year [on ergonomic regulations]," Mr. Mair told National Underwriter at the RIMS annual conference earlier this month in New Orleans.
He said that the points in OSHAs partnership goals "are the same ones RIMS proposed in July at the ergonomics hearings" held by OSHA's parent, the U.S. Labor Department. RIMS said the two organizations hope to use their collective expertise to help foster a culture of prevention while also sharing technical knowledge and best practices.
According to RIMS, the two organizations will work together to:
Establish lines of communication between OSHA and RIMS members that will improve the perception of OSHA, foster understanding of RIMS membership safety and health needs, and allow the exchange of technical information and best practices.
Use the improved communication to help promote use of OSHA's outreach services, including consultation, training, technical assistance and voluntary program participation.
Develop a method of demonstrating the cost benefits and business value of safety and health management systems.
Reproduced from National Underwriter Property & Casualty/Risk & Benefits Management Edition, April 29, 2002. Copyright 2002 by The National Underwriter Company in the serial publication. All rights reserved.Copyright in this article as an independent work may be held by the author.
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