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Monday, February 12, 2007

Shipbuilding, Once The 4th Most Dangerous Job, Is Getting Safer

A story published yesterday in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch is about the only shipyard that is a participant in OSHA's Voluntary Protection Program, the Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard. At one time shipbuilding was the third most dangerous job, it has now dropped to the 24th most dangerous job. The article reports:

"Northrop Grumman Newport News, the country's largest shipyard and a maker and repairer of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines, has helped drive that reduction. The yard's rates fell 62 percent over the same stretch, from 21.9 cases per 100 workers in 1992 to 8.28 cases per 100 employees in 2005."

Read this article to learn how the Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard has accomplished this.

Labels: VPP, workplace safety