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Training: By the Numbers For the second consecutive year, there was an increase in training across the coast. The number of training classes — which include certifications, online courses and hands-on training classes such as forklift and semi-tractor operations — more than doubled from the prior year, bringing the total number of training classes completed to nearly 73,000. Safety Videos Building off the successful safety training videos launched in 2018, PMA produced five additional videos in 2019 as the result of a collaboration between the members of the ILWU-PMA Joint Coast Safety Committee. The 2019 videos, which emphasize safety practices to prevent falls, were utilized in classroom training sessions, with instructors pausing videos for questions and discussion. ILWU members were also able to access current and past videos from phones, tablets or computers to supplement the curriculum from each training module. The 2020 series is already underway and will offer videos focused on chassis shop safety, reefer shop safety, crane shop safety, power shop safety and personal protective equipment. Log Operations Safety Collaboration PMA was one of many stakeholders that participated in an intensive focus on enhancing safety practices related to the deck-edge portion of log loading operations that take place at many terminals in the Pacific Northwest. Deck edge safety applies to tasks performed within three feet of unguarded edges. More than one hundred individuals participated in dozens of meetings throughout 2019. These meetings included members of the Joint Coast Safety Committee, Pacific Northwest Joint Accident Prevention Committees, management teams and many volunteer participants from ILWU Locals in Longview, Olympia, Port Angeles, Astoria, Coos Bay, Eureka and Tacoma. Shipping lines that transport logs to Asia also played a collaborative role. New workplace practices have been implemented to protect worker safety, with more ideas continuing to be evaluated to address this important issue. 2019 | THE YEAR IN REVIEW Log loading operations at the Port of Astoria, OR. A longshore worker moves cargo at the Port of Oakland. ILWU workers conducting a demonstration in a safety training video produced by PMA. 23 23 PACIFIC MARITIME ASSOCIATION