Pacific Maritime Association

22 2024 ANNUAL REPORT Over 20 Years of Progress Courses commenced this year at the new ILWU-PMA Maintenance and Repair Training Center in Los Angeles, the first of a number of envisioned new facilities to train the workforce of the future (See Southern California Regional Report). As new joint safety drills continued on the docks, PMA and member company executives received recognition and reached career milestones for safety and training progress. Safety and Training on the Waterfront Safety Drill at Oakland Provides New Rescue Evaluation Model Each year West Coast ports hold rescue drills in accordance with the Pacific Coast Marine Safety Code. Conducted in coordination with local agencies, the drills allow first responders to familiarize themselves with terminals and enable terminal operators, PMA, and the ILWU to review and improve safety practices. This year's drill at the Port of Oakland – held in November at Everport Terminal Services – could establish a model for safety protocols and rapid methods for rescuing crane operators. The exercise tested six scenarios for water and crane rescues. In the fastest crane rescue method, fire personnel evacuated a human-sized dummy via elevator using a collapsible rescue chair previously installed in the cockpit. It took just 12 minutes and 45 seconds from entering the terminal to lowering the evacuee to the dock for medical treatment. "Gate-to-treatment" timing could provide a standard framework for evaluating crane rescue in terminals throughout the coast. Present were members of the Joint Area Accident Prevention Committee, including ILWU Coast Safety Committee Chairman Adam Wetzel and Curtis Shaw, PMA Associate Coast Director for Accident Prevention and Training Strategy. During a safety drill in Oakland, Everport Terminal Services used its ready rescue cage to assist in the recovery of a person in the water. Lost-Time Injury Rate Falls in 2024 Injuries on the dock decreased in 2024, and the coastwide lost-time injury and illness rate (LTIR) fell to 2.91, the second lowest rate in history for PMA. The rate was down from 3.12 in 2023. For longshore workers and walking bosses, the LTIR decreased, though it increased for clerks. Notably, the LTIR has declined more than 65% since 2002, when it was 8.50. A firefighter descending during the crane rescue drill. 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2 4 6 8 10 Lost-Time Injury Rate Years

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