| ABIH/BCSP
Joint Committee |
| Occupational Health and Safety
Technologist (OHST), Construction Health and
Safety Technician (CHST), and Safety Trained
Supervisor in Construction (STS). |
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| American
National Standards Institute (ANSI) |
| University at Albany, School
of Public Health. A great site featuring lots
of research and data on injury prevention.
Especially helpful is The Injury Prevention
Internet Library which includes downloadable
documents, research studies, reports and data
classified by subject area. |
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| Aurora OSHA News for General
Industry. Newsletter is similar to the above,
but for General Industry. Again lots of good
tidbits directly from OSHA safety professionals. |
Nov.
23, 1999, Volume 1, No. 5
May
21, 1999, Volume 1, No. 4
Dec.
14, 1998, Volume 1, No.3
May
1998, Volume 1, No. 2 (issue is available
only in draft)
Nov.
26, 1997, Volume 1, No.1 |
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| Canada
Safety Council (CSC) |
| CSC is an independent national
non-profit membership safety organization.
The web site offers information about the
organization its mission training programs
publications and activities. CSC programs
help the Canadian public prevent accidents
and injuries by enhancing safety awareness. |
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| Consumer Information Center
Pueblo CO |
| The site provides access to
the full text of hundreds of US government
consumer publications, including occupationally
related material. |
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| Contacting OSHA |
| Use this link for information
about how to contact OSHA about a safety and
health problem. For a safety or health emergency,
they request you call them in on a toll-free
number. For other types of concerns or needs,
other offices are shown on this page. No provision
is given to email in a safety or health complaint. |
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| Employment
Health and Safety |
| Good brief guide to frequently
asked questions by employees from Nolo.com's
legal encyclopedia. Examples: Legal rights
if you feel your workplace is unsafe, asserting
rights to a safe workplace, steps to take
if injured at work, protection from tobacco
smoke. |
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| Healthcare
Safety.com |
| Practical advice and news about
health care safety regulations from the government
and the JCAHO. Includes info on life safety,
medical equipment, utilities management, safety,
security, hazardous waste, materials management,
emergency preparedness, infection control,
laboratory safety and accreditation. |
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| Integrated
Safety Management by the Department of Energy |
| What is Integrated Safety Management?
A piece of it, that many articulate, is the
integration of all the elements of environment,
safety and health into one system. Integrated
Safety Management does that, in part; but,
more importantly, it is also the full inclusion
and integration of ES&H into the totality
of work, such that it is an integral part
of the whole -- not a stand-alone program. |
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| National
Occupational Research Agenda (NORA), NIOSH: |
| NORA has developed 21 occupational
safety and health research priorities. Fact
sheets are available for each: Allergic &
Irritant Dermatitis, Health Services Research,
Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Upper Extremities,
Asthma & Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease, Hearing Loss, Organization of Work,
Cancer Research Methods, Indoor Environment,
Risk Assessment Methods, Control Technology
and Personal Protective Equipment, Infectious
Diseases, Social and Economic Consequences
of Workplace Illness and Injury, Emerging
Technologies, Intervention Effectiveness Research,
Special Populations at Risk, Exposure Assessment
Methods, Low Back Disorders, Surveillance
Research Methods, Fertility & Pregnancy
Abnormalities, Mixed Exposures, Traumatic
Injuries. |
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| National
Safety Council |
| Chicago, IL, USA. A non-profit
organization that publishes numerous resources
on all aspects of safety and health. Website
contains free training info, injury statistics,
and a safety awards program. The NSC website
also features a free online Library (Information
Gateway) that contains a variety of fact sheets,
statistics, and research papers. |
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| National
Safety Management Society (NSMS). |
| Composed of safety and health
professionals who are interested in promoting
the advancement of the safety/loss control
function through the application of effective
management principles. |
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| New
Jersey Advisory Council on Safety and Health |
| The Advisory Council is a non-profit
public-interest organization whose members
include unions employees petitioners' attorneys
petitioners' doctors and citizens concerned
with worker safety and health issues. Ultimately
you will need to become a member to access
most of the information but at the time of
review a bulletin board scanned versions of
recent court decisions and legislative updates
were accessible to anyone. |
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| New York Times. OSH.NET's Violence
in the Workplace Section was featured in the
New York Times! See
their Article on workplace safety, ergonomics,
and workplace violence. |
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| North
Bay Safe Community Project |
| The site features an overview
of the Project since its inception in 1985;
over 90 "Safety Tips", some historical
photos of Project involvement in presenting
"HEROES"; the "Safety Fairs"
held in 1994 and 1996; pathway safety reminders
for community City pathways; media write-ups
on the Project and its programs; the text
of City of North Bay "Safety and Health/Loss
Control Handbook for Municipl Operations";
and many links to safety and health/loss control-oriented
sites in Canada and elsewhere. |
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| OSHA Fines and Penalties,
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Bulletins. |
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| OSHA INSPECTIONS -- SITE-SPECIFIC
TARGETING |
| This OSHA Directive (99-3,
CPL 2, 4-19-99) explains how OSHA targets
specific industry groups and companies based
on their injury rates. (Warning: OSHA has
severe penalties for willful falsification
of injury and illness records). |
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| OSHA Regulations, Proposed |
Draft Proposed Safety and
Health Program Rule, 29 CFR 1900.1. This
rule would require employers to establish
a workplace safety and health program to
ensure compliance with OSHA standards and
the General Duty Clause. More info (11-23-98).
OSHA Poster available for download
(OSHA) Publications and Fact Sheets |
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| OSHA Self -Inspection
Checklists |
| May 1997, used in OSHA's training
programs. Covers the areas of: Safety and
Health Program, Personal Protective Equipment,
Flammable and Combustible Materials, Hand
and Portable Powered Tools, Lockout/Tagout
Procedures, Confined Spaces, Electrical, Walking-Working
Surfaces, Hazard Communication. |
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| OSHA Standard 1910.1200 |
| Hazard Communication, Toxic
and Hazardous Substances |
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| OSHA
Statistics & Data Industry Profile for
an OSHA Standard |
displays the industry SICs
in which a specified Federal OSHA standard
is most often cited. Information is shown
at the SIC division and 2,3,4- digit SIC levels
SIC
Manual provides the ability to search
the alphabetic index of the 1987 version manual
by keywords; access detailed information for
a specified SIC, Division, or Major Group;
and browse through the manual structure |
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| Safe
Communities Foundation |
| "The Safe Communities
Foundation is a unique partnership between
the private and public sectors that is dedicated
to making Canada the safest place to work,
live and play in the world." The site
includes safety tips, lists of safe communities,
the foundation's newsletter, etc. |
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| Safety
Codes Council |
| A nonprofit group in Alberta
Canada that recommends codes and standards
in the areas of amusement rides, boilers and
pressure vessels, building, electrical, elevators,
fire, gas, passenger ropeways (ski lifts)
and plumbing. |
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| Safety
Equipment Association |
| Arlington, VA. The Safety Equipment
Association is the trade association in the
United States for companies that manufacture
safety equipment. Its member companies are
world leaders in the design and manufacture
of clothing and equipment used in factories,
construction sites, hospitals and clinics,
farms, schools, laboratories, and in the home
- anywhere that people are doing work. |
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| SafetyLine
Institute (Australia) Training Course on Pressure
Vessel Safety |
| SafetyLine Institute - free
on-line lecture course on Pressure Vessel
Safety. The SafetyLine Institute is an initiative
of WorkSafe Western Australia, which is a
government organisation responsible for occupational
safety and health enforcement and information
provision in Western Australia. On-line enrolment
is free of charge and is necessary for student
record keeping after passing the multiple
choice questions at the end of each lecture.
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| U.
S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) |
| (Part of US Dept. of Transportation)
The site provides information on air bags,
child safety seats, vehicle safety, etc. NHTSA
is responsible for reducing deaths, injuries
and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle
crashes. This is accomplished by setting and
enforcing safety performance standards for
motor vehicles and items of motor vehicle
equipment, and through grants to state and
local governments. |
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| WorkSafe
Plan |
| "SafetyLine Institute
(Australia) is an online education and training
facility established by WorkSafe Western Australia
. It uses the technologies of the Internet
to provide access to a wide range of education
and training courses. The training courses
are designed to be completed online, and do
not require the use of textbooks or other
printed materials." |
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