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HAZARDOUS WASTE
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HEAT STRESS
Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez died due to heat stroke while laboring in a Stockton area vineyard. The 17-year-old Maria Isabel was two months pregnant. Her body temperature was 108.4 degrees when she was finally taken to a hospital nearly two hours after she collapsed. Click here to visit the United Farm Workers of America website regarding heat-related illness.
Click here for more information.
- QUICK Links
to jump to more information about what is happening regarding an INDOOR HEAT regulation as posted on our regulations webpage.
- CLICK HERE to jump to the Cal/OSHA webpage with details about this regulatory advisory committee.
- CLICK HERE to jump to a Worksafe draft regulation for INDOOR HEAT for the March 29, 2007 advisory meeting.
- CLICK HERE for a table recounting the history re securing a regulation to protect from heat-related illness and death.
- CLICK HERE for the ILWU leaflet and join us on June 21, 2007 at 10 am at the OSH Standards Board meeting at 1515 Clay Street, Oakland, to suopport a request for action to protect workers from heat-related illness and death.
Resources and links
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- Click here for the portion of the UFW website that focuses on heat-related illness.
UNIVERSITY GROUPS
RESEARCH
Click here for Review of July 2006 Heat Wave Related Fatalities in California by CA Dept Health Services; June 2007
- Click here for Heat-Related Deaths - United States, 1999-2003; MMWR Vol 55 No. 29 pp 796-798
- Heat Stress and Strain - ACGIH document setting a TLV with excellent documentation
- Heat Index - National Weather Service - this document describes when breaks are needed to protect against heat stress.
- Weather Service Heat Advisory chart - this chart uses the words "Caution", "Extreme Caution", "Danger" or "Extreme Danger" and relates those categories to temperature and humidity.
- Heat Stress in Grand Canyon National Park - NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation Report
- Guidelines for Working in Hot Conditions - Australia
- Physical Agents - Extreme Hot or Cold Temperature Conditions - Canadian Center for Occupational Safety & Health (CCOHS promotes a safe and healthy working environment by providing information and advice about occupational health and safety.) They use the "Humidex" which is a chart incorporating temperature & humidity in determining the severity of weather conditions. The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), has it incorporated in contract language with the Canadian, federal, government. I think that this is a useful tool.
- Guidelines on Heat Stress - Ontairo, Canada, April 2003
- Guidelines on Thermal Exposure - British Columbia, Canada, January 2005
Laws, Regulations & Enforcement
- Click here for WORKSAFE! information about developing an INDOOR Heat Illness Prevention regulation
- Click here for a draft prepared by Worksafe to be presented at the March 29, 2007 advisory meeting
- Click here for minutes for the October 26, 2006 stakeholders' meeting
PAST ACTIVITY
- Click here for the Cal/OSHA OUTDOOR Heat Illness Prevention regulation passed by the OSH Standards Board on June 15, 2006 and effective July 27, 2006.
for the April 20, 2006 WORKSAFE! letter to the OSH Standards Board
Click here for the April 20, 2006 WORKSAFE! proposed regulation submitted to the OSH Standards Board
Click here for the August 12, 2005 WORKSAFE! cover letter and limited list of references submitted with our draft of the same date to the Occupational Safety & Health Standards Board
Click here for the August 10, 2005 ADVOCATES COALITION letter submitted to the OSH Standards Board dated
Click here for a MODEL LETTER to send to the OSH Standards Board. Click here for that same MODEL LETTER in MS Word
Click here for Cal/OSHA's webpage re developing the OUTDOOR heat regulation
Click here to link to the OSH Standards Board info
Click here for the OSH Standards Board website regarding this emergency regulation with specifics about the hearing, including the Administration proposal, the agenda, etc.
Click here to jump to documents WorkSafe filed in the development of the heat illness prevention regulation
Cal/OSHA Heat Advisory - August 2005
Training Material
Media
Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez died due to heat stroke while laboring in a Stockton area vineyard. The 17-year-old Maria Isabel was two months pregnant. Her body temperature was 108.4 degrees when she was finally taken to a hospital nearly two hours after she collapsed. Click here to visit the United Farm Workers of America website regarding heat-related illness.
For more information:
- August 3, 2006
Peores Trabajos en el Calor
por María Vega
El Diario
Los empleos de construcción (carpinteros, pintores), el trabajo en fábricas y los de jornaleros tienen lo más peligro en el calor. Es responsabilidad del patrón asegurar que los empleados no sufran por el calor.
- June, 2006
Cal/OSHA issues Heat Stress regulation
WorkSafe e-News
- August 18, 2005
Sour Grapes, California Farmworkers' Endless Struggle 40 Years Later
Marc Cooper
LA Weekly
Farmworkers protest against harsh working conditions under the sweltering heat. When I knock on the door of the Orange Street address I've been given in this dusty down-at-the-heels agricultural town, I get only a shrug when I ask for Pedro Cruz. Pedro works the same Valpredo bell-pepper farm as did 41-year-old Salud Zamudio-Rodriguez, who passed out and died in 105-degree heat, one of three California farm workers to die last month.
- July 28, 2005
Deaths Rally Farm Laborers
Mark Arax
LA Times
Three men have died after working in the recent intense heat of the Central Valley, sparking a demand for more safeguards
- Jordan's Blog -
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INDOOR AIR QUALITY
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- OSHA
- A Brief Guide to Mold in the Workplace. This safety and health information bulletin provides recommendations for the prevention of mold growth and describes measures designed to protect the health of building occupants and workers involved in mold cleanup and prevention. Click here for the OSHA website.
- NIOSH & CDC
- EPA
- CA HESIS
Molds in Indoor Workplaces - Revised Factsheet (November 2005) This new edition of the popular 2001 factsheet highlights changes made to the Cal/OSHA Sanitation Standard to address mold hazards and provides up-to-date resources for workers and employers. The factsheet explains the health effects of mold, how to know if mold is present, and what to do if you find mold in your workplace. Special audiences include teachers, office workers and others who work in indoor environments and their employers. Click here for the factsheet. Click here for the HESIS website.
CA Department of Health Services
- Mold in My Home: What Do I Do? Click here for a pdf and click here for the html version with additional live links.
CA Research Bureau
New York City Department of Health
CCOHS - Canadian Center for Occupational Health & Safety
California Energy Commission
- To participate in the changes to the ventilation rate in the 2008 Update to the Building Energy Efficiency Standards, click here. There you will find links to background information, notices & announcements and workshops & associated documents. To get e-mail updates about energy efficiency isssues, sign up for the California Energy Commission list server on the bottom left side of the page.
- For specific information about the changes to the ventilation rate click here and scroll down to E. Venitlation for Indoor Air Quality.
PRIVATE RESOURCES
- UNION & WORKER GROUPS
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Laws, Regulations & Enforcement
Research
- Evaluation of mold exposure at a marine terminal. NIOSH investigators responded to requests from managers of a cruise line and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, operating at a marine terminal. The requests concerned possible health problems related to mold exposure. Employees in the marine terminal had higher rates of respiratory complaints than employees from a nearby, non-contaminated facility. The NIOSH investigators made numerous recommendations, including recommendations to install vapor barriers between interior and exterior walls, seal holds in the building envelope, evaluate engineering options to stop water from entering the building, improve ventilation, conduct routine maintenance, and seek evaluation and care from an experienced occupational medicine physician. The full report is available at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/hhe/reports/pdfs/2005-0138-3004.pdf. (posted Aug, 2006)
Training Material
- Cal/OSHA Publications
- Assembly Bill 13 - Smokefree Workplace - html
- Respiratory Protection in the Workplace - pdf
- Laborers' Health & Safety Fund of North America - LHSFNA
- WORKSAFE! - Workplace Health & Safety - The Toxic Classroom -(34k PDF) focuses on how to evaluate an indoor air quality (IAQ) problem and includes a list of state and federal government agencies that address these problems. The material was prepared for a training program for the California Teachers' Association in April, 1999, but much of it is useful for 1) home owners concerned about IAQ in their homes, and 2) workers concerned about IAQ in their workplaces.
Litigation Related Material
- Should Builders, Rental Owners and Insurers Really Be Responsible? - article by RIchard Rydstrom, Esq. (Apartment Owners News, February 2002)
- Toxic Mold . . . the Next Asbestos? - article by Sylvia Hsieh (Lawyers Weekly USA, October 2, 2000)
- Sick Building Syndrome in the Construction Defect Case - article by Alexander Robertson, IV (Consumer Attorneys of California, June 1999)
- Buildings that Stink: The Tyranny of Toxic Mold - article by Nadine M. Post (Engineering News-Record, May 3, 1999)
- Legal Issues Regarding Indoor Air Quality and Biological Contamination Litigation - article by Jeffrey F. LaFave (Consumer Attorneys of California, October 1998)
- IAQ Guidelines for Occupied Buildings Under Construction - First Edition - Nov 1995. Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association Inc (SMACNA) 4201 Lafayette Center Drive, Chantilly, VA 22021
- Mold on Rental Property - Guidelines for Assessment and Remediation of Fungal Contamination - Jun 2002. CA Apartment Association Mold Task Force, 980 Ninth Street #2150, Sacramento, CA 95814-2741 (800) 967-4222, www.caanet.org
- Damp Indoor Spaces and Health - Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (2004). This new book from the Institute of Medicine examines the health impact of exposures resulting from damp indoor environments and offers recommendations.
- IICRC S500 - Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Water Damage Restoration. 3rd Edition. Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration.
- IICRC S520 - Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Mold Remediation. 1st Edition (2003). Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration.
- Field Guide for the Determination of Biological Contaminants in Environmental Samples - An AIHA Biosafety Guide. AIHA technical committees are diligently working on a revised version of the ?Field Guide for the Determination of Biological Contaminants in Environmental Samples?, and the ?Mold Green Book?. For more information on these products, or to place an order, contact customer service at (703) 849-8888.
- Bioaerosols: Assessment and Control (1999) ACGIH, 1330 Kemper Meadow Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45240-1634 www.acgih.org
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES
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- National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - click here for more information
- Tuberculosis - click here for more information
- West Nile Virus - click here for more information
- UNION & WORKER GROUPS
- Click here for AFL-CIO Pandemic Influenza website - a resource for obtaining useful information on pandemic influenza preparedness for several high-risk occupations.
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INJURY & ILLNESS PREVENTION PROGRAMS (IIPP)
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LATEX
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LEAD
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- EPA regulations on lead renovation and remodeling
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LOGGING
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MACHINERY - Lock Out / Tag Out / Block Out
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MINING
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