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NEEDLESTICKS - see also Bloodborne Pathogens
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NOISE
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- UNION & WORKER GROUPS
- UNIVERSITY GROUPS
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- CPWR Publications
- Laborers' Health & Safety Fund of North America - LHSFNA - noise website
Noise Critics to OSHA: Can You Hear Us Now? - LHSFNA (Vol. 9, No. 3)
- From Head to Toe, Safety You Should Know: Hearing and Vision - LHSFNA (Vol. IV, No. 4)
- ANSI to Adopt Hearing Conservation Standard - LHSFNA (Vol. IX No. 1)
- ANSI, "Quietly" Setting the Standard
- LHSFNA (Vol. III, No. 11)
- Getting a Sound Fit with Earmuffs
- LHSFNA (Vol. , No. )
- The Longer You Work, the Less You Hear - LHSFNA (Vol. , No. )
- Noise Exposure Associated with High Blood Pressure, Stroke, Heart Disease - LHSFNA (Vol. VIII, No. 2)
- Hearing Loss Programs Leave Room for Improvement - LHFSNA (Vol. VIII, No. 2) Summer, 2006 - refers to a Washington study conducted by William E. Daniell, MD MPH at the University of Washington, published March 21, 2006, in the online Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
- Hearing Conservation Standard Considered by OSHA - LHFSNA (Vol. V, No. 1)
International Labor Organization - Noise Training Guide
Media
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PERSONAL PROTECTIVE GEAR
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- UNION & WORKER GROUPS
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- Laborers' Health & Safety Fund of North America - LHSFNA
From Head to Toe, Safety You Should Know: Hearing and Vision - LHSFNA (Vol. IV, No. 4)
OSHA: PPE Standard to be Ready in November - LHSFNA (Vol. IV, No. 2)
OSHA Sets New Respirator Protection Standards - LHSFNA (Vol. III, No. 4)
Media
- Responding to AFL-CIO, UFCW Lawsuit, Bush Administration Agrees to Issue Safety Equipment Rule for Employees
AFL-CIO Press Release - Mar 16, 2007
- Chao: OSHA Will Issue PPE Rule by November - Occupational Hazards - Katherine Torres - Mar 16, 2007
In response to a lawsuit filed in January by the AFL-CIO and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, the Department of Labor promises that by November OSHA will issue a final rule on its proposed employer-payment-for-PPE standard.
- U.S. to Issue Rule on Safety Equipment for Workers - Reuters - Mar 16, 2007
The Labor Department told a U.S. appeals court it will issue in November a rule requiring businesses to provide personal safety equipment to workers free of charge, eight years after it proposed the rule.
- Labor Department Ordered to Respond to Lawsuit - Occupational Hazards - Josh Cable - Feb 23, 2007
A federal appeals court on Feb. 16 ordered the Labor Department to file a response to a lawsuit that seeks to compel OSHA to promulgate its proposed employer-payment-for PPE standard.
- Lawsuit Asks Court to Step in on OSHA PPE Rule - Occupational Hazards - Josh Cable - Jan 3, 2007
Tired of waiting for OSHA to promulgate its proposed employer-payment-for-PPE standard, AFL-CIO and the United Food and Commercial Workers filed a lawsuit asking a court to compel the agency to issue the rule.
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PESTICIDES
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- GOVERNMENT RESOURCES and LINKS
- California Department of Pesticide Regulation - click here
- CA DPR Environmental Justice issues - click here
- Other governmental environmental justice links
UNION & WORKER GROUPS
- United Farm Workers of America - click here
- Methyl Bromide Poisoning Devastates Farm Workers' Health - click here
- New York COSH (NYCOSH) pesticide links - click here
UNIVERSITY GROUPS
COMMUNITY GROUPS
- Californians for Pesticide Reform - click here
- Pesticide Action Network - click here
- Children's Environmental Health Network - click here
- Environmental Health Safety freeware on Pesticides - click here
Laws, Regulations & Enforcement
- EPA sued over million farm kids exposed to pesticides - SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 8, 2005 (ENS): A coalition of farm workers, environmental and public health groups filed suit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Tuesday, charging the agency with ignoring the special risk to children growing up surrounded by chemical poisons on farms. Click here for more information. And click here for the NRDC press release.
- Calif. Dept. of Pesticide Regulation sued for failing to comply with Toxic Air Contaminant (TAC) law - SACRAMENTO, CA (01/21/05) -- The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has been sued by a coalition of environmental health and community groups to force the DPR to comply with the state's Toxic Air Contaminant (TAC) law. The law, enacted in 1984, requires DPR to assess all pesticides as potential air contaminants and regulate them in order to protect public health. Click here for more information.
Research
- Click here Calvert et al: Case Report: Three Farmworkers Who Gave Birth to Infants with Birth Defects Closely Grouped in Time and Place - Florida and North Carolina 2004-2005
Training Material
- Click here for an online training on the recognition, management, and reporting of pesticide-related illness. This program is intended for medical professionals, but anyone can use the training. (When the system prompts you for an "Administration Number," enter 0 to proceed.) This 60 minute course gives an overview of the regulatory definition of pests, pesticides and their uses; gives some guidelines on how to recognize, diagnose and manage commonly encountered pesticide illnesses and scenarios; presents other types of pesticides and their use; and presents reporting requirements for medical providers and their staff.
- Check the WORKSAFE! OSH Hazards by Type of Worker page for specific training material. Click here for information related to agricultural workers. Click here for information related to immigrant workers. Click here for information related to school workers and teachers.
- Click here for different guides issued by Californians for Pesticide Reform, including a a Community Action Guide and other training materials regarding pesticides in schools such as the Healthy Schools Campaign: Pesticide Action Kit which has resources to help you get hazardous pesticides out of your schools. It provides information for parents to take full advantage of the Healthy Schools Act of 2000, ideas on how to organize community interest in least-toxic Integrated Pest Management (IPM) policy, and resources on the toxicity and health impacts of pesticides applied in schools.
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RADIATION
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- Program to Screen Former Lab Workers - March 23, 2007 - Betsy Mason - Contra Costa Times - Former employees of Lawrence Livermore and Sandia/California National laboratories are eligible for free medical screening to determine if they have any health problems related to work-related exposure to radiation, asbestos, beryllium, silica, lead, lasers or other toxins. Experts from UC San Francisco and Boston University will start evaluating workers near the end of April.
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REPRODUCTIVE HAZ ARDS
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SILICA
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- CLICK HERE to jump to more information about this issue on our regulations webpage
- CLICK HERE to jump to the Cal/OSHA webpage with details about this regulatory advisory committee
CLICK HERE for the December 13, 2007 comments filed by WORKSAFE with the OSH Standards Board regarding the proposed regulation
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- NIOSH -
- Silica - click here for more information about this topic
- Silicosis - Working with Cement Roofing Tiles: A Silica Hazard DHHS (NIOSH) Pub. No. 2006-110
This NIOSH educational brochure describes measures that can be taken to reduce roofers? exposure to silica dust, including steps for implementing a respirator program. NIOSH has measured respirable silica levels up to four times the recommended exposure limit around roofers cutting cement products, such as when roofing tiles are cut during the installation process.
- Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA)
- UNION & WORKER GROUPS
- CPWR Publications
- Click here for a draft of a model vertical standard for SILICA developed by the Building & Construction Trades Department AFL-CIO
- UNIVERSITY GROUPS
- Laws, Regulations & Enforcement
- Division of Occupational Safety & Health
- Click here for the December 13, 2007 comments filed by WORKSAFE with the OSH Standards Board regarding the proposed regulation
- Click here for the December 13, 2007 meeting notice
- Click here for the agenda for the March 26, 2007 advisory meeting.
- Click here for a discussion draft regulation for cutting and grinding of concrete masonry materials for discussion on March 26, 2007.
- Click here for a draft regulation for cutting and grinding of concrete masonry materials for discussion on January 17, 2007. THIS IS A DRAFT prepared primarily by MANAGEMENT although it was distributed by Cal/OSHA.
- Training Material
- Laborers' Health & Safety Fund of North America - LHSFNA
- Media
- Research
- An Investigation of Health Hazards on a New Construction Project - Scott Schneider and Pam Susie - Occupational Health Foundation - April 1993 - Focusing on a construction project in the Washington, DC area, this report identifies all chemicals scheduled for use and documents exposures in order to determine the full range and magnitiude of potential exposures. In addition to chemical exposures, the report measures noise exposures and identifes potential ergonomic hazards for further investigation and intervention.
- Exposures to Quartz, Diesel, Dust, and Welding Fumes During Heavy and Highway Construction - Susan R. Woskie et al. - AIHA Journal - Personal samples for exposure to dust, diesel exhaust, quartz, and welding fumes were collected on heavy and highway construction workers. The respirable, thoracic, and inhalable fractions of dust and quartz exposures exceeded recommended exposure limits.
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STRESS (Psychological)
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