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270 Farmington Avenue, Building 3, 2nd floor, Suite 262
Farmington, CT 06030-6210

Clinic/Employee Health Phone:
(860) 679-2893
Academic Phone:
(860) 679-4095
FAX: (860) 679-1349
Email:  oehc@nso.uchc.edu

Contact the
Office of Research Safety
if you ARE a UConn Health Center employee who is concerned about your safety and health on the job and wish to obtain assistance, including ergonomic evaluations of workstations, chemical hazards, and radiation safety at the Health Center.

Contact the
Occupational and Environmental
Health Center

or the
Ergonomic Technology Center
for similar requests and concerns, if you are NOT a UConn Health Center employee.


Contact the
Connecticut Poison Control Center
for immediate help with a poison or hazardous chemical exposure at:
1-800-222-1222 (toll-free)
or
1-866-218-5372
(for hearing impaired).

 

Internet Resources for Job Safety and Health

Ergonomic Sites and Links

 

ErgoCenter at UConn Health Center. http://www.oehc.uchc.edu/ergo

Ergoweb has a lot of good factsheets, documents, and news. http://www.ergoweb.com

Tom Bernard’s website at USF with many of the standards and typical ergonomic analysis tools http://hsc.usf.edu/~tbernard/ergotools

Medical Multimedia Group has patient education materials with good graphics and explanations. http://www.medicalmultimediagroup.com

Cornell University has an active ergonomics program, with reports posted on graduate student projects and evaluation of ergonomic products. http://ergo.human.cornell.edu

Human Factors and Ergonomics Society is the main professional association in ergonomics. http://www.hfes.org

CTD News Monthly Newsletter homepage. http://www.ctdnews.com

Occupational Overuse Syndrome/RSI resources http://www.comp.vuw.ac.nz/General/OOS

University of Virginia Ergonomics Training and Resources http://keats.admin.virginia.edu/ergo/home.html

Lots of links and info from injured workers at the Typing Injury FAQ. http://www.tifaq.com

RSI/UK Information about Repetitive Stress Injuries (RSI) originating from the UK, with information gathered from sources around the globe. http://www.rsi-uk.org.uk

Usernomics Ergonomics for hardware, software, and training. http://www.usernomics.com

The Job Stress Network web page is dedicated to increasing communication among researchers and others interested in job stress and its impact on health. http://www.workhealth.org

IBM’s website. http://www.pc.ibm.com/ww/healthycomputing/index.html

A download of an interesting ergonomics software program developed by Battelle Labs for the Dept. of Energy called ErgoEaser is available for free. The program lets you input measurements of workstations and operators to help analyze computer workstations and lifting. http://www.eh.doe.gov/ergoeaser/download.html

Also view:

Who's Who – Resources in Connecticut on Job Safety and Health

Internet Resources for Job Safety and Health

PDF Documents

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Who's Who – Resources in Connecticut on Job Safety and Health: PDF File, 18 KB (NEW window)

Who's Who – Resources in Connecticut on Job Safety and Health
(PDF File, 51 KB by Timothy F. Morse and Jack Braddock: NEW window)

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Contact Information

Occupational Health Links compiled by Timothy F. Morse, PhD, at the ErgoCenter at the University of Connecticut Health Center. The Who's Who is compiled by Timothy F. Morse, PhD and Jack Braddock of the Occupational Health Clinics Advisory Board. Please send suggestions for additions.

ALSO - I have started an e-mail network for ergonomics. If you would like to be included, please send me an e-mail.

  • Timothy F. Morse, PhD
  • Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
  • University of Connecticut Health Center
  • 270 Farmington Avenue, MC 6210
  • Farmington, CT 06030-6210