Internet Resources for Job Safety and Health
General Health and Safety Sites
One of the best sources of information for job health and safety on the internet is the OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) homepage, which includes an ergonomics homepage, a searchable index of standards, and a listing of health and safety sites on the internet. http://www.osha.gov
To look up OSHA citations by company or industry:
http://www.osha.gov/cgi-bin/est/est1
NIOSH (the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) is another good general source. http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html
EPA has a number of sites relevant to occupational health on indoor air quality, asbestos, and other topics.
www.epa.gov
http://www.epa.gov/iaq/homes/index.html
The Duke Occupational and Environmental Medicine and the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics(AOEC) on-line text resources. The site includes links to other professional occupational medicine web sites, subscribing information to the e-mail info service, access to the Duke occupational medicine gopher with tons of info, MMWR articles, federal documents, a list of lending library resources, and more.
http://dukeoccmed.mc.duke.edu
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety has hundreds of resources on their health and safety internet resource list. Start at their home page, then choose Resources (on the top bar), then Internet Directory.
http://www.ccohs.ca
New Jersey Health Department has excellent chemical hazard factsheets that are free, independently researched, and clearly written on hundreds of substances.
http://www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/rtkweb/rtkhsfs.htm
Vermont safety information resources has a database of material safety data sheets (MSDS) from a large number of chemical companies. http://www.siri.org
Several safety organizations have useful websites:
The national AFL-CIO includes a health and safety page. http://www.aflcio.org
NYCOSH (New York Council for Occupational Safety and Health) covers a lot of news from a labor perspective. http://www.nycosh.org
Jordan Barab has labor health and safety commentary. http://spewingforth.blogspot.com
The Connecticut Business and Industry Association has a health and safety page that helps businesses understand what OSHA laws apply to them, and provides information on upcoming conferences and events. http://www.cbia.com/hr/SafetyAndHealth
The Environmental Defense Fund has a scorecard page with information about the health effects of chemical emissions from 17,000 industrial facilities and the testing of chemicals, with maps and interactive databases. http://www.scorecard.org/
State of Connecticut Resources
The Connecticut Workers' Compensation Commission has an excellent website, including information on the locations of offices, a searchable version of the workers' compensation statutes, new decisions, and other information. http://wcc.state.ct.us
The ConneCT website allows access to all state agencies: http://www.state.ct.us
The State Department of Public Health includes a site for the occupational health program, including versions of the occupational lung disease newsletter, factsheets, and other information. http://www.dph.state.ct.us/BRS/EOHA/HPEEOH.html
The Connecticut Labor Department includes an occupational health services site, which includes information on their free consultation program and a great set of links to other health and safety sites. http://www.ctdol.state.ct.us/osha/osha.htm
The Connecticut General Assembly website lets you search for any bill being considered, or get information about relevant committees such as Labor and Public Employees or Public Health. http://www.cga.ct.gov
You can track national bills on the National Library of Medicine site known as Thomas http://thomas.loc.gov/
You can search the medical literature at PubMed. www.pubmed.gov
UConn Health Center's Occupational and Environmental Health Center has information and links on job health and safety. http://www.oehc.uchc.edu
Also view:
Who's Who – Resources in Connecticut on Job Safety and Health
Internet Resources for Job Safety and Health
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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
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