Workplace Safety and Health Resources
By Deborah Rosenstein, Labor Education Service staff 27 April 2010
| These resources provide important background on health and safety issues and the annual observance of Workers Memorial Day. |
Workers Memorial Day Resources
Worker Occupational Safety and Health Resources
Recent news on Workday Minnesota about safety and health
Workers Memorial Day Resources
http://www.hazards.org/wmd/
Hazards Magazine International Workers’ Memorial Day page. Includes a global inventory of observances.
http://www.aflcio.org/issues/safety/memorial/
AFL-CIO’s Workers Memorial Day page of resources
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/video/OSH_poem.html
Stacy Smallwood, a public health professional and poet, performs his occupational safety poem
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/workmemorial/
NIOSH’s Workers Memorial Day page of resources
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=170025585213
Workers Memorial Day facebook page
http://weeklytoll.blogspot.com/
Weekly Toll: Death in the Workplace blog
http://www.usmwf.org/family/Family%20Bill%20of%20Rights%20-%2010%2011%2007.pdf
Workplace Tragedy Family Bill of Rights (pdf file)
Worker Occupational Safety and Health Resources
http://16deathsperday.com/
Facts, video, petition and other organizing tools for the 16 Deaths Per Day campaign
http://www.hazards.org/
Hazards magazine, “the workers’ health and safety magazine.” Includes extensive links to blogs and other resources.
http://www.hazards.org/links/index.htm
Hazards Magazine’s extensive “links to links.”
http://www.aflcio.org/issues/safety/
Extensive collection of facts, reports and other resources related to occupational safety and health in a wide variety of industries.
http://www.aflcio.org/issues/safety/tools/infolink.cfm
Occupational safety and health internet links, compiled by the AFL-CIO
http://www.coshnetwork.org/
National Council for Occupational Safety and Health
http://www.osha.gov/
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
http://tools.niehs.nih.gov/wetp/
National Clearinghouse for Worker Safety and Health Training
http://www.dli.mn.gov/MnOsha.asp
MN OSHA Compliance site (part of the MN Dept of Labor & Industry)
http://www.dli.mn.gov/WorkComp.asp
MN Workers’ Compensation (part of the MN Dept of Labor & Industry)
http://www.bls.gov/iif/
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Injuries, Illnesses and Fatalities
http://www.nlc.edu/educational-programs/labor-safety-and-health-training-project
National Labor College’s Labor Safety and Health Training Project
http://www.sph.umn.edu/ce/mcohs/
Midwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention ‘s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
http://thepumphandle.wordpress.com/category/confined-space-tph/
Occupational safety and health section of the “Pump Handle: A Water Cooler for the Public Health Crowd.” Blog with significant occupational safety and health regulatory content and commentary.
http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/hs/showarchive.cgi
Labour Start’s (international labor news) health and safety stories.
http://www.hazards.org/bs/
“BS Alert:” fact sheets, reports and presentations on the problem of behavior-based (blame-the-worker) safety programs.
http://www.lohp.org/
Labor Occupational Health program at UC Berkeley. Extensive links, publications and training resources.
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/youth/
Young worker safety and health resources
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/blog/nsb102708_immigrant.html
Immigrant worker safety and health resources
http://www.nycosh.org/index_immigrant_and_other.html
Immigrant workers and other vulnerable communities: resources (some multilingual)
http://www.nycosh.org/womens_safety_health/womens_safety_health.html
Women’s safety and health resources
http://www.lohp.org/hsresguide/library/doc/MULINGGUIDE3.pdf
Comprehensive collection of multilingual health and safety training materials available on the internet. Compiled by the UC Berkeley Labor Occupational Health Program. (pdf file)
Recent news on Workday Minnesota about safety and health
Fatal refinery, mine blasts sadden and outrage unions
By Mark Gruenberg
April 11, 2010
WASHINGTON - Fatal explosions at a refinery in Washington state and a coal mine in West Virginia saddened and outraged unions, which sent help for hurting families and investigative teams to the two sites while criticizing the companies involved for putting profits before people.
Window cleaners: Just one slip away from tragedy
By Barb Kucera, Workday editor
April 1, 2010
MINNEAPOLIS - With three deaths in the past three years, Twin Cities window cleaners are calling on employers to improve safety. Notes window cleaner James Miller: "You have to have a license to cut hair, but not to hang off a building." With video produced by LES.
Labor Department to institute more worker protections in 2010
By Mark Gruenberg
January 18, 2010
WASHINGTON - Forcing more disclosure on union-busters – and how much money companies spend on them – and ordering companies to resume counting ergonomic injuries are among the highlights of the Obama Labor Department’s proposed rules agenda for this year.
UTU mourns death of member, pledges continued focus on safety
January 3, 2010
MINNEAPOLIS - Officers and members of the United Transportation Union are mourning the death of Samuel Lundy, killed Dec. 29 in a switching accident in Minneapolis.
Minnesota law failing to improve meatpacking safety, survey finds
By Barb Kucera, Workday editor
December 18, 2009
MINNEAPOLIS - A two-year-old law intended to improve safety for meatpacking workers has failed and conditions in many plants have actually gotten worse, according to a survey by the Human Rights Program at the University of Minnesota.
Commentary: State's program to help injured workers is badly in need of reform
By Rep. Tim Mahoney
March 4, 2009
ST. PAUL - In a time when workers’ compensation claims are going down it is unfathomable that some workers injured on the job are not being treated fairly and not receiving their full benefits. At the same time, employers are being let off the hook for not carrying workers’ compensation insurance and their fines are not being enforced. |
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