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Links

The following list of safety links is by no means comprehensive, but is a great start.

Government Agencies

State of North Carolina

United States

Canada

United Kingdom

International Organizations

Behavior-Based Safety Training

  • Safety Performance Solutions
    "Because human behavior is a contributing cause to most incidents and injuries, safety excellence can only be achieved by addressing the human dimensions of safety. Reducing at-risk behavior and increasing safe behavior requires understanding how such behaviors are motivated by system and cultural influences. Developing and sustaining a supportive safety culture hinges on understanding and applying the principles of behavioral science and person-based psychology to build tools and methods which encourage personal responsibility and interpersonal interaction about safety."

Carpal Tunnel, Repetitive Stress, and Wrist Pain Injuries

  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome--Fact Sheet
    This is a June 1997 document published by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  • IMAK Products Corporation
    IMAK makes "ergonomic products that help relieve pain associated with carpal tunnel syndrome, wrist pain, and other repetitive strain injuries." This site includes a Diagnosis Center,.
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (Cornell University)
    "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is a common type of cumulative trauma disorder, or repetitive strain injury, that affects office professionals who work at computer keyboards on a daily basis. CTS involves swelling of the tendons that pass through a narrow passageway in the wrist (the carpal tunnel) and control the flexing motion of the fingers. The tendons share this narrow channel with the median nerve, which passes impulses back and forth to the first three fingers and the lower portion of the thumb."
  • Medical Multimedia Group, Inc.
    "Medical Multimedia Group, Inc. specializes in translating complex medical concepts into understandable interactive teaching software and Internet/Intranet development." This site includes online guides to back, shoulder, knee, foot, and ankle problems, as well as cumulative trauma disorders and artificial joint replacement.
  • "Repetitive Stress Injuries & Computer Keyboarding: The Bogus Epidemic" by Brooke E. Smith
    "...before you pay off the next workman's compensation claim by a computer operator, or purchase a wrist rest for your own use while keyboarding, consider that scientific evidence linking computers with carpal tunnel syndrome or any other medical condition is strangely lacking...."
  • Repetitive Stress Injury Information
    This Florida State University Department of Computer Science web page includes links to three other Repetitive Stress Injury web pages.

Educational Courses and Training Programs

  • American Industrial Hygiene Association Continuing Education Courses
    "[The AIHA's] continuing education opportunities provide ... quality, world-class conference, expositions, and training systems. [AIHA] designed [its] education programs with OEHS professionals in mind and [the associaiton will work to anticipate change and employ cutting-edge techniques to be the best source for your educational needs."
     
  • American Society of Safety Engineers Professional Development and Education
    The ASSE offers a variety of continuing education courses.
     
  • MSHATrainingonline
    MSHATrainingonline, a service of Vivid Learning Systems, Inc., was developed to provide a new, innovative solution to the complex task of meeting [federal] Mine Safety and Health Administration safety-training requirements. Top mining-industry subject-matter experts were consulted to create a system that provides an effective, engaging MSHA training experience; gives MSHATrainingonline customers “anytime, anywhere” access to training and training records; enhances safety and reduces risk at MSHATrainingonline customers' mine sites; and allows for a high degree of site-specific customization.
     
  • National Safety Council Training
    The NSC offers continuing education courses in Occupational Safety and Health ("Information for safety pros and trainers, including certificate programs, regulatory compliance training, employee training, best safety practices and management programs, supervisor training, roadway workzone training, online training, and custom training at your worksite. Packaged training products.")
     
  • National Safety Management Society
    The NSMS offers online training and a vareity of continuing education courses.
     
  • North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Research and Education Center
    "One of 16 regional education and research centers (ERCs), the North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center is situated in the North Carolina Institute for Public Health, part of School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Centers were established by NIOSH to assure an ample supply of well-trained professionals in the area of occupational safety and health. Through academic programs and continuing education, the goal of the NC ERC is to provide quality educational opportunities for those with the responsibility of ensuring safety and health in the workplace. It shares responsibility for the eight southeastern states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky."
     
  • Oregon OSHA Online Course Catalog
    There are 10 courses, available to Oregon residents only, but available for reading online. They might be helpful, and give you some ideas. Two of the courses are:
     
    • OR-OSHA 100: Safety and Health Management Basics
      "This course discusses seven critical areas of a successful occupational safety and health program. Subjects include: top management commitment, accountability, employee involvement, safety committees, hazard identification and control, accident investigation, and continuous safety improvement."
       
    • OR-OSHA 101: Safety Committee Basic Training
      Every company can benefit from an effective safety committee. Unfortunately, most safety committees do not understand their purpose or the role they play in assisting management to provide a safe and healthful workplace. This course helps the student understand his/her responsibilities as a safety committee member. It will help the safety committee chairperson successfully lead a safety committee."

Note: The other eight courses are: OR-OSHA 102: Conducting an Accident Investigation, OR-OSHA 104: Identifying and Controlling Hazards, OR-OSHA 112: Safety and the Supervisor, OR-OSHA 120: Developing a Violence Prevention Program, OR-OSHA 200: Developing an Ergonomics Program, OR-OSHA 201: Introduction to Ergonomics, OR-OSHA 203: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), and OR-OSHA 205: Hazard Communication Program (HAZCOM).
 

  • OSHA Safety and Health Management Systems for Small Businesses (SHMS)
    N.C. State University offers an online SHMS program, which will be FREE online until April 2007. Developed by NCSU and funded in part by a Susan Harwood grant from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), this program is designed to help small- and medium-sized businesses develop and implement an effective and inexpensive safety and health management system. These businesses oftentimes do not have an adequate work force or financial resources to implement an effective SHMS. Now, any size business can invest in safety and minimize workplace risks and the costs and injuries associated with them. This FREE classroom-quality, self-instructional training program on Safety and Health Management Systems for Small Businesses can help businesses implement an SHMS that: is easy to develop, is inexpensive, can usually be done in-house, reflects the business' way of doing business, and is based on specific needs of the business' workplace.
     
  • OSHA Training Institute (OTI)
    "The OSHA Training Institute provides training and education in occupational safety and health for federal and state compliance officers, state consultants, other federal agency personnel, and the private sector."
     
  • OverNite Software, Inc Training Series
    OverNite Software’s Safety, Health, and Environmental Training Series includes: Heat Stress, Field Hazard Recognition, Office Hazard Recognition, Back Safety, Ergonomics, Hearing Conservation, Fall Protection, Ladder Safety, Asbestos Awareness, and 35 more courses. The company’s Human Resources Training Series includes: Preventing Workplace Violence, Creating an Alcohol- and Drug-Free Workplace, Recognizing Substance Abuse in the Workplace, Safe Driving Skills, and 19 more courses. OverNite Software also offers Hazwoper, Security, Chemical and Port Facility Security, Municipal EH&S, and many more series of courses.
     
  • SafetyInfo.Com: Online OSHA Compliance Safety Library
    This site includes more than 6,000 printable/editable safety pages.
     
  • Washington State Department of Labor and Industries' Workplace Safety and Health Section
    The department offers a variety of continuing education courses and workshops.

Ergonomics

  • The Ergonomics Center of North Carolina
    "The Ergonomics Center provides occupational ergonomics consulting, training programs, and cost-effective ergonomic solutions for corporations, facilities, and individuals to support and enhance your company's ergonomics efforts. We provide a full range of consultative and training services tailored to meet your specific ergonomic needs and corporate goals. With extensive experience in ergonomics research, consulting, and training, we understand the challenges of managing ergonomics and minimizing ergonomic risk factors in today's complex industrial and office environments."
  • NIOSH Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders
    This page contains a "searchable bibliographic database of occupational safety and health publications, documents, grant reports, and journal articles supported in whole or in part by NIOSH [National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health]."
     
  • NIOSH Ergonomics in Mining
    "This [National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health] topic page focuses on ergonomics issues in the mining industry."
      
  • OSHA Safety and Health Topics: Ergonomics
    "OSHA has a four-pronged comprehensive approach to ergonomics designed to quickly and effectively address musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in the workplace.

Mine Safety and Health

  • Mine Safety and Health Network
    "The Mine Safety and Health Network is a web site that is dedicated to making mine safety information readily accessible to mining professionals. Because mine safety in the United States is extensively regulated by the federal government, most of the information available on this site relates to compliance with the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 and enforcement by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)."
     
  • MSHATrainingonline
    MSHATrainingonline, a service of Vivid Learning Systems, Inc., was developed to provide a new, innovative solution to the complex task of meeting [federal] Mine Safety and Health Administration safety-training requirements. Top mining-industry subject-matter experts were consulted to create a system that provides an effective, engaging MSHA training experience; gives MSHATrainingonline customers “anytime, anywhere” access to training and training records; enhances safety and reduces risk at MSHATrainingonline customers' mine sites; and allows for a high degree of site-specific customization.
      
  • NIOSH Ergonomics in Mining
    "This [National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health] topic page focuses on ergonomics issues in the mining industry."

Occupational Safety and Health Pages

  • Circadian Technologies
    Circadian claims to be the "Leading Authority on Alertness, Performance, Health & Safety in 24-Hour Operations." 
  • OSH.NET
    This comprehensive web site advertises itself as "Your One-Stop Shop for Safety and Health."

Products, Equipment, and Manuals

Safety and Health Links Pages

Safety and Health Organizations

North Carolina Chapters

University Sites

 

 

Emergency Planning and Business Continuity:

Evacuation & Shelter Planning:

Assess Building Air Protection:

  • American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRA): Risk Management Guidance for Health, Safety and Environmental Security under Extraordinary Incidents
    http://www.ashrae.org/homelandsecurity
  • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's (NIOSH): Guidance for Protecting Building Environments from Airborne Chemical, Biological, or Radiological Attacks
    http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/bldvent/2002-139.html

Cyber Security: